Love the dude but...
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Yeah and I agree with a lot of the critisisms, but they have been beat to death by the same people in every thread and if there is any inkling of a positive thought about Pope, it's met with vile backlash, shot down and all the sudden, we're "Popette's".
This is incredibly rich coming from a guy that has allowed Pope to own him.
You're on here every day celrying about how bad Pope is and he actually did better than Cal with a lot less talent and more injuries.
Glad you see the irony. This is exactly what it sounds like when you’re in every thread complaining about others complaining about pope. The same guy who used to be in every thread complaining about cal. Funny how you only focused on that part of my response too
I mean, I haven't listened to every interview, but by all means, post a video, or even a quote that is an actual lie.
Again, you're really stretching the meaning of the word "lie" and nothing you said really moves the needle on the accusation.
No one has called you a popette in here. You make this claim in every thread, and there’s been no vile backlash
I had plenty of people tell me I had beat it to death when I was crushing Cal and they were right. I got banned for it too, so what's your point going to be now?
I've been called a Popette and a Pope Nut Hugger. I didn’t say these things happened in this thread.
Popes getting year 3, but it’s not going to go so well imo. The talent just isn’t there on this roster.
I'll say the odds of it going well, are not in Pope's favor, but if he can get a star at the sf spot and another good big, I wouldn't be surprised if he was able to stave off the end of his UK coaching career.
We've all seen crazier things happen.
idk man, i dont wanna keep having the most lackluster offseasons and wanting more when the balls tip off in the fall
I just can’t believe recruiting is so bad right now. Its crazy
I'm stunned if I'm being honest. I can't even guess at how Pope is missing on so many bigtime guys, when it sounds like he is offering more money.
Is he still telling these kids that they're going to only play 28 or so minutes? I mean, UK has so much going for it, you really have to be doing SOMETHING very obviously wrong, to miss this often.
I hope Mark actually knows what he's doing here, because if not, it's going to be a rough end to his UK coaching career.
People don't harp on this enough but I think it's a HUGE part of his recruiting woes.
Pope likes to keep guys' minutes limited. Which sounds great to a role player. They know they'll get a chance to shine.
But is a massive turn off to most star players that are looking to find a way to the league
I just want to be clear, I'm only spitballing on that. It's just an example of what could be causing what’s happening.
I get he's a cheese ball kinda guy, but Pat Kelsey and Mark Byington aren’t much better and look at the guys they keep getting.
Shoot, you pay me enough money and I'll play for Rob Schneider, or Pauly Shore and never complain. Money talks and Pope has been offering more. Something's off.
I know it’s wishful thinking but I wish more stuff would leak out about what’s going on. I had to quit looking on X. If someone reads on there daily it could make anyone mad lol
Ok. If you want to call it personal, then call it personal.
How about the program improvement. I am not sure Kentucky Basketball can stand any more of his improvement.
And that has been stated on here a gazillion times.
Nobody is disagreeing that Pope should never have been ordered the job, but Mitch did that. Once Pope took the job, he was getting 3 years. I actually think he exceeded expectations in year, year 2 got away from him for many reasons and now he's not doing so hot with recruiting.
If this does go sideways in year 3, my only hope is that we remember that Pope is one of us.
Ran it into the ground??? Uh, that's not even close to happening.
Billy Gillispie had 2 incredibly bad years, we were the best team in the country the very next year without NIL, or the portal.
You're being way overly dramatic. He made it to the sweet 16 and the second round as 3 and 7 seeds after playing top 5 SOS's both seasons. Set a record for most quad 1 wins and beat 2 Final Four teams in year 1. That's not even close to being "run into the ground".
You guys need to come up for air more often.
Yeah, OO was a really good college player and there is nothing wrong with that. Sadly he just didn’t get the coaching or help he needed to make a lasting winning impact.
I don't like Calipari for his last 5yrs, talking down to the fans and focusing on draft positions instead of winning basketball games for UK.I hate Mitch Barnhart for not hiring someone qualified to be the coach of the winningest college basketball program of all time.I don't hate Mark Pope but i hate what he is doing to our program and hope he is gone next year before we hit rock bottom.
I'd hate to see the temper tantrum you would throw if Pope actually did run UK into the ground.
My God Suzie, take some midol.
Oh yeah, he didn't have injured players, or anything like that.
He got a 3 seed and won more quad 1 games in year 1 than any team ever has.
Grow up.
Let’s dislocate a shoulder of any teams starting pg and see how they do.6th in the sec and losing 12 games worked?with a blowout sweet 16 loss to Tennessee
Let's make sure everyone else has a pf playing at 60% health and see how they do.
Let's take any other teams starting sf and backup pg away, in addition to the other injuries and see how they do in an NCAAT game against a 2 seed.
pull your head out of your video game controller for 5 minutes.
You would never know if it was ran into the ground, because you have your head buried in the sand. Wake up and smell the coffee. Our program is a dumpster fire!
Last 5 years of Cal
you asked why! I told you the reason he’s hated. It’s that simple, mark pope loses ALOT of games.
My head is right whete it should be, you are the one blowing a gasket claiming the program crashed after a sweet 16 and 2nd round exit. That is some really stuoid hyberbole. Get a grip.
LOL, he didn't win a title, so you hate him.
Entitled brat, that's what you are.
Actually, Mark Pope is the one entitled who gets the Kentucky job with that kind of résumé without being entitled? White privilege I mean Mark Pope privilege
He's been here 2 seasons, you act like he's been here 10 years and missed the tournament half the time.
If your standards for a coach that had the hurdles Pope had in year 1, are higher than sweet 16 and most quad 1 wins ever, then you might want to go off the grid into a safe place, because no team will ever live up to your video game expectations. You’re going to need to grow up a little.
Whst would you say if Dan Hurley took the job and had 2 very similar seasons? Don't say that wouldn't happen, because prior to 2023, Dan Hurley had a very ugly resume.