does the dollar amount really matter? dude took less money to play for dusty/michigan vs more money from kentucky to play for pope.....
the exact details aren't really that imporant.
the exact details aren't really that imporant.
So the JMI panty grundy was just a lie?I’m just sharing an article
The $22,000,000 stuff comes out. “That’s just a lie made up. Trying to make Pope look bad.”
Yaxel tells the media this “that’s just a lie. That young man is lying. Everybody out to get Pope.”
Maybe just maybe there’s some truth behind it and a reason Kentucky has 0 commits. Trent Noah probably growing up thought the opportunity to play at Kentucky would be the highlight of his career. A 5 star recruit from New York, Texas or California probably doesn’t want this to be the highlight and has professional aspirations.
POPE period end of sentenceWTF is wrong with us, man.
Why would he lie about that. You people will do anything to support POPE. It is crazy. As bad as the season and recruiting has been this is a death blow to Pope and this coaching staff. If we don't make a change It is a death blow to our program.The kid is extremely immature and a liar. A complete nonstory trying to boost himself and Michigan.
Cal isn't coaching here any more.All the guys making hundreds of millions after going to UK and he was worried about his future? Give me a f**king break.
They’d have to make a movie about it. It would be the single biggest shock in basketball history.It would be the ultimate middle finger to the NCAA, some recruits that played us, Doug Shows (among other refs), Bruce Pearl, Jay Bilas, Dick Vitale (though I do have a lot of compassion for what he’s done with cancer research), Coach Cow, and the rest of the long list, if somehow someway Kentucky shocked the world and brought home #9.
Pope only got people he over paid for. That is a known fact.Yeah I’m not going to take this one specific case and run with it. 99% of kids want the most money. If he’s telling the truth he’s in the 1% that doesn’t care about money.
The other option could be that he’s not telling the whole story and he wants to act like “it’s not about money to me” while also not throwing Pope under the bus. Which is just smart media training.
Telling the truth isn't doing anything to anybody.None of this is good, why is Yaxel doing this to Pope?
seriously...yall still making excuses for this?What does him going “on the record” have to do with anything?
Anyone can say anything to a reporter. He’s not under oath for goodness sake.
Because he wanted a better culture and coach that could help him advance his career in basketball. Pope is a career killer.If that's true, then that dude is an absolute idiot. Would have trippled what he's making now, gotten as much if not more media exposure for the upcoming draft.
Doesn't seem like JMI was a problemTried to say, everyone has money. Recruiting is still recruiting, you still have to make them sign on the line that is dotted.
Hope you ain’t that naiveBecause he wanted a better culture and coach that could help him advance his career in basketball. Pope is a career killer.
He overpaid for everyone and still didn't get his top choices. I bet DA wished he stayed at Florida right now too. That's why he gave all that money to JQ. He had leftover cash to spend.To me it starts adding up. People wondered why he took the risk on JQ off the ACL. Aberdeen didn’t really want to leave Florida, but Kentucky offered too much. It seems like he can’t get recruits and has to throw a ton of money to overpay for guys.
He is causing more damage to program than any coach in the history of the program.Pope is causing more damage in 2 years than Cal did in his last 5.
Guys that matter aren't coming here anywayIn hindsight I took the “name on the front stuff” as well as taking down NBA players in the Craft Center hook, line and sinker. Probably from one and done fatigue as a lot of BBN did, but what Cal said yesterday is right. The name on the back matters to talented recruits and guys in the portal. Nobody is coming here because we are Kentucky. How will they be utilized? How can you get them to the next level? That’s what matters. Those are the times we live in
That doesn't matter. I can listen to Pope speak for 30 minutes and I know I would not want to be around him everydayRemember that THIS year hadn’t happened yet. At the time what Yaxel saw was a big man in Amari Williams get to display his skills (eventually getting him to the NBA). Not like Pope would have just been posting him up. 3 times less money for one year with May doesn’t make sense.
I'm 1 year ahead of you bro (56) I feel your pain. I hope that the recruiting thing changes & one would think Pope has a plan so we shall see? I truly believe that last year's team could've went a little further if not for the injuries. Next year's team needs a little of both year's combined, load up with shooters, this year's team doesn't have as much shooting so they can't space the floor as good for cutters, Jaxson Robinson was so good at cutting to the basket, I'd love to have him on this team.I said this in an OP and got dragged.
The media hates us.
Opposing coaches hate us.
Top recruits are nervous to come here.
No top coach wants to come here.
Referees hate us.
The UK admin hates the fans.
We're a toxic program.
I've caught myself wondering why be a fan of such a flaming trash pile. I'm 55 years old and will probably be dead before I see #9. What's the damn point anymore. Not that I'm going to change schools, but my passion for following CBB is circling the drain, and I suspect I'm not the only one by far.
After listening to him speak would you want to play for himI’m a little confused by this considering when we were looking at Yaxel the whole debacle that happened this year was not even palpable yet. Pope seemed to coach up a random group of guys pretty well last year and even got a couple in the league. So I find it a little hard to see yaxel completely doubting Popes coaching ability and then turning down 8 million. He sounds like he’s patting himself on the back with the ole hindsight 20/20 feeling. I think the real answer lies in all the lies and negative talk coming from other coaches. It’s obvious pope has been drug through the mud in the recruiting world and he may never escape it.
How much do you have to dislike a coach to forfeit that much moneyTwo things can be true at the same time believe it or not. You can think recruiting is looking bad and also think a young man flushing $6 million down the toilet to play for a coach for one year sounds strange.
Just quit posting you sound ridiculousI never said UK didn’t have recruiting issues. They do.
The headline is also ridiculous.
If you find one UK or non UK national media source that validates us offering that much money or him accepting that little money to go to Michigan, I will be shocked. If anyone chooses to believe the kid because it furthers their beliefs, feel free.
It's not uncool to play for KY yet. We still have time to fix that.It's hard to know what to make of all this, especially with the timing of Barnhart's retirement, but it may well be that playing for Pope and Kentucky is simply just not that cool ... sad to say.
I do blame Mitch too. Anyone stupid enough to hire Pope should be fired himself not given a golden parachute.and folks still want to blame mitch and the JMI deal.....
clownI don’t believe this for a second. This is the same University that employed a football coach who was a crazier version of Bobby Petrino. Probably still crestfallen from the Aaron Harrison dagger 3 in 2014. Hope they get knocked out early.
Every player that was drafted went where they were expected to before they committed to Kentucky, so I don’t think he coached them up much
Yea, you all are right. I’m done with this crap. The real eye opener is that we have no HS recruits coming in next year or the year after or ever. Never seen anything like it at UKAfter listening to him speak would you want to play for him
If he wasn't offered it maybe Uk should sue for liable. But they won't because it is true and we are an embarassment to our former selves.He was not offered 7-9 mill. He had crazy demands and UK backed off. All he's doing is lying trying to sale Michigan to recruits. Pope is a horrible recruiter however even he could get that deal done if it were that much. This is absolutely false but will be pushed by the media to create a narrative
No way in hell I turn down 6 million dollars, that's money I could use for life if the NBA doesn't work out. He was a fringe 1st round pick last year, what more could Dusty May do for his development? I'll say it again, I'd love to hear the Kentucky side of the story.How much do you have to dislike a coach to forfeit that much money
Why would a kid in his position lie about that. He wouldn't. Quit with the Pope excuses.I didn’t say you said that. I was just saying in general we have recruiting issues. Doesn’t take much reading to find we have people that won’t admit it. I’m guessing he’s probably being dishonest, but I’m not going to call him a liar because none of us including myself know what he was offered
Because our offer was the most by far. That's why.Man, that’s a bad look for UK and Pope.
No other way to spin it.
I do question why the kid threw Pope under the bus when he could’ve said “other schools offered me substantially more, but I wanted to play for Dusty because yada yada yada.” Seemed like a cheap shot.
No wonder poor ole Pope is in hiding.
Please don't compare dusty may to Pope. just don'tThey still played for UK. How many nba players can dusty may claim?
Its the only thing that mattersThey played for Calipari not mark pope. That matters.
I’d guess about the same amount of psycho it takes to post on a message board 100 times in a row.How much do you have to dislike a coach to forfeit that much money
You aren’t allowed to say that, Cowboy. You have to dance the dance with the rest and act like it isn’t choreographed!Here is an indisputable fact....
Jayden Quaintance: "I came back but reinjured my knee. I'm doing everything I can to get back"
RR: "Lying piece of ****"
Yaxel Lenedeborg: "Kentucky offered me three times what Michigan did and I turned it down!"
RR: "Slurp"
That's the thing you couldn't get three studs because the studs won't come here. You guys act like we were going shopping for a car and all you needed was the money it cost. But the reality is that the car had to choose you back and in this scenario we never got chosen by the top cars we wanted. So we had to overpay just to get a ride but we acted like it was a Ferrari when in reality we got a couple of Dodge Chargers.Well I don’t believe it. We could have got 3 studs for $9 million.
Hey I’ll take a charger . We got some Nissan altimas. The 4 cylinderThat's the thing you couldn't get three studs because the studs won't come here. You guys act like we were going shopping for a car and all you needed was the money it cost. But the reality is that the car had to choose you back and in this scenario we never got chosen by the top cars we wanted. So we had to overpay just to get a ride but we acted like it was a Ferrari when in reality we got a couple of Dodge Chargers.