Too Much Negativity on Here

Coach777

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Didn't Pope say 1% of the fans had issues with him. He needs to pull his head out of his a>> and wake up to reality.
Yeah that is really hard to fathom if he truly believes that. But if he said it he must think it’s true. Possible huge red flag with his perception compared to reality.
 
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Some of you guys suck ***:

Pope raided Jackson State, grabbed MO (most sought after assistant in CBB) and now is on track to bring in Daeshun Ruffin, who absolutely terrorized opponents, some will scoff at his height 5’8 barefooted, 5’10 with shoes, though he plays like he’s 6’6, he has a 96-inch wingspan and a 58-inch vertical! Yeah, he‘s a career 30% from three shooter, though that doesn’t tell the full story.

There’s also rumor JQ is coming back, hence all of the cats leaving via the portal, they’re freeing up money, according to polymarket, $5M, which is a steal, dude is an absolute beast and a force to be reckoned with.

He’a waiting, intentionally, to announce Tyran Stokes, then he will build out the roster, he‘s never lost out on a player he’s gone after himself, his track record speaks for itself, believe.
A-hole Philstat at it again. Never stops posting stuff that confuses people and thinks it's funny to jerk people's leg and confuse them.. Every day is April fools to him. I can only imagine such a hollow existence.
 

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Some of you guys suck ***:

Pope raided Jackson State, grabbed MO (most sought after assistant in CBB) and now is on track to bring in Daeshun Ruffin, who absolutely terrorized opponents, some will scoff at his height 5’8 barefooted, 5’10 with shoes, though he plays like he’s 6’6, he has a 96-inch wingspan and a 58-inch vertical! Yeah, he‘s a career 30% from three shooter, though that doesn’t tell the full story.

There’s also rumor JQ is coming back, hence all of the cats leaving via the portal, they’re freeing up money, according to polymarket, $5M, which is a steal, dude is an absolute beast and a force to be reckoned with.

He’a waiting, intentionally, to announce Tyran Stokes, then he will build out the roster, he‘s never lost out on a player he’s gone after himself, his track record speaks for itself, believe.
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Skyguyb27

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My how things have changed. It used to be people would start dumb post to get through the summer. Now they post dumb things to get through the Pope years.
 

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I saw this on social media and thought it was interesting about negativity hurting Kentucky

The sad part is that the OP, Philstat, is as negative as they get. Whatever he starts a passionate thread about, he believes the exact opposite. Everythihg he posts is BS designed to mess with people. He's done this for years and is a complete D*ck. Son of Saul or TNcatfan4ever account, my guess.
 
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JASUN74

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I saw this on social media and thought it was interesting about negativity hurting Kentucky
It’s X, and yeah we have a few fans who are over 30 thinking they should contact kids. Sickening. Kentucky is definitely not alone but no matter who it is it’s just stupid and pathetic. About 2% of our fanbase have lost their brains.
 

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It’s X, and yeah we have a few fans who are over 30 thinking they should contact kids. Sickening. Kentucky is definitely not alone but no matter who it is it’s just stupid and pathetic. About 2% of our fanbase have lost their brains.
And that 2% is what rivals take off the net and say "hey look at what UK fans are saying" as if the entire fanbase thinks this way. I see it all the time time here with our fans posting stuff that some UT fan or whatever fan of a team posted and they say "UT fans" as if that one thought represent everybody. But the jerks of the fanbase will just shrug their shoulders, eat another donut, take a nap and start spewing vomit again when they wake up.
 

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I saw this on social media and thought it was interesting about negativity hurting Kentucky
Well if it’s online it must be true! Seriously taking these twitter post and posting them as interesting is showing more than you realize.

For the 20th time, Kentucky has a very tame fanbase online than almost every fanbase I interact with online. It’s not a close call. The absolute worst fanbases get AWESOME recruits it does not stop them at all. Kentucky fans hurt recruiting is a myth it’s nonsense and it’s peddled by fans here to simply try and vindicate themselves and make it appear big entities agree with their personal issues that they have with posters. It’s low rent attempts.

It’s just a psychological trick “see the ENTIRE WORLD INCLUDING RECRUITS HATE YOU TOO”. Lol. It’s laughable.

Fans at every stage including (much worse) the next one do waht they do. Mark is an awful, putrid, horrid recruiter. Facts. Fans have nothing to do with it, facts. He’s always been bad at recruiting no matter where he is, facts. Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, LSU etc are WORSE than UK fans online, facts. Duke is way worse online, facts.

Time to stop this nonsense. None of it is true at all. Kentucky has an administration and coaching problem, not a fan problem, facts.
 

bbnkat02

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The issue is there's just not much to be positive or happy about right now in BBN. Hell, we're looking forward to FOOTBALL with a new coach right now. What does that say?!

Another FF weekend where we are sitting and just hating basketball. Sucks. Sucks a lot.
 

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Well if it’s online it must be true! Seriously taking these twitter post and posting them as interesting is showing more than you realize.

For the 20th time, Kentucky has a very tame fanbase online than almost every fanbase I interact with online. It’s not a close call. The absolute worst fanbases get AWESOME recruits it does not stop them at all. Kentucky fans hurt recruiting is a myth it’s nonsense and it’s peddled by fans here to simply try and vindicate themselves and make it appear big entities agree with their personal issues that they have with posters. It’s low rent attempts.

It’s just a psychological trick “see the ENTIRE WORLD INCLUDING RECRUITS HATE YOU TOO”. Lol. It’s laughable.

Fans at every stage including (much worse) the next one do waht they do. Mark is an awful, putrid, horrid recruiter. Facts. Fans have nothing to do with it, facts. He’s always been bad at recruiting no matter where he is, facts. Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, LSU etc are WORSE than UK fans online, facts. Duke is way worse online, facts.

Time to stop this nonsense. None of it is true at all.
Mark Pope being mediocre at his job is why recruits won't come here, any other babble is straight up cope
 

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Well if it’s online it must be true! Seriously taking these twitter post and posting them as interesting is showing more than you realize.

For the 20th time, Kentucky has a very tame fanbase online than almost every fanbase I interact with online. It’s not a close call. The absolute worst fanbases get AWESOME recruits it does not stop them at all. Kentucky fans hurt recruiting is a myth it’s nonsense and it’s peddled by fans here to simply try and vindicate themselves and make it appear big entities agree with their personal issues that they have with posters. It’s low rent attempts.

It’s just a psychological trick “see the ENTIRE WORLD INCLUDING RECRUITS HATE YOU TOO”. Lol. It’s laughable.

Fans at every stage including (much worse) the next one do waht they do. Mark is an awful, putrid, horrid recruiter. Facts. Fans have nothing to do with it, facts. He’s always been bad at recruiting no matter where he is, facts. Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, LSU etc are WORSE than UK fans online, facts. Duke is way worse online, facts.

Time to stop this nonsense. None of it is true at all. Kentucky has an administration and coaching problem, not a fan problem, facts.
I am not defending Pope. You can look at my post history. I don’t think he’s the guy for the job. I thought it was worth sharing because Dick Gabriel was one of the tweets. I didn’t share just any random Twitter accounts.
 
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I will say KSR has made the MO signing sound like it was the acquisiton of the summer, I strongly disagree, up to this point, he's not accomplished anything from a coaching perspective, sure he did it to bring some on the floor credibility, though believe he's a downgrade from Jason Hart and Alvin Brooks.
No I really don’t think they have. Which one of ‘em said that? Most I heard was like, cautiously optimistic
 
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I agree 100%, honestly don't even believe he ran off Hart and Brooks as assistants, believe they left on their own accord, seeing what was coming. Jasper will be a force, after getting in the weight room and building muscle and playing with discipline, he will be paid to play somewhere for years to come.
It’s that, totally. Jack Pilgrim said they got tired of having recruits lined up for Pope, and then him being unable to close the recruitment. Said they felt it was harming their reputation so it was better just to cut ties with him.

The fact that Mark Fox is still there tells you all you need to know. We kept the assistants that have no other career prospects
 

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I will say KSR has made the MO signing sound like it was the acquisiton of the summer, I strongly disagree, up to this point, he's not accomplished anything from a coaching perspective, sure he did it to bring some on the floor credibility, though believe he's a downgrade from Jason Hart and Alvin Brooks.
They can blame Hart & Brooks all they want but I doubt they are the recruiting issue. Pope has the right to choose his staff and maybe they were underperforming on other duties.

With recruiting we have had a multitude of recruits and portal guys at the closing table and then everything collapses. That means the issue is with our closer, JMI or a combination of them both.

That is not on the assistants unless one of them is the closer.
 

FLBBNFAN

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Yea it definitely doesnt have anything to do with the garbage coaching we've had for almost a decade
Yeah its all the fans fault and nothing to do with being pitiful the last 7 years. It's the reason we cant get a good coach either. Didn't seem to hurt Cal his first 10 years. Just a cop out for getting fat and lazy.

Imagine being so mentally frail that posts by a fanbase help decide where you commit . I dont believe the majority of kids care.
 

Catphright23

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Yeah he was being sarcastic, he has to go home to rosie o donald. She saying to him cmon let's rub obesity together and make a grilled cheese sandwich.
 

Catphright23

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Because Cal was a glorified social worker and Pope is starting to come off as the same.
Nah I like being alone but negative every post, or sarcastic tells me you got it rough, prayers are out to you. Last year(this season)was a bad year, we aren't firing pope though. Either he does better or next year he will get fired. We still got another assistant to get and tons of new transfers to choose from. Anything is possible. I can't just say it'll be a repeat of last year, first year was different.
 

JASUN74

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And that 2% is what rivals take off the net and say "hey look at what UK fans are saying" as if the entire fanbase thinks this way. I see it all the time time here with our fans posting stuff that some UT fan or whatever fan of a team posted and they say "UT fans" as if that one thought represent everybody. But the jerks of the fanbase will just shrug their shoulders, eat another donut, take a nap and start spewing vomit again when they wake up.
Awesome post.
 
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Some of you guys suck ***:

Pope raided Jackson State, grabbed MO (most sought after assistant in CBB) and now is on track to bring in Daeshun Ruffin, who absolutely terrorized opponents, some will scoff at his height 5’8 barefooted, 5’10 with shoes, though he plays like he’s 6’6, he has a 96-inch wingspan and a 58-inch vertical! Yeah, he‘s a career 30% from three shooter, though that doesn’t tell the full story.

There’s also rumor JQ is coming back, hence all of the cats leaving via the portal, they’re freeing up money, according to polymarket, $5M, which is a steal, dude is an absolute beast and a force to be reckoned with.

He’a waiting, intentionally, to announce Tyran Stokes, then he will build out the roster, he‘s never lost out on a player he’s gone after himself, his track record speaks for itself, believe.
I agree.
 
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So let me get this straighy; the Pope supporters are admittjng that Pope next year will require a miracle season...were throwing all our money on sheer luck? Do yall gamble at all?
 

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They can blame Hart & Brooks all they want but I doubt they are the recruiting issue. Pope has the right to choose his staff and maybe they were underperforming on other duties.

With recruiting we have had a multitude of recruits and portal guys at the closing table and then everything collapses. That means the issue is with our closer, JMI or a combination of them both.

That is not on the assistants unless one of them is the closer.
Players are not coming here because of Pope. Nobody decides to go to a school because of the asst coach. They go because of the head coach. If the Asst. Coach is the closer then the head coach is completely useless. You can't hide a head coach in recruiting. That's the issue.
 

Loucatfan30

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Nah I like being alone but negative every post, or sarcastic tells me you got it rough, prayers are out to you. Last year(this season)was a bad year, we aren't firing pope though. Either he does better or next year he will get fired. We still got another assistant to get and tons of new transfers to choose from. Anything is possible. I can't just say it'll be a repeat of last year, first year was different.
Even if he pulls a rabbit out of his hat this year why does anyone tink it is repeatable. He could assemble a mid major all star team and get a good draw and make it to the elite eight but that is the ceiling if and only if he can continue to come back from double digit deficits and throw in a couple of Hail Mary shots. Is that what everyone wants and expects. I expect to be at a level similar to Duke which is always in discussion for a 1 or 2 seed with a legitimate chance to get to the final four.