HoosierMatty

When it comes to Stevens I will believe it the moment it happens. Otherwise I just think it's a pipe dream. That being said if he ever wanted the job or still wants it, I think the whole mash hole speech was over the line.

Winning is obviously most important at Kentucky but you really have to have the right personality. The UK fan base is truly a circus and they need PT. Barnum carnival barker. Someone truly a master of BS. Pintino and Cal excelled at both. Toward the end Cal's ego started to bug the fans but that's because he wasn't winning as much. Before they lapped it up. I'm not sure how many of their candidates can adapt to having a more show man like personality. But as long as they win I guess it doesn't matter. As a Cat fan once told me, I would hire Bin Laden if he wins. Pretty much sizes up their fan base.

Looking at things objectively I don't see Calipari going to Arkansas being a good thing for them. He will bring in recruits but I don't see how the results will better for them than UK. As much as he wanted to get away from their fans base he will have to deal with them when they play at Rupp and it will be ugly. Almost Pitino at U of L bad. It will be curious to see if UK can get a big name. At least they get a chance at finding something better. We are stuck with our arrogant 64 year old with a outdated offense.

I can't imagine Hurley ever leaving UConn especially since he's already winning national titles, is a north east guy and getting paid lots of money. Just don't see it .

So if we have no traction in the portal is there a chance they fire / retire Woodson?

No coaching hire is 100 percent guaranteed to succeed. I get that Dusty has more risk than others, but it really sucks if he does succeed at UM. Because if he does he will likely take in state recruits and kick our butts too. And there is no guarantee we can get him later if he succeeds there. And you will bet UM will give him a huge buyout.

You know we've just about hit rock bottom as fans when we are trying to do the mental gymnastics necessary to convince ourselves "Alford" isn't that bad.

If Auburn chokes in the tournament do we reach out again? Or does this nightmare continue regardless?

So if Dolson has to get a proven winner like Pearl, does that mean Pearl said no ?

I think context is always important. People turned on Woodson quickly because he was someone no one asked for or thought was qualified to begin with. People gave him a chance but we have seen the same problems each year get worse. Now he has no recruiting class. I agree part of the problem is fans are so restless from the years of just making stupid hire after stupid hire. It was never the fans fault these coaches didn't work out

I really hate we have to go through another year of this for us to just turn around and fire him. And we lose out our opportunity to get the 25 recruits because they will have likely committed somewhere else. It also hurts our ability to get the best coaching options. If Dusty May takes a job somewhere else like Louisville or Ohio State, he's not going leave for IU after just a year. And who knows if Pearl is still an option. We always find a way to screw ourselves.

Dakich is contrarian man. He was taking a dump on Woodson and complaining that we wouldn't fire him and even attacking Buckner. I remember when he used to hate on Crean all the time, but said we shouldn't have fired him. He has no convictions or beliefs other than how can I get attention

IU has to have the top or one of the top NIL programs in the big ten yet now we don't have a single recruit. How is more money going to make much of a difference? Between this and if we have a massive amount of our players enter the portal there has to be more internal discussions now. Keep or get rid of, I don't see how the plan stays the same. Even the big money donors backing him have to reevaluate. This is insanity.

Let's be honest. The whole city of Lexington would be burnt to the ground form the massive couch bonfire.

Is it possible if with this news and if we have basically our whole team leave the administration does a 180?