Because of common sense.
A guy from Utah Valley State and BYU with no top recruits and no postseason wins is going to somehow make Kentucky awesome?
Give Pope a chance
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A guy from Utah Valley State and BYU with no top recruits and no postseason wins is going to somehow make Kentucky awesome?
This is a joke hire. We are hiring someone with zero tournament wins, and isn't an elite recruiter. Nobody would even know Mark if he hadn't played here. I'm not letting Mitch Barnhart turn us into IU. Dude is turning into a ******* clown.
When has he recruited to UK in the past? New set of circumstances
UK is already awesome. You don’t know the future
Pope's not qualified for the job. It's as simple as that.
Mitch passed on option 3-10 and went right to the 11th option.
This is insane. Watch Mitch try to massage this one to the fan base.
Mitch passed on option 3-10 and went right to the 11th option.
This is insane. Watch Mitch try to massage this one to the fan base.
Zero tournament wins and no top recruiting classes. There are hundreds of coaches out there with that resume. We now have one at Kentucky. Wow. What an absolute joke.
He's our guy now and Im sure he's excited and Im going to support him.
Nobody outside of UK fans knows wtf Mark Pope is. It is Kenny Payne 2.0 I'm afraid.
You and I have disagreed in the past. We are 100% in agreement on this.
Well we got change and a younger guy. Mark has a fire to work but he's not pulling a top 5 class in from anywhere.
I'm certain Mitch didn't understand the importance of this hire in the time of our programs life. You just couldn't risk the programs neck to just anyone and they damn sure needed a Final Four in their resume.
I'm born into this **** so I'll be here til the end and was a teenager when Mark played here I appreciate his loyalty. But hes on the clock and our roster is empty... Good luck buddy....
I'm certain Mitch didn't understand the importance of this hire in the time of our programs life. You just couldn't risk the programs neck to just anyone and they damn sure needed a Final Four in their resume.
I'm born into this **** so I'll be here til the end and was a teenager when Mark played here I appreciate his loyalty. But hes on the clock and our roster is empty... Good luck buddy....
Yeah well you know Billy Gillispie had a better resume than Pope. Pope doesn’t even have the experience to justify a job at a power five let alone a blue blood.
I mean I’ll support him but my god this was still a disaster
Pope's not ready to be given a chance in the first place. This is like starting your third string freshman QB against 2021 Georgia. It’s not fair to him. Plus, if and when it doesn’t work out, it’ll be harder to get rid of him because he’s "family"
If your done be done. I’m tired of all the crying. Quit posting if you’re done. Mark Pope will be a great coach at Kentucky. Maybe Reed coming back played apart in this. So be it.
Go Cats
Go Cats
Agree,Just meant neither deserved the job just because they played for UK.
The fact is that you don’t know how the future will unfold.
Fair enough. I think he’ll surprise to the upside.
So you wanna insult me for saying I’m going to support a guy that used to play here? I can’t pick the coach, I even said he wasn’t on my list. Direct your anger somewhere else it’s not my fault.
This is far from a Duke/UNC situation. K gradually gave the reins to Scheyer, and Roy Williams handed the reins slowly to Hubert Davis. It was coordinated and organized. What we’re going to have is the most epic of shitshows of all-time.
So I can just pull a high school coach from Belfry and give him this UK job and you’re going to argue with me about how I don’t know it’s going to be a failure?
Don't not see Craft and the other boosters spotting very much nil money.. Pope will have to earn the wins pretty much by himself.. If he then does good I could see the boosters giving to him then.. I know if I was a booster that would be my approach..
I can’t wait for Mitch to retire. He should have been fired a long time ago
Mitch went solo on this hire according to jones, and went against everybody the boosters, And other people in the program. It’s time to fire him now
On this you and I now agree 100%. Time for him to go, he seems totally completely.
I’m not happy but I liked pope when he played here and it’s not his fault that Mitch offered him the job. This is a huge gamble and I’m worried about it
It’s just keeps getting worse, our AD is a damn idiot
This guys works for the ringer and is connected and would probably know this, but he said oats wanted the Kentucky job.