It’s actually a very suspicious trait to have. A man with no vice has no virtue. What is Pope’s vice? Poor minutes distribution doesn’t count
Matt Jones says Stokes could announce today or tomorrow
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Gillispie was better in at least one way
He was gone after 2 years
Losing basketball games.
The only reason Mitch hired BCG was money. There was a big money booster that was friends with BCG that offered to pay his entire salary his first year here. Mitch couldn't get Cal, so he went with the free money - BCG. A friend told me that before BCG was hired, right after Tubby cashed his M$ longevity bonus and left in the night, and before anyone even mentioned BCGs name, AND I thought my friend was FOS. Everyone did. But he was right.
Now that's just stupid, and something only an absolutely unvirtuous person would say. I'm guessing it was LBJ...?
They gave up in a senior night loss to UGA in his last game at Rupp. If we win that one, we make the tournament assuming we won a game in the SECT.
Billy kept Meeks and Patterson on the bench for long stretches in the second half of that must win game. My dad swore he lost that one on purpose in an effort to get fired.
He drinks diet coke at press conferences all the time
So you did see a BCG team just quit on games just like Pope’s?
BCG’s teams never lost a game because they didn’t try. Pope has lost many games because they didn’t even try to win.
I don’t really know what you’re trying to say unless it’s just OK to quit as long as you do better than BCG. Is that your position?
They didn’t even try not quit in games. Even Tubby, as bad as he was, never lost games because they just quit.
There’s never been UK teams that just quit in my lifetime until Pope. And it’s a regular thing with Pope.
No it wasn’t. They never quit. Pitino lost to Kansas by 50. You think that team quit?
Yet Pope's team, playing a top 4 SOS, still made the NCAAT as a 7 seed while sweeping Tennessee and winning at Arkansas. In 2 years, BCG never had a single win over any team like UT and Arkansas.
Those 2 BCG season's were nightmares and if they were happening now, this place would be so much worse that it is now.
Vandy sucked and they beat BCG by 41 and you're saying they didn't quit? Did Vandy even make the tournament that year?
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LOL, Tubby invented team turmoil. That team definitely quit and in BCG's 2 years, you can't possibly lose 26 games in 2 years without quitting.
Those 2 teams have some awful losses. Seriously, they lost to VMI in Rupp. Give me a break. You're seriously trying to defend BCG. Wow.
That team lost by 50 because they pressed the whole game, the team didn't quit, Pitino did.
I think a lot of posters forget how bad the Tubby years were at times. Rondo was trashed on this board by those who supported Tubby. I posted a Danny Ainge quote in which DA said that Rondo would be a better pro than college player MANY on this board went nuts.
Rondo and several other players were not happy especially when Tubby took away their starting position in favor of those who did better in practice. I recall Rondo just "quitting" and seemingly looking for an exit ASAP.
Tyran Stokes the type of dude to throw Pope in a locker at school.
So much time has passed that it's hard to remember just how bad it was.
I don't know about everyone else, but it's gonna be a long time before I forget those BCG years.
Really what about JMI and football is set up differently than basketball. There’s no way we are offering more $ and getting none of the top targets. Mercenaries gonna take the $ every time.
Didnt have them when he started here either.
What neither BCG nor Cal have EVER done is start with zero contributors on a roster when building their team, especially after NIL and poaching/tampering became essentially allowed. Tired of the morbid stupidity in these comparisons.
...and could you frickin imagine this place WORSE?! LMAO! That would be like Mrs Oleary's cow announcing a transfer AFTER the cow started the fire, and the entire city of Chicago turning on her.
I thought this thread was about Stokes and his commitment. As usual it got high jacked into a "PopeSucks, UK Sucks" echo chamber. Does ANYBODY moderate this place.
There was another guy who was in the same situation as your God and he literally won a title in 2 years. Miss me with that ********.
I'm buying the W/L arguments that Jeff and others have shared. The "Pope started with nothing" is a loser's argument.
Also, if you haven't noticed, he's trended down every summer. So go suck off your hero somewhere else.
Well he hasn't committed yet, so we may as well talk about something, genius.
What's there to say about the Pope situation that hasn't been said a million times just this week . Your ilk is SO BORING
Well your hero God king is even more boring, evidenced by the fact that nobody wants to play for him.
Well UK and KU emptied the tank trying to get Stokes. If he goes to Oregon we both look bad. Oh too late for that
Congrats. You really are a COMPLETE idiot, and an utter piece of trash as well. My God doesn't coach basketball you retarded turd blossom. I don't worship people like you do. I'm stating a fact that's uncomfortable for you, I get it.
Put that feces covered thumb back in your mouth now before you get your keyboard dirty. Don't want your mom to have to clean it for you.
Tell me sht stain which players of any quality Pope had on the roster when he was so unadvisedly hired.... and tell me where I have EVER worshipped this coach. Ask your mom to read you some of my posts, before you think about replying to another one with such a clueless, ridiculous, and completely nonsensical toddler tantrum. Then don't bother commenting because you're still an insufferable, knee-jerk poster.
They recovered and made the NCAA tournament. If Patrick Patterson had not been injured they could have made a run. They were playing well the end of the season.
The only thing I don’t understand is BCG’s teams never seemed give up or not play hard. Last years team appeared to me that they did. Never seemed like a team except for a few games where they actually played together and quite well. Not putting that on Pope. Just seemed like they didn’t gel or give a crap. I’m not sure it just didn’t seem right most of the year. When it comes down to it the coach is responsible. When you’re being paid I’d expect effort not to be an issue. Something was obviously going on behind the scenes.
Cal was not even called. He said after Tubby left, and he got home from practice, he asked Ellen if Kentucky called and she told him no.