Coaching Carousel 7 - When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye

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dtm1997 said:
UAB fired a good coach to hire Kennedy, a UAB alum.

1) That would be ****ed up if he left after they did that for him.

2) I now hope UGA hires Andy Kennedy.
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This is a pretty terrible take for someone usually pretty well versed in college hoops (I lurk). UAB fired a half assed ill prepared coach who wanted to be best friends with all his players (sound familiar) bc the outgoing coach wanted it, and UAB paid for it with soft underachieving teams. Kennedy came in and changed the culture, upgraded the roster and turned it around very quick. I’m not sure we want UGA to hire someone who can do that, quickly, at a school with low budget low fan turnout (albeit with a better last 20 years than either gt/UGA) and turns out a hard nosed squad.

I’ll be honest, if uab traded head coaches with gt in bball and football, I think we’d be happy with the results
 
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It’s official in Athens
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Crean getting hired made me happy for the future direction of the dwag program and it brought a smile to see his program success (38.5% win rate) result in his exit. What are the chances the next dog of a hire will bring such joy throughout the tenure?
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Crean getting hired made me happy for the future direction of the dwag program and it brought a smile to see his program success (38.5% win rate) result in his exit. What are the chances the next dog of a hire will bring such joy throughout the tenure?
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How about when he went 2-1 against our good ole buddy pal Josh? Including a win in Atlanta. Crean had a winning record against 3 teams while he was at Georgia: Vandy, Memphis, and GT. Not so sure I’d be rejoicing about anything going on in Athens given the state of Tech’s program right now
 
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TheStolenT said:
This is a pretty terrible take for someone usually pretty well versed in college hoops (I lurk). UAB fired a half assed ill prepared coach who wanted to be best friends with all his players (sound familiar) bc the outgoing coach wanted it, and UAB paid for it with soft underachieving teams. Kennedy came in and changed the culture, upgraded the roster and turned it around very quick. I’m not sure we want UGA to hire someone who can do that, quickly, at a school with low budget low fan turnout (albeit with a better last 20 years than either gt/UGA) and turns out a hard nosed squad.

I’ll be honest, if uab traded head coaches with gt in bball and football, I think we’d be happy with the results
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UAB had a winning coach. They fired him to immediately hire Kennedy. Fair point that I'm not well versed enough in the situation. I"ll own that.

My points are that it would be pretty messed up, on Kennedy's part, if he left UAB after they did that for him, and that I don't think he'd set the local hoops recruiting scene on fire the way Hayes, Gates, or a couple of other candidates would, which I think leaves him set up to be lesser than Auburn, Alabama, LSU, etc.

Net net - I don't think UGA progresses under Kennedy or gets the fan base fired up, therefore I'd be OK seeing him be the pick (although my comment was a bit tongue in cheek).

You might get a better coach, but I'm not sure you get the results they seek, ultimately.
 
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dtm1997 said:
UAB had a winning coach. They fired him to immediately hire Kennedy. Fair point that I'm not well versed enough in the situation. I"ll own that.

My points are that it would be pretty messed up, on Kennedy's part, if he left UAB after they did that for him, and that I don't think he'd set the local hoops recruiting scene on fire the way Hayes, Gates, or a couple of other candidates would, which I think leaves him set up to be lesser than Auburn, Alabama, LSU, etc.

Net net - I don't think UGA progresses under Kennedy or gets the fan base fired up, therefore I'd be OK seeing him be the pick (although my comment was a bit tongue in cheek).

You might get a better coach, but I'm not sure you get the results they seek, ultimately.
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Yeah, I agree with you there. Personally I think Kennedy had enough of the Sec nonsense at ole miss where he won consistently and was a victim of his own success. Hopefully he’s home and hes happy. But millions might change anybodies mind.
 
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Yeah, I agree with you there. Personally I think Kennedy had enough of the Sec nonsense at ole miss where he won consistently and was a victim of his own success. Hopefully he’s home and hes happy. But millions might change anybodies mind.
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He's a solid coach at P5 level, but he's probably got a chance for more happiness at UAB.
 
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How in the natural f could anyone see what transpired at uga and come away thinking that's a coach you want to bring in?
 
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