I was not thrilled when we picked up Jaland Lowe for this reason. The evidence has been clear for a while and I'm confused why Mark Pope couldn't see this or chose not to follow this. We need a roster full of tall long players with skill.
I'm over the whole getting players from Kentucky thing also. In the NIL era you need to be able to bench or cut players that aren't helping you win, no strings attached or hard feelings.
When you are struggling EXTREMELY and it's looking like your job is on the line and that you completely whiffed on acquiring talented players and are stuck with overpaid role players AND you don't go out and land the top NIKE athlete and let him go to an adidas school like Kansas. YOU DO NOT...
Yet they passed up proven coaches in the SEC for an unproven Pope. Oats, Pearl, etc. and went straight to Pope. The same goes for players. No player should have to find their game and confidence at Kentucky.