ESPN: Rod Strickland staying at UK

by **PonyPride** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:06 am

3-point shot: Calipari keeps staff together
April, 25, 2012
By Andy Katz | ESPN.com

1. Kentucky coach John Calipari said Tuesday afternoon that Rod Strickland, a director of basketball operations, would be staying with the Wildcats and not heading to work for Larry Brown at SMU. Calipari said his entire coaching staff will remain intact; assistants Kenny Payne and Orlando Antigua had interest in a few openings but never got too far in the process. Assistant John Robic has been a steady presence next to Calipari during his tenure. Meanwhile, Calipari said heâ€™s hopeful that the Wildcats can add one more recruit after already securing a top-five class.

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketba ... point-shot

by **Mitch McConnell** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:13 am

If you open the link, Katz talks about his buddy Benford getting the UNT job (totally written in kiss [deleted] form) and criticizes our process and blah blah and blah.

Whether or not he's right is a different story, but Katz has done a nice of changing the rules of his criticism toward SMU.

Oh well, Andy -- tell your buddy Calhoun at UConn to keep his kids eligible so he doesn't have to go through roster chaos.

by **Bergermeister** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:57 pm

Rob Evans interviewed for a spot on Larry Brown's staff today.

by **Mustangsabu** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:18 pm

The TCU assistant?

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by **hoopmanx** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:15 pm

Bergermeister wrote:Rob Evans interviewed for a spot on Larry Brown's staff today.

I'm not sure I could handle that

by **Scoops** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:19 pm

Not a huge surprise. He was at Ole Miss when RGT was there, wasn't he?

What's his reputation as a recruiter, hoopmanx?

by **Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:29 pm

Scoops wrote:Not a huge surprise. He was at Ole Miss when RGT was there, wasn't he?

What's his reputation as a recruiter, hoopmanx?

Yes, he was there with RGT. If I remember correctly, they were actually teammates at Lubbock Christian.