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UK/Pope now have 5 wins over AP top 25 teams this season

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Anon497454 said:
Ky and Pope had 8 wins over AP top 25 teams last yr.
Pope will have a shot at 6 wins over AP top 25 teams this yr as UF comes to the Bluegrass next Sat.

Ummmm thats 13 wins over AP top 25 teams in less than 2 yrs.

oipe isnt going anywhere nor should he.

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He at least deserves not to have his name misspelled 2 out of 4 times 😁
 
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Anon497454 said:
Ky and Pope had 8 wins over AP top 25 teams last yr.
Pope will have a shot at 6 wins over AP top 25 teams this yr as UF comes to the Bluegrass next Sat.

Ummmm thats 13 wins over AP top 25 teams in less than 2 yrs.

oipe isnt going anywhere nor should he.

Buckle your Big Blue seat belts because its on!!!
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Long as he gets to the final four by end of next season..
 
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As long as they are a legit final four CONTENDER next year I'm fine with Pope. I'm not going to say he absolutely has to make the final four next year. It takes some luck to get there. Look at Florida last year against UConn and Texas Tech. I also do want to see a little different coaching style from him. Show some fire. Positivity is fine, but I think Pope would benefit from being known more as upbeat instead of trying to do the positive word salads constantly. It would probably help with recruiting a little. The slow starts and head scratching games also have to stop. It's fine to have a couple of those games a season, it happens, but it's almost like every third game on average is a clunker since he's been here.
 
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Today , game preparation was great. We played good defense and it helped when the outside shots were falling. I hope we can clean up some of the turnovers both from guards and bigs doing illegal screens.

Great win. Reminds me of Pope when he got hired and beat Duke. Let’s hope we can prepare like this every game that’s left this season and post season and we can make a deep run In the NCaa tournament.
Good job Coach Pope!
 
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He’s definitely had some great wins, injuries and consistency have made his tenure so so thus far. Adding to those results while actually competing for a championship will be awesome hopefully.
 
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Anon497454 said:
Wonder what the man could do with a full roster?

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If Pope could recruit, dude would legitimately be a good coach for us. But that’s the problem, he’s been pretty bad at it. There’s no doubt that Pope is an above average coach, he’d be better if he cut down on the amount of players he plays.

But has Pope shown a willingness to change his strategy? He better for next year or boosters will kick him out.
 
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Anon497454 said:
Ky and Pope had 8 wins over AP top 25 teams last yr.
Pope will have a shot at 6 wins over AP top 25 teams this yr as UF comes to the Bluegrass next Sat.

Ummmm thats 13 wins over AP top 25 teams in less than 2 yrs.

Pope isnt going anywhere nor should he.

Buckle your Big Blue seat belts because its on!!!
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Shhhh! Have you not received the memo? Any positive remarks about Coach Pope are expressly forbidden on Rafters.
 
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FatCatMan said:
If Pope could recruit, dude would legitimately be a good coach for us. But that’s the problem, he’s been pretty bad at it. There’s no doubt that Pope is an above average coach, he’d be better if he cut down on the amount of players he plays.

But has Pope shown a willingness to change his strategy? He better for next year or boosters will kick him out.
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If he can recruit and if he can maintain a consistency in game preparation. To me the second one is as concerning as the first one.
 
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Anon497454 said:
Ky and Pope had 8 wins over AP top 25 teams last yr.
Pope will have a shot at 6 wins over AP top 25 teams this yr as UF comes to the Bluegrass next Sat.

Ummmm thats 13 wins over AP top 25 teams in less than 2 yrs.

Pope isnt going anywhere nor should he.

Buckle your Big Blue seat belts because its on!!!
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I guess your satisfied as mediocre which is ok but Kentucky standard should be held better than what coach Pope has done
 
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*Fox2Monk* said:
He’s definitely had some great wins, injuries and consistency have made his tenure so so thus far. Adding to those results while actually competing for a championship will be awesome hopefully.
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It would be great for once to have a season without any major lingering issues and get a full deck headed into March some year. It has been brutal years now for the Cats and all of the injuries mounting up.
 
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Son_Of_Saul said:
I wonder what he could do with a top 10 recruit. Something he has never landed in 11 seasons as a head coach.
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Yeah I can't believe he wasn't taking in the top 10 recruits at....Utah Valley St. A not insignificant portion of this fan base are utter morons
 
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Anon497454 said:
Wonder what the man could do with a full roster?

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I often ask myself what I'd do with 2-3 million dollars? It's on me to make that money with thorough research and sound investments. Same with Pope, he needs to recruit well and invest in injury free players.
 
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