With unlimited support and money this is how close Pope was to losing in the first round with his 22 million dollar roster
We fired Cal for losing in the first round
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Good Lord, just stop. That ship has sailed.
We fired Cal for absolutely sh!tting the bed since 2020 in the postseason and doing less with more than nearly any coach in any sport in the history of mankind.
In sum, GTFOH.
Why does Cal get crapped on for doing(less with more) more than Pope does for doing less with less.
Y'all act like Cal was gifted players. That was part of what made Cal was he could get the players. Y'all discredit that with the less with more saying.
He had more because he recruited more. It's a skill to be able to recruit. A big part of coaching.
Letting me know just like ol Paul. Thanks for the heads up. Not sure if Ive ever seen you post in the first place
His trolling isn't even funny or clever. It mostly makes me feel sorry for him.
First he wasn’t the coach for 25 years, second he didn’t get fired. Third, pretty sure you’re not a ky fan.
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Thinking I'm trolling is odd. Talking about UK on a UK forum. Are you just another mod afraid my influence makes your agenda obvious
He was only here 14 years I believe but it definitely felt like 25-30. Honestly his first 6-7 years that were so good feel like a lifetime ago.
Also, technically we didn’t fire Cal but I agree on your Pope point. Just hope the next AD is impatient, doesn’t accept losing and is eager to put his stamp on the program with his own hire.
His first 6 or 7 years are some of the best in college basketball history. I don't apologize to anybody for remembering those years
I also agree it was time for him to go after his terrible last 5 years
According to him, auto correct got him, took 14 years and made it 25 years then made him say Cal got fired.
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Lol it didAccording to him, auto correct got him, took 14 years and made it 25 years then made him say Cal got fired.
Think about what you just said there. The less with more saying applies to Cal big time, he was the best recruiter ever imo but he lacked big time in the coaching dept so that kind of voids his amazing recruiting out. I'd love to see Pope coach all the talent Cal had, X's & O's on offense at least, Pope blows him out of the water.
How does Pope blow Cal out of the water when it comes to x and os? I don't get where Pope gets all this credit from. His teams repeatedly get blown off the court. Repeatedly are unprepared . That's not good coaching imo.
I don't think Cal is a good x and os guy but at least he made up for it with talent. He also won our 8th national championship and brought us several sec championships and final fours. Elite eights and how many sweet 16s that we celebrate now?
Pope is continuing Cals last terrible years and sending us the wrong direction. Not mad at Pope tho. I reckon it's the administrations fault. Maybe I am to hard on Pope.
Also I seen another poster with damn near the same name as you but without a avatar. I almost got disappointed
In all fairness, Cal had more talent than Pope last year and yet Pope went into Arkansas and won the game. You have to admit Pope’s bad luck with injuries is definitely a factor.
What I'm saying is this, Pope knows how to coach offense, Cal doesn't, he runs 2 plays, ball screen, drive to the basket, the other play is that floppy action crap. Pope has forgotten more offense than Cal will ever know. I would love to see Pope have the same talent, he could get those guys to another level. He got blown out in several games because of not having as much talent, other games he overachieved in. Yes Cal did win us number 8 but if we're being honest, how much of that had to do with Anthony Davis? Cal should have 3 or 4 titles at Kentucky but he doesn't, why? Because he sucks at coaching, if he can't out talent you, he loses. What do you think Cal's record at Kentucky would be with the 2 teams Pope had? Not very good i promise you, now, imagine Pope with the talent Cal had. Take the Wisconsin game, Frank Kaminsky couldn't stop KAT, he scored at will, like taking candy from a baby. A good coach would've told the Harrison twins to stop shooting 3's & dump it inside to KAT or he's putting Ulis & Booker in. I could go on & on with his coaching blunders.
I don't think Popes a terrible coach. He's just not a coach I'm going to say has great x and os. I think we came out at Arkansas and wanted it more. The players wanted it more. Pope wanted it more. If they can come out and play free like that game consistently Pope would be cooking with hot grease
This version of you is an improvement, you have some good points. Now if you could just lose that picture.
Not anymore Coach Pope bought Milan with money and his desire to shot 3.. Recruiting had nothing to do with it. UK. Did the recruiting as it always does
Thanks and also a little disappointing because I been the same poster for years.This version of you is an improvement, you have some good points. Now if you could just lose that picture.
I won't crap on Pope anymore and say he didn't recruit Mom. But I will say for 15 years that was Cal. Kentucky added on top of Cals great recruiting. He has recruited well at every school. Had NBA MVPs at Memphis. Had that guy at UMass. Cal is Cal without UK
I won't crap on Pope anymore and say he didn'trecruit Mom.
He recruited your mom, for what a blow job