Kentucky under Pope Statistically

[ComebackCats98]

It’s possible I missed a game or two while looking, but it seems to me Kentucky is losing often at halftime of games. I looked back against power conference teams and Gonzaga in just the first half. Kentucky has led 13 times at halftime out of 34 games. Trailed 20 times. Tied 1 time.

He now has a losing record against power conference teams/Gonzaga. He has a losing record against ranked teams. He is 11-11 against SEC teams.

I can’t believe there are people that support a 3rd year.

 

[I’m The Village Idiot]

Somehow it takes Pope a full half of a game to collect “analytics.” Somehow Scheyer, Hurley, Oats, Golden, May and virtually every good coach in the country is able to utilize analytics BEFORE the basketball game, but not Pope. He’s so advanced that he has methods no one else is using. Embrace the concept of being down by 20 at half — after all, we win most of our second halves. If you think about each half as its own game, we win about half of the games against good teams on our schedule. It’s beautiful!

 

[Anon1759768907]

It’s possible I missed a game or two while looking, but it seems to me Kentucky is losing often at halftime of games. I looked back against power conference teams and Gonzaga in just the first half. Kentucky has led 13 times at halftime out of 34 games. Trailed 20 times. Tied 1 time.

He now has a losing record against power conference teams/Gonzaga. He has a losing record against ranked teams. He is 11-11 against SEC teams.

I can’t believe there are people that support a 3rd year.

keep in mind the talent isnt getting any better than this year (which is scary alone) so he better figure it out

 

[RunninRichie]

Somehow it takes Pope a full half of a game to collect “analytics.” Somehow Scheyer, Hurley, Oats, Golden, May and virtually every good coach in the country is able to utilize analytics BEFORE the basketball game, but not Pope. He’s so advanced that he has methods no one else is using. Embrace the concept of being down by 20 at half — after all, we win most of our second halves. If you think about each half as its own game, we win about half of the games against good teams on our schedule. It’s beautiful!

Glad to see you waking up

 

[I’m The Village Idiot]

Glad to see you waking up

My opinion really hasn’t changed. I’ve been dissatisfied for quite a while. The only difference is fire now vs fire later. Things have changed on that aspect.

I no longer need to see the whole body of work to cement my decision. I’ve seen enough.

 

[MegaBlue05]

I don’t think many people support a third year.

It’s just most of us who have been following the sport for decades and who understand how UK athletics works under Mitch, basketball firings after 2 years are incredIbly rare without a really bad record both years like Kenny Payne or some kind of massive scandal. Neither of those apply here. Last year bought him next year, basically.

99 percent chance Pope is the coach next season whether you, me or anyone else likes it.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

I don’t think many people support a third year.

It’s just most of us who have been following the sport for decades and who understand how UK athletics works under Mitch, basketball firings after 2 years are incredIbly rare without a really bad record both years like Kenny Payne or some kind of massive scandal. Neither of those apply here. Last year bought him next year, basically.

99 percent chance Pope is the coach next season whether you, me or anyone else likes it.

Billy Clyde was run off for being a loser. Later, the "he's a drunk" narrative came out to make the firing seem more measured, but while BCG was on the job, BBN was mostly oblivious of BCG's indiscretions (as was Mitch).

What has Pope done that positions him more strongly that BCG? Remove the after-the-fact drunkard stuff from BCG, and you're looking at the same bumbling incompetent for both of them. Pope actually might be worse. His lack of professionalism with Leach and pouting after games mirrors BCG's "this is not the university of Jodie Meeks" sociopathic behavior. Pope's fumbling of a $22 million dollar roster is infinitely worse that Billy Clyde's coaching mistakes.

I fail to see how there's a hard barrier between Pope and BCG. People can preach "it's apples and oranges" all they want, but they still need to demonstrate the differences, and I fail to see them unless Pope being a "nice guy" alum somehow buys him another season. If that's the case, our program is worse off than any of us could have dreamed. Giving Pope another year just because he played here is the height of a loser mentality. I've seen many churches deal with their incompetent pastors more firmly and decisively than that, and for far less.

 

[UKortho]

Somehow it takes Pope a full half of a game to collect “analytics.” Somehow Scheyer, Hurley, Oats, Golden, May and virtually every good coach in the country is able to utilize analytics BEFORE the basketball game, but not Pope. He’s so advanced that he has methods no one else is using. Embrace the concept of being down by 20 at half — after all, we win most of our second halves. If you think about each half as its own game, we win about half of the games against good teams on our schedule. It’s beautiful!

He has the ability to see alternate dimensions- where only he can understand the differing laws of space and time. The big bird/egg headed Moron probably couldn’t handle medicine in his alternative reality

 

[I’m The Village Idiot]

He has the ability to see alternate dimensions- where only he can understand the differing laws of space and time. The big bird/egg headed Moron probably couldn’t handle medicine in his alternative reality

As a doctor, you absolutely have earned the right to be critical there. I am still working on my multiplication tables, so it might seem a little odd if I went at a Rhodes scholar’s intellect. I’ll just say he has some of the most idiotic views on basketball I’ve ever seen.

 

[FLBBNFAN]

Somehow it takes Pope a full half of a game to collect “analytics.” Somehow Scheyer, Hurley, Oats, Golden, May and virtually every good coach in the country is able to utilize analytics BEFORE the basketball game, but not Pope. He’s so advanced that he has methods no one else is using. Embrace the concept of being down by 20 at half — after all, we win most of our second halves. If you think about each half as its own game, we win about half of the games against good teams on our schedule. It’s beautiful!

Man his spin about the assist comments that Oats made was painful. Your right he has a methodology for assists that nobody else uses lol. Oats is wrong and our assist rate is beautiful using his metrics .

 

[Anony Moose]

ChatGPT could probably coach this team to better results.

 

[I’m The Village Idiot]

ChatGPT could probably coach this team to better results.

Probably not. Hoopvision68 actually did a fun concept video analyzing what ChatPGT’s coaching philosophy would be and it was good in certain areas and bad in others.
Super fun and technical basketball nerd video.

 

[jedwar]

My opinion really hasn’t changed. I’ve been dissatisfied for quite a while. The only difference is fire now vs fire later. Things have changed on that aspect.

I no longer need to see the whole body of work to cement my decision. I’ve seen enough.

Welcome home.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

We are Indiana