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JL7105Dec 06, 1:00 AM

Billy Gillispie's UK Record vs Pope

This is a genuine question. I am younger and was not old enough to follow the Billy Gillispie era. I looked it up. Fired after 2 seasons going 40-27. First season made tournmanet and 2nd missed. Pope will be 29-16 with a loss to Gonzaga. I know Matt said there was no chance he gets fired this season but like I am legitimately curious how bad does this season have to be for it to be considered? Like this is LSU football going 2-10 as a comparison. If he has a worse record than Billy after 2 seasons can he get fired? Or is he legitimately untouchable?
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Caytsfsn

Dec 06, 1:01 AM

Here's all I can tell you, we've trailed by 11 or more in 31% of the games Pope has coached. All you need to know. Injuries or not, that's not acceptable
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TimeIs_9

Dec 06, 1:02 AM

Caytsfsn said:
Here's all I can tell you, we've trailed by 11 or more in 31% of the games Pope has coached. All you need to know. Injuries or not, that's not acceptable
Wow
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atwell417

Dec 06, 1:03 AM

Realistically, he’d have to be under .500 this year to get fired. If they miss the tournament he’ll go into next season on a very toasty seat. Now, if he decides to lock someone in a bathroom stall, we can revisit this.
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Caytsfsn

Dec 06, 1:03 AM

TimeIs_9 said:
Wow
It gets really ugly when you think about how many of those games were against cupcakes. It's probably closer to 50% against SEC and ranked opponents
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Yeti_SZN

Dec 06, 1:08 AM

Honestly what makes it so bad is Billy did it an era with no real portal like we have today. You can build a Final Four team overnight in today’s era and we still stink
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stcats31

Dec 06, 1:32 AM

atwell417 said:
Realistically, he’d have to be under .500 this year to get fired. If they miss the tournament he’ll go into next season on a very toasty seat. Now, if he decides to lock someone in a bathroom stall, we can revisit this.
They all deserve to be locked in a stall
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Wlson961

Dec 06, 1:35 AM

Billy G got fired for on and off court reasons from my understanding
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Tmeredith22

Dec 06, 1:36 AM

Mark Pope: not a drunk, not messing with coeds, just straight up bad coaching
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Sgibbs23

Dec 06, 1:36 AM

This Gonzaga team lost to Michigan by 40 nine days ago.. we’re down by 30
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Corkle

Dec 06, 1:38 AM

Billy G would put these bums in a stall and make them walk home
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stcats31

Dec 06, 1:41 AM

Tmeredith22 said:
Mark Pope: not a drunk, not messing with coeds, just straight up bad coaching
Exactly. He doesn’t even have an excuse. This is worse
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apriar94

Dec 06, 1:45 AM

People like Mark Pope, people despised Billy G. Really the only reason Pope will have a longer leash
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jsmith4415

Dec 06, 1:47 AM

Hes 12-13 against power conference level opponents in the calendar year of 2025. Will be 12-14 after tonight. 12-14 All you need to know
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digger808

Dec 06, 2:03 AM

jsmith4415 said:
Hes 12-13 against power conference level opponents in the calendar year of 2025. Will be 12-14 after tonight. 12-14 All you need to know
Might as well make it 12-17. We aren’t beating SJU, IU, or Bama.
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jcsmith23

Dec 06, 2:46 AM

atwell417 said:
Realistically, he’d have to be under .500 this year to get fired. If they miss the tournament he’ll go into next season on a very toasty seat. Now, if he decides to lock someone in a bathroom stall, we can revisit this.
That is realistically a possibility. The first statement, not the second. I think if he did the second at this point I would respect it.
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BigMartyInMaysville

Dec 06, 2:49 AM

stcats31 said:
Exactly. He doesn’t even have an excuse. This is worse
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CatsInShelby33

Dec 06, 2:51 AM

JL7105 said:
This is a genuine question. I am younger and was not old enough to follow the Billy Gillispie era. I looked it up. Fired after 2 seasons going 40-27. First season made tournmanet and 2nd missed. Pope will be 29-16 with a loss to Gonzaga. I know Matt said there was no chance he gets fired this season but like I am legitimately curious how bad does this season have to be for it to be considered? Like this is LSU football going 2-10 as a comparison. If he has a worse record than Billy after 2 seasons can he get fired? Or is he legitimately untouchable?
BCG had major issues off the court. That was a major contributing factor. He basically abused players on it. Pope doesn’t do that and maybe that affords him another year, but if he can’t win 40 games in two seasons, that alone is a fireable offense at Kentucky. I’m really not sure if this team will win 12 games TOTAL.
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CFE_

Dec 06, 4:27 AM

If he misses the tournament, he absolutely should get fired. I like Pope for what it's worth, but this is Kentucky basketball.

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