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mash_24

Heisman
Sep 26, 2011
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I love when he drives on 3 guys and gets fouled, misses the and 1, missed the second free throw and we come away with 1 point when 2 other guys are wide open for 3. We traded 3 points for 1 all year over that. And Collin cannot ever get going because of him and MO. It’s hurt the team all year. Oweh is a cancer. But people see 20 and think no way man! Without that 20!
Lotta games where that is definitely a problem. That was not the problem today. Oweh was literally the only guy who could score. Chandler is a spot up shooter who does little else when he should be running side to side all game looking for openings. Honestly I think Pope has conceded he can’t get thru to this bunch and is just riding it out.
 

kyjeff1

Heisman
Sep 8, 2012
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I’m so sick of this excuse. No one else is using it! The only excuse for saying you’re fatigued is if you play 3-4 games straight during conference tournament. Otherwise, claiming to be tired when you have 3-4 days between games is so pathetic.
Even if guys are getting tired, you still can't pull 3 or 4 guys out at the same time and insert JJ, BG, Trent Noah and Mo, you just can't and he does it constantly.
You have to keep at least 2 of your best 3 guards at all times, unless foul trouble is an issue.
His substitution patterns are as dumb as I've ever seen.
 

SamePooter

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Fire Pope and let Hart coach the remainder of the offseason. Might be an improvement
I would seriously love that. He obviously can operate under presssure better. Be able to coach his team. I think if he was head coach he could land some recruits. Imagine being a recruiter and trying to recruit kids to play for Mark Pope. Hell Cal wouldn’t be able to land a recruit if he was Popes assistant.
 
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Matt: "The next 6 months will determine the future of this basketball program"

Well....that's just great. Guess we will bury the program out there next to my parents.
I always re-read this as The Crafts: Pope has to put up next year or money go bye-bye. That’s what Matt’s really saying. Otherwise, what would it mean? He’s not making it up and there is no AD yet — it’s almost like the boosters matter more than the AD on this stuff.

At least that’s my idiot logic on this.
 

bbnkat02

Heisman
Nov 14, 2017
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I always re-read this as The Crafts: Pope has to put up next year or money go bye-bye. That’s what Matt’s really saying. Otherwise, what would it mean? He’s not making it up and there is no AD yet — it’s almost like the boosters matter more than the AD on this stuff.

At least that’s my idiot logic on this.
I agree to a point. I'm worried what happens over the offseason. What if Self hangs it up and we're stuck with "Aw shucks" over here.
 

Cats4321

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Nov 18, 2025
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He probably won’t be back next year.

I can't imagine too many guys wanting to come back. I actually mean that. It's been a disaster so far, and I really wonder if they actually respect Pope.

I would normally say that losing guys would be a good thing after this season, but I have no optimism that this incompetent staff can even bring in guys of equal talent next year.
 
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FatCatMan

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Feb 19, 2026
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I assume that of all of them pretty much. I think Moreno is the most likely to be here, but after that, maybe Kam, and that's all I would semi feel confident in.
I assume it’ll be the guys we don’t want who will stay and the ones we do want will leave.
 
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CrimsonCats_rivals

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Maybe you should have conditioned your players man. Zero excuse. Tell that to Acuff and other teams who play 7 guys.

That’s such a ridiculous excuse. Oweh is the only guy we have even averaging more than 30 minutes, and we haven’t been playing a particularly frenetic style, so where is all this unbearable fatigue supposed to be coming from? It’s frankly embarrassing that he keeps saying this publicly.
 

SamePooter

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"We'll perform better". BUT YOU NEVER DO, YOU CON MAN, YOU NEVER DO.
Cal had used cars that would last you a few years and end up making you happy like you got your moneys worth.

Pope is like Matilda’s dad. Running down the miles on the odometer. Gluing bumpers on. Breaking down as soon as you leave the parking lot then not trying to give a refund.

he did buy fans ice cream one time last year tho
 
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I agree to a point. I'm worried what happens over the offseason. What if Self hangs it up and we're stuck with "Aw shucks" over here.
Man. I’m just looking at it like this: if there was ANY chance at all, Matt wouldn’t be telling people expressly Pope is 100% coming back. He’d be telling people, the same way he did with Stoops. He absolutely knows his stuff on big picture. We have a make or break 3rd year with Pope. If I thought there was a real chance to change coaches, I’d have an entirely different disposition, but I try to be honest. Pope will 100% be back, there’s no question about it. Better to just know now than wait for something that’s certain not to happen. At least for me.
 
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JwUKFan11

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Nov 11, 2011
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I assume it’ll be the guys we don’t want who will stay and the ones we do want will leave.
Pope isn't very good but I think even he knows most of these guys have to go. He can't be having fun, and I cannot imagine he would bring back more than like 4 guys on this team and only 2 for any significant minutes.
 
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UKBB4Ever

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Jul 3, 2025
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I always re-read this as The Crafts: Pope has to put up next year or money go bye-bye. That’s what Matt’s really saying. Otherwise, what would it mean? He’s not making it up and there is no AD yet — it’s almost like the boosters matter more than the AD on this stuff.

At least that’s my idiot logic on this.
It’s not the Crafts
 

SamePooter

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One of y'all need to go to the SEC tourney and sit behind the bench and say the worst things imaginable to get him tossed. Make him cause a Malice in the Palace 😂
From the looks of it… Kentucky fans don’t need anymore crowd fights… not because we need to be classy… but we are gettin our a ss whooped on the court and the crowd.
 

Nightwish

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Pretty sure MJ knows this isn't going to work but in his position you can't call for a coach's head as we're about to enter the tourney in year two and Pope is back next year no matter what. Louisville media tried this with Satt and it blew up in their faces as he returned for what ended up being his final year. They had to back down and pretend they hadn't called for his firing as he visited their shows and they covered the games. There's just not a positive right now to scream for Pope to be fired all spring and summer when it's not in the cards. He's getting a third year. If this happens next season, we'll get a coaching search imo.