This is one where I will reluctantly go to bat for Pope—isn’t it known the staff wanted to hold him out longer, and his camp pushed for St. John’s? I can only imagine pope’s dismay when their cautious approach proved clearly correct.
I don’t think he’s that talented but him saying pope’s ‘fatigue’ line was nonsense was one of the funniest parts of the season. He was clearly amused to have shown up for ‘Kentucky basketball’ and found himself in a daycare
Of course this guy has an agenda, but this remains my biggest concern going forward: the failure to connect/lack of cool factor. Obviously there’s really nothing too cool about guys like May or say Bruce Pearl, but a lot of coaches kind of fake it by being a bit of a bulldog or a cool hand luke...
Yes. The media coverage of unc has made it clear that this was a shocking dereliction. No one is even entertaining the idea that UNC should look for an up and comer with little or no tournament wins/experience, and/or look to alumni to hire in the family. I have no idea exactly why we rushed it...
I believed his dad’s story about him really wanting to play but something about his reading manga in the locker room and giving the most generic but firm on ‘I’m gone’ answers to questions is making me wonder… just weird vibes. Your ‘team’ is in March madness and won on a legendary shot and...
Watching these UNC and BYU (likely) round outs, it’s hard not to think… are you really telling me a guy like Caleb Wilson or AJ Dybantsa (or Ament, etc) wouldn’t have had as good or better a year playing as the star of a Kentucky team they probably could have elevated to a top 4 seed and a deep...