I hate this for Pope

katwest

Heisman
Feb 16, 2003
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Pope is finding out what Matt Doherty found out at North Carolina* losing is not an option. You can be a beloved former player at your Alma mater but you can’t spend millions building your roster and lose as the coach at Kentucky, Not here!
 

bbnkat02

Heisman
Nov 14, 2017
46,033
68,130
113
I actually do feel sorry for his family. There have been a few times this year when they looked like they were ready for it to be over.
I do too to a degree. They're not hurting financially though and regardless of what other fans say, Pope knew what he was signing up for.

He played here, won a title here, played under a legend, knows what's expected. There's no way he didn't know.

There's no crying on the yacht. Not at this level.

If Pope came in like Rick did and was pulling of probation it'd be one thing. But NIL money flooded in. You can't have this kind of performance with the amount of money available. Just cant.
 

Eagles_Ball_69

All-Conference
Dec 19, 2003
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3,675
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Coming off the break, I was hoping there be some changes but same old stuff. Clearly in over his head. I hate that Pope is in this situation because his legacy at UK will be shot. People need to lose jobs over this performance.
Screw that. He signed up for it, at a very nice price. I feel bad for the fans. Piss on the incompetent coach making $5M plus.
 
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theBlues

All-Conference
Oct 18, 2025
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Coming off the break, I was hoping there be some changes but same old stuff. Clearly in over his head. I hate that Pope is in this situation because his legacy at UK will be shot. People need to lose jobs over this performance.
I hate it more for myself and other UK fans that don't have millions of dollars to make themselves feel better.
 
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Seth_C

All-American
Mar 12, 2017
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When he was without two of his best players I felt sad for him. Now that he refuses to start them? **** him. If he doesn’t like his job he can keep trying that and see how long he gets to keep it.
 

Cbbcrazy2

All-Conference
Feb 18, 2007
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When I have tuned into other SEC games today, we have some weak talent in comparison to most. Gonna be a long year.
 

rick64

Heisman
Jan 25, 2007
24,059
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BBN loves Pope and wants him to be great at UK. But.....the honeymoon is over. Gotta get it done.
 

AllBall

All-Conference
May 5, 2015
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I do hate it for him, but I hate it more for us.
Exactly. We care but our hands are tied. Pope is over complicating the game. Just how he over emphasizes or uses certain words repeatedly. It's basketball not brain surgery.
KISS- Keep it simple stupid
 

AllBall

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May 5, 2015
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I'd like to hear from Pope what the actual preparation looked like.

We know what Alabama is. They're going to shoot 100 3's. And with 10 days between games, we weren't ready for that. Guys are going under screens. Guys are losing shooters. Guys are letting shooters catch the ball with space and WAITING to close out until they're in the air shooting the ball.

We're 35 minutes in the game and Alabama is STILL getting wide open shot after wide open shot. Pope has no plan. No answer.
Apparently, so would Tom Leach šŸ˜