MO WILLIAMS HIRED AS AN ASSISTANT

I just need to know what the roles of the assistants are so I can know who to be disappointed in when we screen ourselves or break down defensively. Anyone know what he's gonna coach?

JPFisher said:

I just need to know what the roles of the assistants are so I can know who to be disappointed in when we screen ourselves or break down defensively. Anyone know what he's gonna coach?

aura

Great hire

Nice, I hinted at this a few days ago. They had a few targets that were all former NBA players that they were looking at.

Underwhelming.

Was he good at Jackson State?

More name recognition than his previous hires. Just feel we're not winning any portal/recruiting battles but moreso attempting to find diamonds in the rough approach. I hope Mo Williams can help change that we need elite players regardless.

Do you think a big time point guard is coming to Kentucky now????? This sums up our fate with his son as the point guard. Atleast we beat out Jackson State for his son. What a joke this program has become 😑

That's one way to do it.

Cannot judge this hire until at least after recruiting season. Wonder if he had any recruits at Jackson St for the class?

if we are going to hire parent of a recruit/player.....

Wonder if Dashun Ruffin will follow too?

Sounds like a good hire. Although it’s usually a delicate situation when there’s a coach/parent combo. Who wants to compete for minutes with a coach’s kid? Hopefully Pope and Mo know how to manage that.

The question is, did Pope have to agree to this package deal to get a single player to sign up?

I dont love this. Dont love this package deal with a recruit who might be here for a year, with his dad coaching who might also only be here for a year if Pope gets fired. We are either getting a coach who isnt good enough on merits, or a player who isnt. I bet one seems to be carrying the other. This feels like a hail Mary pass that never made it to the end zone. But im willing to change my stance, hope im proven wring.

So we hired the dad to get the 4 star son?? Nah just kidding, I actually like this move

Johnnie Africa said:

Was he good at Jackson State?

Not really, but being a head coach is a lot different than being an assistant.

Hopefully we didn't need to give dad a job to get son. If so we should have looked at higher ranked kids dads.

Johnnie Africa said:

Was he good at Jackson State?

His overall record was poor due to having to play a bunch of guarantee games in the non conference. In conference he was always over 500.

He has a lifetime losing record as a head coach. He probably hoping to learn from Pope how to get that up to 63%

He has to have some connections. Hopefully it pays off

Wildcat_in_DC said:

if we are going to hire parent of a recruit/player.....

This isn't that. Mo Williams played 14 years in the NBA, made the All Star Team and won an NBA Championship. He is the catch not his son, this type of high profile NBA Career helps in the recruiting circles. Now let's see who he can land for us in the Portal. Could Jamal Crawford be next? I know some say that was only rumors but I believe it to be more than that and there is interest.

BleedBlue_22 said:

Do you think a big time point guard is coming to Kentucky now????? This sums up our fate with his son as the point guard. Atleast we beat out Jackson State for his son. What a joke this program has become 😑

Just stop watching and spare yourself the unbearable pain.

Johnnie Africa said:

Was he good at Jackson State?

No. Four straight losing seasons (12-21 this year).