I can’t wait

JwUKFan11 · Friday at 8:32 PM

Until Pope starts winning and putting together teams like Dan Hurley. I had some genius posters this offseason point out to me how they both sucked for a few years so Pope was going to take that same path soon and that’s why we should be happy he’s here. I’m just really excited for that to happen soon. I can feel it coming soon and it’s going to be beautiful.

Loucatfan30 · Friday at 8:32 PM

Don't hold your breath waiting.

Mike-D · Friday at 8:38 PM

I'm starting to wonder how many basketball fans this program is creating within the younger generation. Probably not many. Overall, college basketball is a mediocre product, yet this University just expects fans to keep showing up and spending money regardless of the product we put on the floor.

Catastic5 · Friday at 8:41 PM

Mike-D said:
I'm starting to wonder how many basketball fans this program is creating within the younger generation. Probably not many. Overall, college basketball is a mediocre product, yet this University just expects fans to keep showing up and spending money regardless of the product we put on the floor.

The younger generation will probably be football-only fans. The basketball program better improve or it’s doomed to be irrelevant.

Anon629549 · Friday at 8:42 PM

Mike-D said:
I'm starting to wonder how many basketball fans this program is creating within the younger generation. Probably not many. Overall, college basketball is a mediocre product, yet this University just expects fans to keep showing up and spending money regardless of the product we put on the

Yep they think it's still 1955

RunninRichie · Friday at 8:43 PM

Yeah, I was informed that Coach K was "booty" his first few years at Duke in the 80's and then he won 5 titles and 1100 games. Really excited for Pope to turn into that. 5 titles is gonna be amazing!

Corporal Upham · Friday at 8:43 PM

Mike-D said:
I'm starting to wonder how many basketball fans this program is creating within the younger generation. Probably not many. Overall, college basketball is a mediocre product, yet this University just expects fans to keep showing up and spending money regardless of the product we put on the floor.

Just because Kentucky has been down doesn’t mean it’s a mediocre product. Last year had amazing talent and teams, this year will too.

peterpiper09 · Friday at 8:44 PM

Nu Shooz

Corporal Upham · Friday at 8:47 PM

Unlike Hurley or coach K in the early years, Pope has had the ability to put together the best roster in college basketball every year with the amount of money he has at his expense. He just can’t recruit and develops soft teams.

defactorial · Friday at 8:48 PM

Mike-D said:
I'm starting to wonder how many basketball fans this program is creating within the younger generation. Probably not many. Overall, college basketball is a mediocre product, yet this University just expects fans to keep showing up and spending money regardless of the product we put on the floor.

The past 3 seasons have been the best college basketball ever. NIL era has made the game so much better and more entertaining to watch.

UKCowboys · Friday at 8:50 PM

JwUKFan11 said:
Until Pope starts winning and putting together teams like Dan Hurley. I had some genius posters this offseason point out to me how they both sucked for a few years so Pope was going to take that same path soon and that’s why we should be happy he’s here. I’m just really excited for that to happen soon. I can feel it coming soon and it’s going to be beautiful.

Go back and show any post where anyone on this board made one, even one post saying Pope was going to put together teams like Hurley. You can't do it

RunninRichie · Friday at 8:52 PM

UKCowboys said:
Go back and show any post where anyone on this board made one, even one post saying Pope was going to put together teams like Hurley. You can't do it

UKCowboys said:
Talking out your rear

Hurley prior to UConn: 151-105(.590)
Mark Pope prior to UK: 187-108(.634)

Hurley 1st two seasons at UConn 35-29(.549)
Pope 1st two seasons at UK 46-26(.639)

So in truth, not only was Pope better before they took their current gigs, Pope was better in his first two seasons. In other words, half of BBN would have fired Hurley before he built a dynasty. FACT

UKCowboys said:
Why keep crying about the first two years instead of looking forward to this season SMH? Dan Hurley was 35-29 in his first two seasons at UConn. 46-26 sounds pretty good compared to that, especially starting with no players and playing one of the toughest schedules in the country. Hurley went 38-18 in years three and four. In other words, you would have fired Hurley, say anything else and you're lying.

UKCowboys said:
Exactly. Hurley was 73-47(.608) after four seasons. Pope is 46-26(.639) against a tougher schedule, starting from scratch, with injuries both seasons.

UKCowboys said:
The same number of Elite Eights Dan Hurley had through two years at UConn. Now a question for you....In Hurleys entire career, how many S16s did he have through two years at UConn??? You firing him too? Now move those goalposts

UKCowboys said:
Dan Hurley was in his 13th season as Head Coach and 5th as Head Coach at UConn before he made a S16 EVER. Pope was in his 10th season as HC and 1st season at UK when he made the S16.
The reason for the comparison is simple. I am not saying Pope will start winning titles. I am saying that you and the rest of the goal post movers around here would have fired Hurley if he had the exact same results here that he had in his first four years at UConn. 4 years at UK as HC without a S16? You're being hypocritical if you say otherwise

UKCowboys said:
You would have fired Hurley

UKortho · Friday at 8:56 PM

lol. He is an absolute 100% bipolar moron. Talks out of both sides of his mouth so much that he can’t remember what side of an issue he was on yesterday.

UKCowboys · Friday at 8:57 PM

Show me one of those posts where I said Pope would start building teams like Hurley. Show it....you cant. I said they would have fired Hurley because his first two years were worse than Popes.

I still want to play that game with you. Go find the last 10 positive posts you have made about UK basketball. Ill post 100 negative whiny posts you made for those 10. Duke boy

RunninRichie · Friday at 8:58 PM

UKCowboys said:
Show me one of those posts where I said Pope would start building teams like Hurley. Show it....you cant. I said they would have fired Hurley because his first two years were worse than Popes.

I still want to play that game with you. Go find the last 10 positive posts you have made about UK basketball. Ill post 100 negative whiny posts you made for those 10. Duke boy

How old are you?

UKortho · Friday at 8:58 PM

UKCowboys said:
Show me one of those posts where I said Pope would start building teams like Hurley. Show it....you cant. I said they would have fired Hurley because his first two years were worse than Popes.

I still want to play that game with you. Go find the last 10 positive posts you have made about UK basketball. Ill post 100 negative whiny posts you made for those 10. Duke boy

You need to take your meds and go to bed.

will1976 · Friday at 9:00 PM

JwUKFan11 said:
Until Pope starts winning and putting together teams like Dan Hurley. I had some genius posters this offseason point out to me how they both sucked for a few years so Pope was going to take that same path soon and that’s why we should be happy he’s here. I’m just really excited for that to happen soon. I can feel it coming soon and it’s going to be beautiful.

Who wants to tell him?

BBNinSCar · Friday at 9:01 PM

College basketball needs to move its season to start in December and end in May.
Late-season college football greatly overshadows the college basketball tip-off.

PooPooPeePeePoo · Friday at 9:02 PM

Mike-D said:
I'm starting to wonder how many basketball fans this program is creating within the younger generation. Probably not many. Overall, college basketball is a mediocre product, yet this University just expects fans to keep showing up and spending money regardless of the product we put on the floor.

This is the problem with Pope. He doesn’t bring excitement or national media news to UK. At least with Cal we was talk of the town with a new roster every year and stud freshman class coming in and all the NBA picks. The younger generations recognize that. UK is closer to becoming IU and UConn is coming closer to what UK was

Anon629549 · Friday at 9:07 PM

defactorial said:
The past 3 seasons have been the best college basketball ever. NIL era has made the game so much better and more entertaining to watch.

You must be young and don't remember the early and mid 1980s. Ewing, Sampson, Dream, Clyde, David Robinson,MJ, Worthy, Isaiah, Mullin. Yeah it's so much better now

Artlaibesghost · Friday at 9:25 PM

Corporal Upham said:
Unlike Hurley or coach K in the early years, Pope has had the ability to put together the best roster in college basketball every year with the amount of money he has at his expense. He just can’t recruit and develops soft teams.

By "every year" you mean last year since he has only coached 2 seasons. He had ZERO chance to put together " the best roster in college basketball" in the first one as he was hired too late and nearly all the best guys were gone.The jury is still out on this season so basically you are basing all your BullSh!t on one season. Did he miss last year yeah he did , will that mean he keeps missing only time will tell. If he misses enough he will be gone. Thank God limp waisted jerks will not be the ones that make that decisions.

RunninRichie · Friday at 9:26 PM

Artlaibesghost said:
By "every year" you mean last year since he has only coached 2 seasons. He had ZERO chance to put together " the best roster in college basketball" in the first one as he was hired too late and nearly all the best guys were gone.The jury is still out on this season so basically you are basing all your BullSh!t on one season. Did he miss last year yeah he did , will that mean he keeps missing only time will tell. If he misses enough he will be gone. Thank God limp waisted jerks will not be the ones that make that decisions.

You realize Pope coached at 2 schools before UK, correct? The "soft teams" aren't just exclusive to his time at UK.

Artlaibesghost · Friday at 9:33 PM

RunninRichie said:
You realize Pope coached at 2 schools before UK, correct? The "soft teams" aren't just exclusive to his time at UK.

Yes and for what its worth I wouldn't have hired him if it had been my decision. We did hire him however and I think any coach that comes here should get a fair hearing. Based on his body of work HERE I think he was successful year 1 and unsuccessful year 2. Hes got this year for me at least to prove which season was real. If he can't compete for SEC title amd at the very least get to second weekend of tourney he needs to go.

bigblueinsanity (the real) · Friday at 9:36 PM

JwUKFan11 said:
Until Pope starts winning and putting together teams like Dan Hurley. I had some genius posters this offseason point out to me how they both sucked for a few years so Pope was going to take that same path soon and that’s why we should be happy he’s here. I’m just really excited for that to happen soon. I can feel it coming soon and it’s going to be beautiful.

99.99% of uk fans including me would love it. Unfortunately none of us see it happening. It isn't like we don't have a 10+ year sample size.

I sure hope to be proved wrong. Pope seems like a great guy and a hard worker. Id love to be wrong.

RunninRichie · Friday at 9:37 PM

Artlaibesghost said:
Yes and for what its worth I wouldn't have hired him if it had been my decision. We did hire him however and I think any coach that comes here should get a fair hearing. Based on his body of work HERE I think he was successful year 1 and unsuccessful year 2. Hes got this year for me at least to prove which season was real. If he can't compete for SEC title amd at the very least get to second weekend of tourney he needs to go.

I can respect this take.

Son_Of_Saul · Friday at 10:15 PM

UKCowboys said:
Show me one of those posts where I said Pope would start building teams like Hurley. Show it....you cant. I said they would have fired Hurley because his first two years were worse than Popes.

I still want to play that game with you. Go find the last 10 positive posts you have made about UK basketball. Ill post 100 negative whiny posts you made for those 10. Duke boy

Cooked.

Lameguy · Friday at 10:21 PM

Catastic5 said:
The younger generation will probably be football-only fans. The basketball program better improve or it’s doomed to be irrelevant.

No they like soccer more than anything

phyrekat01 · Friday at 10:21 PM

Ouch. Hoist on your own petard, cowboy

JASUN74 · Friday at 10:24 PM

Lmao. Nice.

Wildcat_in_DC · Friday at 10:25 PM

Mike-D said:
I'm starting to wonder how many basketball fans this program is creating within the younger generation. Probably not many. Overall, college basketball is a mediocre product, yet this University just expects fans to keep showing up and spending money regardless of the product we put on the floor.

not as concerned about creating fans with the younger generation as i am the younger generation thinking losing 10, 11, 12 games a year is normal and ok because its all they know/have seen.

JustBlue · Friday at 10:28 PM

Yeah, Pope is in his 12th year lol

He is what he is.

RobEStacy · Friday at 10:29 PM

Alot of the draw to come to UK, or any of the blue bloods has been water down by cable TV and streaming... Now you can play at Podunk U, and have all your games on TV.. Tradition... Vast majority of kids don't care what we did in the 50-00's....even more so now.. It's about the coach and NIL.... Has the coach (or assistants) shown the ability to devolpe me into a NBA player, and how much can I get paid. I think we have a way above avg NIL budget.. But do we have a coach that can devolpe talent. I dont think we do. You need a established coach with a proven track history (Ala Cal in 2010) or a Young couch with charisma and a exciting style of play. (Ala Stein) Is that the only way to succeed.... No..Butnif your not going to go that route... And you take a chance on someone else., you have to be ready to pull the plug and move on.. Means you make contracts where it protects the University, buyouts that reflect the fact, you have not proven anything yet and we are taking a chance on you... Succeed... Contacts can change. I don't think many coach's wanted to follow Cal, and how worked up the fan base was. We are our own worst enemy at times.history is littered with historic sports programs that lose their shine and become middle of pack... And out last administration was willing to be middle of the pack, and long as the rest of the departments were middle of the pack as well...

Catastic5 · Friday at 10:43 PM

Wildcat_in_DC said:
not as concerned about creating fans with the younger generation as i am the younger generation thinking losing 10, 11, 12 games a year is normal and ok because its all they know/have seen.

The Kentucky fans on Reddit are depressing. Multiple people saying that Kentucky is no longer capable of competing with other schools and trying their darndest to police anyone who says anything negative about the coach.

But most of the fans aren’t even on the college basketball subreddit anymore when they used to be one of the dominant fanbases on there. Most are the college football subreddit.

Wildcatmenace · Saturday at 12:17 AM

defactorial said:
The past 3 seasons have been the best college basketball ever. NIL era has made the game so much better and more entertaining to watch.

I disagree entirely.

Anon629549 · Saturday at 3:27 AM

I want guys who play for the name in the front of the jersey. Give me a team full of Trent Noah's

Cleatortoises · Saturday at 4:48 AM

Anon629549 said:
You must be young and don't remember the early and mid 1980s. Ewing, Sampson, Dream, Clyde, David Robinson,MJ, Worthy, Isaiah, Mullin. Yeah it's so much better now

Don't you mean Sam, Dinner Bell and Sky?

chroix · Saturday at 4:56 AM

Be positive and good things will happen is the thinking of a child. Hold yourself to a high standard and work your *** off to achieve it is how success is accomplished. Adults understand this.

jeffky · Saturday at 5:32 AM

JwUKFan11 said:
Until Pope starts winning and putting together teams like Dan Hurley. I had some genius posters this offseason point out to me how they both sucked for a few years so Pope was going to take that same path soon and that’s why we should be happy he’s here. I’m just really excited for that to happen soon. I can feel it coming soon and it’s going to be beautiful.

Hey freak leave

Tri-Countycat · Saturday at 7:00 AM

Talked to a certain player at the airport who was about to fly out to see his brother with the 49ers. He has sat court side for a couple games obviously and has been there all three seasons with Pope. He said this is Popes worst team by far in terms of talent and ability to compete in the SEC. I trust a former D1 player over the option of couch coaches. If you think the fans are critical, you should heat the players that put their heart and sweat into this program.

BBUK · Saturday at 7:13 AM

Why don't you ALL just say exactly what you mean......................ROTFLCGU

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