Matt Jones says Stokes could announce today or tomorrow
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Stokes can still be a lifelong KY Fan - but play for Oregon.
The tattoo & Ky hints are great & he truly fits with the current Cats roster , but we need another brute or tall 4 to make him happy.
The tattoo & Ky hints are great & he truly fits with the current Cats roster , but we need another brute or tall 4 to make him happy.
That’s a lie. 15 free rides allows UK to do a good thing.
First of all, never said anything about Pope or this years roster so chill out dude.
Secondly, those are 2 very good players. The rest of the roster was trash. Including freshman Miller and Liggins. They ended up being great players but just go back and watch a game from that season man, they weren't there yet. Same for Jorts. Remember Cal benched Miller for Dodson and Jorts was an after thought until Kanter was ruled ineligible.
To bring Pope into this, I'd take Pope's first year roster over either of BCGs every day without question. Way more of a complete roster.
And there is no agenda here so stop with all of that stuff. Stop talking in absolutes man, its frustrating and annoying.
He wants to be the star & that’s a position that Ky has open ! I found the “job“ for 10 monthes comment very telling. He’s more interested in his Draft status than winning a banner this year. A banner would be nice but ? Will Pope let him run the team in a KOBE or LeBron sort of scenario- I believe MP would to save his job.
I am out on Pope and want him gone, but anyone that says he’s worse than Billy G is a moron or just a prisoner of the moment.
Set aside the absolutely insane behavior he displayed (which make Pope’s utterly bizarre suicide comment seem tame), Billy G won no tournament games and barely scraped by the one tournament appearance he did manage. He suffered terrible home losses to Gardner Webb and VMI among other embarrassing losses.
This wasn’t for a lack of talent. He never had a stacked roster but the cupboard was not bare. He coached: Ramel Bradley, Joe Crawford, Darius Miller, Patrick Patterson, Deandre Liggins, Josh Harrelson, and Jodie Meeks. He also had several role players that weren’t bad like Ramon Harris, Perry Stevenson, etc.
Pope’s first year was beyond anything Billy G could have dreamed of here. We can talk about how bad UK basketball is right now without making wild claims like Billy G > Pope.
Set aside the absolutely insane behavior he displayed (which make Pope’s utterly bizarre suicide comment seem tame), Billy G won no tournament games and barely scraped by the one tournament appearance he did manage. He suffered terrible home losses to Gardner Webb and VMI among other embarrassing losses.
This wasn’t for a lack of talent. He never had a stacked roster but the cupboard was not bare. He coached: Ramel Bradley, Joe Crawford, Darius Miller, Patrick Patterson, Deandre Liggins, Josh Harrelson, and Jodie Meeks. He also had several role players that weren’t bad like Ramon Harris, Perry Stevenson, etc.
Pope’s first year was beyond anything Billy G could have dreamed of here. We can talk about how bad UK basketball is right now without making wild claims like Billy G > Pope.
Chill out? I'm laughing.
Those two "very good players", were better than anyone we had this year. Again, the narrative all year was that our guys sucked, now, all the sudden, they are great, because it fits your arguement.
Of course, but tomorrow, you'll be clowning the roster you just complimented. Again, there is nobody at Meeks, or PP's level.
You know what's frustrating and annoying? The negativity all over this board and the mental gymnastics you jokers use to crap over Pope daily.
He’s getting the Duck details worked out.
Remember, if it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, then he’s a duck.
Remember, if it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, then he’s a duck.
I'd put OO in the same category as PPat at the college level. I would agree that senior Meeks was better than anyone that Pope has coached.
My argument was simply that saying there is no debate to be had when comparing talent was silly. BCG did not have a stable of top tier talent. That was my only argument.
I've never clowned our roster and I've certainly never clowned Pope's first roster. Love that squad and I'd take an Amari, Lamont, Jaxson, Brea or OO on any team period. Idk who you are mistaking me with but you've got the wrong number bud
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He's not winning a banner at Oregon, Kansas and sure as hell not UK so I think for the brand need you have to take him if he's willing to commit even with that attitude.
Not trying to be "that guy," but I noticed he only has two videos on his TikTok: 1) An advertisement/commercial. 2) Dancing with friends and/or family, decked out in Kentucky gear on one of his visits. Or maybe it's because I don't have an account so that's all it shows? I only looked it up because people were saying he streamed with Kentucky fans last night. I don't know much about TikTok, so you tell me. 
EDIT: Forgot to post the link: https://www.tiktok.com/@kingtyran4
EDIT: Forgot to post the link: https://www.tiktok.com/@kingtyran4
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Why would a kid commanding $4+ million in pay need a "free ride" to college? That's something that needs to stop and stop soon - no more scholarships if you're getting enough in NIL to pay for it outright.
Agree completely. And supposedly being an analytical guy. Circumstances change. Data changes.
He needs to teach psychology, he's got a bunch of grown men acting like little girls.
Do you remember the game in which BillyG told Stevenson to swat away the free throw? He had no idea that was an automatic T!
I disagree with that
Yeah man, Pope isn't Mike Tyson but he would beat the dog**** out of BCG...or Cal...or Rick lol
He’s going to commit today or tomorrow. Or maybe Friday of Saturday, or maybe Sunday. Matt Jones is certainly in the know.
Shot in the dark Jones. Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in awhile. That must be his strategy.
What a blowhard.
What a blowhard.
I love that the two biggest Perry Stevenson memories are that crazy play and then him having the dunk of the year in the NIT.
I have never flexed on the internet in my life. It is all good lol. There's no flexing when Billy G and Pope is the subject.
If diarrhea and vomit are in the post do you think somebody is flexing. I said diarrhea vs having to vomit. Where's the flex?
I remember it well. I was a “TSF” until the Kansas game of the 2006 season where they beat us by almost 30 in Lawrence. I rode the fence for a bit and joined the “LOD” in 2007 after we failed to score a single point for the first 12 minutes of a game at Alabama. I have since softened on Tubby and have always thought he was a great human being.
This place was a war in those days. I was here under a different account since 2003. I remember your posts well. The Pope era is child’s play in comparison to 2006 and 2007.
Last year’s team reminded me of those last two Tubby teams. And if last year was 2006 and this year ends up being 2007, we’ll
have a new coach exactly 20 years later. History rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes.
I hate this, because, again, I'm going to come off like I'm a Mark Pope fan, but any coach that does what Pope did in year 1, through injuries, against the #3 SOS with no roster, or coaches deep into April, is most certainly not vomit, or sh*t.
He may not be UK caliber, but he's not vomit. BCG was vomit, Pope isn't even a wet fart.
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I'll give him credit I think he did a decent job his first year. Injuries and everything considered. I also think he got extremely lucky being able to put together the oldest team in NCAA history with the fifth year seniors. But I do think he did a good job.
I also never felt confident about winning a single game that year. Somehow they won many big games. Lost a lot also in blowout fashion. But I'll give Pope credit it was a decent season.
After that it's been a nosedive on all fronts. Any of that pep rally energy they were using to begin his tenure is over
The sad part is, what you said was true and honest, but expect the garage of Pope Pumper and Pope Slurper, because unless you hope the dude is burned at the stake, thats what you must be
Maybe it is a faulty memory but I don't recall the attacks being as personal against Tubby as they are against Pope. Most of the LOD in those days did consider Tubby to be a decent person. As for me, I fell off the Tubby bandwagon during the first team turmoil, then I jumped back on when it appeared that things were turning around and then fell off again some time after the E8 loss to Michigan St. Tubby was one of the few coaches at UK I would have enjoyed having dinner with.
A nosedive on all fronts doesn't usually end up in the NCAAT. Heck, we were a 7 seed, it's not like we were in one of the play-in games.
A nosedive, is 2013, 2021 and 2009.
Let me ask you. When a coach loses a team, what are the odds that he can get it back? Pope lost this team early in the season. They clearly didn't like each other. Pope still got them to the tournament, I don't think that was an easy thing to do.
But it's weird, you're saying Pope nose dived, but we have dudes in here defending BCG, all because they hate Pope. Crazy.
If I'm ever defending BCG it's as a joke like I was stating. Obviously he was bad. I think Popes bad also but he's not a drunk so there's always a chance he figures it out.
My biggest thing with Pope is the way he is. The calm never showing passion. Talking like he's coaching women. These are grown men. Just get some fire and I actually think Pope will do better. Just has to quit being completely dorky all the time. Connect with the players in some kind of way off the court.
WTF is "connect" supposed to mean? These are practically grown men. Pope doesn't need to and shouldn't be their friend. He's there to lead, not be a husband in marriage counseling.
"Awww! I just really don't feel like we are connecting with the coach."
People go play for Pitino because, after a hard day, you know he's gonna put on the hippest playlist from spotify, buy you a pizza, put his arm around you, and say "You got this, whippersnapper!" After that nice meal, he'll join you and your friends on discord and play Roblox with the team.
"Awww! I just really don't feel like we are connecting with the coach."
People go play for Pitino because, after a hard day, you know he's gonna put on the hippest playlist from spotify, buy you a pizza, put his arm around you, and say "You got this, whippersnapper!" After that nice meal, he'll join you and your friends on discord and play Roblox with the team.
Bcg's recruiting was not actually better than Pope's. In 2 years he landed 3 good players and at the end of those two years (where Pope currently sits) only one had actually done anything of significance.
