Mo Diobate
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I am not sure he can pick his nose with his right hand.
Very left hand dominant. I would make him go right every time he had the ball if I was defending him.
Yeah, that quote pretty much nails it - "We made a huge miscalculation thinking solid role players on good teams could step up to cornerstone roles for us."
But here's what I don't get... why are we taking guys who've been doing one thing for 2-3 years at another school and expecting them to suddenly become stars? The portal should actually make this easier for programs like us - you already KNOW what these guys are. No guessing.
Need a star? Go get a guy who's already putting up star numbers. Need role players? Cool, grab proven role players and plug them into the same roles they've been crushing. Don't try to turn a 3rd option into your go-to guy and act surprised when it doesn't work out.
I'm honestly surprised he got the kids he did get. I hate to pile on him, because he is a great guy, he's probably a great dad and husband, but if I was even a decent player, theres no way I could play for him. He just doesn't have a coaches personality. comes off as a guy that is overly excited to be there and has nit toughness to him at all. It's a turn off.
I want him to succeed as a coach somewhere, but I know it wont be here.
I really thought for a minute he had something most other coaches don’t have, but nope, he doesn't.
Not really, ED lacked the ability to get vertical, so he struggled when it was time to rise up in the lane.
Great post....
Basically we got guys who got their production off the bench...and usually had to have a guy be the focal point of the offense while they played a role. At Ky....we have no "focal point" guy....I guess Lowe is it....but he's a very inefficient player.
Pope made some awful calculations of his coaching ability on offense to squeeze more from these guys.
Yeah, but he can still get to that right hand and finish that way.
I'll see myself out.
Give me Moreno over a s.hitty attitude any time, or Jelavic, I'm not sure he's getting a fare shot, if Mo D is a problem. He hasn't played good enough to call out anyone, or be replaced.
True. Tell me again why he’s here?
Good question because he can't shoot either. As soon as they saw his shooting form they should have walked away.
Just don't play Mo or Aberdeen we already suck butt so no need to play them. Play Jasper Johnson and Jelavic they both have the shortest leash and they got more potential than majority of our crap roster plus if they don't pan out, oh well we already stink. Garrison and Chandler should get maybe a minute next game after posting dumbass Instagram stories. I'd rather see Tow or Horn in before Chandler anyways. Just my opinion.
last night he looked like the soul of NIL.
trying to get stupid arse shots off that made zero sence, force feeding passes, dumb turnovers, etc.
at some point he had to realize he didnt have a shooters touch..... why continue to force it.
then again... every single dude in the game chat said the same.....
why didnt Pope make the change?
trying to get stupid arse shots off that made zero sence, force feeding passes, dumb turnovers, etc.
at some point he had to realize he didnt have a shooters touch..... why continue to force it.
then again... every single dude in the game chat said the same.....
why didnt Pope make the change?
I asked why we were so excited to get these guys when they were all bench players at other teams (6th men at best, some worse). I don’t know if anyone heard me, or if ignorance was just easier before the season started.
Edit / I was getting excited myself until I just sat down and went through the roster.
Interesting to me that the 2 major malcontents are from winning SEC programs. Could be they are frustrated with what they perceive as sub-par coaching after having been in Oats / Golden's programs? Like, they are disillusioned by the lack of direction / preparation from the staff? Doesn't give them an excuse to be unprofessional, but something that came to mind.
Last year's team was full of super seniors and real experience, but none were from winning high-D1 programs. And they were prone to sudden lack of effort, too.
Last year's team was full of super seniors and real experience, but none were from winning high-D1 programs. And they were prone to sudden lack of effort, too.
I’m probably reading too much into to it, but in the last game in the huddle during the Kam Williams foul review- Oweh was looking around completely disengaged.
We trusted Pope, we thought he knew what he was doing.
After last year, we knew we needed a front court guy that was tough, enter, Mo D. Box checked.
We all watched DA play decent minutes off the bench last year in the FF and he did the job. Against Houston, he more than held his own and it was quite understandable to know he would play behind the 3 guards Florida had last year.
Now, having said that, a good portion of us were concerned with shooting, we recognized it, but Pope said "I got this", turns out, he don't "got this".
Honestly, if this team had a couple guys that could shoot, we probably only have 2 losses. Everyone knows we can't shoot and are just clogging the paint now.
I feel bad for Pope, his dream is blowing up in his face and is turning into a nightmare. He's not failing because he's lazy, or he's focusing his efforts on the NBA draft, so I don't hate him, but he has to inow he can’t do this
I watched him closely all game long, looking for anything that could be deemed cancerous. I saw what you are referring to, but I didn't take it that way.
Oweh looked desperate to win to me and he looked like he was at least trying to communicate with the other guys. I just don't think he's the problem.
They are both playing 6-7 minutes more per game.
And both are on a worse team.
Neither has improved.
We can only hope so. This is a clown show that is unbecoming of a program like ours. Total amateurs running this show.
Someone posted Cody F RIPPING MD A$$ in the huddle during early timeout
I said this in April we had nothing but role players players. You had people bashing me with well if they play this many minutes they will average all these high numbers. Well where are these people at to defend their comments now.
Both were nonstarters on great teams & brought their playing time issues with them to Ky. Both are over payed & underperforming. There’s a reason they weren’t starting before now & we are now seeing it live twice a week.
He’s here because he torched us last year and people thought that’s what we were getting. When I said we were getting all ROLE players and showed the analytical stats these players were not the right choice. I got called everything but a man.
Said the same thing and showed the analytical stats
If Barney is still in charge...Pope won't be going anywhere unless he voluntarily resigns. Just my opinion.
Mark Pope was a captain of the ‘96 NC team that was unbelievably good. He was coached by Rick Pitino who, like him or not, didn’t take crap off of ANY player. He’d make his players work till they literally puked in a bucket and he had the respect of every single one of them. He was in his prime. Now add the fact that Mark Pope was a Rhodes Scholar candidate. That pedigree does NOT add up to the way he coaches. He’s weak, looks scared to death, and lets the players (most should be role players at best) push him around and humiliate him. I think he’s a terrible coach at this point but it makes zero sense that he’s a complete failure with his intelligence and the things he learned every day from Coach Pitino and staff. I’ll never understand how he can suck so bad.
I have to say I agree with you 100%.
I wish we had a 19 year old post bad game damarcus cousins to release into the locker room to fix any issues.
Agree. I am definitely a number/data guy, but you can't coach by looking through pages and pages of statistics. Analytics can guide your thought process to some extent, but you still have to rely on your natural instinct. If you have too much info in your head, then you tend to react too slowly and lose your feel for how the game is being played in real time.
I think Mo should only play if we are needing help on the glass. He can't play in a 5-out offense because he can't shoot. He can't run sets because he clogs the paint trying to get into rebounding position.
And he can't play the offense that Pope usually runs with a passing big up top because the other big has to be able to shoot. And he is not a good passer.
I think he plays hard, but until he can learn how to help with spacing, he needs less run.
And he can't play the offense that Pope usually runs with a passing big up top because the other big has to be able to shoot. And he is not a good passer.
I think he plays hard, but until he can learn how to help with spacing, he needs less run.
The way the players treat him is concerning. He needs to coach like he thinks he deserves the job instead of coaching like he’s scared and knows he didn’t earn the job. Needs some confidence bad.