Fire him tonight

Runnin'Ramel

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Players made turnovers and missed shots. I blame the players more than Pope. But, we do need better offensive sets.
What in the actual f*ck were those plays out of timeouts that resulting in back to back turnovers and Lowe's awful 3? Having Moreno and Garrison in together to try to pass back and forth? This is coaching, not players at this point.
 

TX Wildcat

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Pope, being the UK fan he is that cares about the “name on the front of the jersey”, should resign.

Mitch will give him the third year out of apathy.

Make it easy, Mark!
 
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BlueBlood96Cat

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What in the actual f*ck were those plays out of timeouts that resulting in back to back turnovers and Lowe's awful 3? Having Moreno and Garrison in together to try to pass back and forth? This is coaching, not players at this point.
Needs to be an internal investigation on betting. Is Pope pulling an Adam Sandler or Bert Reynolds ?
 

Argonaut

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Pope, being the UK fan he is that cares about the “name on the front of the jersey”, should resign.

Mitch will give him the third year out of apathy.

Make it easy, Mark!
Why would he do that when he’s getting paid millions to suck? Everyone seems to think he’ll pull of Stoops and stick around until they buy him out. So much for deeply caring about Kentucky basketball if he pulls that ish.
 

kfwa

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there is no way for the final play of the game Pope told Lowe to dribble around the perimeter and then take a 3 pointer without passing it to whoever the designated shooter was.

These players are bad....and Pope unfortunately can't bench all of them, but he should
 

Cats4321

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Players made turnovers and missed shots. I blame the players more than Pope. But, we do need better offensive sets.
It's true the players were terrible, but that doesn't change anything. You can usually tell by year one or two if a coach is the right fit or not, and it's pretty obvious that Pope is out of his league here. Not his fault, Mitch hired him despite his complete lack of creditials. I still like Pope, and I want to remember him as a player on our greatest team...not as a screw up by Mitch.
 

21Goose

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Players made turnovers and missed shots. I blame the players more than Pope. But, we do need better offensive sets.
Pope ran the offense through Moreno and then Garrison at the end. Both turned it over. Those 2 should have never had the ball out top at that time of the game.
 
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UKWildcats1987

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there is no way for the final play of the game Pope told Lowe to dribble around the perimeter and then take a 3 pointer without passing it to whoever the designated shooter was.

These players are bad....and Pope unfortunately can't bench all of them, but he should

So many people blaming the players tonight.

How come Cal didn't get the same pass from freshmen doing dumb things as Pope is tonight from veterans doing dumb things? Lol be consistent.
 

Crestcat

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Players made turnovers and missed shots. I blame the players more than Pope. But, we do need better offensive sets.
This is not a highly skilled team. Can't pass, can't dribble, can't shoot. They look like a pick up game team at the Y. I guess they're trying to run sets, hard to tell.
 
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