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.
Piss on wanting Cal back. Can't believe the fans are saying this at any level.
It's not about wanting Cal back.
I get the frustration but Cal lost to Oakland, Cal lost to St. Pete. In his last 4 years UK had not beat a ranked team by December 17 in the season. Right direction might be debatable but its hard to argue that we haven't seen some improvement overall.
There were plenty of coaches after Drew and Hurley. Problem is Mitch didn’t appear interested in trying to find one. He was too busy working on Drew and the women’s basketball coaching search. But did we bother asking Otzelberger from Iowa St? Lloyd from Arizona?
BCG was hired by Barnhart because it was a face saving move after Billy G left him at the alter.
Mitch had nothing to do with the Calipari hire. It was Mike Pratt with other former players and boosters that lead that search.
Exactly I'll never wish we had Cal back I'll go back and look at his last 5 years and NO THANK YOU. This Pope experiment is about over though loved the dude as a player but his resume just wasn't UK worthy as a coach. This isn't on him this is on the ******* that hired him I just hate Mitch Barnhart and I hope he retires soon because UK won't fire him!
Put that troll on ignore! Anyone acting a fool after last night, is getting the same treatment from me!
Are we as fans absolutely sure that everyone told Mitch no? Or did he go straight from Drew to Pope because honestly that's what I get from it and that's a Mitch type move the dude doesn't like to do the work when it comes time to hire the right coach for the big time sports.... I mean the committee which Mitch is a member but not a voting member of found our football coach less than 24 hours after Stoops was fired.... They say he was talked to during the season though before we won those 2 games against Auburn and Florida. All I know is if Pope doesn't get this straightened out we need to move again on the basketball side of things. Mitch needs to be no where near another hire plain and simple....
Fair enough, but these dudes are COOKED! 20 point beat downs coming to a SEC arena nightly… Starting next month!
That same Calipari team beat Pope in Rupp and went as far as UK did in the tournament!
Exactly, at least with Rob and Reed I felt like with any kind of defensive game we would win.
These “kids” are getting paid more money than 95% of Americans right now. That comment right there shows your true dense colors. Epitome of an asinine.
Pope over paid for players like Barnhart over paid for coaches
It doesn't change their age dipstick. Maybe try finishing school if you want more money
Close? We lost to UL by 8 and only because they missed 7 straight FTs trying to salt it away at the end. And we lost with a huge home court advantage to UNC, who was also without one of their best players.
Agree on Cal. I have absolutely zero issues with moving on from Cal.
Anyone who wants Cal back is either delusional about Cal or trolling.
I have settled on the unwatchable’s.
If you are referring to Oweh, the guy is still not a threat from outside. Unbelievable how guys can be playing this level of basketball and have the kinds of mechanics he does.
lol short stack. I haven’t heard that one in a while. You actually made me laugh.
Oats made it clear he didn't want to be Kentucky, got a contract and pay increase as a result, Hurley publicly said no, Drew was offered and said no.....I mean after at the point (and I don't even put Drew in that category, he did win a NCCAT championship but it was during covid, is there any coach that is really that much better than the others ?
You may have your sources but I'm not buying what you're selling on this. Donovan was choice 1. Donovan told UK he was coming, then backed out and left Barnhart holding his you know what.
Calipari needed to go. Pope shouldn't have been hired. Both can be true.
I was at the gym. audible booing at the final horn. Not really a fan of that, especially this early in his tenure and one of our own, but people pay a lot of money to see a **** product so to each his own.
That one of our own crap gets old. Pope is paid 5 million and this is the product he puts on the floor.
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!
