UK hiring Mark Pope -CBS
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Man, that's hard to believe. I mean, I think Pope could be a good coach, but no contact with Donovan? I get why there would be no contact with Pitino, though I'd like to see that before Pope is given the green light so quickly. I'm not sure I believe this one. Could be wrong. I'll be surprised if this turns out to be true.
How did we not go after Donovan??? This was going to be it... get the **** out of town, Mitch.
Wow. I'm truly disappointed. This doesn't feel right at all.
How did we get stuck with this AD? Most passionate fanbase in college basketball and we are cursed with the most aw shucks milquetoast AD out there. Where the eff are our boosters? They think this is the **** we want??? I’d rather sign Cal to a second lifetime contract, dead serious
It looks like Mitch only went after religious coaches
My God, what freaking horrible hire.
Mitch Barnhart should becran out of Lexington on a damn rail.
I'm done if this is indeed the best we can do
Mitch Barnhart should becran out of Lexington on a damn rail.
I'm done if this is indeed the best we can do
I say this with all seriousness, Mitch Barnhart is way over his head and has no understanding of this fanbase. Fire him
You guys gotta realize this wasn't the AD. This is the only kind of coach that wants to take this job. The expectations drive certain type of people away and coaches have realized they don't need to be at a blue blood to have high levels of success anymore. It's 2024, not the '90s. College basketball has changed.
Mitch is a moron and over valued the squeaky clean reputations too much.
He’s acting like a scorned lover if he didn’t pursue Billy D. And Pearl should have got a legit chance to interview and sell himself
He’s acting like a scorned lover if he didn’t pursue Billy D. And Pearl should have got a legit chance to interview and sell himself
Fire Eli, fire Mitch, fire them all.
I’m not supporting a program that’s not serious about winning.
I’m not supporting a program that’s not serious about winning.
Hahaha! All the time you spent on social media and Lucy pulled the ball away. LOl!!!
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Too bad this post will go over the head of most of the hilljacks here, it is spot on.
I've been saying it for weeks. All I get is laughing emoji after laughing emoji from delusional fans who don't realize the current realities of college basketball. I've been called a fake fan, a Calboi, mocked relentlessly and called out for it. Well look what happened.
I will 100% rally behind Pope and obviously hope he works out better than any one of us hope, but it's really hard not to say I told you so right now.
Pearl would have taken the job. I think pope is solid and I would have even listed him as a candidate….after Pearl, LLoyd
I love it. It’s fulfilling watching players like Reeves work hard and get better. I think a similar experience could be in store for Pope. Frankly purchasing a big name coach who’s already been successful felt hollow to me anyway.
Forgive me for not agreeing, but I've spent the last two years reading here that Oats would take the job, and that Drew would take the job, and that a million other coaches were sure things. They weren't. A lot of coaches just turned us down. We settled for a guy with UK ties because people with UK ties are attracted to the program tradition. Very few other people are in this day and age.
Screw Mitch. He is destroying UK basketball!!!!!!
A lot of us are stuck in the 90s, the glory days. You are absolutely right though, you don't have to coach at UK, Duke, Carolina, KU or UCLA to have great success and pull good players in. This is the most even college basketball has ever been. If Mark Pope does in fact end up here, I'll support him 100% until he doesn't deserve it. I haven't watched a game in years because of the utter foolish play on the court. Even if we take many lumps and the coach is doing his best, but just doesn't have the talent yet, I can live with that.
Mitch won’t be happy until we are as irrelevant as Indiana.
I will watch every single game next year and I hope Mark makes us all look like absolute fools for thinking we settled on him.
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