[king360]

Over the next 10 years, we don't know who might become available, so I would put Brad Stevens at the very of the list. It is extremely stupid for UK to give any basketball coach a 10 year contract.

As for who might UK hire that more capable of coaching a team to a national title, the list is long. Did you not just witness Bruce Pearl take a much less talented team than Kentucky to the Final Four without their best big man? I personally would not want UK to hire a coach with a shady background like Pearl, but leaving two different programs with vacated Final Four appearances was not a disqualifier for Calipari.

In addition to Stevens, Tony Bennett would be a great hire for any major NCAA basketball program.

Calipari has done an admirable job at UK and I do not advocate firing him, but UK granting anybody what is essentially a lifetime job is absolutely crazy. He is already the highest paid college coach in history and he has one one NCAA title - the same as Tubby Smith, Rick Pitino, and Joe Hall did before him.

Calipari is not paid the highest salary in the game to put UK in the conversation for a national championship each year - he is paid to win titles at a higher rate than lesser paid coaches from every other basketball program win titles.

Brad Stevens has the Celtics in a position to win the east almost every year. Doubt he’d leave that. And honestly I rly like Bruce pearl but just because he made a final 4 doesn’t mean he could cut it at UK. Porter moser from Loyola Chicago made a final 4 last year. Would you hire him if we got rid of calipari? Lol