This is what you get when your AD panics and does something like that - poor Pope is just in over his head. Nice guy but he doesn't know how to recruit UK-caliber players. UK deserves better.
UK hired a coach with ZERO tournament wins
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Let’s hope he is classy enough to walk away.
this is like "President of the University needing to step in" level failure. Mitch is the worst AD in the country.
I think Pope walks or gets fired after his 3rd year.
This is the year he was supposed to show improvement. Purdue game was clearly Fools Gold.
We have not gotten better and that is concerning.
I suppose if you want a silver lining, I think it will be easier to find a great coach following Pope than it was following Cal. If things go south, I could see our new AD making a change for the 27-28 season.
Barnhart spent most of his time on the women’s basketball coaching search and Scott Drew. When Drew’s family spurred what he arrogantly assumed was a sure thing, he went for the first guy to jump at the job, and he’s super Christian to boot!
If anyone believes Mitch asked dozens of coaches and got turned down by every single one of them, you’re as delusional as Barney is. It’s the same crap as 2007 when everyone thought no one would come and we ended up with BCG and then 2 years later Calipari jumped at the offer. Hurley was never realistic, but you’re telling me every major coach turned Kentucky down? “It’s the NIL era, everything is different” Yeah and Lane Kiffin left a playoff team to CRAWL to the sh*tshow that is LSU. Top 5 coaching jobs will always have good to great coaches who want to win what they assume are easy titles.
If the pressure of the program affects his family life, he will resign. I wouldn't blame him. It's not worth that ...
Like I said in another thread, nobody worth a piss wanted to come here.
MB hired the Joker Philips equivalent to be the head basketball coach of the most prestigious program in college basketball history. You don't hire the nice guy. You take your time and hire the right guy.
Pearl. Pearl would have came here. He was my pick too.
And many here defended his résumé. I was glad to be rid of Cal, but I have never been a fan of this particular hire.
You talking players? We had two coaches tell us no. What about the next ten elite coaches?
Pope has always driven a Hybrid EV, but was given the keys to a Top Fuel Dragster, and now is in the process of sh***ing himself going down the strip!
That’s the best analogy I can think of.
That’s the best analogy I can think of.
This isn’t towards you but anybody that put stock into beating a team preseason scrimmage when there’s nothing on the line are crazy. That was a practice. Nobody went 100%.
Pearl is waiting on that phone call as we speak.
Mine too. He would have given 5 years of unmatched passion and effort. This job needs that ego and passion. Not a guy like Pope.
I would also think his reputation as a coach now is way greater than the little bbq incident.
Feels like Kentucky platform can bring Pearl a championship
Just like what Kentucky platform did for Calipari
He reached his ceiling in Auburn
One of yall twitter people… get Pearl to UK trending. Or oats. We need those rumors to start a fire. We don’t need rumors of teammates sleeping with each others girls.
I’m trying hard to have realistic takes. I’m so mad at the current state of the team. I don’t want to be negative 24/7 like I’ve been. But what’s there to be positive about. The problems are real so we can’t ignore them. I need help on how to be a fan rn lol
Wouldn’t that be great tho. Let’s just stop. I’m getting even more depressed thinking what this season might turn into.
A roster problem, a subbing pattern problem, an in game adjustment problem, a recruiting problem, a relating to stud players problem and on it goes.
Agree 100%. If Pope could sign any elite recruit, any recruit not from Kentucky, that would help. His missing on everybody is the biggest red flag. There have been a lot of mediocre coaches who sign elite talent. Why can’t Pope?
And most people on this board applauded the hire and attacked those who were against it. Many fans simply failed to understand and maybe still do that wanting Cal gone and not wanting Pope here are not mutually exclusive.
Few wanted CCC gone more than I did. I was calling for his ouster years ago.. but I was also vehemently opposed to Mark Pope being the next coach.
We are really screwed now.
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And hilariously he’s not even “super Christian.” Because Mormons are in no way Christian. They’re desperate to be considered as such, but just a small glimpse into this cult reveals how far away from Christianity the LDS are.
Mitch didn't panic he was only looking for coaches with a strong religious background.
That was billy g. There is a litany of poor mitch moves.
Regardless of how this turns out, Pope didn't have the resume for this job not even close. I said it then.
I hope it ends up working out.
Im still under the impression that even if Mitch didnt reach out to coaches.. we just werent getting much traction with anyone. Same story after Tubby, and pretty much the same story after BCG if it wasnt for Cal being in trouble at Memphis.
Idk if its Mitch as a whole (seems to be part of it) or if coaches dont really care to coach basketball here.. but its been a problem since Pitino left. People dont seen to be lining up to come here, coaches or players. Have to take a look in the mirror and figure out why
Idk if its Mitch as a whole (seems to be part of it) or if coaches dont really care to coach basketball here.. but its been a problem since Pitino left. People dont seen to be lining up to come here, coaches or players. Have to take a look in the mirror and figure out why
That dog and pony show press conference was a brain washing. He's the same coach and recruiter that he was one day before that PC. How can we be surprised?
How many tournament wins did Scheyer and Hubert Davis have when they were hired?
When Billy G was hired I use to say it was like giving the keys of a Cadillac to a homeless man.
From a lifelong Bengals fan: find something to do for the rest of the season. For several years, I’ve only watched UK when they played reasonable competition. With this guy‘s inability to beat teams with a pulse, I’m just gonna skip out on the rest of the season.
And honestly, with regard to his particular religious background - it’s hard to take seriously people who believe that the Living God in heaven came and had physical intercourse with Mary to produce Jesus.
Both were assistants under masters of the game in coach K and Roy and learned. I will contend that makes them more qualified. Plus both of those schools want to keep it in house. At UK that's never been a priority.
all religions sound kooky as hell if you look at it logically. I mean you really think thats crazier than getting a virgin pregnant through magic?