I feel so sorry for Mark.
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I am sure Coach Pope knows what he getting into after all he was here at one time, sure he be able to handle it.
This is going to be a 2-3 year disaster. Hopefully, there is a big name coach ready to come in and resurrect the program in a couple years. Like when Pitino came or when Calipari came.
Wow! I thought this was a joke at first. I thought . . . no one can be this venomous!
Like it or not, Mark Pope is our coach. As for me, I will not be working to fire him. I will support and give him a wide window of opportunity to succeed here at UK. GO BIG Blue!
You are the poster child as to why people outside of Kentucky say the HC job is not attractive. When money is about equal anymore among Power 5 jobs, the UK job just isn’t worth the pathetic attitudes of many of its fans. Congratulations!
Find another school to root for. Guessing you’re Tavern Wildcat anyway.
So this is where the BBN lunatics come to post negative shiit about the program.
I have a suggestion for you miserables, go outside, get some sun. Stop wallowing in the negativity that has encapsulated you over the last few years. You are a minority
I have a suggestion for you miserables, go outside, get some sun. Stop wallowing in the negativity that has encapsulated you over the last few years. You are a minority
Is Tavern Wildcat a poster or is that a phrase I should know?
So you think UK fans would be ok with a 35-31 record? That makes me an idiot because I know that our fan base expects to win? Man this place turns very weird when there is a little buzz about a new coach, all logic goes out the window.
Just saw this now, and find it to be one of the most loathsome posts ever here. Fans conspiring to get him fired before he’s even had a chance. Pathetic.
I hope folks remember who posted this when Pope finds success.
Everybody thinks that the standards are way high here but, you gotta realize that Coach Pope is different from Cal. Even if he does not get the best recruits, or does not win right at the start....he's got to have time to make progress. Any coach has to figure out how to win at a new school and arguably he's bound to have more success at a bigger school like UK compared to BYU... The resources are there to win.
This past season his BYU team beat Kansas, Baylor, Texas, Iowa State and North Carolina State. Not bad for a lesser known basketball school that can’t recruit to UKs level. What can he do as the UK coach? Let’s give him a chance.
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Apparently you haven't seen Pope reading “mean tweets” on BYU TV. He doesn’t let loser social media posts drag him down
so many of this board is no negative with minimal basketball expertise. The top candidates werent avaliable this is a great hire. Mark, has won with little help and talent and he bleeds blue. I expect him to excel.
Yeah new account in February and I think mark will get over you not supporting him...
(You fool the UK posters so well..)Reading some of these posts its obvious some are still butthurt about their hero ran and took his 1 and done shitshow to Arkansas
I haven’t, but I’d like to. That sounds entertaining. Got a link?
Wow, he DEFINITELY came to the right place if he enjoys reading looney fan takes on the internet.
True but he went to the second weekend twice at Rhode Island. He was definitely ready.
Mark has not coached at a blue blood and did not have the UK brand to recruit with. He will be more than fine at UK.
I started reading this thread and thought it was all a joke like one of those reverse curse types of things. But, it seems the real negative Nancies are just going to remain on this board even after we got rid of Cal and just jump on Pope as they next target. Very happy I don't have to spend real life time with most of you. Give the guy a freaking chance!
Yes, I think so. My OP was before I had real info on his time at BYU.
Lot of shameful BS. Nasty. I will never understand how some folks are wired. Do they choose to be that way, or do they blame their parents?
Nope, that was a common feeling right after we heard about Mark taking the job. Now that I'm not so ignorant about Mark I'm actually pretty encouraged.
The groupthink that now prevents any criticism of this hire is pretty wild considering everyone's first instinct (before they were sold on it by media and the admin) was to hate it.
I kinda understand that. I was, at first disappointed too, but have warmed up to Pope now and am on board to back him. But, many of those remarks were so venomous and just nasty with no real basis. Quick trigger fingers on the keyboard I guess.
Oh no. It ain't like that. Not everyone was showing thier arse in the first hours after the news. Maybe not even 50%. I'm not keeping score, but some of you acting like it's ok to act shameful when the mob is and knee jerk yourselves into embarrament. And then when the mob settles down, it's all, 'I change my mind, we're all good'. Don't blame mob mentality. Own it. Say y'all were acting like toddlers who didn't get the toy they wanted for their birthday.
Yes, that's the only reason anyone could've been skeptical of hiring a coach who hasn't won an NCAA tournament game in 10 years of coaching
Having an opinion on Pope is perfectly fine. Even understandable. But grabbing torches and pitchforks and completely getting nasty is not. Totally losing your maturity isn't. Y'all acted embarrassing. I understand the emotion. I can even handle it. But now, when the mob is against you, you don't get to act like it didn't happen or it was justified. Own your actions. (I'm not specifically targeting you. The post-hire mob in general)
I feel sorry for him because we have fans like this who have written him off before he’s ever coached a damn game or assembled a staff or roster even. Mark now has all the resources he could have ever dreamed of having at BYU at his disposal. Pope is a Wildcat through and through and deserves this chance as much as anyone. He’s a very smart guy and by all accounts a great guy to play for. Lots of coaches careers took off when they were given much better circumstances to coach in. I’ll bet Mark even has enough humility to know there are fans out there who resent his being hired or don’t think he deserves it and will openly admit it. But he also has the fortitude to weather that criticism. I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do.
Just give him a chance.
Just give him a chance.
Pitino didn't have to or wouldn't lay it on so thick if he didn't truly believe Pope couldn't do the job. All this talk of not winning an NCAA tournament game isn't as big a deal as some believes. Most of the time I imagine his first round games was against a very high seed, playing and winning games in the NCAA tournament against better teams is a tough spot to be in, unless you played Kentucky the last several years. Pope is 51 years old and a smart man and a good coach, it wasn't all Mitch's decision, the powers that be had to agree on a coach and considering all things, Pope was the man they thought could do the job given the chance.
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