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    Duke's Roster

    Here's the thing though. I run into Duke fans pretty much anywhere I go, and I travel a fair amount myself. Same method, opposite answers. That's usually a sign the method doesn't work. Yours isn't measuring their fanbase, it's measuring your travel and your conversations. Mine's doing the same...
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    Duke's Roster

    What facts do you have to back this up or you just going on vibes? I don't have facts to say that they do I just think it's a big unknown that leans a bit towards that they do have the fanbase because of the huge Amazon Prime deal. I'm not sure what Amazon based their decision on to give them...
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    Duke's Roster

    This is why Kentucky will always be a second tier basketball program in the NIL era and why Pope is a great fit for the program. People think I'm a troll for stating the obvious. There is no way in the NIL era that Kentucky can compete with programs like Duke.
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    Our Football coach makes front page…:.

    I believe this is one of these things that completely depends on what the results of the season are. If he wins and exceeds expectations then it's great and gets Kentucky the attention the school needs. If he he has a losing season though then it's an embarrassment and he needs to get out. I'm...
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    Why do you say that, if we consistently got to the sweet 16 that would be a huge improvement over where we are now would it not?
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    If you don't have any interest in discussing it then why don't you just get off the site? I like your takes on Kentucky basketball for the most part. You seem a bit eager to come up with excuses than to look at results but overall i like what you have to say. If you don't want to discuss...
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    I agree entirely. It's all about managing expectations. If you are expecting greatness I feel it's pretty safe to say that's not happening under Pope. It could but it's extremely unlikely. If you are pleased with consistently getting out of the first round of the NCAA tournament and you don't...
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    Are you saying calling them historically a mid program is asinine because as I said it's not what I meant? I was specifically referring to this current generation and of the last ten years. No one in their right mind thinks if you consider Kentucky's entire history that they are a mid program...
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    But wasn't that the whole main point of this thread talking about Pope? I'm pretty certain both of us agree that Pope is neither a great or horrible coach. That's exactly why I liked and agreed with your post. The people that say Pope is amazing and the people saying Pope are awful are probably...
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    Those seem like pretty mid results to me especially for a blue blood. At no point did I say Kentucky was bad. I specifically said they weren't. Over the last ten years they have been disappointing in the tournament. I guess when I say mid I mean solidly tier two and closer to tier three than...
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    I am a Kentucky fan and I meant the current Kentucky basketball program. Historically Kentucky is the best basketball program in college basketball. I should have been specific, the Kentucky basketball program of the last decade and this generation is mid. I corrected my post to be specific to...
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    The only thing I would add is to go further and say it's extremely unlikely he turns into a truly great coach. He's simply not a bad coach, he's a mid coach for the mid basketball program Kentucky has had for the last decade. They fit each other extremely well.
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    Pope's SOS and performance so far at UK

    Thank you for adding this context OP. Pope might not be the best coach but he isn't horrible by any stretch. He's right where Kentucky has been which is a solid tier two coach. I think a lot of people still think Kentucky needs to be a contender every year and if you think that then you are...
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    Pope vs Sean Miller

    What some of these guys are looking at is that they have giant rosy, big, blue glasses on and refuse to see logic, reason or with any kind of rational perspective. They believe Kentucky is always a contender, always has a great roster and a great coach and trying to speak reason or logic to...
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    Pope vs Sean Miller

    Who do you know that is expecting Kentucky to be a contender next year? I don't expect Kentucky to be a contender and none of my friends and family do either. Granted we are more casual fans but the casual fan expectation is that a sweet 16 would be great. By casual I mean we watch the games on...
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