Pope and UK are the hit Kings

Buckwheat Otay Is Dead

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It seems odd that after the third game of the year the talking heads on the Internet and sites like this one here are already calling for gloom and doom, and the reason is obvious. It’s not about Pope or the team but instead about the need for internet hits. UK has a fan base. Most schools don’t. Didn’t Arkansas lose, even Duke but they neither of these schools can make you money. If UK had lost by a point would it have mattered to the get hit rage.
UK gets you hits and makes you money. The playbook is set. UK bad. pope is bad. There are people on here picking on the fact Pope is a Morman.

These are the two facts that matter. Pope leaves so does the recruits. Just like what Pope inherited from Cal. No players. Any coach worth his salt would never come to UK in the Internet age. You read the same regurgitated name. Donavan, Oaks, but if Pope goes to the Sweet 16 he gets a contract extension. Think about it, would that not be ironic.
 
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Cats4321

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No way an actual UK fan would post that garbage. With NIL and a decent coach, Kentucky could have a better team in year one. It sure wouldn't be hard to match our recent success.

Kentucky has standards. Pope didn't match those standards when he was hired, and he has failed miserably while here. That's just reality.
 

BigBluefoot

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RedwoodHigh

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Because Ky gets the hits$ & click$ is the very reason why the BBN DEMANDS success on the Basketball Court. Pope can not manage the team on the court - much less the demands of the passionate fan base.
The sheer low volume of BBN FANS at the game last night speaks volumes. College sports is a billion dollar entertainment enterprise now & That exhibition last night was NOT ENTERTAINING.
 

UKWildcats1987

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No way an actual UK fan would post that garbage. With NIL and a decent coach, Kentucky could have a better team in year one. It sure wouldn't be hard to match our recent success.

Kentucky has standards. Pope didn't match those standards when he was hired, and he has failed miserably while here. That's just reality.

And if what he says is true (it isnt), then give 80% of men's basketball NIL budget to football.

"If" no one can win or wants to come here lol
 

kfwa

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Cal and Jon Scheyer aren't coaching for their jobs.

the first test of the season and you lose so badly people are questioning if Kentucky even belongs in the champions classic is why people are framing Pope's viability the way they are
 
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WeWant9

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Yeah, it's actually about Pope. I've seen a few fans try the it's just one game, but it's more because this has become a trend with different rosters. We've kicked the can down the road several times and gotten the same results.

It's okay to just admit that Pope is not cut out for this job, there is no need to create fake boogeymen.
 

MegaBlue05

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It wasn’t losing. It’s the manner in which we lost. I think some of us could’ve lived with it a little bit if we lost by 4 instead of 20.

We deserve the beating we’re taking today. I love Mark Pope the person and hope we don’t lose another game this season and he ends up becoming the greatest UK coach of all time. But the demonstrated performance through 2.09 seasons says he’s not the guy. I will not call him names or talk trash about him as a person, but I have no confidence in his ability to do this job the wzy we expect it to be done.
 

BlueSince92

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Precisely.

Has nothing at all to do with the fact we just watched two historic blue blood teams play and only one of them was even running any viable offense or defense.
 
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Turbo_Blue78

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We need someone to hold this team accountable and push them to their limits. We need to start treating other teams as if they assaulted your mother and rip their beating hearts from the chest and proceed to fathering their future children
 
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