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Calipari 5-Year Deal with Arkansas. Billy Donovan a top candidate for Kentucky

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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#2 » by 2weekswithpay » Mon Apr 8, 2024 3:55 am

This came out of left field. Didn't think UK would get out of paying him whatever he owned for the next 4 years. Cal hasn't done anything in the past 4 seasons so this is good for both sides unless sanctions are coming.
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Post#3 » by JimmyButler21 » Mon Apr 8, 2024 3:57 am

I'm hearing this could have serious Bulls implications..
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Post#4 » by TheSuzerain » Mon Apr 8, 2024 5:37 am

Donovan could be a dark horse candidate for UK given history and current situation.
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#5 » by JimmyButler21 » Mon Apr 8, 2024 5:37 am

TheSuzerain wrote:Donovan could be a dark horse candidate for UK given history and current situation.

I don't think he's even a "dark horse candidate". He might be Option A and there are rumblings he's interested.
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#6 » by TheSuzerain » Mon Apr 8, 2024 5:39 am

JimmyButler21 wrote:
TheSuzerain wrote:Donovan could be a dark horse candidate for UK given history and current situation.

I don't think he's even a "dark horse candidate". He might be Option A and there are rumblings he's interested.

Yeah just did a little digging and he seems to be the top name.

Crazy string of events here lol.
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Post#7 » by TheSuzerain » Mon Apr 8, 2024 5:50 am

Kind of rooting for Donovan to leave just because it would force that worm AK out of his hole to look like a moron in front of the press again.
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#8 » by ImSlower » Mon Apr 8, 2024 6:15 am

With the transfer portal thing (which sounds like a video game to me), and the absurd re-alignment of the Big 10 and other conferences, I don't have a damn clue what's going on anymore with college sports. Arkansas, Cali? Really?
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#9 » by Muzbar » Mon Apr 8, 2024 7:29 am

Billy's not going anywhere, he's AKs guy.
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#10 » by Jeffster81 » Mon Apr 8, 2024 7:46 am

2weekswithpay wrote:This came out of left field. Didn't think UK would get out of paying him whatever he owned for the next 4 years. Cal hasn't done anything in the past 4 seasons so this is good for both sides unless sanctions are coming.


The going to Arkansas part of this might be out of left field but Cal being done at UK is not. The natives have been restless with Cal for awhile now. Pretty sure Arkansas will be Cal last stop. If sanctions are coming, why would Arkansas want that baggage?

I know a faction of UK fans wants Nate Oats from Alabama but he just signed an extension with a prohibitive buyout right as the March Madness was beginning. So he(Oats) will not be an option. So I hope they turned their attention, like most Bulls fans also hope, to Billy Donovan.
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#11 » by 2weekswithpay » Mon Apr 8, 2024 9:40 am

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2weekswithpay wrote:This came out of left field. Didn't think UK would get out of paying him whatever he owned for the next 4 years. Cal hasn't done anything in the past 4 seasons so this is good for both sides unless sanctions are coming.


The going to Arkansas part of this might be out of left field but Cal being done at UK is not. The natives have been restless with Cal for awhile now. Pretty sure Arkansas will be Cal last stop. If sanctions are coming, why would Arkansas want that baggage?

I know a faction of UK fans wants Nate Oats from Alabama but he just signed an extension with a prohibitive buyout right as the March Madness was beginning. So he(Oats) will not be an option. So I hope they turned their attention, like most Bulls fans also hope, to Billy Donovan.


Were they restless enough to buy him out of his contract?
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Post#12 » by Jcool0 » Mon Apr 8, 2024 11:09 am

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Post#13 » by Lexluthor » Mon Apr 8, 2024 11:58 am

With all that talent he had at kentucky he will go down as the biggest underachieving coach in all of basketball of all time. Its crazy that he made the hall of fame before Billy Donovan. Donovon is a meh nba coach but he is a great college coach
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Post#14 » by samwana » Mon Apr 8, 2024 12:36 pm

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Wow that would be effing amazing.
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Post#15 » by DuckIII » Mon Apr 8, 2024 12:52 pm

Whatever. No new coach is going to do anything better with this nonsensical roster. Nothing matters except the only thing that matters, and the only thing that matters ain’t gonna happen.
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#16 » by DuckIII » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:00 pm

Muzbar wrote:Billy's not going anywhere, he's AKs guy.


It’s Kentucky. It’s one of the biggest basketball jobs on earth. Not to mention he took his shot at the NBA and is now stuck in the most dead end job in the league. He’s got no reason to hang around anymore unless he simply prefers the NBA. Which he might.

But I could see this being extremely appealing to BD on multiple levels.

As for Nate Oats, if that’s who Kentucky wants and he wants the job, Kentucky will pay his buyout.
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Post#17 » by Jcool0 » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:03 pm

Lexluthor wrote:With all that talent he had at kentucky he will go down as the biggest underachieving coach in all of basketball of all time. Its crazy that he made the hall of fame before Billy Donovan. Donovon is a meh nba coach but he is a great college coach


One and done stopped working with the new transfer rules. He still has a top 3 recruiting class each year but when your starting 5 is all freshman and sophomores you aren't going to win much. Coach K went from 1992 to 2000 without winning anything and then from 2000 to 2009 and he is the greatest coach ever. You aren't doing a 7 game series one game can get fluky.
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#18 » by Ice Man » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:11 pm

Billy is making $6 million per year in Chicago, while Cal was making $8.5 million at Kentucky. So there's that consideration too.
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Post#19 » by Jcool0 » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:15 pm

Ice Man wrote:Billy is making $6 million per year in Chicago, while Cal was making $8.5 million at Kentucky. So there's that consideration too.


The only issue is i think Billy didn't like recruiting and that was before NIL money was a thing.
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Re: Calipari done at UK. 5 year deal with Arkansas 

Post#20 » by DuckIII » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:29 pm

Names dropped on ESPN this morning:

Scott Drew
Jay Wright
Billy D
Nate Oats
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