Coaching Rumor

[BIG BLUE GURU]

[Pobilly]

Who lotta nothing. I love he said i am not (insert coach here) but I am talking facts. No he is not talking facts. He is thinking out loud one of many many possible things to happen. I like Torres but this was a whole lot of nothing going on.

[BIG BLUE GURU]

I think the most important thing in the video is that he may be interested in moving beyond Iowa St. Most have assumed in the past he wouldn't leave. I found it interesting. For something like this to come out must mean there is smoke behind the scenes.

[TrueblueCATfan]

John Pelphrey has been let go At Tennessee Tech

[Pobilly]

John Pelphrey has been let go At Tennessee Tech

Get Pel to be our GM.

[bthaunert]

Get Pel to be our GM.

Nah, he has zero experience with it. UK needs someone with GM experience. The 2 most obvious are Prince and Nazr. Both are extremely smart and have had a lot of success in GM/player development roles in the NBA

[Pobilly]

Nah, he has zero experience with it. UK needs someone with GM experience. The 2 most obvious are Prince and Nazr. Both are extremely smart and have had a lot of success in GM/player development roles in the NBA

Either would be good I agree. Think that position needs to bleed blue and be well versed in all things a GM does. But would love for the position to be a Kentuckian. Would be nice but not a have to thing.

[Jload]

Can anyone explain why we don't have a GM. I don't get it.

[WeWant9]

Can anyone explain why we don't have a GM. I don't get it.

From my perspective, Pope wants to control every single aspect of the program. He is just as stubborn as past coaches, but has no resume to back it up.

There's no reason for UK to be lagging this far behind in this current era, but here we are..

[Matt Dillon]

The fb program didn't have one either until coach Stein was hired.

[bthaunert]

Can anyone explain why we don't have a GM. I don't get it.

I will say that it's probably about 50/50 of programs that have a GM and don't have a GM. Here are the current top 10 teams and if they have a GM:

Duke - yes
Arizona - yes
Michigan - yes
UConn - yes
Florida - no
Iowa State - no
Houston - no
Michigan State - no
Nebraska - yes
Texas Tech - yes

SEC Teams

Florida - no
Alabama - no
Arkansas - yes
Tennessee - no
Mizzou - yes
Vandy - yes
Texas A&M - no
Kentucky - no
Texas - yes
Georgia - no
Auburn - yes
Oklahoma - no
Mississippi State - no
Ole Miss - no
LSU - yes
South Carolina - no

The top 4 teams in the country probably point to having one, but it's not a blanked thing that all programs have them.