The HS players that have an impact on the game is very small. The Anthony davis's and Zion's are far apart and few in between. I would rather have a 22 year old experienced 3 star player than a freshman 5 star
Mark Pope deserves a massive "atta boy." Well done, coach.
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I didn't say I "know" anything. I made what I thought was a pretty elementary standard deduction. It isn't a hard deduction if you are objective.
my thoughts exactly. pope deserves all the credit for building a roster that can compete at the highest level next year but i felt he also needed to have a very good summer landing some HS guys to not be so dependent on the portal and last minute grabs.
Im fine with mostly getting talent from the portal, especially going forward with the 5 for 5. High school recruits no longer have the same value, outside of the top few guys and I don’t trust Pope to get many of those, personally.
Up and down recruiting off season, but he finished on a high note. This finished roster finally has me excited.
A standard deduction could be made that when some states something in an absolute manner that that person “knows”. I simply asked a simple question based on my objectively reasoned position that there are actually other options that could have been in play other than the ONE you stated in an absolute manner.
Feeling good about the roster. Now I want to see if Pope can get these guys to go wide open for 40+ games.
the great teams usually only have a slip up or two. They regroup and come back nastier. I want to see us fighting for a one seed all year.
the great teams usually only have a slip up or two. They regroup and come back nastier. I want to see us fighting for a one seed all year.
I've (for a very long time now) had it in my head that if Saul started supporting Pope, you would know Pope has done a hell of a job.
The talent is there. If Pope has the coaching chops, this is going to be a great year for us.
The talent is there. If Pope has the coaching chops, this is going to be a great year for us.
Big ups to Pope for being able to pay more than 99% of D1 to put together a basketball team, and then subsequently landing good, highly paid players. Unbelievable job.
Yep, big ups for playing ball in the current landscape getting it done regardless. Whatever means he used doesn’t matter to those want to win and don’t care about the PR nonsense. If he used an advanced sales pitch or a big fat check idc. Top portal class. That’s worth being happy about.
There was never a money problem. There was never a JMI problem.
Any problems, or successes, were totally on Pope.
Galactic level? Dramatic much?
Those like SoS have been very disrespectful and insufferable to those who disagree with them. Many of us said we'd gladly call them out when they were proven wrong and they were good with that. So here we are.
That's how you get the Milan Monchdyfftvches and Mark Mitchells. I think Mark Pope might finally be learning that the name on the front of the jersey doesn't matter as much anymore.
I’m wondering if the sudden uptick in talent coincides with the addition of Williams to the staff.
It's not some mystery dude, lol. We paid out the ***. That's why we got Momcilovic and Mitchell.
I mean, he's gotta win and win big now. But there's no hidden mystery as to why we got those dudes. C'mon.
Recruiting? LMAO, he's paying the guys he gets an unbelievable amount of money to come play for him, because he's such a lousy recruiter. He's once again gonna have the most expensive roster in the country, and still won't win crap. Did he really pay 6 million dollars for Mark Mitchell? Ha ha.
Good thing no one else had any money.
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Lousy recruiter. #1 recruiting class from the portal. I guess being a good recruiter doesn’t matter so much anymore.
Big difference in recruiting them and buying them.
Is there really that big of a difference? Difference to whom? I thought the reason us fans cared about recruiting is we want good players. So if something other than recruiting is getting those players, shouldn’t we be glad for that? I don’t understand where the gripe is.
Now I remember why I blocked you. You’re unreasonable, irrational, and overly vindictive. You don’t have a monopoly on fanhood. Grow up. Nothing hs been proven yet, just some positive news. Let’s “let the season play out” before you start taking scalps.
I am just glad we get to see what Pope can do with a title contending roster. If he make a deep run, it will prove he can be a dependable coach assuming he can continue to get talent.
If we look like last year, the decision to move on becomes more clear.
If we look like last year, the decision to move on becomes more clear.
How do we even separate money from recruiting at this point?
It's not as if coaches are giving recruiting pitches without money. It's all part of the same process now. The highest bidder wins a lot of recruitments in 2026. That doesn't just apply to Mark Pope.
Thinking HAM is a Razorback fan If so, I think he has a leg to stand on here. Pretty common knowledge none of their players accepted a penny to play for them. They’re all only on scholarship.
I live in Columbus and I can’t tell you how depressed and angry all the Ohio state fans and big Ten fans up here are about the fact that they now can outspend pretty much everyone and have become the new dominant conference.
Tell em to hang in there brother. It must be awful. Lol
Just about every single one of the insufferable a-holes checked in to give Pope their approval as if Pope would spit on any of them if they were on fire. The good thing is that they are all nobodies that didn't accomplish a single thing for months but get their daily dose of internet dopamine. I guess we will have to wait until the first loss to hear from any of these queens, hear from the OP about how we should have kept Calipari, etc. (3rd grade stuff), but every one of them will turn on him......Again, they are crybabies that he doesn't care about, so let them be fairweather clowns and scratch their daily itch to act like spoiled brats. Even in the original thread, the insufferable OP gave him an "adda boy" like he's some superior Cat giving him a pat on the head. LOL at the garbage show.
The good news? 99.9 percent of UK's overall fans don't act like petulant jerks that have to be catered to.
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I haven’t seen a soul say it. People are happy Pope had a good off-season and think the team has potential. That’s as rah-rah as it has gotten which is fair.
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