If you were surprised about Amari being point center, i have no idea what you were expecting. We ran the same offense last year that BYU ran in 2024.
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They also ran other offense. It was on YouTube. State Law.
Pope did run different offense before the early 20s, I’ll give you that. When Pope was hired, I fully expected 5-out zoom action with a big triggering it, which is what we got
Was 100% a joke. I like ortho
You and I might disagree a little. But I think we agree on far more.
I do appreciate the time you take to explain your position and the detail.
It’s quite obvious that you know what you’re talking about.
Chris Fisher. New analyst.
finally.What he said was he looked for a commitment before Wednesday
Exactly right. No ”system” can possibly overcome this. And I’m beginning to believe Pope has clear recruiting deficiencies.
I think this coming Wednesday because that's the end of the early signing period.
Duke is just different than most, if not all, other colleges. I was at Duke about 4 years ago for something one of my kids was doing. While we were there, I played a round of golf at UNC's golf course, and another day, I hit some balls on Duke's driving range. UNC's course was a typical college course: it was fine, nothing fancy, and in pretty good but not great shape.
From the driving range at Duke, I could see part of their course. It looked like Augusta National. I mean, it was such an impressive looking golf course. I remember going back to our hotel later that day and looking up endowments. Just did that again, and Duke's is over $12 billion. For comparison, UK's is $2.5 billion.
They just have so much money, it's almost unfair. I'm really glad they haven't won a championship recently despite all of that money, but that money is always going to buy a lot more than what the rest of us can buy.
Let's be fair you don't offer proof for most of the stuff you say as absolutes
Not sure why you bring this up on this thread but for someone who says they love Pope you're bitching as much as you do with Cal last year
My comment wasn't directed to you, but since you wanna get involved, Pope wasn't here last year this year just barely started
The defense was bad. True. But UL just allowed Ohio to score 81.
Dude is merely trying to deflect from wanting to explain why Pope isn’t recruiting like his peers, so we have what we have here, because he can’t explain it, or better yet, doesn’t want to.
Purdue has a phenomenal golf course. A Pete Dye course. About 7500 yards, it’s very long and hard. Not much rough but it has Sand and waste bunkers all over it. Lots of water too. Typical Dye design with not severe greens but lots of small tiny breaks that are hard to see x beautiful course and one of my favorites to play.
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but using facts is exactly how one is supposed to argue. Facts don't care about your feelings.
Teams still in the one and done era aren't winning championships.
Imo there is a clear explanation. Pope has a system that prioritizes the system over the skillset. Its great for giving less talented guys an opportunity to put the ball in the hole, but doesn't lend itself to showcasing individual skills.
Because it doesn't lend itself to showcasing individual skills, those skills aren't needed and therefore arent developed by the staff.
Imo its also the reason we're not landing top talent and we're overpaying for the guys we do get. They're losing the ability to showcase themselves for the nba, so we have financially offset that through nil.
Its something Pope will have to navigate because he wont win a title with at least one elite player on the squad. The fanbase, including myself, was so done with Cal we were glad to accept Pope's approach. I still love him and his system, but changes are needed.
I sure hope we get a stud from 26 here soon all these other schools are getting them left and right. Hell Missouri already has 2 in the top 25 committed. Duke has 2 in the top 12. Uconn has 2 in the top 30. Kansas has 2 in top 35 and here we sit with 0 committed.
We will get them just because we are Kentucky. We don’t have to get with the modern times. Clearly.
It was supposed to say he was only here last year and just started this year
KSR wrong about a recruitment. Anyone shocked?
I had not heard this..........who did they bypass in favor of
Stokes?
how many times have we heard that & it turned out to be false
My only concern with a guy like Collins is he could turn out to be the next Damion Collins .... and that has nothing to do with his name! I hope we truly move on from the "potential" era now with the portal and sign those freshmen who can truly come in and either dominate or contribute in a meaningful way.
I’d love to hear what we’re selling him in terms of role. Does no one else see the glut of guys at the 3/4 next year?
Noah, Mo, Kam, Jelavic, Hawthorne
We’re missing something as fans in terms of the situation. Getting Collins alone probably forces one of the above out. Getting Collins and Stokes probably overhauls both positions with departures.
His HS season starts tomorrow night. Just hard to see any fall signing period decision that doesn’t come with an announcement of the announcement today and a decision tomorrow. Cal used to have kids commit on the day of Champions Classic
Noah, Mo, Kam, Jelavic, Hawthorne
We’re missing something as fans in terms of the situation. Getting Collins alone probably forces one of the above out. Getting Collins and Stokes probably overhauls both positions with departures.
His HS season starts tomorrow night. Just hard to see any fall signing period decision that doesn’t come with an announcement of the announcement today and a decision tomorrow. Cal used to have kids commit on the day of Champions Classic
Here is a completly out of the box thinking. Pope is such kumbaya type of person and I think this could be an issue in recruiting. Most of these top kids come from bad backgrounds and I think when Pope is visiting, the Mom wants to be assured that their kid gets a hard nosed coach to keep them in line. Pope is not this kind of person. He is in your face clapping positively and I think he needs to get more aggressive in the way he coaches and also the recruiting of players. His teams are usually soft and don't have the Im going to kick your *** not matter what. Some of my best coaches got in my face and told me how it is. Not doing Kumbaya BS. Todays kids need discipline not “he is so Beautiful” BS. I am probaly off base on this but his approach is the issue.
I really hope we are at a place where we take a top five super athletic freak that probably isn’t as big a project as people say and don’t worry about what a player like Hawthorne and Noah think. Like seriously. Ik Noah is a Kentucky boy and I love having him on the team but do you keep Noah and not get Collins?
The pitch Pope has to sell them on should be super easy. You are much better basketball player than the guys we have coming back. Unless you absolutely don’t put any effort or have a terrible attitude you will be starting next year at UK.
I just really hope Pope isn’t thinking like dang Noah and Hawthorne might get upset if we sign Stokes and Collins.
Very well could be possible. I want a coach Ik is in control. Now as UK fans we love Pope. We know his history and who he is.
to random families across the country he is just Mark Pope. They know what he shows them. They don’t have all this history attached to him that we do.
Also possible that everybody isn’t a Bible Belt person and don’t want such a nice coach. I bet when Pope leaves house visits they instantly have their mind made up that they aren’t going to Kentucky if they feel like Pope is soft.
it’s not crazy to think because as much as I Love what Pope stands for I think he is SOFT!
What do you base your belief that Pope is soft with your capital letters and! Is it because he is nice and considerate does that make a person soft? I mean he ate the whole starting five out last game because they all had a brain cramp on a free throw and Garrison was being lazy.