very similar parallel in programs. uk b-ball fans are much like bama football fans. similar state of denial. the luster has worn off, the pressure is astronomical, and uk is no longer at the top of most big time recruit's list.
If Tubby couldn't recruit the nation's best HS players to Kentucky, something they've always done in the past, how in the hell is he going to get kids to Minnesota? Tubby can coach, but not much of a recruiter.
im surprised he went so far north. i think nc state would have been a great fit for him. katz says uk should get creen forde says izzo.
word here is that creen's (sp?) style is too much like tubby's and that izzo's ties are too deep to msu & he makes some serious $$
We have a guy on our forum who always seems to know things before they happen... whether it's coaches leaving, players coming or going, etc. He seems to only post when something's going down... He now says Iowa and Bruce Pearl are "conversing" and there is major interest from both sides. Deep Thoughts by "Hawker" Handey...:wink:
That sounds right. Leave Tenneesee to go to Iowa....Unless they give him $10 million more than he is making why would anybody move to Iowa...Alford just left there to go to freakin New Mexico St.
Alford went to New Mexico. And not because he likes Mexican food. Tubby to Minnesota, go figure. If you're not up to speed on Pearl's history at Iowa, you may want to google it up. It may not happen, but they are talking.
It's interesting that Alford and his top assistant, Craig Neal, are now at New Mexico. Steve had hoped he'd do well enough at Iowa to get a shot at Indiana. He was heart-broken when Kelvin Sampson was hired. As a matter of fact, I was eating at the mall when Alford and Neal got the news on Indiana picking Sampson. I recorded it. Here's the transcript. Please don't share it with anyone. It's confidential. CN: Kelvin Sampson? SA: Unbelievable.... CN: Friggen Kelvin Sampson SA: Mr. Cell Phone Cheater CN: Mr. Probation Man SA: Indiana sucks CN: I'm never going home to Muncie again, screw 'em. SA: Screw 'em all. Adios, New Castle. CN: friggen Kelvin Sampson SA: Unbelieveable. How's your taco? CN: How do you think it tastes? We're in friggen Iowa. SA: I could go for some real Mexican food, couldn't you? CN: Yeah, but we're a long way from Mexico. SA: I hear ya. CN: Isn't friggen Sampson mexican? SA: Not sure. He sure looks it though. CN: Probably one of those Illegals. SA: Yep, now that would be funny. Him at Indiana and me, of course I mean us, at, say, New Mexico. CN: Stop it, man, that's too funny.
