No problem, you make some fair points. I can’t argue with anybody either way. To say that he would be a great coach for us nobody really knows. Maybe he would be? Also, I can’t argue with anyone that says he would be a terrible coach. That might be the case. I just like to create dialogue and see how both sides view a subject.
Rajon Rondo
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And that goes for everyone, but you were just saying UK has no advantages. I provided a list of advantages and now you're saying they aren't permanent and they CAN be taken away.
Well, we had a 9-21 season, lost to a 15 seed, lost to a 14 seed, haven’t been to a FF in 10 years, haven’t been a 1 seed in 10 years, but here we are, still with the most wins, still with the highest winning percentage, still with the most NBA players, still center stage with the TV markets, still has the biggest fanbase and still moves the needle more than any other program.
This fanbase has had its faces rubbed in the mud a lot the last 10 years, but we're all still here.
Find me another online forum that is as active as this one year round, find another program that moves the needle like UK does and find another program that dumps more resources into its basketball program.
Yeah, UK CAN fall off the mountain, but it hasn't, but some of you guys feel better saying it has, I'm not sure why that is. For UK to lose these advantages, a hell of a lot of bad things have to happen.
We have no NBA players for 2 straight years and staring at Year 3.
We are about to miss the tournament.
We do not have a face of the program.
That’s how fleeting it is.
What? Amari Williams just won a game for the celtics, Koby Brea is an NBA player and Quaintance is a UK player who is a projected lottery pick.
Nevertheless, not having an NBA player one or two years, doesn't all the sudden make you a non blue blood.
Miss the tournament? We're a projected 7 seed with a ton of quad 1 oppotunities in front of us.
Maybe go back to 07-09, it was worse back then, all it took was the right hire and that face-of-the- program was there overnight.
Damn man, you're really feeling it huh?
5 game win streak over teams with a combined 22 wins? Lol, hang a banner
Hypothetically Rondo could be our coach if realistically Mark Pope is our coach.
So the idea is to go from a coach who has a resume (a very mediocre one) to one that has a non-existent resume.
Why do I even read some of the posts here? The takes on this board are SO bad by so many posters.
How about making a list of 4-5 coaches who have done something, that have at least 8-10 years at least left in the tank, that are still hungry, that can recruit, that have proven the ability to turn a program around….how about starting there, meeting with each one and making the best decision possible for UK basketball? Isn’t that what other schools do when they want a coach?
Here’s what 95% of our board would do…hire Pearl, hire Pitino
, give Pope an extension, hire Rondo, hire some other ex-player because they were their favorite and they saw them at Fayette Mall once.
No wonder other fan bases either hate us or make fun of us.
Why do I even read some of the posts here? The takes on this board are SO bad by so many posters.
How about making a list of 4-5 coaches who have done something, that have at least 8-10 years at least left in the tank, that are still hungry, that can recruit, that have proven the ability to turn a program around….how about starting there, meeting with each one and making the best decision possible for UK basketball? Isn’t that what other schools do when they want a coach?
Here’s what 95% of our board would do…hire Pearl, hire Pitino
, give Pope an extension, hire Rondo, hire some other ex-player because they were their favorite and they saw them at Fayette Mall once.No wonder other fan bases either hate us or make fun of us.
We have the worst coach in America. Rajon Rondo hypothetically could coach here if we allow Mark Pope. Just answering the thread.
Lol. Barney to hire Rondo . He would Hire Pitino first. Rondo has an incredibly high bball IQ but hes also a head case who just recently was in trouble with law. I love Rondo the player and if he got himself under control he might be a grest coach hes really smart. But best case would be him to come to UK as an assistant to take over the defense . Hes far from being a head coach in a few ways
I’ve already stated the easier route to get this job is to quit med school. If rondo can get in a few months of med school and come close to becoming even a lpn Mitch won’t have a choice but to hire him. I mean then he would line up with what’s needed to understand the assignment. Pshhh who needs coaching experience to get this job? Just be a coach ? Or have experience winning at another school? I need to know what kind of experience Rondo will need to have. We can get him a job quick if all he’s gotta do is suck at Utah valley. I’m sure tons of schools would hire Rondo.
Amari Williams and Koby Brea... ok... you're not a serious person. Have a good night.
What? You said UK hasn't had any NBA players, jeez man, we jist had Rob, Reed and Edwards and whether you like it or not, Koby Brea and Amari Williams are NBA guys. Amari literally won a game for the Celtics… .last I checked, the Boston Celtics are an NBA franchise. How does that mean I'm not a serious person?
Dude, just say you're wrong.
Difficult for who to deal with. Women are crazy, no offense to the women who watch and post on these threads. But it's true.
I don't understand how the fanbase can still think the Kentucky name carries weight that it used to or that it ever has for that matter, when we seen how things unfolded when Cal left. It was one swing and miss after another.
Not really, Cal can recruit better but unless he has overwhelming talent he’s gonna lose tight games. His Xs and Os suck pretty bad.
I don’t have the time or energy to get into the specific details but ..suffice to say …it ain’t just women. There’s a long history going all the way back to his high school days of folks having a hard time dealing with Rondo’s personality. Hell, it’s basically what broke up that Celtics juggernaut if the reports of why Ray Allen left are true.
I played football with his brother at Murray State. Ray Allen going to Miami is what broke the Celtics up and the Celtics weren't juggernauts.
I know, but his fractured relationship with Rondo was widely reported back then as the reason why he left for Miami. Apparently by the end they completely hated each other and even had a locker room fist fight. I don’t feel like digging up decades old stories, but I bet if you Google something like “Ray Allen/Rondo/relationship” you can find confirmation.
Ulis is in year 4 under Cal. Will probably be under him until he finds a HC gig somewhere. The hard part is not sitting under a coach for a while, the hard part is finding a HC that will be around
7-10 years for someone to sit under him. Agree to disagree on this one.