I was there and I was. But this isn’t how you run a program. Sell both recruit high level players and then they become family and the train continues. Not “suck it it’s Kentucky take it or leave it” and then just roll. It’s not how this works.
Pope is cooked with this quote
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Oh I know...He DOES use analytics, except when he has an incorrect gut feeling.
A lot of word salads from Pope during interview with Tom.
Which will again lead us to a 19-13 season if we are lucky.
We have like 6 all stars, multiple gold medal winners, 86 players in the league. Now Anthony Davis has a freaking TV show, and he can’t sign a high school player. That should be impossible.
Oweh is basically the only reason we competed at all.
I can't read Cal's mind nor would I want to but I think Cal's reason for saying 'it was about the players' was and is, if I can get the players, they win and he wins and then the program wins. You have to have the players. Pope hasn't figured that out.
Now I do believe it was time for UK and Cal to split.
We have the future 2 time MVP. And he can't get anyone.
Players who want to call themselves the next SGA don't want to go to his school.
I couldn't blame him if he wanted to leave. He could go to NKU and be a good player for them, and play for a better coach
Why? Because their coach is there and their school is now trash. It's not hard.
"Hey who's gonna win the tournament?"
Why would they say us? They see our team. They see our players.
I hate saying this, but did he mean, “…because of what Kentucky is….” OR “…because of what Kentucky was….”
I think we all agree certain aspects of this season were not what Kentucky basketball should be.
I do believe one day we’ll be back to the standard we’re used to, just unsure how it will happen.
I think we all agree certain aspects of this season were not what Kentucky basketball should be.
I do believe one day we’ll be back to the standard we’re used to, just unsure how it will happen.
I'm blue through and through and I wouldn't even send my kids to UK as long as he's the head coach. His approach is archaic and he needs to go.
Oweh is just a catch 22 especially in the position he’s in here. He’s not a go to guy that’s going to night in and night out make a team top 5 and head to final fours. He’s a good / really good, not a great, player. If you’re depending on Oweh to get you to a champion it’s not happening. He’s a 3rd offensive option on typical championship aspiring Kentucky teams and defensive specialist. I think he hurt the team chemistry a lot of the year. Way too much ball hog stuff, but the main point is if you’re relying on Oweh as your best player? You have no shot.
Well this makes no sense whatsoever did he mean to say there's no place to play like this?
Mr Pope the problem is nobody wants to play for Kentucky and you’re part of the reason
My God, he's living about 25 years in the past. This is going to get very ugly if he don't get the **** out of Lexington.
This is the best value of true analytical experts. It's akin to, in quant finance, an engineer who is able to snipe anomalies in market data in real time and make the fund huge profits. These windows last seconds to minutes.
The true analytical geniuses are the ones finding the Walter Claytons. Pope's analytics is an intern level where he is copy pasting basic talking points and acting like he's doing something. Analytics aren't going to help you inside game situations.
This is exactly what most of Rafters has wanted for years. Welp, there ya go. Let's load up on KY boys and kids who've dreamed of playing for UK I guess.
“Touch Money”. That’s all you need to know. Pope is clueless
That's a misquote by the person posting that.
It’s not pope that’s cooked, it’s our program
That pisses me off. That’s a damn coward right there. He is insufferable and insinuating we didn’t have that this year. That’s his damn fault. This guy needs to quit.
Just go get the best players you can that fit the system you want to run. They'll learn to love Lexington and UK.
It would be best for the program if Noah left. He’s not good enough for what we should be getting.
He's got to drop this mantra. It makes him look foolish. Geez ...
SGA was here with Cal and the kids know who put SGA in the league, not Pope. Pope is a lost ball in tall weeds.
Well, what BBN cares about is winning basketball games. We invest both emotionally and fiscally in this team. Let us care about the name on the front of the jersey, Mark. You go get guys that want to hang #9 for them, then we will benefit by also claiming it as our own!
Sounds like Mark is doubling down on what is already failing. His stubborness and thinking his way is the way, when it's clearly not, will be his downfall.
We are so screwed! He’s not gonna attract any premier players!
Pope has got to do a little changing too, this isn’t summer camp and he’s not a counselor. If he’s going to be here another year, he’s go to change too. Right now it looks like he is going to be here. I’m not happy with it.
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Woof. This guy and the fans that follow this mentality, just don't get it.
If were nor careful we will juat have a team full of Trent Noah's competing in the NIT. But for Pope and others, they will pat themselves on their back for "playing the right way".
If were nor careful we will juat have a team full of Trent Noah's competing in the NIT. But for Pope and others, they will pat themselves on their back for "playing the right way".
I feel like Pope has an identity crisis within himself. He obviously listens to the fan base too much. We hated the "it's only about the back of the jersey" program Cal was running and it feels like Pope knew that so shifted WAY too far the other way it's hurt him in recruiting. Then we all basically said last year we needed more athleticism so he ONLY went after athleticism. We meant shooting WITH athleticism i.e. a guy like Lamar Wilkerson. I think he had the right formula year one just needed a stud. Replace Oweh with a stud like Stokes or Carr with a guy like Caleb Wilson and that's damn good team. Stick to what you know Pope.
The back of the jersey comment is a total disconnect with reality. He is simply an idiot
It needs to get ugly NOW. We need to force him out of here. Pressure him. Time to put up some billboards, that’ll get his attention.
He's doing what MB told him to do imo in regard to the name on the front vs. the name on the back. Mitch told him what he wanted him to address. He's not doing well. He's not made for this.