One common denominator, Barnhart. If you think coaches won't come to the UK, get paid 10 million, and have 22 million to make a roster, you might be slow. But our AD is scared to death to hire anybody who has a parking ticket.
Pope and Tom Leach post game
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Don’t let Mitch Barnhart convince you that this program is incapable of hiring a quality coach.
I thought you said a standout talent isn’t needed. We are all trying to tell you that it is. I’m glad to see you’ve come around. We need at least 1-2 DUDES.
pay stokes whatever he wants and do it now. We spared no expense when we bought this squad
Yeah sure, whatever, don’t care enough to fight back. I’m a moron, I actually really did have a D once on my midterm report card in 4th grade reading. I also skipped class once to impress a girl. I really am an idiot
What DUDES beat us tonight? Looked to me like we got beat by a team with the 23rd best recruiting class and probably no one that’s an NBA lottery pick. They actually beat us much worse than the last team we played that had way more talent and NBA hype. That said, idgaf, too depressing to argue over it, so if you think that was the answer tonight cheers man
Dude we already spent the most money
And this is what we got. Why do you keep saying this? This argument devoid you of any credibility at all.
Pope will go on his own before there’s ever talk of buyouts. If this year collapses he will likely bow out on his own.
i think that bandaid needs to be ripped off sooner than later
Ive lived outside of the state. You always were a punk and I’ve never liked your posts because of crap like this right here. Keyboard warriors like you are amusing. I know you’re a wuss so I won’t waste my time
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My man. You are crashing out. Find some ambien and try to rally tomorrow
Nah. Man I don’t care about much right now. Pretty bad night.
I'm laughing at him actually. Its pretty funny when the best basketball wisdom someone offers is, "DOH Dat coach. He bad".
According to him no one wants this job lol He’s not half as smart as he thinks he is
You love every coach UK has had and think they are above reproach.
Laugh it up. At least I try to be honest. I don’t try to wear a smile and say how great it’s going when I see all kinds of problems. You might simply be better than me, but I’ll always try to stay real
He’s definitely failing but I don’t really feel sorry for him. He’s brought a lot of this on himself from the start. Recruiting has been an issue for him. He had Antigua sitting at Kentucky already with an office and wanting to stay and he let him go to bring in Hart who hasn’t done a damn thing. His second recruiter he hired hasn’t been much better either, Brooks.
I’m sure he didn’t keep Orlando just because he didn’t want any Cal guys and to prove he could do it on his own. If so then his ego is coming back to bite him in the ***.
Yes, I don't trash my team on a public national forum. That always seemed really stupid to me. Pope will be the coach next year, the year after and the year after that. The bashing has been going on for a couple decades now. Just look how effective it has been. LOL!!!!
Nah, after what you said I definitely wanna read what you have to say tough guy
Are we really surprised though. It seemed like everyone’s first reaction to the Pope hire was outrage and anger. We knew he wasn’t good enough. Somehow getting 90% of the fanbase to flip overnight and be happy with the hire is the greatest sales job I’ve ever seen. Or maybe BBN was just desperate for it to work and talked themselves into it?
Because we have a piss poor AD. Mitch is a horrible negotiator and he doesn’t seem very likeable. So I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that he can’t land an elite coach.
But something to note, the board of trustees told him he couldn’t even offer Pearl, Miller and maybe even Oats? If he had any balls he would have told the BOT to shove it. I’m beyond fed up with these holier than thou people at UK in these roles where they basically decide the fate of basketball and football.
Please tell me the auto extension part isn’t true. Mitch is the worst contract negotiator in history and it’s really not even close.
As the kids say, “The vibes are off.”
In my feelings tonight. Will find out tomorrow what I really thing when the fog clears. Was a real bad loss
Pope needs to get rid of some his assistant coaches but he is to nice of a guy to do that
He definitely made a catastrophic mistake not retaining Coach O! That’s gonna be further proven when we sign no one in the early signing period and lose out on Stokes!
Why is everyone so excited about Lowe? He was 2 team acc, and the acc was terrible last year. The kid from university that went to lsu is having a pretty good year. Another one that was supposed to be at uk but mysteriously went elsewhere
Now uk needs another Mike Pratt to do the same
Who could that be?
The only thing that makes uk special is the fans love fest with basketball
Don’t tell me the man who broke the single-season Div 1 record for most wins against top-15 opponents
and did it with a team of mostly scrubs
up and forgot how to coach the very next year.
Something is obviously going on. Something bad, whether it’s just error catastrophe from too many young minds trying to absorb a complicated system too fast or it’s something else more problematic lurking below that.
Something is wrong and it’s starting to look so wrong that it’s not impossible this whole year might be a wash. No need to mince words about that.
But whatever is going on, it doesn’t mean Mark Pope can’t coach or can’t coach well or can’t coach well here. We have permanent undeniable evidence that he can do all those things. He can do all those things with his own players because that’s all he’s ever had except for Travis Perry.
Suddenly believing he can’t just because you’re unhappy is inner-work-needed stuff. Respect yourself more than that.
and did it with a team of mostly scrubs
up and forgot how to coach the very next year.
Something is obviously going on. Something bad, whether it’s just error catastrophe from too many young minds trying to absorb a complicated system too fast or it’s something else more problematic lurking below that.
Something is wrong and it’s starting to look so wrong that it’s not impossible this whole year might be a wash. No need to mince words about that.
But whatever is going on, it doesn’t mean Mark Pope can’t coach or can’t coach well or can’t coach well here. We have permanent undeniable evidence that he can do all those things. He can do all those things with his own players because that’s all he’s ever had except for Travis Perry.
Suddenly believing he can’t just because you’re unhappy is inner-work-needed stuff. Respect yourself more than that.
Exactly right. Michigan St is a decent team. They’ll make the tournament, and may win a game or two, but they’re not great. Frankly, neither is Louisville.
Compete?
That ‘96 team would beat this team by 40, on a bad night.