Interesting about Todd Golden and UK

Should have been way above Pope on the list in the first place.

Mitch Barnhart would never hire Golden. Not in a million years. Boosters would have to force that hire upon him.

Anyone who paid attention to the last hiring cycle shouldn’t be that surprised. It’s why even though I rule out Oats, May and Pearl in my preferred coach’s list, I still had Golden in there. Only thing better than Golden to me is if it worked out with Pope. Still hoping this ends up being what I expected going into this year.

Should have given him the keys to Lexington

FatCatMan said:

Mitch Barnhart would never hire Golden. Not in a million years. Boosters would have to force that hire upon him.

Maybe they should

Been trying to say forever. “Nobody wants to coach here” shows a clear misunderstanding of how this works. Donovan flirted with it AFTER two titles. You’re famous here it’s history it a blue blood. He can walk down the road in Gainesville and nobody stops him. This is why they get into coaching. Why would anyone think college basketball coaches would turn down one of the only places they’re legitimately famous lol. Some of Our own fans don’t know the power of this place that’s bad.

I would have been ecstatic if we had originally hired Golden. But we didn't. And we just played our best game of the season. Pope is doing a good job this season with all the injuries this team has suffered, its incredible to me people can't see that. We have a good coach, we don't need a replacement

UKCowboys said:

I would have been ecstatic if we had originally hired Golden. But we didn't. And we just played our best game of the season. Pope is doing a good job this season with all the injuries this team has suffered, its incredible to me people can't see that. We have a good coach, we don't need a replacement

Horse 💩. You call flubbing every recruit progress? Thats dilusional

:ROFLMAO: [HEADING=2][/HEADING]

Can you imagine if Golden was given 20million at UK. He seems to have the killer instinct as a coach.

Golden first 2 years at UF were 16-17 and 24-12 not sure people would’ve been all over that

The $20 million roster comment was smart a$$. I don’t care for Golden, and I do believe he did some shady stuff at Florida that was swept under the rug by their admin. My eyes tell me he’s a creep through and through and I trust my gut on these things. I never want him around Lexington.

Anon412784ffff. said:

Horse 💩. You call flubbing every recruit progress? Thats dilusional

Go pull for the Jayhawks

peterpiper09 said:

Golden first 2 years at UF were 16-17 and 24-12 not sure people would’ve been all over that

Him and Hurley would have zero championships, by their own rules. 🤣

UKCowboys said:

Go pull for the Jayhawks

The truth seems to hurt you 😢

UKCowboys said:

I would have been ecstatic if we had originally hired Golden. But we didn't. And we just played our best game of the season. Pope is doing a good job this season with all the injuries this team has suffered, its incredible to me people can't see that. We have a good coach, we don't need a replacement

The chances of Pope winning a title here, much less make a Final Four are slim to none and boosters aren’t going to accept this mediocrity forever. Eventually they’re going to want to bring in a sure fire successful coach and Pope will be kicked to the curb, no amount of parasocialism will save him.

I’m The Village Idiot said:

Anyone who paid attention to the last hiring cycle shouldn’t be that surprised. It’s why even though I rule out Oats, May and Pearl in my preferred coach’s list, I still had Golden in there. Only thing better than Golden to me is if it worked out with Pope. Still hoping this ends up being what I expected going into this year.

Oats would come to Kentucky. He was upset we weren’t going to offer and wanted to attach himself to it. It was for recruiting. Pearl also was probably going to take it. Matt even said he went to sleep thinking it was Pearl. Boosters were all on that. All of these guys would love to be the next guy that brings Kentucky back to prominence. Sometimes they don’t but when that happens it’s either they want the NBA or family ties.

BBNinSCar said:

The $20 million roster comment was smart a$$. I don’t care for Golden, and I do believe he did some shady stuff at Florida that was swept under the rug by their admin. My eyes tell me he’s a creep through and through and I trust my gut on these things. I never want him around Lexington.

He’s been known to stalk coeds but when you win a championship nobody cares.

peterpiper09 said:

Golden first 2 years at UF were 16-17 and 24-12 not sure people would’ve been all over that

Monday Nitro said:

Him and Hurley would have zero championships, by their own rules. 🤣

What excuses are you going to have this time next year?

peterpiper09 said:

Golden first 2 years at UF were 16-17 and 24-12 not sure people would’ve been all over that

He took over a Florida team for Mike White and thats par for the course for a rebuild at that time at a program like that. Some of you either wont accept this or simply can’t get it. Pope is FIFTY FIVE years old. He’s got a 63% winning percentage. He never even had a tournament resume until last season lol. He’s not young, he’s getting to be an older coach. He’s got Kentucky and the NIL. Still can’t do it. This is not hard it is what it is.

Catsfanjim said:

He’s been known to stalk coeds but when you win a championship nobody cares.

And yet Mitch Barnhart turned his head when there were legitimate cases of a swim team coach sexually harassing women. Meanwhile Golden’s accusations turned out false..

Snarks said:

Should have been way above Pope on the list in the first place.

Sorry, calling BS on this hindsight narrative. In that offseason, Todd Golden had: [LIST=1] [*]Only been a head coach for 5 seasons [*]Had never finished with fewer than 10 losses (a 24-10 season at San Francisco) [*]Had coached the Gators for only 2 years, and made 1 NCAA tournament (lost first round) [*]Never won an NCAA tournament game [*]2 of his 5 seasons as a head coach were losing seasons (including year 1 at Florida) [*]Career record of 97-67 (69% winning percentage) [/LIST] THAT is the head coach you would have been happy with in that offseason? Explain it to me, seriously, I am putting you on the spot. WHY should Golden have been WAY above Pope in that offseason? If you have good reason, fair enough, but I am dying to know what those reasons would have been.

UKGrad24 said:

Oats would come to Kentucky. He was upset we weren’t going to offer and wanted to attach himself to it. It was for recruiting. Pearl also was probably going to take it. Matt even said he went to sleep thinking it was Pearl. Boosters were all on that. All of these guys would love to be the next guy that brings Kentucky back to prominence. Sometimes they don’t but when that happens it’s either they want the NBA or family ties.

Pearl I absolutely believe would have but now he’s retired and will be pushing 70 the earliest the job will become available. I’m not rehashing the 8 millionth Oats conversation coz it doesn’t matter how plainly the man said no, was even very specific about the fans etc. Some of y’all just believe what you want to with him, so I’ll not bother getting into it again. I’ve even provided you literal quotations from it before. So chalk me up as I don’t care what anyone on here says, I don’t believe that man is coming. I do know Golden was effectively begging for this job last time according to KSR+ back then, coz that’s where I came from before I came here. I’d not be shocked at all to see Golden as the next coach of Kentucky IF — Mark Pope cannot get this train on the tracks. I still believe Pope gets this train rolling and I’ve been pretty consistent on it. I believe he is a unique opportunity to succeed and stay loyal for a long time. But he has to get it done.

FatCatMan said:

What excuses are you going to have this time next year?

Golden took over at Florida in 2022. lol. He legit went straight up immediately after his first season. Had a title now in his 3rd season and working on another final four. Pope is in his 13th season with 2 tournament wins and a 63% winning percentage. It’s either they’re trolling at this point or slow.