I have no idea how Mitch thinks and I don't want to know, but to say Pope was hired due to white privilege, then clamor for Travis Ford, makes zero sense.
He sure did, his posts were deleted, you didn't see them.
Yeah, his last one was already deleted too. See the post I quoted in post 43. The mods are all over it.
Now that you mention it...
When Calipari was sucking it up, from 2020-2024, people on this board called him Cow, Johnny Clam chowder, fatass, and CCC. Among others. Did you call those guys out? Or is it ok, because Calipari didn't play here?
I already answered this question.
His religion is dramatically different than Mitch's so I don't see a very strong connection there. His best two years as a coach record wise are not the two he has coached here. He went 24-8, 20-7 in ''20 and '21 at BYU.
I'd say that calling Calipari "Can't Coach Cal" is a self-own honestly. Is Calipari the cream of the crop X's and O's tactician? No, but he's a whole lot closer to the top of that list than he is the bottom.
I basically agree but there are degrees to this stuff. I personally never insulted Cal or called him any childish nicknames.
Cal at least won us a title and multiple final fours. He built some good will. Pope has done none of that and not even came close. Plus with Cal, we had hope for the next year because of recruiting. Complete opposite with Pope. Didn’t think it needed to be explained but here we are.
The Cal we had from 09-17 was a boss. I'd go to bat for that guy anytime, anywhere.
You think I'm trying to police the board? Nah, I'm just defending my stance.
I would have to say 55-13 for the '19 and '20 seasons was plenty impressive.
Yeah, the results were there, those were two really good teams, but Cal was a different guy. He wasn't that boss anymore.
If there had been message boards circa 1981-83 he'd have been crucified. Loss to UAB, followed it up with loss to MTSU then lost the original dream game in ot in '83 (though UL had a much better team and we were decided underdogs).
Joe B was plenty good here but at this same juncture of his UK career he was coming off a 13-13 season and had a very similar to Pope 63.6 winning percentage for his two seasons against much weaker schedules.
“Just letting it play out” is how we end up with year 4 and 5 of Pope. The UK admin has made it clear by their past actions that the only thing they understand is money and when the fanbase becomes insufferably pissed and angry. Pressure has to be put on them or they’ll just keep rolling this trash out there. We have to make as much noise as possible.
Dude it goes wayyyyyy beyond “one bad season.” It’s one really bad season, never having the credentials to have this job to begin with, losing 10+ games every year of his career except 2 (one was a shortened season) and the biggest factor IMO is he is by far the worst recruiter we’ve ever had here. You can’t win here recruiting like he does, period. Recruits just don’t seem to like him at all for whatever reason.
I don't know if you realize this or not, but we don't have the power to fire him.
It’s one bad season. His first season gets at least a B, saying the 24/25 season was a failure, is BS.
Agreed. Joker and Mark Pope are one of us. If you were a fan in ‘96, you know Mark was not a “coattail” player but was a key reason we won that year. His addition was integral.
Lol. You're comparing a 10 plus year tenure to 2. I'm not saying we should keep Pope but saying Cal got a pass because he did more in 10 years than what Pope has done in 2 is stupid.
Nope. I couldn't stand Cal but I never resorted to the name calling. It's trashy and makes the fan base look terrible. Some people actually have some class.
Ok sure. Compare their first 2 years than. We also won it all Cals 3rd year. We gonna win it this year with pope?
How about you compare Cal's last two to Popes first two...that's a more accurate time frame/environment. Things are a lot different in 2024 verses 2010.
