No one wants to play for him. He’s mocked by recruits. And he’s gonna have a hard time filling out his roster with Kentucky Level players. He could quit now save face, and we can either go for Pitino or possibly a Bruce Pearl or we go with a interim coach for a year I don’t know, but I don’t see pope putting together a team. It may be a massive calamity if he if he sticks around is newer generation doesn’t know who the hell he is and a lot of people they just don’t like him. Best play we can make make it just bounce. Give us some time to get a coach. The right coach. It’s pretty evident popes‘s not gonna have a team to compete like Kentucky should
Pope may need to quit now
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I’d rather an interim coach than to watch CMP coach another year at this point. That’s how sick I am of him.
Fantasy Island on here tonight. Pope will be here next year. Whose gonna fire him Barnhart? Pope will step down before the season? Really the guy so arrogant he will not hire GM when everyone can see it is desperately needed, yeah that's gonna happen. I'm sure he will deduce he can't handle the job and step down. We are stuck simple as that.
It's definitely time to let him go when Stokes commits to Kansas.
I don't think he survives that. His whole thing depends on that one player and if he don't get him it's time to let him go.... Immediately.
Watch and see.
I don't think he survives that. His whole thing depends on that one player and if he don't get him it's time to let him go.... Immediately.
Watch and see.
Who's going to " let him go" Barnhart? Really, maybe the new AD that hasn't been hired yet. Crapulato ? Nobody's driving this boat right now Pope's going nowhere
I blame Joe Craft, he swings the hammer in Lexington. How is he allowing this. These boosters can force the issue. These three right here are and have more damage to UK basketball than anyone in history.
Craft isn’t shooting himself in the *** in the transfer portal. Pope is.
The Crafts were a big part of Cal leaving, they are also too proud to submit to the fact that they had a part in this crap show. They are smart people, they know Pope sucks and is a putrid coach.
Everyone already knows he's a lame duck. Might as well get the inevitable over with now.
I’m sure Pope will quit and just walk away from many millions . Not
Mr Craft most likely has moved on. He was treated shabbily by Mitch and Cal.
Can you imagine what it will be like at Rupp when that first loss happens there??? We thought Nashville was bad vs Gonzaga, I was there and it was really bad but next year after this off season…….that first home loss will be absolute deafening.
I was wondering what kind of crowd will show up for Big Blue Madness next year. You would think excitement will be at an all time low going into the season with the roster we currently have.
The only madness at big blue madness will be the fact that people are mad enough to show up. You’d have to be crazy or really bored.
somehow Kentucky basketball has turned into the 90s Cincinnati Bengals. Fans will be wearing bags over their heads at the opener.
Perfect, now the raftards r blaming UK's most prolific donor and supporter now. #shutitdown
look at opening day for the Reds, a team that hasn't been in the world series in 35 years before you think BBN will abandon this team.
Would take Bruce Pearl today, he would un-F this in one season.
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I’ll not take any criticism from anyone that uses a term that has tards in it. I’ve forgotten more about UK sports than you will ever know. I do blame the donors, they ran Cal off for this!! You can disagree with me all you want but tards? I’m not surprised.
It's been the nickname for posters here for decades. Stop being a snowflake ya n00b
Been on here for 16 years, not a noob. Trolled way before that. I’m not a snowflake either, I’ve read your takes and most are do do.
The donors are the ones paying for this team. Cal supposedly pissed the donors off through his arrogance. Cal shopped himself because the donors weren’t getting on board. Mitch screwed it up with the hire and took the lazy way out by feeding red meat to the donors with Pope’s spiel being 180 degrees from Cal’s player first b/s.
This 100%, and as always donors are the only ones that can get things done. They along with Pratt forced the Cal hire. Too bad Pratt is gone.
If he whiffs of Stokes it is over. KY ties and a Nike player. That will be the final straw. He will fill a roster by overpaying for non-starting caliber players and go 16-14 and miss tourney.
Cal’s last two season looked a lot like Pope. Except fewer losses and better win percentages and higher SEC finishes. Upsets happen in the tournament. Duke, Kansas, UK…no one is immune to it.
The shape the program is in, would be lucky to get a high school coach
Pearl IMO would take it until we could find a coach
I think this disappoint man it’s kind of clear that Pope has thrown in the towel. I mean he’s put everything on Stokes literally when it comes to his coaching career. And Stokes isn’t coming to Kentucky not as long as Mark Pope’s there. And now with the investigation into Barney’s golden parachute that’s gonna open a lot of freaking other things and some people are right there. There’s there’s nobody that can make the decision make the call. We have a lot of former players that can step in and say look, this is what you have to do dude they say it quietly behind us back anyway if you read the Derek Anderson article. A lot of of them are salty at the fact that he’s a terrible coach and other Kentucky former players didn’t get the shot. It’s created division. It’s time to fix it and pull piece pretty much signal he quit. He didn’t get Freeman and he went into depression and that’s the problem with this guy. He something bad happens and he doesn’t bounce back fast. He does have some psychological block. He’s gotta deal with.
Stokes doesn't fix this team. He may be very good, but Pope needs answers across the board on this team. He has to get two ball dominant guards to play together, and we saw last year how players were looking to get theirs more often than not. Oweh and Aberdeen, chiefly.
We all know Art, but let them have some fun. It’s a good thing to dream. Everyone knows what a nightmare we’re in and it’s all we got right now.
. Football season can’t get here fast enough!
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