Our offensive identity

[RunninRichie]

looks that way

butler - elite defender and big time winner
robinson - few years in pope's system
brea - elite elite shooter and scorer
oweh - budding star
williams - unicorn big man

We really haven't had a stretch 4 since Carr. That's been the biggest weakness on our teams. Carr's ability to hit the 3 at a decent clip, really opened up driving lanes for our guards. Last year we had brick layers at the 4. McBride and Ousmane are streaky at best.

 

[UKCowboys]

looks that way

butler - elite defender and big time winner
robinson - few years in pope's system
brea - elite elite shooter and scorer
oweh - budding star
williams - unicorn big man

I still contend if that team is completely healthy they were a FF team at least

 

[Catastic5]

Year 1 was Pope's best roster. Which is ironic because most people, including Matt Jones and most posters on here, loudly proclaimed that it would be the weakest roster Pope would have here. There was a topic on here earlier today that for some dumb reason got deleted by super sensitive mods that pointed this out.

It has gotten progressively worse. To me, this year's roster is the weakest Pope has had. Give me last year's backcourt with Oweh alone over our group this year. And say what you want about MoD and BG, but I'd take those dudes over N'Diaye, McBride, and whoever else. Milan is good but limited in a lot of ways.

Arrow is definitely pointing down on the program.

I’m half convinced that negative recruitment harshly affected Pope. The way other coaches act towards Pope on the court, the potshots they’ve made towards him directly or indirectly off the court; I wouldn’t be shocked if they’re not talking mad sh*t about him to recruits. They’re bullying him. And sadly, they’re probably not wrong. Coaches can see it. Recruits can see it. The man simply wasn’t made to be a cutthroat basketball coach. And at Kentucky, you won’t survive like that.

Another theory is he completely abandoned what made him successful in his first season. Instead of running after under the radar players like he did his first transfer portal, he started pushing hard on elite players and guys that do not mesh with his play style and personality. He’s massively overcorrected because of the first season’s defensive deficiencies and has become obsessed with it. Problem is, the defense hasn’t really improved. And instead of bringing in a defensive specialist, he stupidly delegated the task to Mark Fox, for some inexplicable reason.

 

[RunninRichie]

I’m half convinced that negative recruitment harshly affected Pope. The way other coaches act towards Pope on the court, the potshots they’ve made towards him directly or indirectly off the court; I wouldn’t be shocked if they’re not talking mad sh*t about him to recruits. They’re bullying him. And sadly, they’re probably not wrong. Coaches can see it. Recruits can see it. The man simply wasn’t made to be a cutthroat basketball coach. And at Kentucky, you won’t survive like that.

Another theory is he completely abandoned what made him successful in his first season. Instead of running after under the radar players like he did his first transfer portal, he started pushing hard on elite players and guys that do not mesh with his play style and personality. He’s massively overcorrected because of the first season’s defensive deficiencies and has become obsessed with it. Problem is, the defense hasn’t really improved. And instead of bringing in a defensive specialist, he stupidly delegated the task to Mark Fox, for some inexplicable reason.

Just one more year and it's over.