No their *** needs gone too some them are so outdated and don't really give 2 ***** how we do as a program!
Polacek knew and tried to tell our coach
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Well, I may be “feeble” but I know UK had plenty of money and playing time to go around to get at least one of the 14 recruits we missed on. And that he could have still held the door open for stokes.
But if, as you say, pope probably knew stokes wasn’t coming but acted like he was,then he is too dumb to be the UK coach.
You think they have two sources on all these misses that they do report?
Polachek is a self admitted Kansas fan (alumni?) and has contacts within the KU program, so I believe the story, but I’m also surprised he tried to let Pope know… But to his own duper’s delight, he didn’t try hard enough.
Keegan Brown is doing the exact same thing as a GM. Most teams don't have a GM.
Wrong. Calapari decimated the program on his way out. It was well off the tracks at that point, he wasn't even getting the elite recruits anymore. Pope, unfortunately, hasn't been the answer.
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I don't know for a fact he did this at BYU. I do know the fans and Admin were both happy he left. Not a coincidence that the money started to flow immediately beginning with the coaching search at BYU.
Most likely, yes.
Actual journalists are taught in journalism school that one-source reporting is a step up from reporting speculation as fact.
Always, always confirm with multiple sources. It’s literally the third rule of journalism behind “fairness” and “accuracy”
One could say kentucky basketball has been off the track since Pitino retired. Lets be real, Tubby was a "meh" hire who only got worse the longer Pitinos fingerprints were removed from the program. BCG sucked. Pope sucked. Its really just a few years of Calipari.. which thank god for, or we'd really be in the *******.
I believe you suck
Sometimes on that side of recruitment if you know information and you "burn" your source and let it leak, you will never get access to premium information like that again. The hope was UK would leak it I'm guessing.
Polacek is actually a Kansas fan, so it's believable. I never understand why they hired a Kansas fan in the first place. He does seem to take his job seriously, but come on. What's next, hiring Loserville fans?
If he does that...Do you think anyone is going to give him any more info moving forward? You don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Mark Pope's Kentucky basketball.
I'm not sure what Pope knew really because he didn't just leave the door open but seemingly operated on an all in basis to effectively the exclusion of all other possibilities and treated all other comers as a back up plan.
He may have been holding off accepting commitments and trying keep guys in a holding pattern.
Maybe not but it looks a lot like that and if so is dangerously unwise to knowingly handcuff the program so severely even after knowing it may be off the tracks.
I can tell. I don't need a parody account to tell me, what I already know. Why else would Stokes visit here, if he already signed his NIL paperwork with Kansas? To troll/get attention.
Do we know if Pope's phone even works? Sounds like a lot of missed calls. Might be why no one is committing, they keep calling and getting a disconnected message.
That's very true I was just comparing those 2 hires if I'm being honest. I know it hasn't been the same since Pitino those were the best basketball years of my life. See the common denominator in all this mess since the early 2000's is Mitch! He hasn't gotten **** right with this basketball program and he wouldn't had if Mike Pratt wouldn't had stepped in to help with the hiring of Cal in 2009.
That little red haired carrot top looking ****** working for KSR is a Kansas fan I assume? I listened to a podcast last night & they said he tweeted something wearing a Kansas jacket after the Stokes commitment.
I think Matt was onto something about Kansas having Stokes drag it out too. He pretty much waits until the portal is dried up to finally announce. How many recruits did UK possibly miss out on due to the fact they were holding onto money for Stokes? That's money that could have helped land other recruits.
For a guy who is supposed to be so smart, Pope sure does a lot of dumb chit.
If true, that is truly embarrassing. You cannot be that clueless while leading UK's golden goose. Understanding the assignment is knowing when it's time to move on and put your resources elsewhere. We should never be playing catch-up or caught with our pants around our ankles.
Stokes is extremely selfish and self-centered. It's on full display. Of course he would do something like that to put himself in the spotlight. With the next coach, whenever that is, I want them getting everything and making kids sign papers before ever stepping foot on campus. Sage the money for players who want to be part of something special.
If true this is gross negligence in running this program. It is beyond anyone on this board taking up for Pope. He should be fired immediately.
so Pope goes from being the most accessible, inviting the media to attend practice and bring family, to cutting them all off (if true)
Pope told the world to criticize him if he deserved it.
so what has happened here? I don't think its Pope being thin skinned.
Pope told the world to criticize him if he deserved it.
so what has happened here? I don't think its Pope being thin skinned.