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DudahUK

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Did you ever stop to think that I probably post here while at work?

I get trying to take a potshot at someone but you’d certainly think you’d be able to summon one that doesn’t make you look just as lame as me?
Like it takes an hour to make a post or something. Between breaks, lunch and just plain downtime, it’s not difficult to check in multiple times a day. Assuming you(not talking about you) aren’t a **** worker. Multitasking is actually a real thing.
 

BBN9

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Did you ever stop to think that I probably post here while at work?

I get trying to take a potshot at someone but you’d certainly think you’d be able to summon one that doesn’t make you look just as lame as me?
So you post on a messageboard while you’re working? Hmmm.
 

UKgrad22

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Branham crystal ball removal + Nikola/Fueger social media unfollowing = 😔

Really no clue what the heck happened from the time I left work until the time I got home but at this point nothing left to do but hope for the best.
That’s basically what happened with Milan’s recruitment too, though. Everyone thought it was done when Kam and Keegan Brown unfollowed him and that Jerry guy removed his crystal ball (obviously branham is more reputable but same line)
 

DudahUK

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I meant "they" as in the Nikola camp. The money is there, but most of it would be paid by UK in the second season as that is the only way they can attempt to make sure he stays for 2 years.
Ahh gotcha. So it’s back loaded and “they” don’t like that? Tough noodles. But like I said, Pope is fighting for his job this year. Worry about the future in the future. If he thinks he can make a difference, especially this year? Get it done, imo.
 
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Im The Village Idiot

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So you post on a messageboard while you’re working? Hmmm.
Man, you understand that no one is fooled by this charade. You keep getting banned and come back with another account and we end up having this same conversation all the time. I work in sales. There are peak periods and slow periods. I post at work, so do others. I post here. They post on Instagram and things like that. I really hate blocking people — I’d love to get to a point where you’d stop harassing me. I genuinely have no idea why you do it. I’d just like you to leave me alone, please.
 

DudahUK

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rMan, you understand that no one is fooled by this charade. You keep getting banned and come back with another account and we end up having this same conversation all the time. I work in sales. There are peak periods and slow periods. I post at work, so do others. I post here. They post on Instagram and things like that. I really hate blocking people — I’d love to get to a point where you’d stop harassing me. I genuinely have no idea why you do it. I’d just like you to leave me alone, please.
Which one is this guy? I used to refuse ignoring people too but it’s kept me on good behavior the last couple of weeks and out of @jedwar biblical wrath so I dig it.

How someone doesn’t understand you can post while at work in 2026 is absolutely beyond me but whatever.
 

BBN9

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He’s not a slave working on a plantation. Jesus Christ. How hard is this to understand?

obviously he’s not working a fryer at McDonald’s so I can see how that has you confused.
Chill, I was just razzin’ the kid. He’s easy to get riled up.
 
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Oh God. What was he wrong about now? No clue why anyone listens to a thing he says. He is literally never right and always says, “well things changed”. What a joke. Him and Roush make me despise KSR a lot of times.

We have absolutely ZERO insiders. If that hasn’t been proven to people yet, it never will be. If you pay for “premium access”, you are an absolute fool. Not you specifically.
The very concept of insiders when dealing with the whims of kids is out on a thin limb anyway.

I bet often they do have the scoop and and kids just flip the script or the connects they have are over enthusiastic when things are still a a ways off from locked in and they run with the vibes.

Uncertainty is a tough sell but it would be a lot more real. I reckon they strike the best balance they can.
 

BBN9

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Man, you understand that no one is fooled by this charade. You keep getting banned and come back with another account and we end up having this same conversation all the time. I work in sales. There are peak periods and slow periods. I post at work, so do others. I post here. They post on Instagram and things like that. I really hate blocking people — I’d love to get to a point where you’d stop harassing me. I genuinely have no idea why you do it. I’d just like you to leave me alone, please.
Relax, just messin with ya.
 

Im The Village Idiot

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Which one is this guy? I used to refuse ignoring people too but it’s kept me on good behavior the last couple of weeks and out of @jedwar biblical wrath so I dig it.

How someone doesn’t understand you can post while at work in 2026 is absolutely beyond me but whatever.
I actually don’t know who the guy is. I have the same conversation with him about once a month. Usually he responds when I say I’m a sales broker with yeah right lol. There’s no way. It’s actually disturbing. I don’t think this person understands how obviously it is the same person. But I also don’t understand why they are doing it. I’ve had my fair share of disagreements with people on here but I never intentionally try to be nasty to anyone about it. To me it’s sports and intellectual debate but whatever

And yes, use ignore if you need to. I save it for only the most extreme
 
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Bruce9

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There is a lot of red tape to work on here to finalize the deal. Our offer is way ahead of anyone else and triple what FC Barcelona is offering him to stay. Very high likelihood he ends up at Kentucky just may take longer than originally expected. I think Branham pulled his CB pick too early and Nikola will be a cat next season.
No he is not coming here it's off ,because UK wanted to back load the money,he will either stay were he is or go somewhere else.
 

BBN9

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I actually don’t know who the guy is. I have the same conversation with him about once a month. Usually he responds when I say I’m a sales broker with yeah right lol. There’s no way. It’s actually disturbing. I don’t think this person understands how obviously it is the same person. But I also don’t understand why they are doing it. I’ve had my fair share of disagreements with people on here but I never intentionally try to be nasty to anyone about it. To me it’s sports and intellectual debate but whatever

And yes, use ignore if you need to. I save it for only the most extreme
Bro, hate to break it to ya but I have no idea what your occupation is. You got me confused with someone else. Seriously
 

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Branham crystal ball removal + Nikola/Fueger social media unfollowing = 😔

Really no clue what the heck happened from the time I left work until the time I got home but at this point nothing left to do but hope for the best.
He’s a cat then since that is just like all the players unfollowing Milan before he committed
 

Im The Village Idiot

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This feels like one that will come back to haunt Pope and could be the difference between a final 4 or a sweet 16 and moving on from him after next season.
Idk maybe. He has the roster even without this guy to prove himself.

Make no mistake though, he will have to prove it or this AD won’t wait.
 
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DudahUK

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Chill, I was just razzin’ the kid. He’s easy to get riled up.
So you admit you were trolling? Why? And you can give crap about posting while he is working? I have no skin in the game except the Idiot is my idiot and friend and I don’t know you.

Anyways, so now we aren’t getting the kid? I just read the contract was dang near done, just figuring out the second year. I refuse to believe stuff can change that quickly.
 

Im The Village Idiot

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So you admit you were trolling? Why? And you can give crap about posting while he is working? I have no skin in the game except the Idiot is my idiot and friend and I don’t know you.

Anyways, so now we aren’t getting the kid? I just read the contract was dang near done, just figuring out the second year. I refuse to believe stuff can change that quickly.
Honestly, I don’t know if we are getting him or not. It seems that we are definitely not “the outright favorites” at this point. It’s a more contested race thanks to some heavy negative recruiting, some of it by former players and their families apparently.
 
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DudahUK

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The very concept of insiders when dealing with the whims of kids is out on a thin limb anyway.

I bet often they do have the scoop and and kids just flip the script or the connects they have are over enthusiastic when things are still a a ways off from locked in and they run with the vibes.

Uncertainty is a tough sell but it would be a lot more real. I reckon they strike the best balance they can.
Agree about the kids part. I seriously doubt they have any scoop. They just hedge it and sound like they do. Who does Jack Pilgrim know in Serbia? You know what I mean? Maybe he talked to someone who talked to someone but that doesn’t mean he’s an insider or have a clue.

I seriously can’t recall one player that Pilgrim ever said we would sign at the beginning of the recruitment and it work out. It’s always a caveat of things changed. In every single recruitment things changed? Why say anything at all?
 

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How many times did I say to be patient with him? I pointed out dozens of times that it took Hurley, Golden, and Donovan a few years to get things going at UConn and Florida.

No one here wanted to listen to me. Pope is extremely intelligent. He’s going to figure it out.
No he’s not.

He is figured out. 11 seasons as head coach he’s the coach that he is.

He does nothing well as coach. No offensive plan. No defensive plan.

No preparation. Players don’t improve. Players not in condition.

His teams just don’t compete. And sometimes they just quit. Or even worse, they just don’t show up.

You could give Pope an NBA all star team and he would win 63%.

BYU was glad to get rid of him.

You can throw all that BS out there about Hurley and other coaches. Those teams got better every year. And they never just quit.

Popes teams get worse.

He’s 20-16 in the SEC. The worst 2 year stretch of any UK coach in history.
 

DudahUK

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Honestly, I don’t know if we are getting him or not. It seems that we are definitely not “the outright favorites” at this point. It’s a more contested race thanks to some heavy negative recruiting, some of it by former players and their families apparently.
Wait what? Where did all this come from? Talking about the last part? Our former players? How would they be talking to this kid? Who is saying that? Like I said, glad I hardly follow recruiting anymore. It’s impossible under pope.
 

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Honestly, I don’t know if we are getting him or not. It seems that we are definitely not “the outright favorites” at this point. It’s a more contested race thanks to some heavy negative recruiting, some of it by former players and their families apparently.
Seriously? Wow what former players are doing such an arsehole move?
 
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I know where I would go if I was in his position. Just saying.
TBH if I was in his position and I was getting as much draft buzz as he is, I wouldn’t even leave FC Barcelona, he’s gonna get paid as a lottery pick as is, but that’s just my 2 cents and these days that doesn’t go very far
 
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Im The Village Idiot

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Agree about the kids part. I seriously doubt they have any scoop. They just hedge it and sound like they do. Who does Jack Pilgrim know in Serbia? You know what I mean? Maybe he talked to someone who talked to someone but that doesn’t mean he’s an insider or have a clue.

I seriously can’t recall one player that Pilgrim ever said we would sign at the beginning
Of the recruitment and it work out. It’s always a caveat of things changed. In every single recruitment things changed? Why say anything at all?
There’s the agents, handlers and international liaisons. That’s where I’d bet guys like Jack get most of their info for international guys. There’s stuff out there right now that’s too specific for me to think he isn’t connected. Like what I said a moment ago about the negative recruiting. Gotta remember some of the schools in on Nikola have been on him for a long time. We showed up with a massive bag and now they start chirping to convince the kid not to sign. We are still in this one for now, could change.
 

Im The Village Idiot

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I don’t give 2 ***** about what anybody does on a messageboard. Think about it. You're getting upset and arguing with somebody with an anonymous name who you don’t know from Adam. Chill. It’s not serious.
I’m not upset at all. If anything I’m hopeful we can be cordial so that I can enjoy your posts. I hate having pages full of ignored users. Right now, I think I’m back at zero “ignored” users.
 

DudahUK

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No he’s not.

He is figured out. 11 seasons as head coach he’s the coach that he is.

He does nothing well as coach. No offensive plan. No defensive plan.

No preparation. Players don’t improve. Players not in condition.

His teams just don’t compete. And sometimes they just quit. Or even worse, they just don’t show up.

You could give Pope an NBA all star team and he would win 63%.

BYU was glad to get rid of him.

You can throw all that BS out there about Hurley and other coaches. Those teams got better every year. And they never just quit.

Popes teams get worse.

He’s 20-16 in the SEC. The worst 2 year stretch of any UK coach in history.
It also shouldn’t take anyone much time at all to “get going” in recruiting when you have Kentucky backing. I mean… seriously?
 

Im The Village Idiot

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Wait what? Where did all this come from? Talking about the last part? Our former players? How would they be talking to this kid? Who is saying that? Like I said, glad I hardly follow recruiting anymore. It’s impossible under pope.
Don’t know if it’s our former players for sure. But I’d certainly think so.

And yeah I’m a glutton for punishment for keeping up with it honestly
 
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DudahUK

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TBH if I was in his position and I was getting as much draft buzz as he is, I wouldn’t even leave FC Barcelona, he’s gonna get paid as a lottery pick as is, but that’s just my 2 cents and these days that doesn’t go very far
Yeah but he could get multi multi millions playing in college for 2 years. I know that’s the big upside for euros coming over is the pay. I get exactly what you are saying.

you are morg right?