Kentucky record - with better firing logic, I woulda been gone

Season	Coach	Overall W-L	Home W-L	Road W-L	Neutral W-L	Conf W-L	Rank	RPI	SOS	Prestige	Notes
68	metsmax	14-14	4-5	9-8	1-1	5-11		84	72	B+
67	metsmax	22-10	8-4	13-4	1-2	9-7		36	56	B+	PI (Final Four)
66	metsmax	16-12	8-6	7-5	1-1	6-10		123	123	A-
65	metsmax	21-8	8-1	12-5	1-2	12-4		40	84	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
64	metsmax	21-8	7-1	13-5	1-2	12-4		27	50	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
63	metsmax	24-7	6-3	15-2	3-2	11-5		33	72	B+	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
62	metsmax	18-10	5-4	13-4	0-2	8-8		61	85	B+	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
61	metsmax	13-14	6-5	7-8	0-1	7-9		148	147	A-
60	metsmax	21-8	8-2	12-4	1-2	11-5		41	77	A-	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
59	metsmax	27-5	8-1	15-2	4-2	14-2	12	12	38	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (Sweet 16)
58	metsmax	22-11	11-3	9-6	2-2	10-6		39	44	B+	PI (Championship Game)
57	metsmax	11-17	6-7	4-9	1-1	3-13		113	41	B+
56	metsmax	18-10	7-5	11-4	0-1	8-8		69	86	B+	PI (1st Round)
55	metsmax	21-8	8-1	12-5	1-2	10-6		31	71	B+	NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
54	metsmax	17-12	9-3	7-7	1-2	6-10		53	44	B	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
53	metsmax	16-11	5-4	11-6	0-1	7-9		84	112	B-
52	metsmax	13-15	6-3	6-11	1-1	6-10		76	51	B
51	metsmax	11-16	3-7	8-8	0-1	3-13		118	66	B+
50	metsmax	20-10	8-6	11-3	1-1	10-6		74	99	B+	PI (2nd Round)
49	metsmax	20-9	7-2	12-5	1-2	13-3		53	92	B+	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
48	metsmax	19-12	10-4	8-7	1-1	9-7		75	77	A-	Conf Champion PI (3rd Round)
47	metsmax	23-7	10-2	11-3	2-2	15-1		27	52	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
46	metsmax	17-12	8-5	8-6	1-1	10-6		83	90	A-	PI (1st Round)
45	metsmax	26-5	10-0	13-3	3-2	15-1	10	17	52	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (Elite 8)
44	metsmax	11-17	5-7	5-9	1-1	8-8		116	51	B+
43	metsmax	21-9	9-2	10-5	2-2	10-6		30	36	A-	NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
42	metsmax	19-11	6-3	10-7	3-1	9-7		45	42	A-	CT Champion NT (1st Round)
41	metsmax	13-16	6-3	6-12	1-1	9-7		86	53	A-	PI (1st Round)
40	metsmax	28-4	10-0	14-2	4-2	14-2	8	11	56	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (Sweet 16)
39	metsmax	19-11	8-1	9-8	2-2	11-5		24	27	B+	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
38	metsmax	13-14	5-6	8-7	0-1	7-9		109	87	B+
37	metsmax	21-11	7-2	9-8	5-1	10-6		40	63	A-	CT Champion NT (2nd Round)
36	metsmax	14-16	7-2	4-13	3-1	8-8		122	97	A-
35	metsmax	28-3	11-0	13-2	4-1	16-0	9	14	62	A-	Conf Champion CT Champion NT (2nd Round)
34	metsmax	27-5	12-0	10-4	5-1	14-2	11	17	57	A-	Conf Champion CT Champion NT (Sweet 16)
33	metsmax	15-13	6-4	9-8	0-1	10-6		78	75	B+	Conf Champion PI (1st Round)
32	metsmax	16-13	8-3	8-9	0-1	10-6		81	81	B+	PI (2nd Round)
31	metsmax	19-12	8-3	8-7	3-2	12-4		40	34	A-	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
30	metsmax	21-8	9-3	11-3	1-2	13-3		41	69	B+	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
29	metsmax	22-9	12-2	6-6	4-1	10-6		58	102	B+	CT Champion NT (1st Round)
28	metsmax	17-11	10-2	6-8	1-1	10-6		93	135	B
27	metsmax	22-8	7-3	13-3	2-2	12-4		25	59	B	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
26	metsmax	7-20	5-6	2-13	0-1	3-13		220	86	B
25	metsmax	15-14	6-3	9-10	0-1	9-7		78	62	B	PI (2nd Round)
24	metsmax	19-12	10-3	9-7	0-2	8-8		54	60	B	PI (Final Four)
23	metsmax	15-13	9-4	5-8	1-1	7-9		98	67	B-
22	metsmax	13-14	6-5	7-8	0-1	7-9		152	124	B
21	metsmax	21-9	14-3	7-5	0-1	12-4		58	83	B	Conf Champion PI (3rd Round)
20	metsmax	15-14	7-6	7-7	1-1	9-7		88	41	B-	PI (1st Round)
19	metsmax	15-12	5-6	10-5	0-1	7-9		99	76	B-
18	metsmax	8-20	3-8	4-11	1-1	4-12		179	52	B-
17	metsmax	15-16	8-3	4-12	3-1	6-10		73	31	B-	PI (1st Round)
16	metsmax	15-13	8-3	6-9	1-1	8-8		92	81	B-
15	metsmax	10-17	6-5	4-11	0-1	5-11		139	38	B-
14	metsmax	9-18	2-10	7-7	0-1	6-10		176	98	B-
13	metsmax	13-14	9-7	4-6	0-1	7-9		156	103	B-

And now Harvard.  I saw this Chitwood guy playing intramurals.  He said he'd rather work on his classic greek and latin, but he does have a great outside shot.

kinda reminds me of Mark Coury....  starter at Kentucky as freshman,  then transfers to Cornell and comes off the bench.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/sports/ncaabasketball/23cornell.html?_r=0

I played with you for about 8 seasons in the SEC when I was at Arkansas, and always thought you were "too nice" in recruiting. Seemed you were too concerned with not butting heads with conference mates rather than doing what was best for your program. I remember saying something about in the CC, talking about since you had an A+ baseline prestige the conference kind of depends on you to live up to that prestige. I think more than any other BCS conference the SEC along with the Big 12 are dependent on their A+ baseline schools to be really good, simply because (unless I'm mistaken) no other school in the conference is over an A- baseline in those 2 conferences. 

My unsolicited thoughts. Lol.

Just for the record, Metsmax, your record at UK without getting fired is STELLAR in comparison to K-State in Tark that I wrote about in that other thread. KSU has had the same coach for 29 seasons, of which only 9 have resulted in a winning record, and I think there has only been like 4 NT berths.

Kentucky is one of the tougher places to recruit from in HD. I've had both UK (Allen) and Louisville (Tark), and the combined experience convinced me to never again take a job in that region. Never enough high-level recruits there given the number of good baseline prestige teams in the area.

I am at Louisville in Knight and I am learning the same thing... So many top schools in the region. Once I got to B+ prestige and I was pretty happy I was quickly slapped down by A+ prestige schools on recruits. 

Kentucky does feel surrounded in terms of the recruiting environment - and kmason is right, I played too nice for a long time.  It may be that one has to recruit at Kentucky with swagger and a readiness to take risks.