No wonder J Quantance left
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All these great players who wanted to play for Cow got 1 championship and 1 tournament win in the last 5 years.
Do some of you really believe what you post?
Do some of you really believe what you post?
Come on! You are smarter then this!
The fans have been saying you can't win with these freshman by themselves. We need to continue signing these guys, but someone like Edwards, Wagner ECT need to return. Then you use the portal to fill in around them.
The fans never said they don't want the best of the best. In fact we have to have the best of the best to win consistently, but you also can't play guys who aren't ready for it then send them to the draft afterwards!
I was freaking out last night, but today I'm feeling better. UK brand and revamped NIL should pull some weight.
I can’t blame the players who have had little connection.Yep. Its a disaster. Players are transferring fans are transferring.
If fans are transferring, good riddance. Go to Arkansas. You’ll be back in 5 years or less.
My only advice to JQ .. get a damn haircut . And get off my lawn !!! 
Am I qualified? What kind of question is that?
And yes, Cal was the most qualified coach for the job in 2009. He just stopped coaching about 5 years ago.
I think we need to realize Mitch wasn’t hiring anyone with baggage and a repeat champion coach isn’t leaving. There is also a changing of the guard in college hoops. Cal, K, Roy all started somewhere. Duke and UNC went with unproven assistants and they still did better tha an established Cal.
Unhappiness and disappointment is fine, it's the maniacs who want to tear it all down that are the problem. Freakin nihilists!!
He was fifth on that team in minutes played. Maybe it was mutually beneficial?
disagree. depends on your criteria. A lot of “name” brand coaches of course kinda like the one we got rid of.
Duke and UNC hired guys that had never even coached.
He knows who he is now! lol!!
Pope is absolutely going to kill it here. Go Big Blue
A lot of this names are just as delusional as Hurley or Jay Wright. Donovan got contacted and was lukewarm so Mitch moved on. Oats put out a very public statement and his AD was not wiling to negotiate down the buyout. Pearl's a stopgap at best and wants to make his son the next head coach at Auburn, he wasn't leaving. Painter played at Purdue and isn't leaving. Sampson is old as hell and not starting over somewhere else. Beard is a scumbag who should never get a call. Shaka couldn't deal with the pressure at Texas, he's not coming to UK where it's tenfold.
Of the coaches you had a chance with Pope really has no worse of a resume. You'd be looking at maybe Golden, Otzelberger, Lloyd, Underwood and Buzz? Maybe? None of those guys have really accomplished anything of note either. Some quick turnarounds for some of them, but making a coaching decisions based on one or two good years isn't any better than what we did with Pope.
Don't forget where Pope was coaching. At BYU you can't even bring caffeine on campus. The type of player he could actually get was extremely limited. I'd rather have a UK guy who has the passion for the program he does than take a chance on another young coach with a slightly better resume.
Judging from today I don’t think fans are transferringYep. Its a disaster. Players are transferring fans are transferring.
No, what makes him qualified is hes been a HC for 9 years at a Div1 program.
No, but in fairness, only 32 teams made the tournament back then. Which made it damn near impossible for a school like Army to get in.
He did have a couple good seasons (20-8 and 19–9) and got them in the NIT …which was back then considered a remarkable feat for Army.
Can you not understand how much this change was needed? Your hero has destroyed the programYep. Its a disaster. Players are transferring fans are transferring.
I hope some of you never post here again.
That still doesn’t make him qualified. What on his resume says he’s UK material other than being being a former player?
Look, I love the guy and hope he kills it here. I drove past Rupp trying to get in yesterday but was too late so I drove back home just in time to see the beginning on tv. I teared up almost immediately because I really wanna see him succeed.
This is just a huge gamble but hopefully it pays off.
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Hey, I’m all in now. Even tried to get into Rupp yesterday to support the guy. This is just a huge gamble but I hope it pays off.
And then he was like, I am going to visit Louisville where their new coach is a household name everybody knows, and has a history of making deep runs in the NCAA tourney!!!!
Maybe we'll get Jayden Quaintance back after we recruit him just like other schools will have to, now that he's reopened his recruitment. Or maybe we'll get someone else to replace him that will fit Pope's system better than he would have. Or maybe we'll even get someone else to replace him that won't fit Pope's system quite as well as Quaintance would have.
BUT I guarantee you, whether it's Quaintance or someone else, we will absolutely get someone at Quaintance's position that Mark Pope will wind up getting more use out of than "Take Cover In Arkansas!" would have gotten out of Quaintance if we'd been stuck with that guy another year and Quaintance would have played under him.
BUT I guarantee you, whether it's Quaintance or someone else, we will absolutely get someone at Quaintance's position that Mark Pope will wind up getting more use out of than "Take Cover In Arkansas!" would have gotten out of Quaintance if we'd been stuck with that guy another year and Quaintance would have played under him.
True
but his 5 year record in order was:
11-14, 20-8, 19-9, 14-11, and 9-17. Trending down last two years. Not stellar.
They have around $4.5 million in NIL so far, and climbing. That should ensure that we don't get "scraps from the portal."
The win-win in this is that Pope is only inked for 5 years. If he kills it here, you adjust his contract and let him become a long-term guy. If he struggles, you buy him out after year 3 or 4 and find someone else.
I think we'll love the quality of player he brings to the portal. Kentucky has the immediate money and playing to offer.