Would Bakary Konate be a reasonable hire?

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Heard he’s coaching. Thinking maybe he could be head coach next year.
 



Every time I think of Bakary Konate (which admittedly isn't much these days) I always chuckle that only at Minnesota do we recruit the wrong Konate Brother as Sagaba was a stud at West Virginia.

But as bad as Konate was, he was way better than Gaston Diedhiou. I was shocked that Pitino didn't push him out of the program, nearly all other P5 coaches would have. But hey, we're nice here in MN.

Go Gophers!!
 

BleedGopher said:
Every time I think of Bakary Konate (which admittedly isn't much these days) I always chuckle that only at Minnesota do we recruit the wrong Konate Brother as Sagaba was a stud at West Virginia.

But as bad as Konate was, he was way better than Gaston Diedhiou. I was shocked that Pitino didn't push him out of the program, nearly all other P5 coaches would have. But hey, we're nice here in MN.

Go Gophers!!
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Bakary had moments of being a serviceable backup. I always also wondered why Gaston wasn't pushed out of the program. That'd have been like having Jack Wilson for 4 years.
 








Bob_Loblaw said:
Bakary had moments of being a serviceable backup. I always also wondered why Gaston wasn't pushed out of the program. That'd have been like having Jack Wilson for 4 years.
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Pretty sure not running Gaston off had something to do with that kind of shady basketball school in the Canary Islands we got him from. Shortly after he arrived, there was some scandal surrounding that program and it’s contact with coaches, including the Pitino family. No data supporting my assertion, but I’m making the connection. Gaston got a quality education in the USA. Running him off might have drawn attention to the shady operation.
 


BleedGopher said:
Every time I think of Bakary Konate (which admittedly isn't much these days) I always chuckle that only at Minnesota do we recruit the wrong Konate Brother as Sagaba was a stud at West Virginia.

But as bad as Konate was, he was way better than Gaston Diedhiou. I was shocked that Pitino didn't push him out of the program, nearly all other P5 coaches would have. But hey, we're nice here in MN.

Go Gophers!!
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CBJ was an assistant under Pitino from '13 to '18 when those players were on the roster. Would like to know the substance of conversations between CBJ and Pitino about those players.
 

No one shoots like Gaston,
No one catches like Gaston,
In a free throw match no one bricks like Gaston!

“I’m especially good at traveling!”

Oh what a guy, Gaston!
 




gopherman69 said:
Heard he’s coaching. Thinking maybe he could be head coach next year.
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No. Let the MIAC schools hire coaches who need training wheels to prepare for coaching in a Power 5/6 conference. On the job training for coaches is not something UMN Athletics should offer.
 

BleedGopher said:
Every time I think of Bakary Konate (which admittedly isn't much these days) I always chuckle that only at Minnesota do we recruit the wrong Konate Brother as Sagaba was a stud at West Virginia.

But as bad as Konate was, he was way better than Gaston Diedhiou. I was shocked that Pitino didn't push him out of the program, nearly all other P5 coaches would have. But hey, we're nice here in MN.

Go Gophers!!
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When it comes to Gopher men's basketball:
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Bakary represented the biggest disconnect I've ever seen between a guy who looked like a ballplayer and a guy who could actually play. When Konate walked on the court he looked like a prototypical basketball player....until he had to do anything basketball related. Anything.
 



jamiche said:
Bakary represented the biggest disconnect I've ever seen between a guy who looked like a ballplayer and a guy who could actually play. When Konate walked on the court he looked like a prototypical basketball player....until he had to do anything basketball related. Anything.
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Worst starting B10 center in the last 50 years. Just atrocious
 


I like BK because he was very proud to be a Gopher. He cried explaining this on senior day. No qualms with BK.

However, I'd never trust him to hold my child because he had the worst pair of hands anyone this side of Gaston.
 

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