Mitchell Not Coming to UK

[ThreeDogNight2]

Can't win an actual argument?

Just threaten people with violence as a response.

That'll show 'em!

I was just joking about Popes height you takes thing way to serious for your age.

you have no response to anything except saying “ad hominem, straw man, ethos, pathos, logos” stop using terms you learned in high school English and actually rebuttal someone

 

[UKCowboys]

He's a crappy poster. I agree with Ron Mehico's assessment that it's mystifying that UKCowboy gets so many responses. I think he just intentionally posts silly strawman drivel so as to drive up engagement.

Its amazing to me how many folks on a UK board hate the team, led by you and Richie. Its a joke

 

[NociHTTP]

LMFAO

You really think this NIL thing is going to keep on keeping on? I don't. Something's got to give.

 

[wildcat111]

Another mediocre season coming. Just great....

When will Pope learn that long shots is not the way to build a roster.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

I've told you before why this is ridiculous. Pope had years of 74% and 75%, he had years of 40% and 50%. His two years here have been 61% and 67%. "His average is 63% so he'll definitely win 63% this year no matter what" is so mindbendingly stupid that I can only conclude you're trolling.

Well sorry! That 67% threshold is amazing lol.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

I think Robbie Avila would be an absolutely great fit; he added his name to Thursday lawsuit today per reports out of St. Louis.

I would suspect Kentucky could outbid St. Louis U. for his services but SLU has their best team in years and will fight to keep him.

He would be ideal player for Pope and this team.

Great passer, shoots 3s, rebounds, defends without fouling, big body. Super High B-ball IQ offsets lack of athleticism.

He’s solid for sure. Don’t know if he moves the needle in a UConn type tourney game, but he does fit Pope’s offense like a glove. The defense is the issue when we already haven’t defended under Pope. I’d take him for sure though.

 

[Mike-D]

Its amazing to me how many folks on a UK board hate the team, led by you and Richie. Its a joke

Just say I disagree with their takes.

And that's fine, whatever. We've got 1 season to get this all figured out. Those 2 don't hate UK basketball, but whatever.

 

[The Ganner]

Well sorry! That 67% threshold is amazing lol.

Weird response. I'm not sure what this has to do with my post.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

I was just joking about Popes height you takes thing way to serious for your age.

you have no response to anything except saying “ad hominem, straw man, ethos, pathos, logos” stop using terms you learned in high school English and actually rebuttal someone

Actually rebuttal someone? That doesn’t make sense, just saying.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

Weird response. I'm not sure what this has to do with my post.

You said his winning percentage was 65, but here he has been 61% and 67% like that was so much different. Just because he won 70+ % two times in his career at a little school doesn’t mean much honestly. He’s had bad luck, but his roster construction decisions and recruiting misses are legit concerns. The way we play 1/3 of the games every year is a legit concern. There is enough data to show we most likely won’t pull a a random high 20’s to 30 win season out of nowhere.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Ill bet you a month ban he isn't let go after the season

I'll go further than that. I'll bet you a six month ban that Pope will be gone by May 15th of 2028. That lines up with the Nate Oats' contract where it would cost UK nothing to sign him nothing in terms of paying Alabama a buyout in April of 2028. They would also only have to pay Pope two years worth of a buy out. I know the new AD has almost definitely already been weighing it after the Stokes/Collins/Kusturica/Wright/Mitchell embarrassments of the last 9 months or so.

So I'll bet you a six month self-imposed ban that Mark Pope will not be the UK coach any longer than May of 2028.

If you're so confident that he is the man for the job, wouldn't you jump at this opportunity to get rid of me? Wouldn't you be confident that he'll be here long term?

Also on a side note, I'll throw in an extra two months on my end if I'm wrong.

I could see 2027 being the year they would let Pope go if the buyouts lined up, but it might be a bridge too far to get rid of him next year since it would cost $12 million to buy out Oats from Bama and another $15-20 million to get rid of Pope.

If UK waits the extra year, it costs us around $8-12 million instead of a total of $27-32 million. That's quite a bit of difference for one year.

 

[The Ganner]

You said his winning percentage was 65, but here he has been 61% and 67% like that was so much different. Just because he won 70+ % two times in his career at a little school doesn’t mean much honestly. He’s had bad luck, but his roster construction decisions and recruiting misses are legit concerns. The way we play 1/3 of the games every year is a legit concern. There is enough data to show we most likely won’t pull a a random high 20’s to 30 win season out of nowhere.

I literally did not say his winning percentage was 65. It isn't 65, not overall or at any of his stops. I'm not sure what you think you're arguing against. I said Pope's range in his career is from 40% to 75% so "he'll definitely win 63% no matter what" is a dumb idea.

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

Actually rebuttal someone? That doesn’t make sense, just saying.

I’m confused what you’re trying to say?
I can’t tell if your in on the joke with me or trying to say the string of words “actually rebuttal someone” doesn’t make sense (which it does)

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

I'll go further than that. I'll bet you a six month ban that Pope will be gone by May 15th of 2028. That lines up with the Nate Oats' contract where it would cost UK nothing to sign him nothing in terms of paying Alabama a buyout in April of 2028. They would also only have to pay Pope two years worth of a buy out. I know the new AD has almost definitely already been weighing it after the Stokes/Collins/Kusturica/Wright/Mitchell embarrassments of the last 9 months or so.

So I'll bet you a six month self-imposed ban that Mark Pope will not be the UK coach any longer than May of 2028.

If you're so confident that he is the man for the job, wouldn't you jump at this opportunity to get rid of me? Wouldn't you be confident that he'll be here long term?

Also on a side note, I'll throw in an extra two months on my end if I'm wrong.

If the ban is self imposed we all know you’ll never leave

 

[CatManFromCa]

Missouri becomes a top‑10 team, maybe top‑8, with legitimate SEC title expectations. UK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[TigerMoving]

The frustrating thing is that this isn't a new rule. Did we not have a plan to fight it or were we just hoping no one would notice? Feels like we either had no plan or just immediately gave up.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

I’m confused what you’re trying to say?
I can’t tell if your in on the joke with me or trying to say the string of words “actually rebuttal someone” doesn’t make sense (which it does)

It makes sense if you say actually rebut someone. Not Rebuttal someone.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

If the ban is self imposed we all know you’ll never leave

Says a guy who's been here for about fourteen seconds and knows nothing about my actual history here. I've self banned in the past. If you join in on the bet, I'll add an extra four months on my end if I lose the wager, but you and your hot pocket partner both have to promise six months each.

It would be great not having to read your drivel for a half-year.

If I lose, the entire board will call me out if I lie. I won't lie. I also promise not to create another user name.

Will you do the same? Half the time I think you and Cowboy are related or something. You slurp all over each other's posts like you're the message board equivalent of Siegfried and Roy.

 

[NineIsOnTheWay]

What stinks is I was confident that Mitchell would play if they fought. Guess it wasn't worth it to him. Bummer.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

What stinks is I was confident that Mitchell would play if they fought. Guess it wasn't worth it to him. Bummer.

Pope sucking once again at reading the terrain.

Collins
Wright
Holt
Stokes
Kusturica
Mitchell

The man is truly second to none in terms of accumulating an embarrassing amount of "almosts".

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

It makes sense if you say actually rebut someone. Not Rebuttal someone.

so does me saying rebuttal instead of rebut automatically nullify my argument? Does me messing up a noun for a verb make it so you can ignore all the other stuff I said? You don’t have a real argument because you know I’m right

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

Says a guy who's been here for about fourteen seconds and knows nothing about my actual history here. I've self banned in the past. If you join in on the bet, I'll add an extra four months on my end if I lose the wager, but you and your hot pocket partner both have to promise six months each.

It would be great not having to read your drivel for a half-year.

If I lose, the entire board will call me out if I lie. I won't lie. I also promise not to create another user name.

Will you do the same? Half the time I think you and Cowboy are related or something. You slurp all over each other's posts like you're the message board equivalent of Siegfried and Roy. View attachment 1414744

What? Why we talking about Siegfried and roy

 

[NineIsOnTheWay]

Mitchell committed to UK. Then I wake up and he's going to Missouri....did he even decommit from UK?

Did he even tell Pope or is UK just a big Joke currently? Nevermind I know the answer.

 

[TigerMoving]

What stinks is I was confident that Mitchell would play if they fought. Guess it wasn't worth it to him. Bummer.

Maybe he knew we weren't going to fight it. He had $6-7 million reasons to make it worth it to him.

 

[Kyfan27]

The frustrating thing is that this isn't a new rule. Did we not have a plan to fight it or were we just hoping no one would notice? Feels like we either had no plan or just immediately gave up.

This my gripe. So the main roadblock that everyone knew about even before Mitchell had a known court date is what sinks it a little over a week later with no fight? My guess is LSU screwed this up for us. If it was just Mark Mitchell I'm guessing he gets a waiver and it's fine, but once LSU tried to pull their crap the SEC decided to make a stand and we were a casualty. Sucks.

 

[RunninRichie]

Its amazing to me how many folks on a UK board hate the team, led by you and Richie. Its a joke

It's amazing how many love the coach over the program. Led by you and Paulie C.

 

[TigerMoving]

This my gripe. So the main roadblock that everyone knew about even before Mitchell had a known court date is what sinks it a little over a week later with no fight? My guess is LSU screwed this up for us. If it was just Mark Mitchell I'm guessing he gets a waiver and it's fine, but once LSU tried to pull their crap the SEC decided to make a stand and we were a casualty. Sucks.

Yeah but LSU isn't laying down. Even without the LSU stuff there were going to be plenty of teams (Arkansas, Tenn, Florida, etc) that would cry about this to Sankey. We should have been ready for the fight or atleast tried.

 

[UKortho]

Lmao you know you lost an argument and have no response when you bring up spelling and grammar.

take the fat L and log off

Not going to happen little dummy

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

Not going to happen little dummy

So you admit you lost the argument and have no response cool thanks for confirming

lil dummy

 

[DudahUK]

At least next year there will be a boatload of 5 th year players legal to be signed by UK from everywhere. Probably can grab 6-8 of them.

Good. The next coach can decide whom he wants. Anyone but Pope at this point.

 

[UKortho]

So you admit you lost the argument and have no response cool thanks for confirming

lil dummy

You aren’t very good at this. I wasn’t arguing with you, debating with you, etc. Pointing out your hypocrisy when you correct someone’s vocabulary when you are dumb as a box of rocks. Do better.

 

[DudahUK]

You aren’t very good at this. I wasn’t arguing with you, debating with you, etc. Pointing out your hypocrisy when you correct someone’s vocabulary when you are dumb as a box of rocks. Do better.

Glad I’m not the only one who gets harassed. Ignore is your friend brotha.

I got his whole clique on ignore. Smooth waters without them idiots.

 

[UKCowboys]

It's amazing how many love the coach over the program. Led by you and Paulie C.

Ridiculous. Pulling for the team and being optimistic isn't loving the coach over the team.
Crying nonstop about the team and coach is pathetic

 

[UKCowboys]

I'll go further than that. I'll bet you a six month ban that Pope will be gone by May 15th of 2028. That lines up with the Nate Oats' contract where it would cost UK nothing to sign him nothing in terms of paying Alabama a buyout in April of 2028. They would also only have to pay Pope two years worth of a buy out. I know the new AD has almost definitely already been weighing it after the Stokes/Collins/Kusturica/Wright/Mitchell embarrassments of the last 9 months or so.

So I'll bet you a six month self-imposed ban that Mark Pope will not be the UK coach any longer than May of 2028.

If you're so confident that he is the man for the job, wouldn't you jump at this opportunity to get rid of me? Wouldn't you be confident that he'll be here long term?

Also on a side note, I'll throw in an extra two months on my end if I'm wrong.

I could see 2027 being the year they would let Pope go if the buyouts lined up, but it might be a bridge too far to get rid of him next year since it would cost $12 million to buy out Oats from Bama and another $15-20 million to get rid of Pope.

If UK waits the extra year, it costs us around $8-12 million instead of a total of $27-32 million. That's quite a bit of difference for one year.

Bet if you say 2027

 

[UKCowboys]

Just say I disagree with their takes.

And that's fine, whatever. We've got 1 season to get this all figured out. Those 2 don't hate UK basketball, but whatever.

Like they only say they disagree with my takes? Is Pope slurper code for that?
Ill treat anyone with respect who doesn't start the name calling crap.