Pope “bloody practice”
- Thread starter RunninRichie
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When what you are practicing is total garbage, how do you expect the end product to be anything other than total garbage? The offense is chit. The defense is chit. We do nothing even remotely well. Maybe the additional practice will make us look even suckier the next time we face a team with a pulse.
Considering how much we get injured, I sometimes wonder if there’s a serious flaw in his practice methods?
Please please please please tell me this man didnt actually use the word beauty????????? Is this a parody type thing???
They can practice all they want but when the system being practiced sucks, it doesn’t matter.
Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent.
Mark Pope’s team have perfected:
-playing defense with hands down;
-not pressuring on ball making passing easy;
-rebounding with 1 hand;
-playing the only post presence 24 feet out;
-failure to run any offense to setup scorers;
-only acting tough when they want to fight
so on and so on.
Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent.
Mark Pope’s team have perfected:
-playing defense with hands down;
-not pressuring on ball making passing easy;
-rebounding with 1 hand;
-playing the only post presence 24 feet out;
-failure to run any offense to setup scorers;
-only acting tough when they want to fight
so on and so on.
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I remember when he was hired, he said he coached his teams to tip rebounds. Some of our fans said it was genius.
Only bloody thing about a Pope practice is his tampon
The whole spiel that Pope is super smart is laughable. I don’t give a crap about his GPA. Is he smart enough to win ballgames? I think we have seen enough to know the answer.
dont forget never blocking out. I remember being so mad Amari Williams would never block out. I thought its probably just him. turns out its popes teams
So lash out at the players over your own poor coaching? 
I don't think intensifying practice or fixing "the system" is something that will do anything. I just don't think this team is very talented and it's too late to fix that.
His offensive scheme with the center running the offense from the top of the key hasn’t worked for any team. It’s not going to work for him.
The in-game body language from our players tells it all. Momcilivic looked shell shocked, as if "why did I come here?"
Have the results not proven that to you yet?
Yep. Every one of those guys were just going through the motions. Its bad enough they're outmatched talent wise, but they already just don't care.
This is about to be a very long season. I see no way Pope survives this.
He needs to be fired after we lose to Louisville
I’m sick of how he talks. What a freaking joke of a coach. I wouldn’t want to play for this sissy buffoon either.
Who says stuff like this? Like a hallmark channel head coach. The system belongs to you, not the players.
This is a KENTUCKY player, a family man, and a man of religion. He loves this program, and started 6 games for a championship team now 30 years ago. How dare you.
/s
What gets me is that after Moreno and cousamane seen how the game was being called, neither changed their careless lackadaisical play. We were out of it from that point on, I knew Zoom would come around, if not for him we would have gotten beat by 40. It’s bothering me worse today than it did last night.
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Sounds exactly like the ******** that Cal used after every blowout loss.
Actually, the greatest rebounder of all time, Dennis Rodman, said that's how he got all those rebounds....He said he would always try to tip the ball to himself
I don’t think old school techniques like “the bloody practice” are gonna work on new school players who are pros with agents, accountants and lawyers.
In a totally new era with a totally different type player, you’re probably gonna need to come up with new motivational techniques as well.
In a totally new era with a totally different type player, you’re probably gonna need to come up with new motivational techniques as well.
He spent the whole summer saying "c'mon guys, put down your phones and look over here. I'm serous guys, practice has started. You don't want Coach Fox getting angry at you. Time to practice college basketball plays. I have the ball so please listen to me. It is my time to be heard. Don't make me blow this whistle. Guys, I'm serious. Dark Pope is about to come out so--Hey Malachi did you say the word poop-but-not-poop?"
But now practice is about to get real.
But now practice is about to get real.
If we had "bloody practices" to BEGIN with,maybe we wouldn't be so soft.
Third damn season and this clown is still reactionary and making false bravado for the mic and cameras. This guy can not be here. The players are far from perfect but he is the guy that made evaluations on their talent and brought them here. He is the guy "coaching" them.
Third year and he acts like this is a surprise?
He is the weak link. Not the players he knew his job here was on the line and this is what he has produced.
Third damn season and this clown is still reactionary and making false bravado for the mic and cameras. This guy can not be here. The players are far from perfect but he is the guy that made evaluations on their talent and brought them here. He is the guy "coaching" them.
Third year and he acts like this is a surprise?
He is the weak link. Not the players he knew his job here was on the line and this is what he has produced.
Works for Izzo, Hurley etc.
But it's hard for me to take anything he states seriously at this point, when he lets.Moreno stroll up the court when the play is already over. He let's them walk over him. Soft coach = Soft team.
And then he remembered “Oh yeah, for $6 million.”
Why wait. Rip the bandaid off.
I wouldn't mind, but it would truly leave no doubt for anyone left If we stumble along and then completely fold against our rival before league play. A few more post pressers where Pope keeps telling us that we are horribly coached will make the decision far easier
Won’t have to wait for the Louisville game. Indiana is gonna roll us.
Oh I don't doubt we lose that one either. But a loss to UL in Rupp after all of that... boom
Dude is an absolute fraud. And I think most everyone is starting to realize it now.
Dennis Rodman was also one of the best pure athletes of his generation to play basketball at the size and position he did. Was a damned pogo stick with arms.
He is in over his head. At this rate, we might get the dreaded players only meeting before we even hit December.
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