Makes me wonder who the first-choice assistant was

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May 8, 2024
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thewaterboy

Previous username: mwcoug
Bio page: thewaterboy
Joined: Apr 25, 2006
Last login: May 30, 2024
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A few false hoops rumors I want to squelch.

The Y's Insider

May 8, 12:33pm

I'm surprised Dunson wasn't a first choice. It was announced very early on that

Mostlyaccurate

May 8, 12:40pm

Dunson basically said in an interview that

I'mBatman

May 8, 1:11pm

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BlueFever

May 9, 8:02am

That just tells us that KY's been more on top of this than fans realize.

BlueFever

May 9, 8:02am

Makes me wonder who the first-choice assistant was

thewaterboy

May 8, 12:40pm

Greg Popovich

Ron Mexico

May 8, 12:44pm

I was going to guess Coach K

thewaterboy

May 8, 12:45pm

No idea

PJMort

May 8, 12:44pm

The answer is always Andy Reid.

Benfica1

May 8, 12:46pm

RE: The answer is always Andy Reid.

thewaterboy

May 8, 12:47pm

Rumor was a bigger NBA name

I'mBatman

May 8, 1:15pm

Phil Jackson

NacoCoug

May 8, 1:22pm

Probably Alex Jensen

Mabuhay Coug

May 8, 4:32pm

This would be my guess.

Soupie

May 8, 10:00pm

Intrigued by #4, relieved by #5.

gangbusters

May 8, 12:41pm

Except we still lost Aly to Louisville

thewaterboy

May 8, 12:43pm

Yes, true.

gangbusters

May 8, 12:44pm

Except Aly is not playing next year, so no 2025 loss. Louisville paid $600K + 2 scholarship yrs for 1 year of play. Good

roseyscenario

May 9, 5:03am

Laughing at #6

ochobeeguy

May 8, 12:45pm

Dunson met with Coach Young the very night Coach was hired. He HAD to be among the top few candidates. And, because

CalGTR

May 8, 12:44pm

Sounds like you're starting new rumors: 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Benfica1

May 8, 12:45pm

Seems I've heard plenty of contrarian opins to all his takes — right here on CB.

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 12:50pm

haha it's what I love best about CB

icecougar

May 8, 4:02pm

Tis true.

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 4:07pm

Pretty close sources to me dispute 3&4. And 1 is semantics.

TheWanderer

May 8, 12:46pm

Could be that "household name" is a former NBA player looking to launch a coaching career. Just a guess.

CalGTR

May 8, 12:49pm

I’m trying to think of a well known NBA player with leverage to ask for $$$$$

TheWanderer

May 8, 1:12pm

Recruiting bump alone for some of these cats would be worth a few $$

CalGTR

May 8, 1:18pm

It was....Karl Malone!

JupiterJones

May 8, 1:42pm

I concur on #1. Semantics and who cares anyway?

OldFogey

May 8, 2:01pm

Actually I’d say college is that way too. Offers aren’t officially made until

ColonelMustard

May 9, 2:15pm

#3 was Chris Paul, for those not in the know.

Kdubb

May 8, 12:49pm

Chris has a $50million contract for next season. Hard to believe he would have left that on the table.

CalGTR

May 8, 12:50pm

There was talk of a buy-out & retirement, though — wasn't there?

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 12:52pm

BYU couldn't quite come up with the $50M+ to bring CP3 to Provo

thewaterboy

May 8, 12:56pm

Yeah, that's not QUITE what I meant. Ha.

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 1:00pm

Only about half of that is guarnteed and it's possible the Warriors want to

Mostlyaccurate

May 8, 12:53pm

Huh? Why is his contract not like every other NBA contract and fully guaranteed?

kimdaddy35

May 8, 2:10pm

Because he's old.

Mostlyaccurate

May 8, 2:15pm

Sorry I should clarify this is tongue-in-cheek.

Kdubb

May 8, 12:53pm

pretty surprised people took you seriously. lol

It's A Bowling Ball

May 8, 12:59pm

There ya go.

DawgHaus

May 9, 4:08am

And we should believe you are the definitive source on all these items?

rivercitycoug

May 8, 12:52pm

I mean, you can if you want. Or don't.

The Y's Insider

May 8, 12:54pm

Did you not read the board name?

hydrocoug

May 8, 1:26pm

Looks like a battle of the insiders, given the other insiders who seem to be

basman

May 8, 12:53pm

Robbie McCombs is the very best as it relates to basketball.

The Y's Insider

May 8, 12:57pm

And your less connected status somehow enables you to "know" these things?:)

basman

May 8, 1:16pm

Nah, he's right about Burgess. You're not. You don't have the insider info he

RockyBalboa

May 8, 1:27pm

I have the better source on this one.

The Y's Insider

May 8, 1:31pm

No you don't.

RockyBalboa

May 8, 1:37pm

I believe he did get a big pay raise.

dodgersjazzcougs

May 9, 6:00am

I have heard something similar from good sources.

Cougstreak

May 9, 8:16am

Robbie's well-connected, but not the best at reading the overall map. A LOT of bull

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 1:49pm

He got a nice raise.

RockyBalboa

May 8, 2:10pm

You really sure about that?

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 2:13pm

Believe factually incorrect information if you want. Enjoy your day.

RockyBalboa

May 8, 2:23pm

Iows, you don't know any better than I.

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 2:29pm

Far from big raise. And not even close to “huge”.

The Y's Insider

May 8, 3:44pm

You look foolish doubling down when you have ZERO legit info on it.

RockyBalboa

May 9, 7:05am

He's violating the first rule of holes...

Adrielle

May 9, 8:05am

Exactly. Half of the stuff this guy just said is wrong.

Frankfromtheballpark

May 8, 2:02pm

Y is absolutely right about Burgess. McCombs is not. I know this for 100% fact.

CougarMomNotLikeThat

May 8, 2:11pm

No you don't.

RockyBalboa

May 9, 2:32pm

#nevermadsen

shimmy

May 8, 12:57pm

Why was Burgess "desperate" to get out of Utah?

Acorn

May 8, 1:01pm

STD's

Rusty Crab Daddy

May 8, 1:04pm

Board name checks out.

bluecheese

May 8, 1:06pm

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No touching

May 8, 1:31pm

Have you been around ute fans?

Ojiisan

May 8, 1:24pm

Burgess wasn't either.

hydrocoug

May 8, 1:27pm

He said on his BYUSN interview that Big 12 fanbases are generally a lot more

BlooCoug

May 8, 1:33pm

We have season tickets to Oregon Men’s basketball and love it but most of Eugene

SnickSnack

May 8, 2:13pm

Sorry you have to endure that floor.

SageOwl

May 8, 4:46pm

He wouldn't be able to disappoint enough members of the Church there. Bigger opportunities at BYU

Bob Vance

May 8, 1:43pm

AD is full of total jerks.

Soupie

May 8, 10:04pm

If the coach gets fired so are the assistants. Puts you in a bad spot for a

wildwilderness

May 8, 10:13pm

That doesn't sound "desperate" to me.

Acorn

May 9, 6:07am

If #5 is true, then what about Aly and AAA?

OnlyRoyal

May 8, 1:21pm

Aly could've wanted to stay w the team — yet also wanted a more secure Staff w a solid NIL deal.

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 1:33pm

Does Louisville know that Aly is gonna be worthless during the NCAA...

COACHdrn

May 8, 4:16pm

If they're still under the NCAA ban, that might work perfectly for them.

SinkingQuffa

May 8, 5:10pm

He's never been formally offered an NBA HC position.

slatecoug

May 8, 1:21pm

Hilarious you put number one down. I guess you don’t think everyone on cougar board watch the same interview you did

Blue2thebone

May 8, 1:37pm

You lost me at "quelch" which is not a word.

Elvis

May 8, 1:44pm

Which ones, asking for a friend.

Blue2thebone

May 8, 1:45pm

Not true. It is a word. See Link. In this case, means to rile CB grammar Nazis.

King of Y

May 8, 1:50pm

You proved it’s not actually a word. It is the fusion of two actual words that

Samurai Jack

May 8, 7:52pm

It is in dictionaries. Just not commonly used. Ain’t is used all the time though

King of Y

May 8, 10:06pm

Excellent combination of quell and squelch. Similar to threeve

SoBlueitHurts

May 8, 1:52pm

He could have just quashed the rumors. But he may have said he would squash them.

No touching

May 8, 4:49pm

And ended up foundering and floundering. Too bad he changed it

SoBlueitHurts

May 8, 4:53pm

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Benfica1

May 8, 2:02pm

Cross between squelch and quell.

LifeLongLakerFan

May 8, 2:04pm

Ah, I'm a hack.

LifeLongLakerFan

May 8, 2:04pm

all good

SoBlueitHurts

May 8, 4:38pm

You forgot to also quelch the rumor that KY's

Schultz is back

May 8, 2:46pm

RE: You forgot to also quelch the rumor that KY's

fattycoug

May 8, 2:51pm

is squelching rumors with rumors like fighting fire with fire?

Garn

May 8, 4:35pm

squelch some, start others...

SoBlueitHurts

May 8, 4:39pm

You forgot #7:

zsmooth

May 8, 8:57pm

Big time household name as an assistant coach? Doesn't seem likely.

JuicyJam

May 8, 9:01pm

No he didn’t turn down the nets because he backed out before it got to that

ColonelMustard

May 8, 9:25pm

Good info. 3 is interesting to me! Can you expound?

Love Cougs

May 8, 9:29pm

KY might have not had an official offer. But had all but an offer. Job was his had he wanted it. We know how this works.

roseyscenario

May 9, 5:09am

But I want to believe #1

Hill4Heisman

May 9, 10:58am

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