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USF hires Orlando Antigua to coach mens basketball

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It's pretty impressive to see the reaction of UK fans.

 

Generally their posts say they are upset to see him leave, but wish him the best of luck because they all knew this day was coming. Many are openly wishing he stays on throughout the UK's time in the tournament. I don't think any of the other candidates had this much positive energy surrounding them. 

 

No matter what he does with this team, I will always think this appeared to be the right hire at the time it occurred. Normally I am down on Genshaft, but she and Harlan pulled this one out after a disastrous start. 

 

Thought I read on here earlier in this process that UK fans were saying this job was beneath him? Making the Final Four must have softened them up ...

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JupiterBull
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Unless you're a Clinton.

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We tried to tell y'all this was a bad idea...

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Kentucky fan here wanted to say congrats on the hire. You never know how an assistant will turn out, but you cant just link him to cal, he also coached under jamie dixon who no one seems to take issue

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It's pretty impressive to see the reaction of UK fans.

 

Generally their posts say they are upset to see him leave, but wish him the best of luck because they all knew this day was coming. Many are openly wishing he stays on throughout the UK's time in the tournament. I don't think any of the other candidates had this much positive energy surrounding them. 

 

No matter what he does with this team, I will always think this appeared to be the right hire at the time it occurred. Normally I am down on Genshaft, but she and Harlan pulled this one out after a disastrous start. 

I noticed that too from the UK fans.    It's a good sign of the fans of a team that regularly make the final four think that Antigua was a key part of their success and is more then worthy of a Head Coaching job.  

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Thought I read on here earlier in this process that UK fans were saying this job was beneath him? Making the Final Four must have softened them up ...

 

I've only read the comments here, but they are encouraging:

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/orlando-antigua-hired-by-south-florida/

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My guess is he gets Masiello money. $1.2 mil.

Tough to lower once it's out and still get a decent guy signed.

He's making $275,000 base salary at Kentucky. They'd be NUTS to give him $1-million a year. There's nothing that says he's deserving of that.

 

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/03/kentucky-coaches-ad-bonuses-330k-aaron-harrison-final-four/

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Isn't his base similar to Masiello's?

I gotta believe he's getting a million at least. We'll see.

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Guys. Why are you freaking out? We just hired one of the top assistants in college basketball! He was going to get a head coaching job at some point, and if it wasn't going to be Tampa, I guarantee a better program would have come calling in the next couple of years. I'm on board with this hire until Antigua shows otherwise. 

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Thought I read on here earlier in this process that UK fans were saying this job was beneath him? Making the Final Four must have softened them up ...

I've only read the comments here, but they are encouraging:

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/orlando-antigua-hired-by-south-florida/

Was just about to post that link...I posted earlier on this thread that I was disappointed when I first heard of the hire...but after I looked into him a little more I am more optimistic about the hire....def not excited or anything but I wouldn't say I'm disappointed anymore...

Anybody else that's not feeling the hire just go read the comments by the Kentucky fans in that thread

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Calipari’s statement on Antigua, in full:

“When this is done right, everyone involved should benefit from the success of the program. This includes the university as a whole, the athletic department, administrators, staff and especially the assistant coaches. They and their families deal with the brunt of the work. With that being said, I am so excited that Orlando has been hired by the University of South Florida. Based on what he’s done with the Dominican Republic National Team as their head coach and his work with our family over the last five years at Kentucky and one season at Memphis, I have the utmost confidence in him to lead this program to new heights. My guess is they will do things that have never been done before at South Florida. We’re all going to miss him and his family after we finish this run.â€

http://www.kyforward.com/2014/03/orlando-antigua-south-florida/

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Isn't his base similar to Masiello's?

I gotta believe he's getting a million at least. We'll see.

That's one hell of a raise for a guy who's never been a head coach.

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Isn't his base similar to Masiello's?

I gotta believe he's getting a million at least. We'll see.

That's one hell of a raise for a guy who's never been a head coach. Give him a deal loaded with incentives.

 

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