It’s going to take a few of these guys a little longer to figure this out. Wait until next season when we’re getting blasted to start the year again with 3rd portal options. Some will admit they were wrong, the usual suspects won’t, a new hire will be around the corner and we’ll do all of this again.
Basketball is NOT just about recruiting. It isn't. It's also about developing your guys, developing a system, and the X's/O's. Cal was barely good at any of those three, but that doesn't fit the narrative. The days of elite recruits running around all over the floor are over. NIL changed that, but what's happened with NIL at UK also is not Pope's problem. That's a Barnfart issue.
No, you call us "pumpers" because we don't fall in line with your thinking. You're disappointed with not getting elite recruiting classes, I get it. We "pumpers" are simply people with perspective, who can see what is going on in the college basketball landscape. Whether you like it or not, Pope is going to have to win games in the tournament in order to get that "he can't win in March" off his back. That's what a lot of this is about. That takes time. The all-time wins record really doesn't mean a darn thing on a year to year basis.
Yeah, we've had one good season- Reed and Rob- and Cal effed that one up.
I was never worried about losing that game until we got a decent lead. Cal showed that game just how pathetic a coach he was. We were running them off the court until Cal decided to milk the clock enough to get a shot clock violation multiple possessions. Cal was always horrible about this, and only got worse after. At least now I feel like we always hve a chance to win at the end.
The revisionist history surrounding this game drives me absolutely nuts. We never had a decent lead in that game. We started 5-0 but after that the biggest lead we had the entire game was four points with six and a half minutes left in the game.
Not according to the play by play.
www.espn.com
Nah you're right lol. 5-0. Idk why I thought 9-0.Not according to the play by play.
Wisconsin 71-64 Kentucky (Apr 4, 2015) Play-by-Play - ESPN
Play-by-play action for the Wisconsin Badgers vs. Kentucky Wildcats NCAAM game from April 4, 2015 on ESPN.
Thanks for clarifying. That’s what I actually meant by mismanagement. I’m sure he has gotten A+ medical treatment.
What can you point to that makes you say he is a good coach?
How many Quad 1 wins did we have last year? And didn't we beat Duke and Gonzaga?
Funny that Duke has no problem having elite recruits running all over their floor. Meanwhile Pope has nearly twice as many losses this year as Duke the last two years combined.
And then got blown out in the tournament by a team we’d already beaten twice.
And I'd be ok with that. We have some decent pieces. We just need a go to guy and one more knock down shooter besides CC
It's not that difficult. He gets 3 years to show what he can really do, just like every other reasonable program does. If he can't keep us in the top 25 next year and doesn't make a deep tourney run, then I think we should probably go a different direction. But I guarantee you won't accept this answer because your question wasn't honest and was rhetorical. You want to fire Pope now and nothing will change your mind.
