Pope on his coaches show

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yeah that's the one...and now that I have watched it again, it seems like even Golden's douchey assistant coaches were mocking Pope and yelling at him, telling him to basically **** off. Thanks for posting it again, Wildcat4ever!
 
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Goingfor9

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“ gave us an evening, a short evening, actually, to kind of have some very personal, private conversations”

Pope will never be the right guy. You don’t win with words. Pretty ridiculous he doesn’t get his team private time. Hes sacked every day so he goes straight to bed when he gets home. Pope has no energy left. He has clearly deteriorated throughout the season. The dude should take a few years off and enjoy that money he’s made.
 
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“ gave us an evening, a short evening, actually, to kind of have some very personal, private conversations”

Pope will never be the right guy. You don’t win with words. Pretty ridiculous he doesn’t get his team private time. Hes sacked every day so he goes straight to bed when he gets home. Pope has no energy left. He has clearly deteriorated throughout the season. The dude should take a few years off and enjoy that money he’s made.
On his call-in show last year, I remember that he actually said he usually drinks a glass of warm milk before heading to bed. Just to unwind, but he tries to limit it to one. Lactose.
 

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youre right i do not know for sure, but he’s Mormon and many of them live to a high standard (i dont agree at all with it), and I don’t think he’s faking it. But Mark has rubbed some boosters the wrong way, not sure how widespread that is, and I’ve been told twice by two different people, one of which would not be wrong (neither would really), that he’s not as likable as you’d think once you get to know him. That he has a quirky personality and he a weirdness that can be off putting. Almost like a subtle duchy arrogance at times, or that’s how I took it. But I do think Mark is a good person beneath it all.

There’s also a huge problem with that. It’s probably why he’s never won before. Nice guys in D1 basketball would have trouble recruiting, they’d get bullied by other coaches, players wouldn’t listen to them, they’d lack control, and the jobs would be too big. Mark can’t take his routine and go up against megalomaniac psychotic D1 guys and win. Example Golden and Oats.
If we're being truthful, what you are describing about the negative side of his personality is amplified when he's sitting down with an African American family trying to convince their son to come to UK.
I'd say Pope himself is probably UK's biggest deterrent to getting Stokes.
I just think most black families are going to come to the conclusion that Pope is just some goofy full of s**t white dude after visiting with him.
 

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Golden points at him and makes fun of him. Someone posted a video of Golden actually doing this in the SEC Tournament game.
Lmao Golden’s a little *****. Everyone saw his true colors during that game and the Vandy game that followed. When Florida got their collective asses handed to them. Dude whined and cried the whole game! He was mad that they weren’t getting away with the massively aggressive type of play they did against UK.
 

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So, beginning of the year no results yet, hyped for the new season. Then we see that his coaching abilities are bad, results are terrible, no changes, and we change our takes..and that's "convenient" to you. You truly don't see the logic of people souring on a coach after a bad season and no real adjustments?
All these brand new accounts are the same. They all love the results. Coincidence? Yeah, no.
 

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“Personal”. “Meaningful”. “Magical”. 😬
Moving Walt Disney GIF
 

fisherscatfan

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They had a CBS camera crew with them all year. Plus they do those Journey videos.
They practice daily. They could close the locker room. They could call a meeting. I don’t really care if they met with the media or not. I’m just sick of his dishonesty.
 

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“ gave us an evening, a short evening, actually, to kind of have some very personal, private conversations”...Sounds like he’s using the same

spiel he used when he was on his 2 yr mission. :rolleyes:
 

Cowtown Cat

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So.......the only thing you have pointed out is Golden is a punk .......
It’s absolutely WILD to me that we have fans that quite literally get their rocks off on ANYONE poking fun at Mark Pope. It’s flat out disgusting IMO. Not only that, but just all out weird as hell.
 
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The thing that is odd is that Pope played for Pitino. Pitino has always been the master at having his teams playing motivated and with 110% energy and effort. I miss those Pitino teams when the ball tipped it was like releasing ravenous dogs. Opponents were scared.
 

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Most of our fans would criticize him no matter what he says or does. He’s probably sick of it.
They complain when the team wins............end of story.
It’s absolutely WILD to me that we have fans that quite literally get their rocks off on ANYONE poking fun at Mark Pope. It’s flat out disgusting IMO. Not only that, but just all out weird as hell.
I am the type of person that backs the current leader 100%......it doesn't matter if he is my guy or my pick.......coach is having a rough go at it this year......the last thing this he needs is every basketball fan jumping on him........same goes for the players.......100% support until the last second of play.......from top to bottom not one of them are satisfied with the way the season has played out........GO CATS!
 
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The thing that is odd is that Pope played for Pitino. Pitino has always been the master at having his teams playing motivated and with 110% energy and effort. I miss those Pitino teams when the ball tipped it was like releasing ravenous dogs. Opponents were scared.
Good point, Drcatfan.
 
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They complain when the team wins............end of story.

I am the type of person that backs the current leader 100%......it doesn't matter if he is my guy or my pick.......coach is having a rough go at it this year......the last thing this he needs is every basketball fan jumping on him........same goes for the players.......100% support until the last second of play.......from top to bottom not one of them are satisfied with the way the season has played out........GO CATS!
then you are the type of guy that Mediocre/Failing Leaders LOVE, lol.
 
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It’s absolutely WILD to me that we have fans that quite literally get their rocks off on ANYONE poking fun at Mark Pope. It’s flat out disgusting IMO. Not only that, but just all out weird as hell.
So then, you think that Pope doesn't deserve the bulk of the criticism he has been receiving, CowtownCat? Do you honestly believe that he was a good hire? Legitimately curious.
 

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Pope should be really familiar with Santa Clara. BYU was in the same conference for a while with them. Matt Jones was downplaying the SC game and I think that’s a mistake. You can’t overlook anyone in the tournament including when coaches are familiar with each other. I always worry about tournament games lol
Herb Sendek is 3-1 against Mark Pope while he was at BYU. I don’t know why anyone is confident against Santa Clara.
 

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Yes, Golden is a runty little punk....who routinely mocks, beats up on and generally "punks" Mark Pope....so what exactly does THAT say about Pope??!!!!!
One day you will grow up and figure out it isn't about how loud you are or how tough you are......those things don't necessarily make you successful.........Your are so full of BS.........you are attacking Pope's manhood........and people wonder where UK fans get the crazy label from....
 

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Just …..write normal sentences…… instead of this s.hit….. you don’t even understand…..ellipsis…… it’s like 6 freaking dots……weird to read
 
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