Mitchell Not Coming to UK

[cornbreadnmilk]

70% everyone else’s fault
30% popes fault

Say whatever you want but pope has had by far the most unlucky head coaching career so far.

players get crazy injuries, HS commits uncommitting stupidly, SEC and NCAA rules messing with him.

I hope pope is absolutely pissed, I hope he’s yelling right now, we still have the opportunity to get a good 15th player but at the same time I’m sure pope is and was confident of the guys he already had, even more now

No difference makers out there. Another sweet 16 ceiling which seems to be Pope's ceiling.

 

[Kingslayer07]

Not even slightly. I'm curious to how Mizzou is going to play Tiller and Mitchell together as they're both clearly 4's.

Out will come the children of BBN now whining about Pope because they got what they thought was the taste of a F4 roster, and now it's his fault that the roster is not.

Positionless basketball. Everyone loves going small and playing faster anyway.

 

[Anon200440]

Pope get an elite player challenge: (Impossible)

 

[will1976]

 

[Tri-Countycat]

We just can’t have nice things! So we could have got the Michigan State kid and he would have been fine and made the wrong decision. Pope is snake bit.

 

[Cats4321]

That sucks, but it always felt like he was the least likely to ever play here due to eligibility issues.

If this season doesn't go as planned, some people will use this as an excuse though.Doesn't change anything for me..this has to be a special season.

 

[The Ganner]

No it's not. Mitchell isn't Pope's fault but the fact that we had to have him in order to be good is 100% on Pope.

Yup. Needing to rely on an 11th hour hail mary is Pope's fault.

 

[WeWant9]

This just kind of sums up the current state of UK bball for the last handful of years.

 

[TyCatPrice14]

What if Mitchell not coming no longer delays the inevitable? Things change sooner for the better? I know, I know, shoot me.

 

[dckala2_]

what timeline are we living in.

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

No difference makers out there. Another sweet 16 ceiling which seems to be Pope's ceiling.

No difference makers? We got the best player/difference maker from like 3 teams

 

[howitis_rivals115807]

this is what happens when you can't recruit so you have to go all in on every single long shot.

 

[katwest]

I didn’t comment on it much at all because the deck was stacked against us, I knew it was too good to be true. Then today this, oh well, the beat goes on.

 

[RunninRichie]

70% everyone else’s fault
30% popes fault

Say whatever you want but pope has had by far the most unlucky head coaching career so far.

players get crazy injuries, HS commits uncommitting stupidly, SEC and NCAA rules messing with him.

I hope pope is absolutely pissed, I hope he’s yelling right now, we still have the opportunity to get a good 15th player but at the same time I’m sure pope is and was confident of the guys he already had, even more now

Agree, Pope should get at least 15 years, to get all the bad luck out of his system.

 

[Kingslayer07]

The new GM will not put up with mediocrity here. Pope has a great season or he's probably gone and rightfully so.

 

[AllBall]

Yeah, don't really blame Mitchell for not wanting to go through with this whole song and dance.

Also, blaming this on Pope is just stupid.

Facts. A good coach would have solidified his roster long ago. Pope clinging to a hope and prayer.

 

[TigerMoving]

I mean I guess it gives us the chance to go get someone like Cade Tyson or another contributor. But still really sucks.

 

[TheResistance]

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

Well Atleast that means Alex Afari will play right?

 

[loublue22_rivals308424]

******* lmao, how much money did we spend getting him eligible and now not only do we not get him, we have to play against him. Absolutely clown show in Lexington as usual.

 

[loublue22_rivals308424]

It's not, we are a laughingstock.

 

[Cats4321]

******* lmao, how much money did we spend getting him eligible and now not only do we not get him, we have to play against him. Absolutely clown show in Lexington as usual.

The whole situation is embarrassing now.

 

[Smeegs]

I don’t blame pope for this but this is like the 15th time he’s gotten everyone’s hopes up and failed to deliver so it’s kind of a pattern lol

I don’t think this is a fair take given why we lost this one. Pope didn’t “fail to deliver” as much as the SEC blocked delivery.

Pope did successfully land the commitment, and Mitchell would be here if hadn’t been for the SEC’s interference. So it doesn’t really fit that “pattern” you’re referencing.

 

[cornbreadnmilk]

One more season of the same and you just have to move on to a great hire.

 

[huntsvillecat2]

Screw *******. He is the jerk that orchestrated this. I also am pissed that Pope and/or the admin didn’t decide to stand up to *******.

 

[JwUKFan11]

The quicker we end this Mark Pope era the quicker UK has a chance to be relevant again.

 

[SenseMaker_Cats]

How long before Sankey comes out and says, “those transfers I didn’t like, they’re cool now”?

 

[OliverSimmonsTwinBrother]

Just an absolutely generational whiffing spree Pope has had at UK. We may never see this repeated.

 

[TheResistance]

Our new AD will get the job done if Pope doesn’t do his….

This is our only hope. Because Mitch would have kept him no matter what.

 

[huntsvillecat2]

Site *****’d out Sankey with a k after the S but still….

 

[CatBearPig]

And start working on getting Billy D. Then he had all season to build a roster for next year. This is over.

 

[Anon200440]

Not gonna happen but we arent serious under pope

 

[NociHTTP]

What’s going on is intraconfernce transfers outside of the portal window were never allowed and pope took a gamble hoping the SEC would back down and they did not

It’s the same issue it’s been for weeks, a lot of yall got lied to with clickbait headlines on twitter. Once the SEC said they weren’t allowing those transfers no matter what, it was over.

I'm glad the SEC did the right thing, and these clown players can maybe stop with their games. Next thing that needs to happen: NIL caps. Without limits this won't survive.

 

[dckala2_]

pope needs to go after this year and kentucky basketball needs a big time refresh.

 

[NociHTTP]

No it's not. Mitchell isn't Pope's fault but the fact that we had to have him in order to be good is 100% on Pope.

You've been dreaming of this day.

 

[loublue22_rivals308424]

I don’t think this is a fair take given why we lost this one. Pope didn’t “fail to deliver” as much as the SEC blocked delivery.

Pope did successfully land the commitment, and Mitchell would be here if hadn’t been for the SEC’s interference. So it doesn’t really fit that “pattern” you’re referencing.

The rule was plain for everyone to see. A competent program would know before going through a months long process that probably cost well into six figures what the probable outcome would be. In this case, not only did we lose the player, but we did all the work to get him eligible for another team in our league. This is Mitch-tier embarrassment.

 

[rob_47]

It is actually quite shocking how much stuff like this is only happening with Kentucky and Pope. No other program is having to be as paranoid about players that literally commit to them. We're just getting insanely unlucky, or screwed, over and over at this point.

Yes as soon as the mitchell to UK stuff happened the sec comes out with their reinforcement of policies.

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

I'm glad the SEC did the right thing, and these clown players can maybe stop with their games. Next thing that needs to happen: NIL caps. Without limits this won't survive.

Why would you be glad the SEC blocked Mark Mitchell? Seems anti UK basketball

 

[cornbreadnmilk]

I'm glad the SEC did the right thing, and these clown players can maybe stop with their games. Next thing that needs to happen: NIL caps. Without limits this won't survive.

Well at least this likely will cost clown Pope his job after next season.....

 

[WeWant9]

Does the UK brass have what it takes to compete in this era? We seem to want to pat ourselves on the back for being a good program, and that has resulted in jackshit.