[Old School Hound]

I should probably start a new thread on this, but I’ll just post it here. I’ve been asked by a few what I’ve been hearing or what I heard.

I wanted to get my facts straight first.

Not the choice anybody wanted but it’s done and it’s better than watching cal continue to fail miserably.

Pope will have to prove himself and do it fast.

Sources confirmed that a booster pledged 4 million dollars to NIL money today. And it wasn’t the crafts. So people were on board. Total NIL money for next year will be in the 6-8 million range so Pope will be able to build his team with pretty much whoever he wants. He’s just gotta coach em.


It’s been a few days since I’ve dropped any eggs around here, simply because there was too much bad information getting out and a lot of it.

What I do know for sure is we first went to Hurley and he said No. then our focused switched to Drew and we offered an obscene amount. His family came without him to Lexington and checked it out. They flew home and Drew declined the next day. Oats buyout was a non starter and Alabama made it clear they weren’t willing to negotiate so the talks ended before they began there.
Then we went back to Hurley and literally offered him a 100 million dollar 10 year contract. But his wife wears the pants and pretty much made him say no. We don’t need that type of energy here anyways so it worked out for the best.
Then it went quiet.
There were false rumors and red flags (as they’re always is with big time hires) and bad information purposely being leaked to throw people off.

Norlander of cbs is Mitch’s go to source. He tells him exactly what to say and when to say it. And norlander is pretty much the only person who didn’t miss the entire time.


Now, as far as the second tier coaches that were interviewed….
Mark Pope was Mitch’s choice and he wanted him. No baggage and a UK guy. However, Shaka Smart and one other who I simply can’t figure out yet were talked too and interviewed. I expect that info to come out pretty soon.

So Pope is the guy. It really let you know who’s in the know and who isn’t because there was a lot of people who were dead wrong.

Also, because I know people were interested, Pearl, Donovan, Pitino, etc were never contacted nor considered.

VERY sexist remark. On a scale of 1-10 , with 10 being bad,  that comment is a 150 .   Yeah, we don't need strong women anywhere near our BB program. Keep 'em barefoot and pregnant, right  RIUTG ? That terrible "energy" has been a disaster in Storrs hasn't it, Gut ? Horrible!!!