Do you REALLY think we were on the verge of no return???Point taken. And yeah I know who Rupp is but UK was at an extremely dark place when pitino came he saved y'all from the complete brink of destruction. It takes a VERY special person to do that. No matter how you feel about his personal life, on the professional level he did something for y'all not many coulda done. He put you back on top and set you on the path you're on today. Sure you may think Cal did the same thing after the drunk you had but truth is you were still UK when he came but without pitino it's possible he woulda had nothing to come to
I know y'all don't like UK but let's be real, we are UK. That's not being naive or obnoxious. We would have risen back up either way. We had and still have a rich tradition in which a lot of non UK players, coaches, analyst, etc.. Believe we are the best college basketball program historically and present. I'm bias, I agree.
Do you think that if Duke went on probation this year and K retired that y'all would be irrelevant from now on? Do you think if another coach came in and won some games that "That Coach" saved Duke basketball and he would be the best thing that ever happened for Duke basketball?
I get tired of all fanbases saying that another team with deep tradition and a winning history is tied into their current coach.
To be honest, Duke would be a great example.
Duke had a very good program before K. But they couldn't reach that next tier. K took them there and has kept them there. He's built Duke basketball, a national powerhouse that deserves to be included in the top power teams in the country, let alone history.
Do you think once K leaves that Duke will fall back to where they were before K? I say hell no.
That's why when I see all these fans saying when Cal leaves, K leaves, Roy leaves, all these teams are going be bad, I LMMFAO at everyone that says that.
Dean built UNC, Rupp built UK, K built Duke. We all will survive.
We might have a bad coach or two. We might have a couple of bad seasons. But our schools will survive and keep winning.