Deron Rippey to Duke
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are we surprised? Duke always eats first.
If Duke gets Rippey, and I think that they will, hopefully it will help our chances with Smith.
Except that is not true; he will decide from 5 schools (Duke is the favorite)
I had read an article the other day about Duke cooling on Smith and went all in for Rippey. Most think Smith will chose Arkansas or Georgetown now.
He is the best guard in the class.
They’re rolling and meanwhile down in Lexington. Thanks, Mitch!!!
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Nah just ask @UK4Life#9 , everything is fine and Pope is doing great.
We have signed 0 recruits, and this past off-season Pope displayed his portal picking expertise, which needs work.
yeah, like what do we have to be excited about next year
year 3 chandler and noah???
Didn’t experts have us in the lead for him a few months ago and now we didn’t even make his top 5? Not even a hat on the table huh
We are watching a preview of next year right now.
But we beat INDIANA
We will continue to strike out on 5* kids with the JMI/Mitch special that is having the player sign over their outside NIL rights to JMI effectively eliminating their chances at any outside NIL on top of their UK NIL deal within the collective. Multiple agents and a few players said THAT is why people are refusing to sign. Pope gets some of them to the table and the JMI NIL contract details are gone through and they walk away. That's why we had Crystal Balls for Stokes and Collins and were in good position with others. It's not the money, it's not players not wanting to play for Pope or KY, it's this new JMI deal (specifically that clause) that are making people run away the most. There are obviously other factors, but that is our death knell that we didn't have last portal season. Since we inked that 15 year extension with this clause in, we've signed exactly 0 players.
Pilgrim said its a bit of both.
Which I said by saying there are obviously other factors, but the kids we get to the table that want to play for UK and for Pope that we can't close on are because of the JMI clause, which is what I was referring to. The guys who don't want to play for Pope/UK is a different discussion, albeit, still an issue.
I took from Jack's article that we've missed on at least one guy because of Pope's behavior when interacting with recruits. I may be reading too much into that but that's my impression
i think there's a possibility we take a 3 star from like pike county, but that's not exciting or a way to build a program
But he cares about the "jersey".
If this is true there goes another 5 star to a program that has 10 or more thinking they are going to play a lot of minutes only to find out only 5 at a time can play. It doesn't matter how many 5 stars they already have or are recruiting, they just keep signing. There has got to be more happening for all these boatloads of stars to keep on going to Duke when they are already loaded. We always have recruited players that say if so and so are coming here I'm not coming, or if we have a certain player coming back, hell no I'm not coming. It's funny different rules for different schools. despite Duke having a lot of these type players leave after not playing much after a couple of years, But they still get to keep the money and jobs their family was given or moving expenses.
They can waste millions on hs players just like other teams They are spending 25,000,000 I guess
they got to a final four last year and undefeated this year so they must be doing something right
A lot of lawyers will tell you different because these agents are just that, lawyers
If that bugs you you're REALLY gonna hate how UK is spending their money
PG Isaac Ellis to Louisville ... announced yesterday. He de-committed from South Carolina.
Fake News. He may indeed commit there, but hasn’t yet
Correct. No commitment
Every day we fall further behind. There is no one behind the wheel.
yes no commitment, but he has a crystal ball there, basically means hes a lock
if this is true.......can anything be done about that clause?
if true,.......how can someone sign a contract like that and no one else read/know/understand the fine print and how it will harm the sports programs?
Is Barnhart against UK sports that much???? Why doesn't he do something to help the sprots programs/ Why isn't he held accountable for these stupid contracts? Does he not have any superior that keeps tabs on him?
Boom!
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would sure trade places with them and their roster
We didn't want him anyway. There is a 5'7 PG from Jackson County high-school that understands the assignment
Good for him, but this one going to Kansas, https://247sports.com/player/taylen-kinney-46140678/ , wtf!
Pope reminds me of George McClellan in the Civil War. Organized. Tons of the resources. Every reason in the world that he should have had success. But at the end of the day, he wasn't a killer, and his ineptitude helped allow the South to prevail far longer than they should have.
Pope is the same way. It is inevitable that this thing collapses around him. It's painful to watch. He's a terrible recruiter and a mediocre coach.