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Why? This dude has nothing to do with Terrence Jones. It's not like he's a family member or some no-name person. The dude has been an assistant for quite some time and is a dang good recruiter. Yes, he has developed a relationship with Terrence Jones, but it's obviously not all that strong considering Jones is choosing between Washington and Kentucky. I do think that it will help Kentucky with Jones, but this will not be a hiring that is solely done to get Terrence Jones to come to Kentucky. There shouldn't be any heat given to Coach Cal for this.

Kenny Payne is a master recruiter for the University of Oregon and the only reason that Terrence Jones was still considering Oregon even after they fired their head coach. Payne and Cal are real close friends and has been rumored for quite some time that Payne wanted to be on the staff with Coach Cal. Now that Strickland has been reassigned, it opens up an assistant position for Payne, which in turn will only help with UK landing Jones.

Why, you ask? You answered that question yourself.