For people saying Pope can't relate to recruits..

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I think the “relate” to recruits is nonsense.

Like, do should we expect Pope to sit on Discord with them and play Roblox?

If anything players want trust. They want to trust their coach and his decisions for them and their future. Bob Knight wasn’t pulling in top players because he was relatable. Was Coach K at like 100 years old relatable to teenagers?
 

DudahUK

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I think the “relate” to recruits is nonsense.

Like, do should we expect Pope to sit on Discord with them and play Roblox?

If anything players want trust. They want to trust their coach and his decisions for them and their future. Bob Knight wasn’t pulling in top players because he was relatable. Was Coach K at like 100 years old relatable to teenagers?
Apparently cal was relatable by watching reruns of Alaska Bush People or House on the prairie. Honestly, sorry to say it and I don’t mean it but he comes off closer to a chomo than anything else. Eerily weird dude. Would you let him baby sit? Let’s be real. And no I’m not saying he is one, I’m just saying. Sue me.
 

Allcats08

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I think the “relate” to recruits is nonsense.

Like, do should we expect Pope to sit on Discord with them and play Roblox?

If anything players want trust. They want to trust their coach and his decisions for them and their future. Bob Knight wasn’t pulling in top players because he was relatable. Was Coach K at like 100 years old relatable to teenagers?
100%
 
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JSquad0070

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You are out of line more often than not. I don't see a future where you ever make a decent post so off to ignore you go. I have been avoiding use of this feature but the trolls are getting worse by the day.
What a tough guy. Making a statement about putting people on ignore instead of just doing it. Have to let everyone know because of that ego, huh?
 

TheApostleSaulSmith

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Apparently cal was relatable by watching reruns of Alaska Bush People or House on the prairie. Honestly, sorry to say it and I don’t mean it but he comes off closer to a chomo than anything else. Eerily weird dude. Would you let him baby sit? Let’s be real. And no I’m not saying he is one, I’m just saying. Sue me.
Dude…I just…wow. Sometime this place renders me speechless
 

TheApostleSaulSmith

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I think the “relate” to recruits is nonsense.

Like, do should we expect Pope to sit on Discord with them and play Roblox?

If anything players want trust. They want to trust their coach and his decisions for them and their future. Bob Knight wasn’t pulling in top players because he was relatable. Was Coach K at like 100 years old relatable to teenagers?
Ok well they don’t relate to him or trust him. Is that better?
 

TheApostleSaulSmith

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Happy for ya.
I’m as anti Pope as anyone here but saying “he acts like a child predator” is insane, lol, gotta be the worst thing you can say about a man. You can’t seriously think mark pope is a threat to children in the Lexington area

And tbh I get that vibe more from Mark Fox anyway
 

DudahUK

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I’m as anti Pope as anyone here but saying “he acts like a child predator” is insane, lol, gotta be the worst thing you can say about a man. You can’t seriously think mark pope is a threat to children in the Lexington area

And tbh I get that vibe more from Mark Fox anyway
lol I specified I wasn’t calling him one. He just seems like one with his mannerisms and what not. I know it’s an awful thing to say but it’s just what I think of when I see him. lol.
 
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Realville502

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Apparently cal was relatable by watching reruns of Alaska Bush People or House on the prairie. Honestly, sorry to say it and I don’t mean it but he comes off closer to a chomo than anything else. Eerily weird dude. Would you let him baby sit? Let’s be real. And no I’m not saying he is one, I’m just saying. Sue me.
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