Miikka Crystal Balled to Calipari (sigh)

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Carl_Childers

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Mike Malone literally didn't recruit him. The staff at InsideCarolina confirmed that multiple times over the past 3 weeks. The previous staff did. Malone found out how much of headache Miikka is and shut down the recruitment.

It's weird how some of you guys get really bad recruiting intel, and then just accept it and run with it instead of doing a tiny bit of research.

For instance this thread is about Travis Branham putting in a crystal ball pick. There are several different avenues for you to ask Branham questions. He could have told you UNC was not a player in this recruitment.
Your copium is hilarious. NC got out recruited by the GOAT. Would you rather play for Cal or an NBA dude who got fired and most people couldn’t pick out of a line up.

This fanbase won’t admit it but seeing Arkansas at the top of recruiting makes me sick. Just take your lumps like what we are accustomed to recently and move on.
 

katwest

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From the alps to the pig sty, quite a change, better get his muck boots on.
 

Carl_Childers

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The coping on this board is hilarious. Arkansas now has the number 1 recruiting class. Literally just added another 5 star Top 10 player.

But we didn’t want him anyway. No the problem is we never had a shot. This is the same group that is creaming their pants over freaking Wilkins and some international dude we’ve never even heard of.

You Pope Pumpers and Cal haters are absolutely insane. What an embarrassing and miserable time to be a Kentucky fan. 🤮
 

Cole World

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Guy who makes dozens of accounts and only posts pro calipari grifting wants you to believe he's a fan of this program

Kentucky was never said to be in any favor in this recruits recruitment, just a name in the race.
 
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Guy who makes dozens of accounts and only posts pro calipari grifting wants you to believe he's a fan of this program

Kentucky was never said to be in any favor in this recruits recruitment, just a name in the race.

That last sentence is the reason we are in the position we currently are in tho lol. And it's not just this one particular guy.

Pope has yet to show he can recruit anyone of note here.
 

Smeegs

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From the alps to the pig sty, quite a change, better get his muck boots on.
And even more geographic ignorance on display in this thread. LOL

He ain’t from anywhere near “the alps.” Totally different part of the continent.
 
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The coach is responsible for two things here:

1) Recruiting and putting a team together
2) Coaching them to get the best possible out of each and every player.

But you need number 1 before you can even worry about number 2. For all the talk about Cal being a bad coach, he gets players. Period. He's done it for years at different schools now. If I have a choice between 1 and 2, I'm taking the guy that can do number 1 well. Becasuse there is NO amount of coaching that was getting us to where we needed to be in the last two years. None.

And to be completely honest, I'm not sure Pope is even good at number 2 at this point.
 

BookofMormon

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Your copium is hilarious. NC got out recruited by the GOAT. Would you rather play for Cal or an NBA dude who got fired and most people couldn’t pick out of a line up.

This fanbase won’t admit it but seeing Arkansas at the top of recruiting makes me sick. Just take your lumps like what we are accustomed to recently and move on.
Eh, Ark and their Bentley pickups has a definitive ceiling. They're not a big boy, they're a joke. They'll get great talent that doesn't play defense. It's the Calipari way.

Now, Pope isn't a big boy either, that's the problem.
 
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Dr.LutherSan

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Sweat Hogs 77, Kentucky 85

Bet you secretly wish you could go back to the Musselman days….
You’ll never say it but you probably fascinate about him leaping shirtless into the pigpen with you swine. I mean sure you had the NSFW all boy love triangles but at least you weren’t getting upset at home by Mark Pope, even with a whopping advantage of five stars 5 to 0. Come back, Muss!! Come call the hogs with me, baby!

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Bragging about regular season wins when the other team does more is not something blue bloods do. That's greasing the slide into Indiana Hoosierville.
 

anon1777473514

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Bragging about regular season wins when the other team does more is not something blue bloods do. That's greasing the slide into Indiana Hoosierville.
I like you so I’m only going to say this once. If you want to be negative 24/7 do it. I’ll not judge you for that. But if you’re going to side with a literal Arkansas fan who came here to troll us because it makes you sensitive that I’m giving it back to him, go ahead and be mad.
 

exo6desmo

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Lol @ everyone trying to have a debate with leadbelly. He's got more accounts than Blue chew has d@#k pills. Hey leadbelly, why are you constantly trolling this board? Serious question. It's beyond a little weird.
 

BookofMormon

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Lol @ everyone trying to have a debate with leadbelly. He's got more accounts than Blue chew has d@#k pills. Hey leadbelly, why are you constantly trolling this board? Serious question. It's beyond a little weird.
Let them have their day in the sun. Right now, because of a bad coaching hire, Cal is giving UK the big middle f.

Next coaching hire is the most important in the history of UK hoops. I would hire whomever necessary to make sure it's the right one.
 

katwest

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And even more geographic ignorance on display in this thread. LOL

He ain’t from anywhere near “the alps.” Totally different part of the continent.
Just having a little fun, why don’t you cry for me son!
 

Cole World

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That last sentence is the reason we are in the position we currently are in tho lol. And it's not just this one particular guy.

Pope has yet to show he can recruit anyone of note here.
The last sentence isn't the reason "we're in this position anyways". Ignoring logic will lead to that conclusion
 

PoopooPeePee

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Another garbage thread created to just whine and bash Pope.

I don't think Muurinen will be a loss at all for Kentucky. Feel like they can find someone just as productive in his role without the baggage.
Bro all the top transfers are gone. Pope can’t find anyone because nobody wants to play for him. We will get stuck with some mid major 4 that can only shoot spot up 3s and play 0 defense.
 
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UKFootball78

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Your copium is hilarious. NC got out recruited by the GOAT. Would you rather play for Cal or an NBA dude who got fired and most people couldn’t pick out of a line up.

This fanbase won’t admit it but seeing Arkansas at the top of recruiting makes me sick. Just take your lumps like what we are accustomed to recently and move on.
You are clearly and Arkansas fan arguing with a unc fan on a UK message board. So desperate for relevancy
 

UKFootball78

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The coping on this board is hilarious. Arkansas now has the number 1 recruiting class. Literally just added another 5 star Top 10 player.

But we didn’t want him anyway. No the problem is we never had a shot. This is the same group that is creaming their pants over freaking Wilkins and some international dude we’ve never even heard of.

You Pope Pumpers and Cal haters are absolutely insane. What an embarrassing and miserable time to be a Kentucky fan. 🤮
Go back to the Arkansas board and its other 9 posters.
 

PopesCrewCut

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Attacking the intelligence of other posters again... unprovoked. Childish, and you are wrong. How many accounts have you had to create just to keep posting your negativity?
Ok 95%. No attack it's simply very likely true. I'll give you it's maybe a little lower on Finland but you know almost none of these people could go to a map and find Serbia very quickly at all
 

UKCowboys

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Heck of a talent, stupid decision. Cal has pooped in his hands when it comes to Euro bigs