Worse…..We are becoming irrelevant

Becoming? We’ve been irrelevant since 2020

We're a football school now.

CFE_ said:

We're a football school now.

Yikes

Judging by the crowd at the Alabama game we are no longer everyone’s Super Bowl.

Kentucky’s struggles have been a constant discussion with national media. It’s been one of the most talked about stories in college basketball.

Pope hasn't been competitive in half the P4 games he's coached.... It doesn't take long for that to gut a program. That said, you could fire him today, hire Pearl today and wed win more games the rest of the year, and play with way more heart and intensity. Even with Pearl not knowing these players

I mean it’s people on here even think that this product is acceptable that’s why we are irrelevant some people genuinely think us losing like this is not a big deal! I did not grow up being a uk fan and losing by 20 in the first half hardly ever ! ITS NOT OKAY the reporting of how he acts on the recruiting trail NOT OKAY and not treating this like a transactional business is NOT OKAY. TBH I get we want players who care but it’s a business now these guys are under essentially one year contracts get a GM get a new coach and get someone who is progressive and forward thinking who can delegate

devonhunt2002 said:

I mean it’s people on here even think that this product is acceptable that’s why we are irrelevant some people genuinely think us losing like this is not a big deal! I did not grow up being a uk fan and losing by 20 in the first half hardly ever ! ITS NOT OKAY the reporting of how he acts on the recruiting trail NOT OKAY and not treating this like a transactional business is NOT OKAY. TBH I get we want players who care but it’s a business now these guys are under essentially one year contracts get a GM get a new coach and get someone who is progressive and forward thinking who can delegate

Oh come on give him a chance he's learning...

FeldhausEffort said:

Pope hasn't been competitive in half the P4 games he's coached.... It doesn't take long for that to gut a program. That said, you could fire him today, hire Pearl today and wed win more games the rest of the year, and play with way more heart and intensity. Even with Pearl not knowing these players

I don’t even really like Pearl but the honey moon pope phase is gone, the whole gimmick is over no one want LOVE KENTUCKY u want to be here I played here I could care less I want wins and to be relevant idc if the players are here for one year or 4 years. We need more intensity more talent and more heart this program is essentially Indiana atm

Steven Peake said:

Judging by the crowd at the Alabama game we are no longer everyone’s Super Bowl.

Judging by price of tickets for UK road games, I disagree.

Cal shouldn’t be the coach of either I think Tommy Loyd should be call number one he has Arizona rolling because I don’t think we are getting Oats. But Pope realistically will give us 2-3 years we probably will make the tourney and go to round of 32 and lose 12 games a year never be top 5-7 but somewhere in the 16-25 if we are lucky and be an 8-9 seed that’s the standard we have under pope we gave him 20million ( that’s more than BYU) and we have zero elite players outside of an injured JQ. Also Jasper and JQs family are unhappy for good reason so that’s gonna hurt recruiting. Also we can’t recruit elite players anyway and on top of that we were promised a good offensive system and our center is supposed to be running the offense from the top of the key and yet our system is worse than Caliparis g sloppy dribble drive

Not having a number next to Kentucky's name (aka being ranked) bothers me. I know the polls "don't matter," and that what really matters is the NET, but there's something about that little number next to the name that means prestige. I hate we're getting further away from that.

The only team that when they lose its front line news is duke, after that espn college basketball coverage is a joke.

Becoming irrelevant? We are irrelevant. My friends laugh when I even bring up UK bball at this point. It hurts, y’all.

Wildcats and Hilltoppers said:

Becoming irrelevant? We are irrelevant. My friends laugh when I even bring up UK bball at this point. It hurts, y’all.

Get better friends

icebridges said:

Get better friends

I have all you guys, right?!!? RIGHT?!!??

CFE_ said:

We're a football school now.

That’s not a good thing

Badger7_ said:

That’s not a good thing

Pc62741 said:

Judging by price of tickets for UK road games, I disagree.

That's a good point. Kentucky is the second most expensive ticket on every team's schedule behind their arch rival.

Steven Peake said:

That's a good point. Kentucky is the second most expensive ticket on every team's schedule behind their arch rival.

Were these tickets purchased prior to the season and people trying to recoup their money though?

Ill Graduate Eventually said:

Were these tickets purchased prior to the season and people trying to recoup their money though?

That's what I'm thinking. After my son and I walked out of the S. Carolina football game in 2024, we didn't go to another game that season. I put the remaining tickets on Ticketmaster for as much as I thought I could reasonably get, and got all of my ticket money for the season back. We didn't have any Super Bowls that year, best I can remember. 😉

Steven Peake said:

Judging by the crowd at the Alabama game we are no longer everyone’s Super Bowl.

I hadn't thought about this. I was watching the game thinking "Man, Alabama fans didn't even fill up their arena for the Kentucky game" but I didn't think about it from this angle. Sobering reality..

We’re irrelevant in terms of competing for a championship right now but we are still a talking point. But we are a good coaching hire from fixing that. Or our own current coach growing a set and fixing this issue instead of acting like a kicked puppy. The second one is unlikely but not impossible.