Kentucky's Mark Pope addresses fan bitterness on social media...
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the fire pope brigade, is our and about, that's why here lately people avoid this board. our schedule last two years were hardest that been in a two year span and we had no pg last year. yeah popes fault but still. all the great coaches are gone and the reason why scrodem at duke is doing alright is cuz k still lurks in the shadows. wildcat wally is the Duke guy who post on this board. it's always just bait...
can't coach duke, gonzaga, tn x four times, Arkansas, st johns, Florida. I bet you thought cal was a great coach getting beat by Evansville, Richmond, UNC-ashville or whatever, etc. I hope the ones hoping we lose every game to fire gotta suffer because we win a lot next year. you guys get off on being negative.
That's what he's used to at a 63% winning % it usually doesn't get any better than that per season.
He is certainly justifying why everyone was so pissed off about the hire for about 16 hours after it was announced.
UK fans when Cal uses coach speak: "I hate this con artist double talk. Why can't he just be honest for once??"
UK fans when Pope uses coach speak: "Well what do you expect him to say?? Every coach talks that way!"
ok.
UK fans when Pope uses coach speak: "Well what do you expect him to say?? Every coach talks that way!"
ok.
What's your point? We were a 3 seed that year. Duke was a 4 seed with the two best rookie NBA guys this year.
I have very few issues with Pope in Y1. In fact, the only issue I have is him taking the team to a f'ing steakhouse the night before the UT game in the Sweet 16.
Y2 - I have issues with all of it.
“One of the things I'm really proud of is our guys being able to keep recreating who we are”.
What the hell does that even mean? Nothing but a bunch of bull ****. How about you recruit some good players and win something.
What the hell does that even mean? Nothing but a bunch of bull ****. How about you recruit some good players and win something.
How can any coach say they are proud of what they have done and have 26 loses in 2 seasons?
Are you about to lose control and think you like it?
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NIL and the portal changed everything, so cannot compare pre-NIL/portal to now.
The culture you are cultivating is not better when considering the search for the next coach. Most coaches are going to see UK as too big of a gamble because of a short leash so to speak. 2 years in and gone is not a good look especially given the climate of recruiting and building todays teams with players being able to opt out after 1 year if a better option comes along. That does not mean I or any others who are not ready to pull the trigger yet like the way things are going. Far from it, but we have to temper our discontent with a little wisdom considering the optics of the situation going forward. At least 1 more year and if no improvement (has to be big imo) or a further decline, then it would be a much easier sell for termination.
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I'm about to lose control and I like it, Ooh Wee.
He should of been gone at seasons end . He will do just good enough this year to be able to argue another year ..... rinse repeat. UK won't get rid of him.. hes Tubby 2.0. Without the splash start.
Injuries are definitely a legit explanation for the ups and downs.
No other team could have withstood the positional injuries UK incurred.
Let’s hope we see an injury free season 2026.
Why not? The coaches than can actually recruit and coach are still doing good. Hell Pope was bragging about 22 million last year.
After the Georgetown loss Pope said the Hoyas played physical and we don’t practice that way. In other words UK got punked and lost. To me that is the main reason everything you mentioned happened. For everyone that played basketball remember when you played against someone that was soft how easy it was to do anything you wanted on the court. Except for a few players in Pope’s time at UK we are not a physical team. That is the first thing that needs to be corrected.
I do however think MP's first season was a success, given what he had to start with. I was disappointed with this past season's team, but there were certainly injury issues that played a significant role.
Seems to me like probably 80% are trashing Pope for his comments.
And Cal had his nuthuggers too .
Yeah it's the 20% that I'm worried about. Some of them work in the athletic department.
How can you blame us for saying that? Since he’s been here and even at BYU it’s been his one consistent trait to win a couple games people didn’t expect and then drop games he has no business losing. That might work at BYU but that’s not gonna fly here.
He needs a PR coach.
You can't say this stuff after telling everyone "I understand the assignment"
The answer to every question should have been "we have to fix some things, we did some good things, but this is UK, we haven't been good enough, but we will be" or something along those lines. The last thing you say right now is that you're pleased and happy. No, you just can't say that. Ugh.
You can't say this stuff after telling everyone "I understand the assignment"
The answer to every question should have been "we have to fix some things, we did some good things, but this is UK, we haven't been good enough, but we will be" or something along those lines. The last thing you say right now is that you're pleased and happy. No, you just can't say that. Ugh.