Honestly not that bothered. He feels like a sleazy grifter to me, he can go kick rocks back to the lost boys. The bigger issue is even guys that are cut from the mark pope cloth don’t wanna stick with this dork. He is absolutely cooked, can’t attract top guys and can’t retain his guys to develop them.
Chandler to portal "do not contact tag"
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Do you guys really believe Pope should have paid him 3 million?
I will defend Pope to the death on this one. I like Colin but no way guy is worth that.
That is wild! I knew with his shooting prowess and HS pedigree he was going to ask for way more than folks on here thought but 3M is absurd
If they are going to pay him 3 million (rumored asking price) it is the right move to let him leave.
If true he can’t be your second highest paid player . Dude is a role player . I was fine if he came back but I also don’t care that he left .
Best of luck to him
Yep. “My way” Oweh had to get his before passing to Chandler.
Yeah, a month ago. I'm puzzled why people keep saying Hawthorne is still deciding?
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Chandler had potential to be a spark off the bench…but he was not a starting caliber SG in the SEC. The fact that he’s gone means he was asking way too much for the role he needed to play. The only starting caliber player from last year was Moreno. Now Pope gets a final chance to show us he can put together a championship caliber roster. Hoping like hell it happens but I of course have my doubts. JMO
Opens up an opportunity for a different roster building strategy.
For better or worse, with the NIL he was/is going to get, he’s locked in as your starting SG.
For better or worse, with the NIL he was/is going to get, he’s locked in as your starting SG.
Bummer. He could have been a great 1st guard off the bench.
He’s an okay player and I was fine with him coming back . But
He’s not the kind of talent I’m going to go crazy about now that he decided not to come back .
He’s not the kind of talent I’m going to go crazy about now that he decided not to come back .
It just sucks. Other than Michigan everyone who has ever won the title has had heavy roster retention. You can’t pay Chandler $3M but it sucks we are going to have this kind of turnover again.
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Shh don’t tell his wife that.
No man it's just everything and let's just laugh about the awesome job Pope is doing as head coach at UK. It is pretty funny that UK is becoming a has been in college basketball all thanks to that dumb *** in the AD office!Because he lost Collin Chandler?
I really think he will take a saunders type jump, but not sure it's worth over paying at the 2!Watch Chandler go to Duke and become JJ
A combo guard who can also play point if you have to.
Chandler is an average player.
If his wife is in Utah, can't blame him for leaving
And Jalen Lowe also talked around the same time that he’d be back. I’m just going by what they’ve said which is that Kam and Moreno are the only confirmed returnees so far. They even mentioned on their Sources Say Podcast that Hawthorne hasn’t officially announced and might be waiting to see what UK brings in.
Yeah. A kid like Chandler you offer what you think is his value. If somebody is gonna pay huge money for the level of production he’s shown, let him walk.
I love Collin and wish him well. He will be a heck of a player by his Sr season. But he can easily be replaced for the money he was looking for. Good luck to ya
If true, UK made the right call.
Still, it's Pope's job to put together a roster that is much better than last year's even taking stuff like this into account.
Couldn’t dribble and couldn’t buy a shot in the month of March and asked to be the 2nd highest paid UK player ever lmao the audacity. Good riddance
We are supposed to pretend. You mean you don't see all.of our imaginary signed players that are better than Chandler?
While that seems logical, do you truly think Pope is going to get anyone better? Consider me skeptical. I hope I’m wrong.
I do think if the rumor of asking price is true it was a no win situation but suddenly I feel like I’m watching the Oakkand As in moneyball.
Pope needs to produce some good news and fast.
I like it because I was afraid of Pope's loyalty to Colin. He would have probably started him.
One month ago the “plan” was also for Lowe to comeback straight from his mouth. I’m just telling people what KSR and their podcasts have mentioned.
Oweh could create his own shot, Chandler can’t. We only were even in the tournament because of Oweh. UK fans love to be enamored with mediocre white players.
This is what happens when you overpay for a team that you can't get past the 2nd round Pope did this to himself.... Now they all want raises on top of being overpaid this season....
Saunders much better and more complete player. Chandler should strive to achieve that level of play
No coach is winning against a wife (or wives). She left Lexington back in the winter and he was pretty much gone at that moment.
Keegan Brown and Mark Pope when Chandler asked for 3.2 million
This one really sucks. The whole portal thing is absurd.
Because he lost Collin Chandler?
Yeah DA. That’s the reason.