It's not misery. It's maddening at times. Super exciting other times. I despise mediocrity though, which is where the program is as a whole. But I still get excited for each and every game, while also hoping the program were in a better place. Again, novel concept for sheep. But it's totally possible. I also hope I'm dead wrong about Pope and the trajectory we are on.
Chris Beard
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Beard Sunshine Pumper
Call it what you want. A whole lot of facts in there with one opinion about his last season at Texas. With Beard's resume, you don't really have to pump a lot of sunshine like you do other places...
I think Beard is a good coach. I’m not completely convinced he’s quite as elite as he’s sometimes made out to be, and as a case in point, I think you’re overstating his accomplishments at Ole Miss a bit.
24 wins and a Sweet 16 was a good year by their standards, but acting like they’ve never fielded a competitive team before and only a coaching genius could have done that is just not true. Just in my lifetime, Rod Barnes and Andy Kennedy both exceeded that regular season win total, and Barnes even matched the Sweet 16. The issue was that they weren’t having those kind of years consistently, but neither is Beard so far. The jury is still very much out on whether he’s a miracle worker there.
But Like pope, his resume is filled with 10+loss seasons. Basically he had 2 great years at Tech 6-7 years ago. Not denying that he’d probably be better here than Pope. I still think we should set our sights higher than beard
Wasn’t Tennessee the game where Pope literally won us the game with two successful challenges? I’m completely with Beard on this one. Tennessee gets away with a lot. They are like the Duke of SEC when it comes to officials.
They are trying to build Knoxville into a national sports scene with billions of $s. I really hope they don’t take off in this NIL era. They are serious about winning in Tennessee as bad as I hate to admit that.
They are trying to build Knoxville into a national sports scene with billions of $s. I really hope they don’t take off in this NIL era. They are serious about winning in Tennessee as bad as I hate to admit that.
He has never been elite. He is average at best.
I can live with ten loss seasons if they include conference championships, EEs, and FFs. That's an enormous difference in my mind. Could UK find a coach with a better resume than Beard? For sure. But they didn't the last time they hired one.
Is Pope average at best? Just curious on what your baseline for average at best is.
How so?
I would to hear you refute what he said.
So the way to show fire is to beat up a woman?
I feel like you might be a little too emotional for a message board.Yours is a fkn troll thing, so kiss my toddler s.ss, you Beard loving piece of
@Eagles_Ball_69 I’ve been waiting on you to answer my question, figured you’d jump all over the chance to tell us what offense Beard runs, what in game adjustments he makes (specific scenarios would be great here), and explain in detail what you like about him as a coach, besides the 1 final four almost a decade ago????
Like I care what a troll thinks
I'm a true blue unlike you, and love my Kentucky basketball. It's kind of like family to me, I wouldn't let you get away with talking S.hit to my brother either
A lot of guys on here keep saying we haven't beaten anyone worth a damn, but that win at Tennessee, was about as good as it gets. That is an extremely tough place to win, especially when they get all the calls.
Pope had to win 2 challenges to get the W down there.
I put that UT win above the Arkansas win tbh and as you can see from Beard's tyrade, not so funny things happen in that gym.
Pope had to win 2 challenges to get the W down there.
I put that UT win above the Arkansas win tbh and as you can see from Beard's tyrade, not so funny things happen in that gym.
And also raved about Devin Askew when he brought him to Texas, calling him the "next great college point guard". It's obvious he can coach, but when he had the incident at Texas, they were in the top 10 and they dropped him like a hot potato. His gal pal dropping charges didn't sway them. My guess is that Texas did some digging on their own and didn't like what they found. They fired him with cause, and as far as I know, he never got another penny from them. Good coach, but volatile, and a possible ticking bomb. Hard pass for me.
Why did you bring up something irrelevant that I wasn’t even talking about? I was talking about the fire he had going at the refs. (Which they 100% deserve)
I'm not a pope fan, but this guy is a disaster. you can't have someone like him here
UT is most definitely a good win. Ark is a good win.
Especially with both on the road.
But they were not coaching wins. He was along for the ride.
I'm in the camp that Pope is not the right guy for the job, but I'm going to agree to disagree here.
Pope made the right adjustments, had his team ready to play in both games, he shut down Acuff, Ament, Thomas and Gillespie. Made them completely inefficient.
It looked to me like Pope pushed every button he needed to push in those games.
He gets the blame for the losses, the least we can do is give him some of the credit for the wins.
I have watched both Acuff and Ament kill other teams. We did a great job on those guys. I thought Acuff was going to penetrate at will, but that never happened. But I think Kam did a great job on Ament, if I remember right.
There are some that won't give Pope credit, no matter what he does, and don't want him to succeed at Kentucky, and admit they were wrong. And he may not succeed, but I sure hope like hell, as a true Kentucky fan, that he does.
Go Pope and Wildcats
Yeah, the coach is directly responsible for the game planning, adjustments, individual player improvement, team improvement and preparing his team to play games.I have watched both Acuff and Ament kill other teams. We did a great job on those guys. I thought Acuff was going to penetrate at will, but that never happened. But I think Kam did a great job on Ament, if I remember right.
There are some that won't give Pope credit, no matter what he does, and don't want him to succeed at Kentucky, and admit they were wrong. And he may not succeed, but I sure hope like hell, as a true Kentucky fan, that he does.
Go Pope and Wildcats
That team doesn't win those games with no coach on the sidelines. Pope did a great job in both of those games and the Saint Johns game.
Maybe he found something that works. We'll find out tonight and on Saturday.
Beard is a great coach - worked 10 years under Bob Knight at Texas Tech.
Has been conference Coach of Year 4 times & National COY twice.
He has never lost in the first round of NCAA tournament at any level.
He is a winner -
Has been conference Coach of Year 4 times & National COY twice.
He has never lost in the first round of NCAA tournament at any level.
He is a winner -
Guess I just don't like anyone who would abuse his wife, or any Lady period. To me that takes away any good you can say about his coaching. He will never be a Kentucky Wildcat coach. And if so, it might be time to rethink basketball.
I really don’t get what these guys don’t see with Beard. Holy crap man the guy was essentially robbed of a national title at Tech. Easily should have won that game, and was seconds and an overtime from it. At that point he was 50/50 under a minute from a title lol. Turns around and damn near puts them back in ANOTHER final four.
Takes one of the worst doormats in America, Ole Miss, and almost immediately has them in a sweet 16 that’s been done ONE TIME in 100 years. Lol. And I thought he was about to walk another doormat to an elite 8 lol.
One thing this board has never done well is evaluate coaches. Oats sucks but winning at a no name, Cal sucked at Memphis, Beard sucks, Pope just needs more time lol, Wade sucks, I mean it boggles my mind sometimes. Wanted Payne to take over for Calipari lol. Place is really good at a lot of things basketball but evaluating a coach isn’t one of them that’s for sure. Agree with a lot of guys here but coach eval isn’t the boards strong suit. I got thrashed for suggesting Billy G needs to be fired before he was lol.
Pipe hasn’t proven he is a great coach. I think he is a good coach, not great.
He's an RMK disciple. Lots of motion, a bit more modern version of the reverse-action from ages ago. His teams are always super physical and play tough half-court man. He's not gimmicky or fancy. Normally his teams are full of guys that he gets to play super hard and physical and are solid fundamentally.
Message board tough guys using emojis. Interesting approach.Like I care what a troll thinks
I'm a true blue unlike you, and love my Kentucky basketball. It's kind of like family to me, I wouldn't let you get away with talking S.hit to my brother either
Because he got kicked out of this game or because of the mess at Texas? I agree, the holier than thou crowd would jump off a cliff. Weird how they accepted Cal. Maybe it needs to get THAT bad first, which gives Beard another year or two.
I don't take it too seriously. It's pretty obvious Pope being a UK guy and "religious" drives a lot of the opinions. Which in turn drive the opinions on Pearl, Cal, Oats, Beard...you name them. Interesting considering the history of the coach that put UK on the map. Not many folks on here live in glass houses, huh?
Sooooooo...lemme see if I get this straight.
Beard is "average at best"?
Pipe (Pope) is good, not great?
I honestly wasn't even asking about Pope (I think I like Pipe better though), but your statement kinda lets me know all I really need to know.
Askew = 6th man of the year in BIG EAST this year
Beard is a great coach
Enlighten us on this coach that you know for sure would do so much better and has at least a snow ball's chance in hell of coming here?
So Pope gets credit for the losses but not the wins? I've heard it all now. Some of you are just going to hate him no matter what he does. You are the fans that give us the "crazy" moniker.
Well he thought Travis Perry would be a guy he could count on the win SEC games. I’m not shocked if that’s the level of player he is enamored by now.
So, the Big East has named him as the 6th man of the year while there is still a month to go in the season? Interesting. At any rate, Beard said he was the "next great college basketball point guard". I guess my question is...does Askew doing a good job coming off the bench for Villanova four years after Beard said that qualify him as the "next great college basketball point guard"? I think we know the answer to that.
As I said, good coach, but volatile, and a possible ticking bomb. He had Texas in the top 10, and they dropped him like a hot potato. It's not like they were looking for a reason to fire him. He was fired with cause, and he threatened to sue, but as far as I know, never got a penny. I promise you that Texas did their own investigation of his off the court life and found something(s) they didn't like and decided to cut ties.
It's funny to me that once a narrative is set for some people, nothing will change their mind. No matter how many games we win it will just be "Pope was just along for the ride, the players won those games" and no matter how we lose it'll always be Pope's fault.
That’s why I don’t like Beard. I agree with you 100 percent.
Idc how good a coach is, if they are the type of guy that would hit a woman they’re a POS.
Beard SUCKS! And his teams play that thug, flopping garbage. Smack and hold on defense and flop on offense. NO THANKS!