matt jones thinks Kentucky going to part ways with
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With this large of NIL, probably makes us Ostriches.
33 million buyout, and they don't care, just spoke with matt thinks some recruits may open backup. might put boogie back in play. our nil aint shit compared to what they got. I would say they keep the class intact. said Sheppard would take a pay cut to go to NBA
Definitely not anything worth a ton…but I know someone fairly connected with UK bball…and he said it is a possibility…and he knows there are some very influential people that will “do whatever it takes” to make Billy Donovan happen…if Calipari is done.
He said it’s mostly Caliparis decision though at this point.
He said it’s mostly Caliparis decision though at this point.
And my dude says he’s talking with Calipari about it. The implication was Calipari could talk his way in to keeping his job, but he’s not sure he’ll want to. And they’ll work on some sort of negotiated buyout.
Kentucky is going to fire John Calipari and make a run at Billy D. like nobody's brother....or sister. They won't trade down. After years of harping on this as IU's solution...when that happens...I am going to be like Val Kilmer and his whore in "Tombstone"...when he said "It appears that we must redefine the nature of our association". This one won't be forgiven.
mitch has been told do what you want the money is not an issue. so sure, he can talk himself back into the job. but its not Cals decision
Those last two words threw me for a second. Thought it said “odd duck” and I immediately thought I’d entered a time warp of some kind and Crean was still on the bench. 😳
Sleeping giant. Are you old enough to have seen Ray and Joey coach? The point OP made is excruciatingly pertinent.
I love the guy too. Attended both FF games in Indy proudly sporting Bulldogs gear and was stunned Hayward’s heave didn’t find net. I felt that whole deal was completely ordained. Alas.
But that damn Mass-hole comment was over the line. F him and his uppity bride.
On the other hand, if there’s a breaking report during tomorrow’s games that he’s headed to Bloomington and Woody’s retired simultaneously, ALL IS FORGIVEN!
Ray had some great teams but could always rely on landing stars from within the Chicago public school talent pool. With NIL those days are long gone.
Joey was a nice guy but a subpar coach
Hell there are probably more IU fans in Chicago than DePaul fans today.
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IU and Mayberry deserve a bit of leeway at the moment. The little hamlet just got its first honest-to-goodness interstate to come through town. The town didn’t like it all that much. Progress is bad and it brings too many of those city folk to town.
IU needs to do what the other 17 schools in the conference are doing: all eggs in the football basket. That’s the future of the conference. Basketball will take care of itself. It appears to do so at the other schools in the conference. Hire a competent coach and put it on cruise control.
IU needs to do what the other 17 schools in the conference are doing: all eggs in the football basket. That’s the future of the conference. Basketball will take care of itself. It appears to do so at the other schools in the conference. Hire a competent coach and put it on cruise control.
We were very fortunate to have a Chairman of the Board that knew a particular otherwise unemployable candidate was the best human being he ever knew and could communicate that with golf stories. I pity UK that they don’t have this stroke of luck that we enjoyed.
It would be a darn fine thing for IU to offer Quinn’s assistance with their coaching search. We are neighbors.
If I was writing a fantasy novel with a happy ending this is where UK would hire CMW away from IU. Spare no expense-we have to have him. Two birds with one stone.
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I wonder how much they would have to tempt Hurley. That would be an effin disaster. There is a boatload of work to do prior to 2025-2026 KY game.
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I think I may have done it and worked through the five stages of basketball grief. Denial lasted too long, Anger was maybe 20 years or so, Negotiation didn’t help giving up meat for Lent all these years did nothing, Depression lasted far too long, so now maybe at Acceptance and rooting along with IUNorth in the bottom of the dumpster delighted finding anything that doesn’t smell too bad.
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If they did hire Stevens I have the feeling this place would explode.
Contract highlights
www.wkyt.com
WKYT Fact✓Check | Looking into Coach Calipari’s contract with UK
After the Wildcats’ devastating loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, questions are coming up about Coach Calipari’s contract.
Is there ANY chance, just spit-balling here, that Pitino's name gets mentioned in this with any semblance of reason?
For $9 mil the list must look something like
CMW (Coach Mike Woodson)
Stevens
Donovan
Hurley
Oates
Pitino
Hubert Davis
Few
Self makes much more than this, around $12 I believe.
CMW (Coach Mike Woodson)
Stevens
Donovan
Hurley
Oates
Pitino
Hubert Davis
Few
Self makes much more than this, around $12 I believe.
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It would but I’m not worried. Pretty sure Stevens is done with college coaching.
UK actually had an NIL deal with FTX crypto before they went belly up from corruption and fraud.
yeah. IU’s offer was reportedly 7 years at $10 per year so have to be a lot more money then they were paying Cal.
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I don't go to Rupp Rafters or WTF it's called, but I do have a couple posts on my FB feed concerning this issue. I read some of the comments. Seems like they want Pitino, Jay Wright or Sampson more so than Donovan. This is the fan base speaking, obviously and not the AD.
Kelvin is 68. Probably too old. If he were 10 years younger that would be a great fit.
I hope they do. It’ll put them into a death spiral. Nobody wants that job. It’s a career killer. Cal had the ego for it. There’s only 2 or 3 guys currently on the planet that could succeed there right now and one coaches St John’s and the other 2 are in the NBA.
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