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He’s enthusiastic, energetic, and runs a modern style offense. If he had the talent UK had last year it would have been fun to watch. IMO Garrison would have flourished. The offense would have started thru that position at the top of the key and Garrison would have confidently taken 2-3 threes every game. Aberdeen and Oweh would have been monsters on drives. And Chandler and Kam would have been great from 3. Most importantly, every player on the court would have been confident and played with hustle and energy all the time! That’s my opinion.

Now my concern is that Barnes will retire and UT will gobble him up. Schertz coached a powerhouse D2 program at Lincoln Memorial…an hour north of Knoxville!
 
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SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
2008–09Lincoln Memorial14–148–85th
2009–10Lincoln Memorial20–99–74th
2010–11Lincoln Memorial27–316–21stNCAA Division II First Round
2011–12Lincoln Memorial26–614–42ndNCAA Division II Second Round
2012–13Lincoln Memorial25–615–31stNCAA Division II Second Round
2013–14Lincoln Memorial28–320–21stNCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15Lincoln Memorial30–321–11stNCAA Division II Second Round
2015–16Lincoln Memorial34–322–01stNCAA Division II Runner-Up
2016–17Lincoln Memorial30–619–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
2017–18Lincoln Memorial32–220–01stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2018–19Lincoln Memorial20–914–63rd
2019–20Lincoln Memorial32–122–01stNCAA Division II Canceled
2020–21Lincoln Memorial19–414–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
Lincoln Memorial:337–69 (.830)214–39 (.846)
2021–22Indiana State11–204–149th
2022–23Indiana State23–1313–75thCBI Quarterfinals
2023–24Indiana State32–717–31stNIT Runner-up
Indiana State:66–40 (.623)34–24 (.586)
2024–25Saint Louis19–1511–7T–5thNIT First Round
2025–26Saint Louis29–615–3T–1stNCAA Division I Round of 32
Saint Louis:48–21 (.696)26–10 (.722)
Terrific. He would coach our players to be the best they would have won the championship this year. Just ignorance. He wouldn't have developed **** and had Cream Abdul Jabbar on the team. Garrison is who he is and will be who he is. Oweh wouldnt have went from a 10 point scored to an 18. He would have probably done worse than pope. Just because yall are negative on Pope I'll defend him.
 
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Catphright23 said:
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
2008–09Lincoln Memorial14–148–85th
2009–10Lincoln Memorial20–99–74th
2010–11Lincoln Memorial27–316–21stNCAA Division II First Round
2011–12Lincoln Memorial26–614–42ndNCAA Division II Second Round
2012–13Lincoln Memorial25–615–31stNCAA Division II Second Round
2013–14Lincoln Memorial28–320–21stNCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15Lincoln Memorial30–321–11stNCAA Division II Second Round
2015–16Lincoln Memorial34–322–01stNCAA Division II Runner-Up
2016–17Lincoln Memorial30–619–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
2017–18Lincoln Memorial32–220–01stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2018–19Lincoln Memorial20–914–63rd
2019–20Lincoln Memorial32–122–01stNCAA Division II Canceled
2020–21Lincoln Memorial19–414–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
Lincoln Memorial:337–69 (.830)214–39 (.846)
2021–22Indiana State11–204–149th
2022–23Indiana State23–1313–75thCBI Quarterfinals
2023–24Indiana State32–717–31stNIT Runner-up
Indiana State:66–40 (.623)34–24 (.586)
2024–25Saint Louis19–1511–7T–5thNIT First Round
2025–26Saint Louis29–615–3T–1stNCAA Division I Round of 32
Saint Louis:48–21 (.696)26–10 (.722)
Terrific. He would coach our players to be the best they would have won the championship this year. Just ignorance. He wouldn't have developed **** and had Cream Abdul Jabbar on the team. Garrison is who he is and will be who he is. Oweh wouldnt have went from a 10 point scored to an 18. He would have probably done worse than pope. Just because yall are negative on Pope I'll defend him.
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I don’t get your point? It seems your stats are supporting that Schertz has done great at all 3 schools. Yes he would have done better than Pope in year 2.
 
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Catphright23 said:
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
2008–09Lincoln Memorial14–148–85th
2009–10Lincoln Memorial20–99–74th
2010–11Lincoln Memorial27–316–21stNCAA Division II First Round
2011–12Lincoln Memorial26–614–42ndNCAA Division II Second Round
2012–13Lincoln Memorial25–615–31stNCAA Division II Second Round
2013–14Lincoln Memorial28–320–21stNCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15Lincoln Memorial30–321–11stNCAA Division II Second Round
2015–16Lincoln Memorial34–322–01stNCAA Division II Runner-Up
2016–17Lincoln Memorial30–619–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
2017–18Lincoln Memorial32–220–01stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2018–19Lincoln Memorial20–914–63rd
2019–20Lincoln Memorial32–122–01stNCAA Division II Canceled
2020–21Lincoln Memorial19–414–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
Lincoln Memorial:337–69 (.830)214–39 (.846)
2021–22Indiana State11–204–149th
2022–23Indiana State23–1313–75thCBI Quarterfinals
2023–24Indiana State32–717–31stNIT Runner-up
Indiana State:66–40 (.623)34–24 (.586)
2024–25Saint Louis19–1511–7T–5thNIT First Round
2025–26Saint Louis29–615–3T–1stNCAA Division I Round of 32
Saint Louis:48–21 (.696)26–10 (.722)
Terrific. He would coach our players to be the best they would have won the championship this year. Just ignorance. He wouldn't have developed **** and had Cream Abdul Jabbar on the team. Garrison is who he is and will be who he is. Oweh wouldnt have went from a 10 point scored to an 18. He would have probably done worse than pope. Just because yall are negative on Pope I'll defend him.
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He has shown a knack for turning programs around. Those results speak for themselves. The next logical step is P4 school.
 
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Catphright23 said:
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
2008–09Lincoln Memorial14–148–85th
2009–10Lincoln Memorial20–99–74th
2010–11Lincoln Memorial27–316–21stNCAA Division II First Round
2011–12Lincoln Memorial26–614–42ndNCAA Division II Second Round
2012–13Lincoln Memorial25–615–31stNCAA Division II Second Round
2013–14Lincoln Memorial28–320–21stNCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15Lincoln Memorial30–321–11stNCAA Division II Second Round
2015–16Lincoln Memorial34–322–01stNCAA Division II Runner-Up
2016–17Lincoln Memorial30–619–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
2017–18Lincoln Memorial32–220–01stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2018–19Lincoln Memorial20–914–63rd
2019–20Lincoln Memorial32–122–01stNCAA Division II Canceled
2020–21Lincoln Memorial19–414–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
Lincoln Memorial:337–69 (.830)214–39 (.846)
2021–22Indiana State11–204–149th
2022–23Indiana State23–1313–75thCBI Quarterfinals
2023–24Indiana State32–717–31stNIT Runner-up
Indiana State:66–40 (.623)34–24 (.586)
2024–25Saint Louis19–1511–7T–5thNIT First Round
2025–26Saint Louis29–615–3T–1stNCAA Division I Round of 32
Saint Louis:48–21 (.696)26–10 (.722)
Terrific. He would coach our players to be the best they would have won the championship this year. Just ignorance. He wouldn't have developed **** and had Cream Abdul Jabbar on the team. Garrison is who he is and will be who he is. Oweh wouldnt have went from a 10 point scored to an 18. He would have probably done worse than pope. Just because yall are negative on Pope I'll defend him.
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Looks like a good coach to me.
 
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MaysviileKY said:
I don’t get your point? It seems your stats are supporting that Schertz has done great at all 3 schools. Yes he would have done better than Pope in year 2.
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Amazing to see Coach that has actually won conference regular season and tournament championships. Pope hasn’t even ever made a conference final in his entire career. How could anyone not look at this and be impressed.
 
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MaysviileKY said:
He’s enthusiastic, energetic, and runs a modern style offense. If he had the talent UK had last year it would have been fun to watch. IMO Garrison would have flourished. The offense would have started thru that position at the top of the key and Garrison would have confidently taken 2-3 threes every game. Aberdeen and Oweh would have been monsters on drives. And Chandler and Kam would have been great from 3. Most importantly, every player on the court would have been confident and played with hustle and energy all the time! That’s my opinion.

Now my concern is that Barnes will retire and UT will gobble him up. Schertz coached a powerhouse D2 program at Lincoln Memorial…an hour north of Knoxville!
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Assuming CMP doesn’t do well next year, he’ll probably be fired before Barnes retires, assuming they’re still in the tournament.

I’m guessing if we don’t go after high rollers like Golden or Lloyd, Shertz and Lucas will be our likeliest candidates. Hopefully we have an AD who doesn’t screw this up. But I’d like to think boosters will take a much larger role in this search considering they won’t want another botched effort by this administration.
 
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Catphright23 said:
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
2008–09Lincoln Memorial14–148–85th
2009–10Lincoln Memorial20–99–74th
2010–11Lincoln Memorial27–316–21stNCAA Division II First Round
2011–12Lincoln Memorial26–614–42ndNCAA Division II Second Round
2012–13Lincoln Memorial25–615–31stNCAA Division II Second Round
2013–14Lincoln Memorial28–320–21stNCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15Lincoln Memorial30–321–11stNCAA Division II Second Round
2015–16Lincoln Memorial34–322–01stNCAA Division II Runner-Up
2016–17Lincoln Memorial30–619–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
2017–18Lincoln Memorial32–220–01stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2018–19Lincoln Memorial20–914–63rd
2019–20Lincoln Memorial32–122–01stNCAA Division II Canceled
2020–21Lincoln Memorial19–414–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
Lincoln Memorial:337–69 (.830)214–39 (.846)
2021–22Indiana State11–204–149th
2022–23Indiana State23–1313–75thCBI Quarterfinals
2023–24Indiana State32–717–31stNIT Runner-up
Indiana State:66–40 (.623)34–24 (.586)
2024–25Saint Louis19–1511–7T–5thNIT First Round
2025–26Saint Louis29–615–3T–1stNCAA Division I Round of 32
Saint Louis:48–21 (.696)26–10 (.722)
Terrific. He would coach our players to be the best they would have won the championship this year. Just ignorance. He wouldn't have developed **** and had Cream Abdul Jabbar on the team. Garrison is who he is and will be who he is. Oweh wouldnt have went from a 10 point scored to an 18. He would have probably done worse than pope. Just because yall are negative on Pope I'll defend him.
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I really don't have a strong opinion on Schertz. I don't even know what he looks like. But if I had to compare coaching resumes, I'm taking his any day over Pope's. Sorry.
 
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This topic is exactly why if next season goes south, kentucky has to fire Pope the minute we have too many losses to make the tournament (regardless of winning the SECT). If thats Feb 15th and we have 12 losses, so be it. Pope can finish out the year, but we need to get on the coaching search before anyone else.
 
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MaysviileKY said:
He’s enthusiastic, energetic, and runs a modern style offense. If he had the talent UK had last year it would have been fun to watch. IMO Garrison would have flourished. The offense would have started thru that position at the top of the key and Garrison would have confidently taken 2-3 threes every game. Aberdeen and Oweh would have been monsters on drives. And Chandler and Kam would have been great from 3. Most importantly, every player on the court would have been confident and played with hustle and energy all the time! That’s my opinion.

Now my concern is that Barnes will retire and UT will gobble him up. Schertz coached a powerhouse D2 program at Lincoln Memorial…an hour north of Knoxville!
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Another bashing Pope thread. Jesus Christ, just stop. We get it. You hate Pope and hope he fails. You probably thought Calipari was great. Calipari sucked. He’s done less with more than any coach in the history of sports. That stupid phuck won 1 tournament game his last 4 seasons with stacked rosters, but you want to trash Pope, despite a successful first year, and some bad luck last season. Some real stupid fans we have.
 
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Another bashing Pope thread. Jesus Christ, just stop. We get it. You hate Pope and hipe he fails. You probably thought Calipari was great. Calipari sucked. He’s done less with more than any coach in the history of sports. That stupid phuck won 1 tournament game his last 4 seasons with stacked rosters, but you want to trash Pope, despite a successful first year, and some bad luck last season. Some real stupid fans we have.
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I'm seriously starting to think you are Leanne Pope.
 
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If we're hitting up St Louis for a coach. Give me the ghost of Rick Majerus. He was fun. Just give him a trash can and a towel and he's good to go.
 
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Vek96 said:
Another bashing Pope thread. Jesus Christ, just stop. We get it. You hate Pope and hipe he fails. You probably thought Calipari was great. Calipari sucked. He’s done less with more than any coach in the history of sports. That stupid phuck won 1 tournament game his last 4 seasons with stacked rosters, but you want to trash Pope, despite a successful first year, and some bad luck last season. Some real stupid fans we have.
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Anyone who criticizes Pope is apparently a Cal guy, I've noticed this sentiment in the last few days. Is it possible that people look at Pope and just think what is this guy doing? What in the hell does that have to do with Cal? Isn't it possible that this program just keeps being a slapdick operation no matter who is the coach?
 
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Vek96 said:
Another bashing Pope thread. Jesus Christ, just stop. We get it. You hate Pope and hipe he fails. You probably thought Calipari was great. Calipari sucked. He’s done less with more than any coach in the history of sports. That stupid phuck won 1 tournament game his last 4 seasons with stacked rosters, but you want to trash Pope, despite a successful first year, and some bad luck last season. Some real stupid fans we have.
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No I don’t hate Pope. I really wanted him to succeed when he was hired. But I did wonder if he was ready to take the reins at UK. And unfortunately this year was a huge disappointment. And as of today, the recruiting for next year is not looking promising.

As far as Cal, I felt he wound up thinking he was bigger than the program and was frustrated at how poorly his teams performed with the amount of talent he brought in.
 
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He’s enthusiastic, energetic, and runs a modern style offense. If he had the talent UK had last year it would have been fun to watch. IMO Garrison would have flourished. The offense would have started thru that position at the top of the key and Garrison would have confidently taken 2-3 threes every game. Aberdeen and Oweh would have been monsters on drives. And Chandler and Kam would have been great from 3. Most importantly, every player on the court would have been confident and played with hustle and energy all the time! That’s my opinion.

Now my concern is that Barnes will retire and UT will gobble him up. Schertz coached a powerhouse D2 program at Lincoln Memorial…an hour north of Knoxville!
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Yea cause Garrison is so consistent. 2 years is a large sample size.
We would have been good last year id Lowe had been healthy. Not great but decent enough
U can't win with no ball handlers
 
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Vek96 said:
Another bashing Pope thread. Jesus Christ, just stop. We get it. You hate Pope and hipe he fails. You probably thought Calipari was great. Calipari sucked. He’s done less with more than any coach in the history of sports. That stupid phuck won 1 tournament game his last 4 seasons with stacked rosters, but you want to trash Pope, despite a successful first year, and some bad luck last season. Some real stupid fans we have.
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Schertz has drastic improvements. Pope has nothing but excuses for lack of success and zero improvement. If Pope would have played at any other school he would not be the coach at UK and I don't see how that is debatable.
 
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I posted this on the other thread about Rick Barnes retiring after next season and responded to a comment about how Tennessee would then hire Shertz because he coached an hour away at LMU and they are VERY FAMILIAR with him. My comment on the Barnes thread:

You are exactly correct, MaysvilleKY. Tennessee will hire Shertz and he will be the best coach in the SEC. Kentucky/Barnhart are too stupid to hire Shertz and we'll be eating their "orange dust" for the next 15 years. For an analogy, we (Kentucky) will be like Roscoe chasing the orange General Lee. Shirtz is LEGIT, he can build a team and coach circles around many coaches, not to mention Pope. I've watched him for years and he is simply a terrific coach. I know some knuckles heads on this site do not seem to care for Shirtz but that's because they haven't watched him coach for years as I have. I will make this BOLD prediction: If and when Tennessee hires Shirtz, he will be their Pitino. I'm just pizzed thak UK is going to miss out on Shirtz and he'll wind up coaching the d@mn orange team. Thanks Mitch
 
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Division 2 results couldn't even win a championship. Dude at iowa and pearl did that. Sorry I interrupted your troll convention
 

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Vek96 said:
Another bashing Pope thread. Jesus Christ, just stop. We get it. You hate Pope and hipe he fails. You probably thought Calipari was great. Calipari sucked. He’s done less with more than any coach in the history of sports. That stupid phuck won 1 tournament game his last 4 seasons with stacked rosters, but you want to trash Pope, despite a successful first year, and some bad luck last season. Some real stupid fans we have.
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Just to be clear I was ready for cal to go, but let’s not compare his last 4 years to pope let’s compare his first 2-3 years to popes. How’s that comparison look?
 
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Catphright23 said:
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
2008–09Lincoln Memorial14–148–85th
2009–10Lincoln Memorial20–99–74th
2010–11Lincoln Memorial27–316–21stNCAA Division II First Round
2011–12Lincoln Memorial26–614–42ndNCAA Division II Second Round
2012–13Lincoln Memorial25–615–31stNCAA Division II Second Round
2013–14Lincoln Memorial28–320–21stNCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15Lincoln Memorial30–321–11stNCAA Division II Second Round
2015–16Lincoln Memorial34–322–01stNCAA Division II Runner-Up
2016–17Lincoln Memorial30–619–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
2017–18Lincoln Memorial32–220–01stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2018–19Lincoln Memorial20–914–63rd
2019–20Lincoln Memorial32–122–01stNCAA Division II Canceled
2020–21Lincoln Memorial19–414–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
Lincoln Memorial:337–69 (.830)214–39 (.846)
2021–22Indiana State11–204–149th
2022–23Indiana State23–1313–75thCBI Quarterfinals
2023–24Indiana State32–717–31stNIT Runner-up
Indiana State:66–40 (.623)34–24 (.586)
2024–25Saint Louis19–1511–7T–5thNIT First Round
2025–26Saint Louis29–615–3T–1stNCAA Division I Round of 32
Saint Louis:48–21 (.696)26–10 (.722)
Terrific. He would coach our players to be the best they would have won the championship this year. Just ignorance. He wouldn't have developed **** and had Cream Abdul Jabbar on the team. Garrison is who he is and will be who he is. Oweh wouldnt have went from a 10 point scored to an 18. He would have probably done worse than pope. Just because yall are negative on Pope I'll defend him.
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Josh Schertz is the winningest coach on any level over the past 10 years. He is going to be great somewhere and it will happen soon.
If Pope can’t turn things around next season, Schertz should be our one and only call.
 
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WildcatWally-77 said:
I posted this on the other thread about Rick Barnes retiring after next season and responded to a comment about how Tennessee would then hire Shertz because he coached an hour away at LMU and they are VERY FAMILIAR with him. My comment on the Barnes thread:

You are exactly correct, MaysvilleKY. Tennessee will hire Shertz and he will be the best coach in the SEC. Kentucky/Barnhart are too stupid to hire Shertz and we'll be eating their "orange dust" for the next 15 years. For an analogy, we (Kentucky) will be like Roscoe chasing the orange General Lee. Shirtz is LEGIT, he can build a team and coach circles around many coaches, not to mention Pope. I've watched him for years and he is simply a terrific coach. I know some knuckles heads on this site do not seem to care for Shirtz but that's because they haven't watched him coach for years as I have. I will make this BOLD prediction: If and when Tennessee hires Shirtz, he will be their Pitino. I'm just pizzed thak UK is going to miss out on Shirtz and he'll wind up coaching the d@mn orange team. Thanks Mitch
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I’ve been watching Schertz too and completely agree. I think he turned down Syracuse to return to SLU.
We were a year late on Jon Sumrall who will put Florida back at the top of the SEC.
 
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