I really wanted to come in here all scolding-like, wondering about karma gods taking notes on the needless pigpile of flat-out dishing after our team's epic success.
We got validation & relief that our principled guy didn't just say, "Nope" to a reported record-setting pay package, but that the full staff is returning and the already stated ambition is going for 3.
So what's the point of going hard at UK? Is it necessary. Now?
Granted, I'm the guy walking around Kentucky's largest metro in UConn wear, and I'd like to stay safe. I can remember going to Yankee Stadium and muting my enthusiasm for the Red Sox, and even more so bringing a young Suffolk County townie to an Islanders-Rangers game at the Garden and telling him as we walked in that wasn't allowed to cheer. He was uncomprehending & unhappy, until he got stoned in the stairwells after the first period, and got a better feel for the home crowd...but still didn't want to return.
I'm glad I pushed myself to stick around for page 2, because I liked these 3 posts...
No one wants to go in and clean up after Cal.
A simple, realistic take, that made me briefly consider my own bad jokes. Maybe something about Kenny Payne doing a reverse Pitino and going from Louisville to UK; or the possibility that Pope could one-up Pitino by promising recruits multiple wives instead of "escorts," (which
@NowInStorrs has already gotten close to); or even wanting to shift things away from creating ill will between UConn & UK and instead just trashing Squid because there we have some history. Master of fact, I hear that he summoned the proud history of Razorback basketball when he was introduced in Fayetteville by mentioning Nolan Richardson's "40 minutes of hell," and chuckled that he could relate because he'd just finished up "40 minutes of March Madness." Whomp whomp.
Half ass search. Did they even meet with Seth Greenberg??
This was the one that got a literal LOL out of me. Maybe there was some fun to be had here.
Its hysterical how some (although not all) are also trying to rationalize that they don't want Hurley anymore because he is obviously an idiot for turning down UK and the bag. Some quotes from RR board:
"Frankly, if we walk away without Hurley after a $100 million offer that he REJECTED...I'd just call it a win and a dodged bullet. He's a freakin idiot to reject that. End of story!"
"Just reading that it is incredibly hard to absorb. $100 million (if accurate) is a absurd amount of money. Literally obscene.
I wasn't terribly interested in Hurley as I thought he would be a terrible fit for UK. But, for him to turn down that kind of money is a red flag IMO."
"He's a (rhymes with cluck)"
"If Hurley really rejected that kind of money cuz he wants to stay in Connecticut where they care more about the womens team then that’s his call but he clearly wasn’t the man for the job"
Okay, this could relieve some of the guilt in laughing at others' misfortunes.
By page 3, I flipped back to thinking it's not really my business. I'm sure there are some good posts that I won't see. I'm not sure I'll miss them.
I do kind of wonder if there was video of smoke from a Lexington chimney after the announcement that Kentucky got their Pope, and if so, what color. Whomp whomp redux.
