Should Pope Be Fired For Recruiting Inability ?

Should Pope Be Fired For Recruiting Inability

  • Yes

    Votes: 122 93.8%
  • No

    Votes: 8 6.2%

  • Total voters
    130

Pygmy Sasquatch

Heisman
Mar 27, 2009
9,628
10,479
113
Is Abso Fn lutely a choice?
Don't worry though we'll be sold a bill of goods to buy into the 3rd and 4th options. Role player U.
I bought the bill of goods when they had the Rupp press conference. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. Not buying any more.
 
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USARMYWILDCAT

All-Conference
Jan 11, 2016
582
1,257
93
Who is the one person that voted no on this so far? What are you seeing that the rest of us can’t?
 

Hush4872

Junior
Oct 9, 2025
116
260
63
Never should've been hired, should have been fired at the end of a disappointing season with multiple embarrassing blow out loses where he drove his "Ferrari" right off a cliff and had no recruits locked in. So yeah, this is just another reason.
 
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hypocrithatr

Junior
May 30, 2020
149
342
63
It's Time BBN to stand up and demand a Coaching Change. We will get destroyed next year if we continue down this road heck we might not have enough players to field a team, HOW EMBARRASING. $UCK YOU MITCH BARNHART for destroying our Basketball Program!!!
 

Tri-Countycat

All-Conference
Jul 1, 2025
1,721
4,241
113
He offered 11 freshman and whiffed on all 11, we shouldn’t be surprised he is missing every portal player. Pope needs to quit, negotiations for a buy out should start today at 3pm.
 

*Fox2Monk*

Heisman
Jun 10, 2009
46,837
85,562
113
For that alone, no?

But when it translates to zero on court success, yes.

As it stands today, we’re looking at an 18-15 type season, which SHOULD end the Pope era. But, with administration as inept as ours, I wouldn’t be surprised if they gave him a fourth year just to save money.

Eli wants to run the place like a business. He doesn’t care if the basketball team sucks as long as he can privatize more **** on campus and grow that bottom line.
We are looking at like a 8-9 win team right now if that.
 
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NociHTTP

Heisman
Mar 8, 2023
12,873
20,151
113
You don't fire someone because they can't recruit elite players. You fire them for poor performance that may or may not have something to do with poor recruiting. Is this a serious thread?
 

BlueVoodoux

Junior
Jul 5, 2025
82
262
53
That’s essentially January in my book. And I can’t stand Pope right now but even I wouldn’t fire him right at Christmas. That’s a crappy thing to do to anybody. January 2nd however……
Pfffttttt. I’d fire him on his BIRTHDAY. Just get him OUT of here!
 
May 4, 2015
10,638
13,742
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For that alone, no?

But when it translates to zero on court success, yes.

As it stands today, we’re looking at an 18-15 type season, which SHOULD end the Pope era. But, with administration as inept as ours, I wouldn’t be surprised if they gave him a fourth year just to save money.

Eli wants to run the place like a business. He doesn’t care if the basketball team sucks as long as he can privatize more **** on campus and grow that bottom line.
Why wait?
 
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Noledynasty2490

All-American
Jul 31, 2022
4,437
8,085
113
He got Butler, Brea, Amari, etc here in like 10 days. What's changed?
 

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Tim0808

All-Conference
Apr 4, 2013
946
1,435
93
You don't fire someone because they can't recruit elite players. You fire them for poor performance that may or may not have something to do with poor recruiting. Is this a serious thread?
As a coach, that is part of your job. If you can not recruit then that means you can not perform your job. So, that is peformance based. YES, fire him yesterday.

Plus, his poor preparation in so many games should have gotten him fired.
 

Farsight Clone

All-American
Aug 30, 2025
2,890
5,777
103
You don't fire someone because they can't recruit elite players. You fire them for poor performance that may or may not have something to do with poor recruiting. Is this a serious thread?
What has made you believe we will not have a poor performance next year? If you can't recruit, you can't compete. Especially, if you can't coach. Is this a serious comment?

Sylvester Stallone Facepalm GIF
 

SlowWalkerSTL

Sophomore
Jun 12, 2023
114
137
43
Is there anything he is doing that would make him feel secure in his future? He isn’t just horrible at recruiting.

He should have never even been in the discussion for our next coach. Never.
 

NociHTTP

Heisman
Mar 8, 2023
12,873
20,151
113
What has made you believe we will not have a poor performance next year? If you can't recruit, you can't compete. Especially, if you can't coach. Is this a serious comment?

Sylvester Stallone Facepalm GIF
You can have lesser players and "compete". Cal found that out, so did Pope. Not being able to coach would be the reason he got fired, not "you didn't bring in muh recruiting class I wanted".
 

Hunting9

Senior
Oct 30, 2025
220
429
63
He literally makes Kenny Payne (UL version) look like Adolph Rupp and Phil Jackson combined. Pope has to be at an all time low.