Tayshaun Colonel

cant wait

And its the same for every new coach they get in football.

Nothing to do with coaching, agreed. But to average 8 points on that 96 team with 9 pros was something.

No, but there will be white smoke coming from Rupp Arena on Sunday

Mitch just might in the end. And Mark knows exactly what it is.

Till the battle is won...

Good luck with 2024 Cal in 2 years.

Amazing because of Colin Chandler? Mannnnn

Mark Pope was on one of the greatest college basketball teams of all time. That's a considerably larger ring than your bag of funyns. Stay in your lane.

Pitino coaching tree.

Mark runs an exciting offense and isn't going to just roll the ball out there. Plus it bodes well for Reed to come back. And Mark has night and day character and intelligence from the drunk that just wanted to yell at his players.

A page out of UNC/Duke's book. Mark runs fun stuff and outcoached teams with better talent. Unlike what Cal would have you believe, recruiting isn't as important as transfers and NIL. I'm good with this hire, and remember Hurley had a pretty mediocre record when UCONN hired him.

Yuppp

In KY too :)

And yet Kentucky is still Kentucky even when Billy Gillespie tried to drunk drive it off the cliff. Gloat all you want, but only 2 coaches have never won a championship at UK. Meanwhile, you guys were so close this year, but can't wait until you make a final four, and I do mean that.

It seems like Drew wanted the job, but his family wanted to stay in Waco. More power to him putting his family first. Worst case scenario is Pitino, who is a top tier coach. Timing is off with Donovan, but has the classic non-speak of a coach who is interested.

hear hear

I get why. If Drew's family didn't want the heat that's fine. If it means BD is the coach, even better. Donovan can win with good players. At this point in his career, Cal cannot. Don't see how the athletic department has anything to do with dropping games in the tournament to teams where he is favored by double digits...

Really don't care what Izzo thinks about UK basketball. He couldn't show leadership with Larry Nassar stuff saying it wasn't a basketball thing so he couldn't be bothered about it. No Coach, you're the face of that athletic department and you needed to show leadership and stand up for those student athletes. So how about you keep quiet on anything not related to Michigan State basketball.

Billy Donovan didn't like recruiting and doesn't know anything about the portal. ALso wouldn't bring and players with him. Drew on the other hand has built a program without any sort of brand, is a great bench coach, and gets good talent.

You hit the nail on the head. At least one of the biggest boosters is going to be back in the basketball side of things UK.

No, Tubby Smith won a national championship.

You're the one comparing it to Tennessee football in 2010, which isn't equal. Or that the guy that won us *a* championship got run off bc of unrealistic expectations. The program has won with more than just John Calipari. There have been peaks and valleys and the program is in a much better place than where Cal found it. UK's glory years aren't just from a Bob Knight or a John Wooden or a Lute Olsen. Kentucky basketball will be just fine.

Cal will get the attention he thrives on, and will have a good run. Can't wait for the rivalry to be like the 90's again.

Hope he gets his flowers at Rupp next year, and when his name goes up in the rafters.

Big change from ego tripping on "basketball school" comments.

He had been looking for a while. I think it had become too acrimonious for him all around and he didn't have the ego boost he needed anymore. Probably why he had that whole "basketball school" ego trip. That's also why he wasn't a viable option for most Power 5 schools like the Ohio State opening, even if the timing was right.

Scott Drew will be just fine. Built a program at Baylor without the advantage of the clout and tradition UK has. Great bench coach, and gets good talent. Not just a recruiter. And Cal brought that on himself and blamed his failures on everyone but himself. I'm grateful for what Cal did, but wasn't getting it done in the past 10 years. UK basketball has 5 different coaches that have won titles, which is more than any other school in the country. UK has more national titles than the rest of the SEC combined. Hardly the stuff of UT football in 2010.

UK's roster is replaced every year anyway. If Scott Drew is hire, then will probably get VJ Edgecomb. He was down to UK and Baylor. Odds are we get him and Knox goes elsewhere. I prefer Knox, but will take Edgecomb. Travis Perry and Quintance likely stay committed and Reed might just return now.

"Cal will be getting roughly up too $5m for Staff, he understands that this change in programs allows him to fully pursue more modern strategies and have heard that he’ll have offensive/defensive specialists to further those goals." Part of Cal's problem was that he pushed away a lot of his closest and most faithful allies. He became increasingly difficult to work with, based on his own desire to prove people wrong based on how he wanted to do things. Even a lot of people he brought in took lateral moves and pay cuts to get similar jobs elsewhere. They still like Cal as a person, but he increasingly isolated himself with his own people, the fans, administration, and boosters. His players love him, and he carved out that niche for himself. He was given every opportunity to so at UK; that's all everyone was asking him to do.