2024 Coaching Carousel

[XUMIOH12]

Keatts from NC State might be a possibility. He can really work the transfer portal and he’s been at NCSt for 7 years now.

WTF how could this have even crossed your mind hahaha. Funniest comment i've seen in a while!

[XUMIOH12]

They are going after Drew and Donovan first.

[D-West & PO-Z]

They are going after Drew and Donovan first.

I think Hurley will be their 1st contact but might be a quick no.

[GoMuskies]

Hurley distracted? Bet Purdue tonight?

[Xville]

Hurley distracted? Bet Purdue tonight?

I bet UCONN to win it at the beginning of the tourney, so yeah if I were you, I'd take Purdue lol

[paulxu]

Cal has had the #1 or #2 recruiting class four out of the last five years. (the other one was 5th)
And yet, hasn't made it out of the first weekend in any of those 5 years.

Given the Arkansas mascot, you'd assume they are familiar with the phrase "pig in a poke."

[XUGRAD80]

WTF how could this have even crossed your mind hahaha. Funniest comment i've seen in a while!

I only said that because of him working the portal so well. One of the biggest complaint that I’ve heard from my UK friends and family is that Cal needed to work it, and wouldn’t. Cal wanted to rely on freshman and the general consensus among those UK people is that they need a change there. Keatts just made the F4 with a basically whole team of transfers. I can imagine some UK people are asking why they can’t just go out and buy the best players from other schools? Well if that’s what you want, Keatts might be just the man to make it happen. I’m not saying that he would be a slam dunk, I’m only saying that he might be a possibility. I doubt he’d be the 1st choice, but was Cal the 1st person that Ark. was talking with? Kentucky isn’t what they were 10 years ago, let alone what they were 20-30 years ago. But the fan base still thinks that it’s their God given right to be the top program in the SEC and the country. How many coaches are going to be willing to put up with that level of expectations and demands from the fan base? I expect them to swing and miss on some candidates because of that.

[Xville]

I only said that because of him working the portal so well. One of the biggest complaint that I’ve heard from my UK friends and family is that Cal needed to work it, and wouldn’t. Cal wanted to rely on freshman and the general consensus among those UK people is that they need a change there. Keatts just made the F4 with a basically whole team of transfers. I can imagine some UK people are asking why they can’t just go out and buy the best players from other schools? Well if that’s what you want, Keatts might be just the man to make it happen. I’m not saying that he would be a slam dunk, I’m only saying that he might be a possibility. I doubt he’d be the 1st choice, but was Cal the 1st person that Ark. was talking with? Kentucky isn’t what they were 10 years ago, let alone what they were 20-30 years ago. But the fan base still thinks that it’s their God given right to be the top program in the SEC and the country. How many coaches are going to be willing to put up with that level of expectations and demands from the fan base? I expect them to swing and miss on some candidates because of that.

Not sure where this narrative came from, but I have seen it in multiple places and think its just recency bias because of this year. It's simply not true overall though:

This year:

Tre Mitchell
Antonio Reeves

2022-2023 roster:

Reeves
Wheeler
Toppin
Tshiewbe
Fredrick

2021-2022

Tshiebwe
Grady
Wheeler
Mintz
Toppin

[XUGRAD80]

Not sure where this narrative came from but I have seen it in multiple places. It's simply not true.

This year:

Tre Mitchell
Antonio Reeves

2022-2023 roster:

Reeves
Wheeler
Toppin
Tshiewbe
Fredrick

2021-2022

Tshiebwe
Grady
Wheeler
Mintz
Toppin

Sometimes perception means more than truth.

[xubrew]

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Kentucky plans to announce Dan Hurley as its next head coach at halftime of tonight's game!!