Arkansas looking scary

Anon1759768907

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That is the dumbest argument I’ve ever heard. HIM HAVING THE ROSTER TO DO IT AND FAILING TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT OVER AND OVER ONLY PROVES MY POINT. It’s HIM!!! He was the problem.
YES, IT WAS HIS FAULT NOT THE PLAYERS


UNDER POPE ITS THE PLAYERS FAULT NOT POPES

SOME GUYS UNDER POPE JUST DONT HAVE IT
 

mash_24

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YES, IT WAS HIS FAULT NOT THE PLAYERS


UNDER POPE ITS THE PLAYERS FAULT NOT POPES

SOME GUYS UNDER POPE JUST DONT HAVE IT
Complain about next seasons recruiting all you want. At this point without getting to the portal and seeing what we come up with that’s valid. But Pope put together a nice roster this year. There is a lot of talent here. Did he rely too much on JQ and his risk? Maybe. Did the pieces fit great? Maybe not. I have a clue for you. The pieces Cal put together didn’t work much the last few years either. And Cal had no clue what to do about it. Pope is at least trying to fit the pieces together despite horrific injury luck.
 

Anon1759768907

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Complain about next seasons recruiting all you want. At this point without getting to the portal and seeing what we come up with that’s valid. But Pope put together a nice roster this year. There is a lot of talent here. Did he rely too much on JQ and his risk? Maybe. Did the pieces fit great? Maybe not. I have a clue for you. The pieces Cal put together didn’t work much the last few years either. And Cal had no clue what to do about it. Pope is at least trying to fit the pieces together despite horrific injury luck.
well the recruiting under pope wont get better than this

this is the 2009 team under pope, it wont get any better


ESPECIALLY with how recruiting looks going forward
 

STL_Cat

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I definitely want the best high school talent but anyone freaking out about the lack of high school recruits needs to take into account the portal has completely changed the recruiting game. You can bring in a great class without landing more than 1-2 high school kids today.
 
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kyjeff1

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Complain about next seasons recruiting all you want. At this point without getting to the portal and seeing what we come up with that’s valid. But Pope put together a nice roster this year. There is a lot of talent here. Did he rely too much on JQ and his risk? Maybe. Did the pieces fit great? Maybe not. I have a clue for you. The pieces Cal put together didn’t work much the last few years either. And Cal had no clue what to do about it. Pope is at least trying to fit the pieces together despite horrific injury luck.
Pope put together a "nice" roster, that's a good way to put it. Problem is, it's not a great roster, but it should be.

This roster is full of complimentary players and Pope overlooked the pg spot. There was no depth there. I'm glad to see DA rounding the corner, but he's not a title winning caliber pg.

Pope had $22m to spent and ge got zero star talent. He can’t do that again next year.

Pope should get Moreno, JJ, Kam, DA, Chandler and probably Lowe back, but he needs to find a way to fill the roster with stars that have spent some time in the weight room.
 

RedwoodHigh

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Pope put together a "nice" roster, that's a good way to put it. Problem is, it's not a great roster, but it should be.

This roster is full of complimentary players and Pope overlooked the pg spot. There was no depth there. I'm glad to see DA rounding the corner, but he's not a title winning caliber pg.

Pope had $22m to spent and ge got zero star talent. He can’t do that again next year.

Pope should get Moreno, JJ, Kam, DA, Chandler and probably Lowe back, but he needs to find a way to fill the roster with stars that have spent some time in the weight room.
We ll get Noah POTTER & Jelly back too. Hawthorne & Mo ???
JQ - BG - OO gone
PLAY Hawthorne now - Use it or lose it🎱
 
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Anon1759768907

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Where he did the most "John Calipari" thing and blew a huge lead and lost the game.
and then went to work in the offseason and brought in some studs and has an elite team this year

you woukd think pope did that too but instead we paid 3 mil for denzel aberdeen lol
 

kyjeff1

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and then went to work in the offseason and brought in some studs and has an elite team this year

you woukd think pope did that too but instead we paid 3 mil for denzel aberdeen lol
Ah yes, January Cal. I remember January of 22 when we were the best team in the country. Crushed KU in Lawrence, crushed Tennessee.by 30 and uNC by 30, but from there, it went downhill, then Saint Peters put the final nail in our coffin.
Yeah, January Cal is pretty awesome, especially at home.
 
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UKGrad24

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Typical Calipari. This will be his best year hands down. He won’t get freshman classes be this good, they haven’t been in years and won’t be in the future. This was always the team I worried about not having here, but it seems they’ll be another come up short Calipari team.

Add his coaching, they have no shot at a title and very slim shot at a final four. They are average at best in the front court, Calipari cannot win without it. Calipari must have the dominant shot blocker who’s extremely consistent and dominant.

After this Arkansas is going to have average seasons and maybe some bad ones. I think he’ll be there another 2 more years and that’s it. He’ll come back here for his legacy and Arkansas will be a place he went to finish his checks. Arkansas fans still don’t get it but they will in the end. If they begin to turn on him after choking with this team his ego will go crazy and he’ll leave them in a bad spot and back to the cellar they go.

Moving Calipari out was the right move, I just don’t think we made the right hire. Mitch always strikes and screw’s it up. Hopefully with the NIL is bails the hire out or Mark figures something out. But getting Calipari out of here, although I hate it for his legacy and ours, needed to be done.