I think the answer is simple; he doesn't want to throw his players under the bus and lose them forever. What good does it do for Pope to come out and PUBLICLY criticize Garrison? That's a conversation that Pope should be having with Garrison privately.
I don't think anyone expects Pope to come out and trash a player but also no need to actually come out and praise him when he's not putting out effort.
I think that's "coaching him up" in a lot of people's eyes. It builds trust between the coach and his players. I would hope that the conversations that go on out of the public eye are very different from what Pope says in a public forum. Maybe they aren't, but I sure hope they are. Just because fans (me included) want to know everything that goes on, doesn't mean we will, or should.
Its one thing to not trash your guy in public but cheerleading the performance of BG at a press conference looks horrible. Nobody is buying that.
You're right. Pope was saying he's playing Garrison despite his backup being a better player. I don't know why it wasn't more obvious to me sooner.
Most all of the criticisms directed at Garrison last year were about interior defense , rim protection, and lack of effort from what I remember. Still the same player, still the same issues, and still the same criticisms.
THERE HE IS -- I was about to write a reply saying damn Monday Nitro hasn't been in here to gargle Pope's balls yet.
You forgot that he walked too slow, cut his hair wrong and didn't tuck his shirt in right.
You post like your IQ is under 30. Are you a teenager? Pope hasn't done a good job this year so far. The posts calling for his head, and there are many, are absolutely laughable and ignorant. Ignored.
I live in NJ -- I don't really have a baseball team that I follow, but obviously I'm exposed to a lot of Yankees fans.
He was pretty good against Duke and Zaga, and helped us win big games
The worst part about Oweh is that he looks like he simply doesn’t care. Being on a multi-game shooting slump is one thing. Not putting in the effort is entirely different.
Well I’ll admit I spent the majority of my time on HOB last year. But three things most everyone complained about last year on that forum were , interior defense, rim protection, and effort. Basketball IQ was also mentioned a lot . He’s still terrible at all 4 of these and his butt needs to be on the bench for as many minutes as Moreno can play.
Not surprised. He's individually gifted enough to be a McD AA. But it's the same thing as with Oweh -- and you and I specifically discussed this. There were elite shooters (w/ Amari's passing) spacing the floor, and guys like Oweh and Garrison fed off that. Really, the whole team. Just think of how bad a player like Almonor would be on this year's team, but last year he had his moments of usefulness.
I agree that his defense is not good. I have a post from a few weeks that if he's our starting C for this year, this team is going nowhere. I just feel like he's getting kicked while he's down.
He is . But these guys are millionaires now . It’s what they wanted. Goes with the territory.
People making up dog sh*t rumors is not on Garrison, though. Idiots wonder why we keep striking out with recruits.
It’s not the fans fault that Pope is striking out on recruits. Lmao wow Baller Cal you’re crazy
Yeah, I saw that press conference today. While I know Pope won’t ever throw a player under the bus, I was less than enthused to hear him praise Garrison like he's a great player.
???? Call me whoever you want if you feel it gives you the upper hand instead of having a civil discussion.
I’m hoping he’s more honest and tough with them privately.
I’m gonna guess his analytics staff is awful. He picked bad recruiters so he probably picked bad analytics staffers too.
We all remember your former usernames lol I didn’t call you anything but one of the many names you have used and let you know I think you’re crazy for making statements like that. Every team has bad fans, only people that don’t understand sports make it a point to constantly complain about it. I wish people didn’t do stupid stuff on social media but it’s out of our control. I classify guys like you as bad fans to because you irrationally defend the coach even when they are obviously wrong and go crazy for fair criticisms. No coach is perfect, I’m not perfect and you aren’t perfect either. No one’s above criticism.
Where did I say I had no problem with that? Lol And the new management will definitely see how immature and crazy you are like the other one did because you’ve been name calling and arguing with people all over the board. Myself and few others will be sure to let them know how many times you’ve been banned in the past. You’re not fooling anyone
I wouldn't have minded UK bring Rick back and that way when he retired in a few years they could have seen how Pope did at BYU. I thought it was too soon to hire him without more data.
