Even if he pulls a rabbit out of his hat this year why does anyone tink it is repeatable. He could assemble a mid major all star team and get a good draw and make it to the elite eight but that is the ceiling if and only if he can continue to come back from double digit deficits and throw in a...
Players are not coming here because of Pope. Nobody decides to go to a school because of the asst coach. They go because of the head coach. If the Asst. Coach is the closer then the head coach is completely useless. You can't hide a head coach in recruiting. That's the issue.
The other issue is will he be able to replace the players he is running off with better players. If not he is making it worse to fix the money issues he created. Plus if Garrison or jasper go somewhere and does well it makes him look even worse to fans but also next years recruits. It a lose...