I knew Kev would figure it out soon enough. Cowtown will too, matter of time. Looks like Noci made the move as well, I’m seeing 2 more that were nailing me begin to like the post.
Pope was propaganda. It was hard to let it go, “front of the jersey”, “one of us”, “anti Calipari”. It really got some hard, it never really worked on me. I was against the hire but then thought maybe the NIL can recruit for him. Didn’t happen I was done. We all would love a Pitino guy to come in, protect the program, and win. But if it’s not there it’s not there. You can’t force those storylines just because you want it.
I wanted Pope to work because I wanted the Pitino era guys to be what Hall and Rupp era guys were, protectors of the program. I thought Mark might be able to be that. But then, he sucked up to Mitch immediately. He showed early on he’s not going to protect this place the way those guys did. Then the Jeff Sheppard reportedly doesn’t get involved in those things, And others like DA, McCarty, Walker, etc they aren’t those types that have weight. So my idea of that quickly died. And if he can’t do that then there’s no need in him being here. Mark isn’t powerful enough as a coach to pull weight. He’s going to do what he’s told. So I’m done with all that. Cal is gone and his guys don’t care enough. I don’t know who’s going to protect the program now from the administration. It’s up to boosters and fans.
