Which is honestly kinda concerning. Alvin Brooks was a great recruiter at Baylor. Why couldn’t he get it done at UK? Is it Pope? Why can’t we recruit at a high level? Maddening.
MO WILLIAMS HIRED AS AN ASSISTANT
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Great post IMO, that sums up a large portion of the fan base!
Brother, I don't know you and I can guarantee you that you, sire, have more swag than Pope. My 6 yr old daughter has more swag than Pope. But I'll agree, my one big takeaway from this was at least he's not replacing Brooks or Hart with another nerd. Problem is, Brooks came with a great reputation as a recruiter. Why couldn't he get it done here like he did at Baylor? Now we're just to assume Mo Williams, who has never done it before, is going to be good at it? That's a tough sell if you're paying attention.
We got people like poop poop pee pee commenting on this thread and you wonder why I think most of you are trolls. It's an assistant coach and it's a former NBA player. The person who said why didn't we do this with Lamar, what did indiana do last year. It wasn't to just get his son. So stupid. Y'all are so mad you say the dumbest ****. Some of y'all were begging on more year of cal though I wanna get beat by cal poly next. 5 years he didn't improve. We are only gonna give 3 years to pope if he don't do well hell be gone. Then we can hire someone like Billy Clyde to make y'all happy
Mo Williams the basketball PLAYER was far better than Jason Hart.
Jason Hart the basketball COACH has a far better resume, for the job both were hired to do, than Mo Williams.
TBF, none of us are the head coach at the University of Kentucky.
what NBA connections? or are we simply equating playing in the NBA at some point to having "NBA connections"? hart played in the NBA.....did he not have NBA connections? because he was unable to pull in recruits.
I get the feeling that many assistants with the tag of “great recruiter” just got lucky with a prospect or two who turned out much better than expected.
Another low life with a new account.-DAD CAN WE GO BACK TO JACKSON STAT...
-SILENCE SON, THAT DOOFU...I MEAN HEAD BALL COACH POPE IS PAYING US GOOD MONEY TO BE HERE
That's what she said, but don't worry, man they have medication's for this type of things.
Maybe. It seems like it 'could' be. Pope has to do anything he can to get a recruit. If our new AD allows Pope to continue we are officially Indiana, especially if we can't land Stokes.
Home run hire per Jack Pilgrim. Just mail the trophy to Lexington next year
I hope Mo Williams is great success here……………..
But a couple of adages to consider.
1) You are who you surround yourself with
2) D players hire D players
Duke (a program we all ******* hate) hires a GM who worked at NIKE and the NBA.
UK hires a GM from BYU (video coordinator) and the G League (NBA affiliate)
There is a reason why this program is failing and it starts and ends with leadership at all levels of this administration and program.
But a couple of adages to consider.
1) You are who you surround yourself with
2) D players hire D players
Duke (a program we all ******* hate) hires a GM who worked at NIKE and the NBA.
UK hires a GM from BYU (video coordinator) and the G League (NBA affiliate)
There is a reason why this program is failing and it starts and ends with leadership at all levels of this administration and program.
Honestly man, you've always been a pretty good poster, but you have seriously joined the league of doom. I'm not talking about just because you want poke on. I'm heavily leaning that way too, but I'll see what this year is like.
For some of y'all no matter what Pope does you guys will find criticism in it. I can't be disappointed, but if all you can do is take a negative slant you're gonna continue to be disappointed.
I must have added at least 30 stinky turds to my ignore list for posting about how they hope we lose every game next season. Now I'm going to add the jackass you are arguing with because he isn't arguing in good faith.
The home run hire machine has just spoken. I'm just having a laugh because pilgrim doesn't have the greatest track record on home run hires.
Seriously tho, do we even know what Mo will be doing at Kentucky? Coaching or recruiting or both? Just along for the ride?
I don't think this is terrible hire, for name recognition or possibly coaching up guards. Suppose it all comes down to, how much did all of this cost?
Seriously tho, do we even know what Mo will be doing at Kentucky? Coaching or recruiting or both? Just along for the ride?
I don't think this is terrible hire, for name recognition or possibly coaching up guards. Suppose it all comes down to, how much did all of this cost?
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No idea how good he is as a coach, but why not hire Lamar Wilkerson coach to get a commit? It says his career record is like 69-109 or some crap. That is pretty awful. I just don’t get it, but maybe he can connect with kids better for recruiting.
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Mark Pope had to hire a players father just to get his first commitment. Nobody should consider this a good thing.
Well he was bringing in a slew of studs there, though he was losing intentionally, many have said to build character and foster inner growth within his players - life is bigger than wins and the game of basketball.
This ^ times a million. I’ve been unhappy with Pope and this whole administration for a few years now but this kind of move by Pope makes us a no name bottom dweller. WTH has happened to UK basketball
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He’s broke dick, literally and figuratively.This ^ times a million. I’ve been unhappy with Pope and this whole administration for a few years now but this kind of move by Pope makes us a no name bottom dweller. WTH has happened to UK basketball
Williams > Hart.. At least Williams brought a recruit to uk..
This is correct.
Many other programs are literally copying how Duke's GM office is working because it works.
This is why successful people replicate other successful people.
He’s already played four years.
You guys need to ease up on the ‘new account’ stuff. When the board changed my old (and only) account got wiped out or at least wouldn’t accept my old credentials so I had to start over. I’ve been on here since about 2012 and had a lot of posts. I know some people create new accounts just to be jerks but that’s not the case with me.
Where did you come up with that conclusion??? If Mason was guaranteed a starting role, we would not need to hire Mo.
Yeah I see he played 11 games one year. He averaged 23 a game, but dude is a gun. 42% from the field. So many games of 10-27, 3-12, 7-20.
He had a couple decent games against really good teams and I’m sure they were vastly overmatched, but against Arkansas 8 minutes/0 points, Illinois 5-11 12 points, UofL 8-20 22 points, Auburn 5-14 18 points, Houston 2-4 6 points, TCU 7-17 21 points.
Maybe if he is relatively cheap and would come off the bench as a spark scorer. We don’t need an inefficient gunner though.
I think this is a great hire if we get it done, and I don't think Pope is a good coach at all. Trying to paint this as a bad thing is crazy town.
hard for me to believe he has deep ties with elite level recruits. guy has been at jackson state for 4 years and been fishing in a different pond. recruiting is about relationships....are we really to believe he has tons of great relationships with guys that were never ever going to play for him?
It can’t hurt to have some NBA experience on your bench, better than the two turds that left I guess.
Pilgrim is a total fangirl like Nick Roush and those other dopes