That’s it. I’m 100% done. He’s an idiot and I want him fired with clause for being a sissy freak analytical bum
Mark Pope show is on now
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Someone just asked about Lowe-OO-KW-MD-JQ.
Pope: “Depends on which numbers you use…potential to be seeing more of that lineup soon.”
Pope: “Depends on which numbers you use…potential to be seeing more of that lineup soon.”
Personally, I'm against all digits below and above the number nine. They all blasphemous.
Got asked about Oats comments and 500 words later basically said that was a rudimentary way to look at it. Well that rudimentary approach of Oats has kicked the heck out of him 4 out of 4 times. This guy is in over his head,
We really kind of need Pope to be a little more rudimentary right now.
Ugh I gotta go do something else rest of the night. Get my mind off this. He’s so f*cking annoying right now
Yeah that was a confusing answer. It left me unsure which part to emphasize.
He's absolutely clueless.
I genuinely don’t know. The answer confused me. I can’t tell if it was a non-answer, a quiet no, a silent acknowledgement kept close to the vest. I hear him talk sometimes and can’t tell which part he’s emphasizing. Could be that I’m just too stupid, but I feel like he may be intentionally vague there.
The starting lineup stuff and Lowe not starting is being way overblown. I agree that he probably should start, but you all do know that the lead for BAMA did grow after JQ and Lowe checked in correct? Who starts is the least important aspect of basketball. And you can’t use the argument of “we can’t afford to get down at start of games” when the lead grew after Lowe came in. I do agree that the lineup of Lowe, Oweh, JQ, Cam and Mo not playing together more is a real problem. That one is a head scratcher for sure
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The numbers also show 9-5 and 1-5 against legit competition.
pope had a chance in the bellarmine game to get lowe, oweh, williams, mo, and JQ extended run to see what he has there. choose not to do it. he had a chance to go all in on that group during the 10 days off and start them for the bama game. choose not to do it. could have given them clock when we were down 20 during the game. played that group just 1 minute.
pope paid for a roster he isnt willing to play. odd hill to die on.
Yeah, he acted like it was just a couple.
He described a couple of plays on offense that "just didn’t work the way we wanted them to". Dude, we lost by 15.
He also said the reason why Chandler got the bulk of the minutes over Kam is because Kam isn’t quite there defensively. I mean, my jaw dropped. When the team is playing on the floor, does Mark j9st go sit in a f*cking field?
Wow. I missed that. I’m gonna relisten when I go to sleep tonight. That would be a shocking eval
I thought a couple weeks ago he was saying Kam is the best player we have defensively and his shot would start falling. Well he hit eight threes and basically got rewarded with the bench.
Well, the good news is, if he doesn't fix the obvious issues and continues to play the lineups he's playing, he will dig his own grave as UK's coach.
I regret listening to that show now, I lost some brain cells.
I hate to say this but good coach or not. I’m not a fan of Popes personality. He’s a cornball half the time and his mannerisms are strange on the sideline. I get being ultra positive if you are coaching a middle school girls soccer team but these are paid men. You either have to fear your coach or love him so much that you play your guts out for him so you don’t let him down. I don’t think Pope is gonna be either of those.
So we are going to actually have our last 3 Top 10 NBA draft picks not start? Seriously? At Kentucky?
JB
JB
We hired our Tom Crean.
It’s ridiculous, just start the kid. He will get injured or he won’t. At this point all the sitting he does makes us lose anyway.
So we are in this late part of the season and we still can’t communicate a switch.
Reading the post on this board after the game and they say something about Pope being short with Leach? Damn
Tom Crean at least made a final four before becoming Indiana’s coach.
Did Oats tell Pope how to fix the issue?
Pope probably writing it down so he won’t forget.
No but I feel like just about anyone can.
Take finger,
Point it to bench.
Tell player find seat.
Ensure tush is comfy.
Keep tush warm for rest of game.
Bring in new player from bench.
Take finger,
Point it to bench.
Tell player that will be you
If you don’t get the job done.
Pope needs to get stern or his dream job will be over very quickly.
With guys that have played multiple years of high level ball as well.
We all have our differing opinions but I disagree with this 100%. It’s absolutely not being overblown. What Pope did Saturday by NOT starting his best players is giving the entire team a “safe” and “cautious” mental approach. The exact opposite of what they should be feeling at the start of the game. What does an approach that basically says “let’s be really careful and play two or three of our inferior players a few minutes and see if we can keep the score within striking distance”. Meanwhile, our likely best three point shooter, our projected top 10 NBA draft pick AND our one and only legitimate point guard will cheer really hard that they’re not down 20 when they finally get into the game.
Guys like JQ, Cam and Lowe sit there and watch CC, Aberdeen and Moreno give up 8-10-12 points in a row and get the Bama crowd in a frenzy - THEN they’re inserted into that? Of course that makes a difference. A huge, gigantic difference. By that time Bama was throwing in everything they shot - it’s called momentum and it’s the deciding factor in most “somewhat” evenly matched games.
Do we win Saturday if the lineup of: Lowe, OO, Cam, Mo and JQ start? Probably not, but at least we would have “come out swinging” with our best pitch. If you’ve got a 103 mph fastball - don’t throw a bunch of ineffective 88 mph sliders
He had to be pretty good. All I ever heard about was Mashburn growing up. Best player at UK? Considering the timing of when he came to Kentucky.