Not the way Cal was. Not even close on this specific matter. Remember Hamidou Diallo? Many people accused Cal of allowing players to commit knowing full well they would never play.
Pope has absolutely received criticism, mainly regarding recruiting, his lack of success as a coach, etc. I...
Your entire fantasy hinges on signing some dude that likely has zero desire to come coach in the US. Why would he come here? For Mark Pope??? š¤£
We would be better off trying to hire a European star that has retired from the NBA and still lives here.
Going Euro to fill a couple roster spots...
Cal had a couple players do this and everyone was all riled up and blaming him, yet I donāt see Pope getting railed for recruiting a player that just uses us.
Cal hung a final 4 banner something like an average of every 3-4 years and he was treated 100x worse than anything Iāve read about Pope.
Pope gets more time to set us back ever further because heās one of us?
Someone who actually loved the school and knew they werenāt right. Did you not read my message? I answered your question before you asked it.
Someone who HAD an amazing legacy that wanted to keep it that way. If he is lucky, his legacy wont be the worst coach in history.
Are you secretly my...
Iām not sure these guards are better than one of those teams, much less all of them BY FAR. I could argue each year successfully I believe and especially after the upcoming season.
19-20: Quickley (we have nobody close), Maxey (why am I even replying) (both all-sec, Quickley SEC POY)
20-21...
I almost stopped reading when you misspelled Morenoās name. I didnāt, and I regret that decision, because the rest of your message just confirmed what I expected.
Williams is above average? We are one or two superstars away from a final four? We have two EXCELLENT pgās?
You got one thing...
Iām not sureā¦.i think I have seen about 738 different comments on RR about the silence from Pope since the end of the season and probably 3x that amount from people on social media.
Could it be the loudmouth āfansā and the constant BS coaches and players have to read/deal with?
If only we had someone at the helm who was forward thinking, willing to take a risk to be the first to do it, and understood that the more you take care of the kids and their families, the easier it will be to recruit and get them here.
He wasnāt put in a difficult situation.
He put himself in that position. He put his name out there. He took the call. He accepted the position. He got a huge raise for doing so.
At any point, he could have said that he isnāt ready, isnāt experienced enough, isnāt the right guyā¦he didnāt.
If...