John Wall - Duke Amazon

[Tomcats1990]

John Wall accepts a role at Howard as head of basketball operations and Duke signs a deal with Amazon Sports to broadcast 3 of its marquee out of conference games. KY falling farther behind makes me sick.

[WeWant9]

I don't mind Wall going to Howard and getting his reps in. People have been saying Pope didn't have the resume to coach at UK, and the only reason he got the job is because he played at UK. That would be the exact thing with Wall. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I do not believe Wall has ever coached or held a back office job in basketball. Let him get his feet wet at Howard, and if he shows he got the stuff then bring him home.

The duke-Amazon thing is annoying, a rich get richer type of thing.

[Pobilly]

Streaming seems to be the way teams are going after more NIL> Heck look how much NBA games are streamed this year, NFL and others. Smart move by dook. But wait till contracts are renegotiated again. It will be in the next 5 years or so, do not care how long the contracts are currently running. Soon there will be SEC TV streaming or NCAA TV Streaming. IT will model MLB TV and cost for each sport, Football and basketball anyways. Get ready for it. ESPN and SEC+ for some games already. I have ESPN so I get the SEC + games. Pretty much only way to watch UK Baseball (except the few that actually are on SEC channel), same for Womens VBall or BBALL.

[UKHoops01]

I don't mind Wall going to Brown and getting his reps in. People have been saying Pope didn't have the resume to coach at UK, and the only reason he got the job is because he played at UK. That would be the exact thing with Wall. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I do not believe Wall has ever coached or held a back office job in basketball. Let him get his feet wet at Brown, and if he shows he got the stuff then bring him home.

The duke-Amazon thing is annoying, a rich get richer type of thing.

Bingo!

Thank you for pointing that out. Hypocrisy is a pet peeve of mine. I see repeatedly people saying that Pope wasn't qualified, despite being a head coach for about a decade, and that he was hired simply because of the UK connection. Yet, these same people call for Rondo and Wall and Derek Anderson and others to become part of the coaching staff or the General Manager despite having no coaching experience or management experience. It's crazy!

[WeWant9]

Bingo!

Thank you for pointing that out. Hypocrisy is a pet peeve of mine. I see repeatedly people saying that Pope wasn't qualified, despite being a head coach for about a decade, and that he was hired simply because of the UK connection. Yet, these same people call for Rondo and Wall and Derek Anderson and others to become part of the coaching staff or the General Manager despite having no coaching experience or management experience. It's crazy!

I get the appeal of keeping it in house, but it's never been a high priority for me. Howard seems like a perfect place for Wall to gain some knowledge and see if he has the chops for it. We are watching in real time that UK isn't the place to get on the job training.

Now if a former guy like Prince, who has the resume from being the current VP of Basketball Affairs with the Grizzles, went somewhere like Tenn or UNC... then I'd be pretty ticked off. Wall going to Howard, not so much but I hope he kills it.

[bthaunert]

I get the appeal of keeping it in house, but it's never been a high priority for me. Brown seems like a perfect place for Wall to gain some knowledge and see if he has the chops for it. We are watching in real time that UK isn't the place to get on the job training.

Now if a former guy like Prince, who has the resume from being the current VP of Basketball Affairs with the Grizzles, went somewhere like Tenn or UNC... then I'd be pretty ticked off. Wall going to Brown, not so much but I hope he kills it.

It's Howard btw, not Brown

[WeWant9]

It's Howard btw, not Brown

Oops, I will edit that