I wanted Cal gone and don't miss him. He cared more about putting players in the NBA than anything else imo. I like Pope, but I fear he is being overwhelmed a combination of the glare of the UK job and the new era of college sports.
Pope is dead man walking now
- Thread starter Jamal Mercerr
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Playing above the rim doesn’t mean **** if you can’t make it out of the first round. Too many fans want entertainment instead of championships, got to the point where Cal got so bad at coaching he had to pump up draft night. Only difference between Pope and Cal is blue chips vs wood chips. We have no talent outside of Oweh. None.
It's really not Pope's fault so I'm trying to not be so mad at him directly. It's not his fault that he was not qualified for this job. He NEVER should have gotten a call. All he did was accept his dream job.
I feel like they shouldn't have ever been fighting behind in this game to begin with, but I give them credit for coming back taking an 8 point lead, which honestly should have been enough to win the game. But what happened from that point on, wasn't on Mark Pope, it was on the selfish, overpaid players. Pope called plays that they normally run and should had worked out fine, but the players on the floor didn't run those plays and committed turnover after turnover and on top of the turnovers, they played no defense to keep from losing the lead. Garrison dribbling end to end to throw the ball away? Oweh missing a layup that would have tied up the game and probably sent it to overtime? They choked under the pressure and didn't do the things that they were told to do. I feel like that's one of the main problems with this group over overpaid players; they don't feel the need to listen to their coach. I'm not saying that Pope isn't part of the problem; as much as I like Mark Pope and want him to succeed, it does seem like this job is probably too big for him. The combination of those things is just making a terrible season.
