Rumors suggest BYU transfer point guard Rob Wright III didn't enjoy a very positive visit to Mark Pope's basketball program on Monday.
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REALLY! Chat Bot! What a dumb a$z you are! Is there anything I said in the post that is not correct? Just because the points in my post are correct, that makes me a f@@k### Chat Bot? Yourself, and some other dumb a$zzs on here aren't bright enough to realize that there are many readers of this site who rarely post (like me) but who are "fed up" with Pope/Barnhart and the state of UK's program. When a post appears from someone who is not a regular poster, don't automatically assume they are a troll or Chat Bot because...pardon me, your ignorance is showing!
More likely to see a decommitment from Mason Williams as the PG announcement than something positive
Another reply by someone ignorant...and it doesn't take Chat GPT to discern that fact!!!
Mo and Mason bouncing wouldn’t be surprising at this point. Mo is probably serving these guys up on a silver platter and then Pope gets ahold of them.
What dam# parody account??? Don't you and others on here realize that even the "silent" UK fans are completely fed up with the "bumbling" Pope and "incompetent" Barnhart? Just because one of the silent "fed up masses" posts on here, that does not make our posts a f#@k!#2 parody account!!!
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Are they off the board yet? No they are not. Freak out when they are committ somewhere else.
Im fed up too. A parody account was the one who tweeted the absurd outcome that generated the ai slop.
Then the absurd actually came to be.
Now we know that it wasn't a blunder on Pope's part and Wright never intended to come here. He just used UK for the $ raise. His visit is the one that was cut short that Pope mentioned about a recruit. I hope Pope sent him home when he saw he was wasting time and resources!
Ummm. How was it not a blunder? He wined and dined him on our dime.i don’t even blame dude. No way in hell am I playing for that nerd if I had the ability.
Talking about Pope if that wasn’t behind obvious.
https://www.nationofblue.com/rob-wr...o76UxF6jCZwk8BuaZW_aem_WR0I7XBtCJ4X_tTFerb0qQ
I assume the staff picked up that he wasn't serious once he got there. 1 day come on. Agent could have told them anything to get the visit.
I assume the staff picked up that he wasn't serious once he got there. 1 day come on. Agent could have told them anything to get the visit.
You bring a player of that caliber in for a visit if player and agent want to come. If you feel like you’re being played, then you send him home or let him visit Lexington by himself for a couple days. (But, you don’t ignore the initial interest.)
You do keep receipts on the agent. This agent will want something from Pope and UK in the future. Coaching circles are tight. I’m guessing word will quickly spread among coaches about agents they can trust and not trust. I’m guessing Wright’s agent will have a short career. (This is all based on someone lying to leverage.) Professional agents will obviously leverage one team against another, but they try not to burn bridges.
Like most news stories, I’m guessing the truth is somewhere in the middle of what’s being said.
Pretty surprising when that came out. We had all kinds of reports that he was picking up steam, ours to lose and all this. Turns out the whole thing was an elaborate scheme to get more money out of BYU. Makes you wonder how common this type of thing is.
Hmm. So you agree with me? That’s a bunch of words to say I agree.
We gave $6 million to BYU for Pooe and they went and got a better coach. Literally, BYU fans thanked us. That’s all you need to know.
They were almost as bad as we were last year despite having less injuries and the #1 pick in the NBA draft. I understand if Pope isn’t the flavor right now but I’m not sure Young is any better.
For sure. It’s just strange to me that as soon as Pope left, they can all of a sudden recruit. You could say $$ and I would counter that with why didn’t Pope get it?
Exactly. I hope we keep a list of the BS agents who played games like Freeman’s and Wrights if they have any players in the future. The issue is half these guys have some random friend as their agent and not a real one. There need to be strict agent requirements like the NBA so this crap happens less often.
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1.) The circumstances were a little different due to conference realignment. For most of the Pope era, BYU was a midmajor. They were in the WCC, same conference as Gonzaga. They only moved to the Big 12 in Pope’s final season there. Midmajor school, midmajor resources, midmajor outreach.
2.) Kevin Young is a direct descendant of Brigham Young. As much as we see Pope as the poster child for his particular religion, his ties pale in comparison to the current Cougar coach. This is a big deal for Mormons, who see college athletics as a billboard for evangelism. This a religion with deep, deep pockets and have made a university-wide effort to beef up spending across all sports for evangelical reasons. The familial ties allow Young to specifically benefit even more.
3.) Kevin Young is very close to the current owner of the Utah Jazz, Ryan Smith, who has become one of the largest known boosters in college sports. Unfathomably rich and willing to spend insane amounts of cash.
It isn’t the same world Pope was in. Frankly, if I were a BYU basketball fan, I’d be much more frustrated with Young, given the resources at his disposal than I currently am with Pope — and that’s saying something.
I think the short answer is before the 24-25 year was when NIL really blew up. Not just UK or BYU but across the board.
Because Young is BFF with the Jazz owner
In 2 years he already has 2 NCAA tournament wins. How long it take Pope to get one of those at BYU? Oh that's right..
Brother, have you looked at how poorly BYU perform regular season and the tourney and one year with arguably the best player in the nation?
JWUK... how did he do this year woth AJ and Wright?? Tied for 7th in the conference, 12-13 losses and a first round exit. Serious I get you all do not like Pope but at leastknow what you are talking about when comparing coaches.
Can't hate on Pope with this new info. If they figured out he was trying to play them and sent him packing on Day 1 of the visit, that actually engenders a little respect from me. Not fúcking around. Good.
I don't even think he's an amazing coach. But it is not unreasonable that someone would prefer him to Pope.
Based on what? The dude had AJ and robert Wright and lost the first game with Attorney.
Totally disagree with you! You trust agent and player when they say they’re seriously interested. If rumors are correct then Pope smelled it out pretty fast and sent them home a day early. (Not sure that’s getting played.)
Pope struggled early this cycle, but I don’t think this recruitment was a problem.
Saunders a 17 ppg scorer tore his ACL during the season and makes a big difference.
So now we count injuries???