MO WILLIAMS HIRED AS AN ASSISTANT

RunninRichie

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I think an NBA all star is an upgrade over the dudes that left the staff. Will see if he moves the needle in any way -- results at JSU don't inspire much confidence. Was hoping we wouldn't need to burn an asst coach spot just for Mason, but again Mo can't be any worse than the guys who left -- those guys got 0 results.
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.
 

Cerberus

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That's you creating a narrative. I think a TON are just like me. Hated the hire. Hated it. Want him to succeed, not because he's Mark Pope, but because he's the head coach of my favorite team. Are there some weirdo extremists? Sure. Both directions. I hope Mark Pope gets to a FF next year and proves me wrong. But I've said it before, hope is a really bad strategy.
Great post IMO, that sums up a large portion of the fan base!
 

Eagles_Ball_69

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You have a valid point. But you must admit, Mo has a ton more swag and probably connections than poor ole dork Pope lol.
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.
 

Catphright23

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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
 

Wildcat_in_DC

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It's not about his development or what he did at Alabama State or Jackson State, it's about the NBA connections. You aren't pulling elite recruits to where he was, at Kentucky you definitely can.
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.
 
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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.
 

NociHTTP

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-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

Another low life with a new account.
 
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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.
 

KYFOSSIL

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Had to hire the dad to get Mason lol. How far can we keep falling?
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.
 
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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?

Home run hire per Jack Pilgrim. Just mail the trophy to Lexington next year
 
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philstat

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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.
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.
 
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Farsight Clone

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UCONN in their 3rd final four in 5 years. Duke and UT coming off elite 8 runs. UK just lost 14 games and went out in the 2nd round, and our coach just said it’s better than Calipari’s last 4. And dudes in here wanna tell me, to shut up and take it, when Pope hires more under qualified guys like, Keegan Brown and Mo Williams. I’m not surprised, parasocial relationships are like this. We had guys arguing tooth and nail, that Sahvir Wheeler was the answer at PG.

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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.

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philstat

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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 😡.
He’s broke dick, literally and figuratively.
 

Farsight Clone

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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.
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.
 

Hunting9

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Another low life with a new account.
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.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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He's trying to get a waiver.
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.
 
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Wildcat_in_DC

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Home run hire per Jack Pilgrim. Just mail the trophy to Lexington next year
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?