1000%! I was there and wanted to believe, but with the product on the court being substandard and recruiting non existent, this experiment is failing and failing fast
Little did we realize for all this talk about “understanding the assignment,” he basically just gave his buddies big, fat pay raises. I had a sneaking suspicion something was wrong when he turned down Orlando Antigua who wanted to return under Pope. Imagine having one of the best recruiters in the game practically begging to join you staff but decide that Mark f*cking Fox is who you really want.
Man you can find 100 different things to complain about right now but cleaning Cal’s boys out shouldn’t be held against him.
Maybe the other guys, but Antigua is the one guy you want to keep.
We’re talking about coaches, not generals of an army… It’s overly paranoid crap to think Antigua would somehow sabotage the team.
Apparently you’re wrong because Pope didn’t hire him regardless his abilities huh? I’ll trust Pope
What has Jason Hart done? Yell in a huddle? He couldn’t even land a kid who was going to play for him at OT Elite.
Immediately off the top of my head Carmello Anthony was 20 years younger than Washington. 5 final 4's, 2 runner-ups, and a title since the day's of Pearl Washington.
Is that guy still pretending to be a UK fan? LoL. 53O posts in three weeks!
Exactly, but he’s not worthy of the spot he has right now and that’s the problem.
As bad as recruiting has been, I’d trust the drunken old man on the street corner flashing passersby's to find a better coaching staff than Pope can. Gillispie managed to recruit better, at least.
He recruited so well that Cal rescinded the offers to almost all of his commitments. Did you forget Zollo, Villarino sp?,Euton, Avery, etc. ?
He also pulled in Patrick Patterson, Darius Miller, Deandre Liggins, Jorts. Guys who palyed key parts in our 2010, 2011, and 2012 seasons. Not including Daniel Orton who was a 5 star.
Ouch! That is shockingly bad. He edged out Kenny Payne in awfulness who went 4-28 that same year.
That is true. Are you advocating for Hart and defending this UK staff? As season ticket holder at Syracuse for many years, Boeheim and his staff were massive underachievers based on talent alone (one could argue like Cal at UK) and ran a questionable program. But hey, his assistant Bernie Fine was top notch and his wife sure did love and support the SU players. He did produce Pitino which worked out for us.
Fair enough, each entitled to own opinion. My view, Boeheim was at Syracuse for 45+ years and resulted in one national title. I like to think at UK we hold ourselves to a higher standard including who we surround our basketball program with, including assistants. But hey, Jim B is a great guy, funny, nice, intelligent and didn't ruffle feathers with his players. He isn’t the greatest driver however.
Pope hired his friends, not coworkers who are expected to produce results.
