Considering he's a 12 loss a year coach for his career and he has NEVER won a regular season or conference tournament, I'd say no. He is who was hired. An average coach with a mediocre resume.
Pope is who he is. He's not a championship caliber coach and most everyone knew this before he got picked. We just tried to be optimistic and hope for the best. He had done nothing spectacular in his 9 years of coaching before UK.