Anyone Else Hear Boos at the End

Ukwazoo3

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You may have a point if UNC didn't have one of their best players out .
We were also on our home court and had a six point lead with 7 to go.
Bad loss is the only way to look at tonight's game.
No, man. Only UK has injuries. No one else.
 
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DrGlock

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This x 1000! This job has like a 10 year shelf life. It ages you as bad as the presidency. Cal was well beyond that and all parties needed a change. He honestly looks healthier and happier again. Kudos to him!

However, Mitchell absolutely shat the bed with this hire. No one was happy about it when news broke. And people only got on board after Pitino snd the 96 team told them to. Literally no one was trying to hire Pope and BYU made larger investments right after he left and are now far better.

Honestly, we kind of need this season to go as bad as possible to move this process along as fast as possible.
Careful, you're going to be labeled "not a true fan" for saying something rational like that last tough love sentence. You must cheer for the trainwreck even as you watch it go over a cliff rather than caring enough to help it switch the tracks
 

BlueBloodKyFan73

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The problem is the team is banged up and has lost a couple of close games and got ran by a team that is just better than we are right now. As to the two close losses, Louisville and UNC both had a dude that was better than any healthy player we have, which is typically the difference in a close game. At 100% this team is top 12-15, not top 3, so missing a few kids is going to make them a undermanned squad against good teams. I thought the kids still played hard tonight and I am not bailing on them or the head coach 8 games in. Im ashamed that so many UK "fans" are so quick to bail on their team
Lost a couple of close games WHAT we were beaten easily by double digits to Louisville and Michigan St and lose at home to UNC where we got out rebounding out hustled and couldn’t hit water if we fell off a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean but SURE thing
 

ZaytovenCat

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What took his Arkansas team to the S16?
Definitely wasn't Aidoo and Johnell.
Cal would have brought in a few portal players had he stayed.
Knox and Richmond were definitely better as freshman than a lot of UK fans were expecting them to be.
Its a moot point but I think the roster Cal would have had at UK last year would have exceeded preseason expectations.
In what world did Knox and Richmond exceed fan expectations from last year?

Knox averaged 8ppg and 3rpg shooting 35% from 3. The first half of the year he was basically unplayable.

Richmond averaged 5ppg and 3rpg shooting 12% from 3.

They were projected to start here, Knox for sure. They’d have been crucified, rightly, had they done that here last year.

Plus, Cal absolutely would have done worse here than he did at Arkansas last year. Most of the year they were awful. It took a minor miracle for them to make the tournament and then had a S16 run. Big whoop.
 

meteordealer

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Go ahead. I hope we all have to eat crow, but nobody on this board has seen anything that leads us to believe we are a decent team. We have a PG who’s made of glass, selfish players, a NBA stud who hasn’t played in a year. Our best returning player is just now looking like his original self, we haven’t played much defense. We can’t shoot. We didn’t score for 12 minutes from the field. That is unbelievable.
Welcome to the NIL era. This will be the norm, more than the exception.
 
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In what world did Knox and Richmond exceed fan expectations from last year?

Knox averaged 8ppg and 3rpg shooting 35% from 3. The first half of the year he was basically unplayable.

Richmond averaged 5ppg and 3rpg shooting 12% from 3.

They were projected to start here, Knox for sure. They’d have been crucified, rightly, had they done that here last year.

Plus, Cal absolutely would have done worse here than he did at Arkansas last year. Most of the year they were awful. It took a minor miracle for them to make the tournament and then had a S16 run. Big whoop.
We also probably still would have been running Bradshaw out there at C.
 

AJBlue

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UK has to have a coach with some kind of energy. The 0 amount of fire from Pope is something I can’t take. I can’t do it anymore.

When he was a player did he get dirty? Was he a banger? I get being a good person but at what point do you not get a little upset? A little fire?
THis really is a key thing he is missing rightn now. When by the first time out you see the team not running the offense you fix it right then by getting in some grills and letting them know this isnt an option. You pass you cut (hard) or you sit beside me. You crash boards with energy and effort or you sit beside me. We go real long stretches of bad play on both ends that can be fixed by metrics or strategy. He has to learn to be more demaning of his guys but not sure he has it in him and that worries me
 
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GoneFishin916

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Im just telling the truth and you don't like it. You are another on the list of folks that quits on your team after a few losses, even when they are really banged up. Its who you are dude. Live with it
Thinking you might need a timeout. Again, I do not care what you think; use your brain. When did I quit on them? For saying they deserved to be booed? It’s a tough world and clearly, you are not cut out for it. Were you White-Knighting for BCG too?
 
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UKCowboys

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Thinking you might need a timeout. Again, I do not care what you think; use your brain. When did I quit on them? For saying they deserved to be booed? It’s a tough world and clearly, you are not cut out for it. Were you White-Knighting for BCG too?
BCG? Thats typical of someone who quit on the team, make stuff up as you go...
 

BigBlue_83

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UK has to have a coach with some kind of energy. The 0 amount of fire from Pope is something I can’t take. I can’t do it anymore.

When he was a player did he get dirty? Was he a banger? I get being a good person but at what point do you not get a little upset? A little fire?
Exactly. I remember that speech Pitino gave his players against Providence last season. Hard to believe Pope is a product of that guy.
 
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TrueBluePhil

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Think about this a little. I know most of people wont admit this since it's politically incorrect to say but Pope is from the west coast and he has had 5 females around him most of his life. He is an emotional basket case. Just watch his post game interview after the Michigan state game. He acted like a wimp. Men need real men around them and not be some emotional weaklings. We are just different and thats a fact. He talks like a women. Oh he's is so beautiful and i have such compassion etc… You cant steer the titanic unless you are a hard nose individual. We are a sinking ship because of his demeanor.
 

GoneFishin916

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Think about this a little. I know most of people wont admit this since it's politically incorrect to say but Pope is from the west coast and he has had 5 females around him most of his life. He is an emotional basket case. Just watch his post game interview after the Michigan state game. He acted like a wimp. Men need real men around them and not be some emotional weaklings. We are just different and thats a fact. He talks like a women. Oh he's is so beautiful and i have such compassion etc… You cant steer the titanic unless you are a hard nose individual. We are a sinking ship because of his demeanor.
Dafriq?
 
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Artlaibesghost

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Brutal loss. They’re getting paid now, so booing is fair game.
In my mind no real Kentucky fan would EVER boo our players in a game. I don't give a flying !@#$ if the are getting paid. You DONT boo UK players on ours or any other floor. I wish those guys would go pull for the Birds.