He doesn't have any HS recruits this year. He was in the lead for two of the top 5, both were lost in negotiation, that certainly is not entirely on him. But even if it were, no recruits so far for next seaso is all you have
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Yeah. I know. I'm a narrow minded douche.
The real accepting people are the conservative Christian right. Trump, Elon, Miller. Those guys are super accepting.
Trump, ICE, and the Christian right are super not narrow minded. Mormon's aren't narrow minded. Both of these groups are well known to be super accepting and tolerant of other cultures. (That's sarcasm if you don't get it)
And KSR is a sports podcast. Yet, they have an entire segment about the ICE shooting, and talk about politics frequently.
Matt Jones took up 30+ minutes of a podcast, plus carried it over to the next day.
I really like and respect Matt too. However, his take on the Goode shooting is ridiculous. There is literally video from multiple angles showing what happened. Be a man, Matt, and stick up for your people. Don't pull this "well both sides" crap. That's why we lose. You are no better than them if you are telling us to not believe what we see with our own eyes.
Matt's take was pretty ridiculous when there are literal videos from multiple angles showing what happened.
But here we have Matt "attorney" Jones saying it's debatable if it was legal for an ICE person to shoot the poor woman in the head - and murder her.
Shame on you Matt.
I literally like you and listen to you guys almost everyday.
However, your take on the shooting was absolute nonsense.
Did you even watch the videos?
Did you know the guy called her an f'ing B after shooting her in the head?
I thought you were religious...
A religious person would understand what happened is wrong and want justice.
Who is the bigot now guys?
Is it me? Am I the bad guy? Some douche commenting on the Internet? I don't even own a firearm....
- Am I the guy supporting a PDF (using that abbreviation to not get in trouble)?
- Am I the guy supporting someone who is disrespecting all our allies?
- Am I the guy supporting someone blowing up boats with no proof?
- Am I the guy supporting someone trying to force another country (Greenland) into the USA when it is clear they do not want that?
- Am I the guy who ruined our relationship with Canada?
- Am I the guy ruining our economy and job prospects?
- Am I the guy with clear ties to our historical nemesis (Russia) and doing everything they can to support them?
- Am I the guy trying to go against the constitution?
- Am I the guy threatening to attempt to stop future free elections?
- Am I the guy trying to send military into states to prevent their right to protest and their right to free speech?
There are so many more things I could go on about.
If I was a young kid, I wouldn't want to be in a conservative "heckhole" either.
It's insane what is going on right now. Religion is a part of it, whether you will admit it or not. For whatever reason, Church people, and their leaders, support Trump. Yet he is one of the most immoral people I have ever heard of in my life. The guy literally is on video with Epstein - on multiple occasions. It is a FACT that they were essentially best friends. (And don't give be the Clinton BS because if he did something like that then he should be in jail too)
Yet you Kentucky people still support people like him and turtle person Mitch McConnell. How the heck do you vote for McConnell time and time again? I would say he is even worse than Trump - but even he doesn't like Trump....
BTW, I grew up in Lexington, KY. I lived there for 20+ years. I do have a right to my opinions based on growing up there. Lexington and Louisville are cool though. It's the "craphole" rural areas that no one likes. (A lot of these players literally would probably look down on you.....)
I would love to hear someone's perspective on why you would support these Trump people. They aren't religious. They don't have your best interest at heart. They are manipulating you. You are literally voting against your own best interest.
I refuse to call that team “the Dillingham team.” Cal and DJ stole a truly good season from us. If that had really been the Shep/Dillingham team we would have gone to the FF.
In Dilly's defense, he was held back by Cal for not starting him. I cant really blame Oakland on him, when a strong argument can be made that if Cal just played him and Reed instead of DJ and Edward's, we win some games in March.
I defend Cal a lot, but he 100% caused that final season with with inexcusable decisions to not start the best players. If he just swallowed his pride and had DJ come off the bench, the whole season changes.
I defend Cal a lot, but he 100% caused that final season with with inexcusable decisions to not start the best players. If he just swallowed his pride and had DJ come off the bench, the whole season changes.
You probably ought to stop posting for awhile. You have some awful takes.
Where did u come from? Gracious God. Please go back.
This portal season will tell us a lot about Pope. I hope he does just fine. If this team makes the tournament they can always get hot at the right time and make something happen.
As somebody else stated I didn’t expect to go 3-1 out of the last four. If we can keep goin 3-1 the rest of conference play that would be great. I went from completely down on this team to a slight bit of hope.
I will give credit where it’s due. Winning is always better than a L and I’ll give them credit for the three wins even if they were ugly. I need to see them do that against top 10 team.
I’m gonna have to put that on Pope man. Ok I believe you there were contract negotiations. You get past that however you have to if you’re Pope. Didn’t we hear an agent basically say he was inexperienced and emotional during negotiations?
That’s why I 100% put recruiting on Pope. A coach has what he has to work with. Even if UK is the only school in the country that has this set up which I do not know. Not the best set up ok you still have plenty other resources at Kentucky. I’m not gonna sit here and act like I know the facts of what we have but we have PLENTY of resources to land some top guys if you are a proven commodity and respected.
Pope just doesn’t have the data not to be funny..these recruits can’t trust him over a Cal or Bill Self or Sampson on and on…. Can you blame them? This is serious business and these recruits only have one moment. Vommit on my sweater already mom’s spaghetti …
Pope doesn’t have the connections or respect yet. IMO best thing to me would be if we are stuck with him for say the whole five years…. He keeps learning on the job sadly and gains respect/connections and gets more comfortable with this whole system. I doubt the expectations were the same at BYU… gotta sh it or get.
I thought I knew where you stood. I’m not sure if this is serious or you are bsn around lol. So I read that and think ik what you meant. Can you please do me a favor kind of as a challenge. Say what you just said in this post in a sentence or two. What is the main point you are preaching? I won’t get offended im not on either side of the religion/politics thing. I was reading but got lost lol
Cal knew he wouldn’t be at Kentucky. You think he was trying to win a championship on his way out? Na he was sabotaging and now over at Arky giving it his all just to prove something. Maybe I got the same thing I dislike Cal for …. I want Kentucky to win a chip just to make a point also.
I mean sure but not on here. I talk UK ball here for the most part. If you send me a link to a religion forum or politic forum I’ll go back and forth all day. I have plenty of crazy **** for ya. I’ll keep my crazy Kentucky takes here
I think you are missing one key factor...
After we missed on a two top five HS kids we led on, where would you have pivoted? You can go after this four star or that one, OR, you can go after the 2-3 biggest fish in the portal this season. He is in a different spot than year one when he had nothing. I am sure he feels like he has 6-7-8 kids coming back that can play, especially in a supporting role. I think thats why he focused on the HS kids he did. I don't think he will look for quantity this season unless a lot of our kids move on. I think he will go after a couple of superstars
That’s best case scenario we keep several guys and get some good ones this summer. I’m really starting to like the thought of Johnson Chandler Kam Moreno coming back but we need way more than that. Way more.
No doubt about it. I think there is a good chance the guys you named plus Lowe, MM comes back and probably Jelly, and BG(I know lol, but still). I do think MD moves on and possibly Noah, but who knows. I think if thats all the case, a great 3 point shooter, a scorer regardless of position, and an athletic big who can defend will make this an outstanding team
I should have included them. Jasper Chandler Kam Jelly Moreno that’s a super solid core. Especially if you go get some studs in the portal and most of the guys we named are coming off the bench.
Responding to your post for context not just asking you per se. when it comes to recruiting, if you’ve missed out on your high level recruits (which does suck)but when do you move away from non impact high schoolers and hammer the portal?
It is my hope that MP realizes this team needs a couple of DUDES. He went after a couple that were HS kids. I HOPE and think its possible that he didn't pivot to other(less impactful) HSers because he is going after those couple of really stars in the portal instead of just good solid players
Exactly my hope. Bring those guys back and add two STARS. We missed the #1 and #5 guys in HS. We need two top 5 portal guys
I hope it does but until Pope proves he’s can land somebody like that i don’t see it happening.
Let me clarify, I’m not saying this should be a yearly strategy. Just wondering if you end up in the position the Cats are in (wish we weren’t) is it smarter to go ahead and hit the portal (when you can)or take 40-50 ranked high schoolers?
Or…and here’s a wild thought. You could explain what you think is wrong with what I said. Novel concept on a message board.
Hey nitro here you go man. Say something here f uck boy. You sir are the troll.
“Chandler needs a shout out”
“Chandler needs a shout out”
This take is SO ridiculous. So you honestly think Pope is stopping these guys from going to parties or having “pre marital relations” in their non-basketball free time? LOL
I can assure you they’re still having PLENTY of off court fun.
I couldn’t imagine being in college. Being the star player at Kentucky. While making millions. That’s a good life. Yea Oweh and the rest of em are having plenty of fun.
Can’t imagine what it would have been like in 2010 if NIL was a thing. How much does that roster cost us? Or 2015.
No, it absolutely is NOT. If it was, then he would be preaching Mormonism at us and trying to convert us. Instead he’s never said a single word about it …at least to my knowledge.
It’s bizarre how freaked out some of our fans are by Pope’s religion. You know, mormon coaches ain’t that rare. And it ain’t a big deal. Hell, we’ve spent the last decade watching the Chiefs win a bunch of Super Bowls with a mormon coach. Do you think Andy Reid was stopping Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce from going to bars or getting laid?