Not a fan of how Coach Pope answered the post game questions from Tom Leach.
Careful careful Mr. Pope
Thats advisement. Ask Billy G.
Careful careful Mr. Pope
Thats advisement. Ask Billy G.
Pope and Tom Leach post game
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virtually nothing. He seemed to be pouting, talked like he was totally beaten down
Theirs nothing the man can say after that *** whipping that would make any fan feel better. That was awful…. BCG like performance
"Joseph Smith ain't walking through that door, folks. Brigham Young ain't walking through that door. And if they do walk through that door, they're going to be gray and old."
Well, I can’t imagine he’d go in there like, “Hell yeah! We showed some real fight.” That performance was bad enough that walking in with a hump and barely breathing out words is the only reasonable option
Didn't listen, but I feel bad for him. I mean, we know this is his dream job, and at this moment, he is completely failing. It is what it is but on a human level it's rough.
To me it demonstrates that he has no concept of understanding real talent. He thought this team would be awesome. Losing Lowe is not a good enough an excuse when you have the depth that Pope bragged about.
I’m way too depressed to argue, but Michigan State isn’t a talented team either. They had the 23rd best recruiting class and no standout talent. The difference is, and I know this sucks, Izzo — even at this washed up age—is a hundred times the tactician than Pope. It’s sad
But he got an extra year for getting into the sweet 16 last year. That’s around another $3.5 Million to buyout. Dumbass Mitch.
Exactly. He failed everyone talking about how great this team was going to be. Comparing it to the 1996 team. This team would not be able to compete with the 1996 team.
I honestly do not have the stomach to watch a dejected Pope pretend that this will get better. He's in over his skis.
Idk how Mitch still has a job. His defenders always point to the less popular sports success but never the major sports that matter the most.
The 96 team would hang 86 points on these guys in the first half.
We had a golden opportunity to put all our money in on basketball and pass UCLA while the door was wide open but instead we can win 6 games in football and have a damn good women’s rugby team
Oy vey, this really could be something we pull the rip cord on and quick. I could see this causing a total shake up from AD on down. If Pope is gone this early, that has to reflect on the AD
I think this is part of it. I looked out there tonight and saw a bunch of guys that were backups at their previous schools and showed flashes when they did get minutes. It's like Pope and staff saw those flashes and thought that was who they could be for an entire game/year. The only guy who somewhat did it was Oweh but even he had his first breakout year last year.
Mitch hiring him was cruel. He wouldn’t have even gotten an interview with his resume, certainly not being given the keys to one of the premier college. basketball programs if he weren’t a former player.
We need to be thinking about a new coach and quickthis
Tom….”what did you tell your guys in the locker room after the loss?”
pope….”a bunch of stuff”
pope….”a bunch of stuff”
I laughed at this. Not because I find it funny in a technical sense or that I disagree with you, but because it is likely true and that it only took barely over a season to have to acknowledge it.
Not kidding about laughing. Tears. In. My. Eyes.
What’s he gonna say? I told them to keep playing drop coverage even though we were getting our asses beat.
Hopefully boosters step in to put an end to this experiment. They certainly won’t be giving Pope another $20 million next year.
I didn’t like his excuses surrounding the Louisville game. Come out with this pre game BS that threw them off but them said I’m not ready to talk about it. If you’re not ready to talk about it then don’t even bring it into the discussion.
I was really on board with his hire from the get go but starting to look as if this job might just be too big for him. Pulling for him to turn it around but it’s not looking good.
I was really on board with his hire from the get go but starting to look as if this job might just be too big for him. Pulling for him to turn it around but it’s not looking good.
He will not be able to complete the mission and he knows it!
Even if Pope goes on to be the greatest coach in UK history, that was still a stupid move. Why risk it at this point? This is Pope's dream job, so it's not like we have to worry about someone taking him from us. Let him demonstrate sustained success first.
Well the touchy feely grab *** lean in to each other wasn’t what many wanted to hear.
@RunninRichie was a big advocate for Mark Pope. Has his tail between his legs these last few weeks. Live and die by the 3 brotha! This is whatcha wanted. On a side note, I dont live in KY and im going to hear about it tomorrow as well. Mark Pope nice guy mentality aint it!!
We had no one else. Even mid tier guys like Scott Drew said "thanks but no thanks".
That is troublesome. For such a storied program, we sure dont seem to have people lining up to coach here .
And Mitch gave him a huge raise and auto extensions for getting to he Fing sweet 16.
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Maybe it's a situation of not wanting to follow after a HoF coach. After Pope flames out this season or next, the pressure may lower enough to attract good coaches
It can be both, and in this case, I think it is. He’s not done a good job at all coaching up what he does have to work with so far, but that doesn’t completely let him off the hook with roster construction either. This was sold as a loaded roster that could just straight up out talent most of college basketball that hasn’t looked anything like that so far even with suboptimal coaching tactics.
No matter how you slice it, it is 100% on Pope and nothing else. I disagree that it’s the roster—-if he knew how to coach it, all the pieces are there. But if you say roster, fine—-that’s still 100% on Pope
That’s not true. Drew and Hurley were the only two that turned the job down. This is Kentucky, Mitch could have hired a coach with a better resume.