We are a fricking joke
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You could have got pope 2 weeks from now. Barnhart fricking sucks, he didn’t even really try to get donavon
This is an atrocious hire. I loathed Cal, but I'd have just assumed kept him.
Oh dear little baby Jesus we really are Indiana. I said back in 2020 we were on the road to Bloomington. We're there!
We as a fanbase better Greg schiano the situation like Tennessee did. This is fricking ridiculous
I get that, and I wanted him too. I’m guessing he’s panicking a little and wants to field a team. I wanted to go after Lloyd and McDermott honestly if Donovan said no or took too long.
We were gonna have a hard time fielding a decent team anyway with Donovan this late.
But at least he's a hall of fame coach and we would win big down the road.
with this hire we wont win the sec or make a final four this decade IMO. Unless hes fired soon.
Every other fanbase is laughing their asses off at us. We are a joke
I didn't think they would fall past a Beard, Smart or Pearl. Damn was I wrong. GTFO Mitch! Sick of his *** neglecting the Kentucky Basketball program.
We are such a damn joke man. He didn’t even try with donavon, pearl, or others. Pope would have been like 12-15 on my list
This is a GREAT post, LineSki ! ! ! I, too, am conscious of the LDS stuff. But everything else you wrote is spot on. I live in Arizona now ... the state with the largest LDS population after Utah ... and but for the fact that Pope was a substantial contributor on a national championship team at U.K. playing for Pitino, I might be "worried" about the LDS stuff ... but I'm pretty satisfied with this situation right now.
We don’t know that. I get that it’s not flashy or what anyone wanted but for all we know he was like the 10th call. At some point it gets embarrassing to the job.
I'm almost sick to my stomach. I've been so excited and Mitch botches the hire worse than I ever thought possible. We are now in Indiana territory.
Proof? What if he kills it?
It’s coming my dude. They have been spot on all the way thru this. It’s a big story and every contact they have are notifying someone telling them the scoop. We wouldn’t have so many tweets about a deal being done tonight unless that is what is going on.
If norlander and Thamel are reporting it, the. It’s most likely happening
Think like this. Duke hired Schyer, and UNC hired Hubert Freaking Davis. Pope is one of us and had proven 10x’s more than those 2 and they have been just fine.
Said it in another thread... Times have changed. Duke and UNC promoted former players to HC positions. The Brad Stevens and Dan Hurleys of the world aren't coming here. We need to find the next Stevens and Hurley in the coaching record and I hope this is the answer.
We all Wanted Cal gone and apparently the top guys are happy where they are or not in a position to leave right now. We should back whoever we get and build our program back.
Here's something to think about. If Pope is successful, you don't have to worry about him jumping to the NBA or another coaching job. Again, I think there's a reason why blueblood schools like UNC, Duke and Kentucky are hiring former players. When Self retires from Kansas I bet they will be likely be going down the same road as us.
A benefit to this, that probably isn't lost on the staff, AD and boosters.. is that this will likely be a contract that isn't too expensive, has little guaranteed, and one that we can likely get out of easily, without much backlash, if things don't work out in 2-3 years.
This kind of feels like the idea many of us had, that this hire could be a stopgap type of hire, where if we need to move on, we can, and quite easily. I imagine staff will be keeping an eye on the coaching landscape as it changes over the next few years. If Pope is mediocre, and say Hurley misses the Final4 the next two years (when he's clearly going to be favored), then you can go all in then. There's nothing that says you can't go after Hurley or Oats again in a few years.. two guys who seemed like they had no option but to stay at their programs, despite wanting to come here.
This kind of feels like the idea many of us had, that this hire could be a stopgap type of hire, where if we need to move on, we can, and quite easily. I imagine staff will be keeping an eye on the coaching landscape as it changes over the next few years. If Pope is mediocre, and say Hurley misses the Final4 the next two years (when he's clearly going to be favored), then you can go all in then. There's nothing that says you can't go after Hurley or Oats again in a few years.. two guys who seemed like they had no option but to stay at their programs, despite wanting to come here.
There was no guarantee we'd even make the tourney under Cal. No guarantee with anyone who came in to coach.
Here's a weird idea.... Let's back the coach and FORMER WILDCAT IMMEDIATELY, and save the theatrics until we have actually underperformed.... just a thought.
He's not a bad coach. He's not a great coach. But he's got potential and he deserves and needs as much backing as any other new coach would. Let's not make this a tougher year than it was already gonna be.
I doubt it too now. Guess I underestimated his laziness and don't know why after his past coaching hires here.
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