Coaches

[Tomcats1990]

Who is on your short list if Pope doesn’t turn it around next season?

[Tomcats1990]

You go all in on Todd Golden first, I wanted him 3 years ago. The stop gap guy if you fail on Golden is Bruce Pearl. He would get the program back on track.

[BIG BLUE GURU]

Agree I think you go to Golden first but I mean at this point why would he leave Florida for UK.

Then I would go for the following

1. Michigan Coach
2. Arizona Coach
3. Iowa St. Coach
4. Pearl
5. Texas Tech Coach

[bthaunert]

It's so different now. Traditional basketball power jobs are no longer the cream of the crop with rev sharing and NIL. I don't believe a coach like Golden is jumping ship from Florida to come to Kentucky anymore. He can do the same thing at Florida that he does here with much less pressure. It really depends if you want a short-term fix or potentially a long-term solution. If you want a short-term fix, you get Kelvin Sampson in here. He's been vocal about not getting financial support at Houston and is a top 3 coach in college basketball over the last 5 years. I believe he would make the jump to get his elusive title.

Long-term, I think you look at a couple guys. Tommy Lloyd would probably be number 1 on that list. Not sure if he would make the jump, but it could be a possibility. Maybe TJ Otzelberger at Iowa State or Grant McCasland at Texas Tech.

I'm not sure there are any other guys outside of Sampson, Pearl and maybe Lloyd that we could get that would be a really good hire.

[Tomcats1990]

Kentucky is still Kentucky no matter how much the landscape has changed. Barney did a very poor job after CAL left of hiring a new coach. With our NIL numbers being at or near the top theirs no legitimate reason to be this bad. I love Pope and want him to succeed but he is in over his head.

[Pobilly]

No Pearl ever.

Not sure golden would want this job. One of the hardest jobs in college basketball. He has a good thing now. Why leave UofF for Kentucky. He has no pressure. Will wait and see what the landscape looks like when Pope is let go. Many good young coaches out there. But can they handle the pressure vacuum of KENTUCKY. Doubt if for most.

[Cawood86]

I think Lloyd would be my pick but he's a west coast guy I believe. Doubt Golden is leaving UF , especially if they make a run this year

[rupp876]

Why would you have wanted Golden 3 years ago? He was coming off of a 16-17 season.