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FatCatMan

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Cal winning the SECT while we’re stuck in limbo waiting for our seed to be called in the tournament that’ll inevitably lead is to a 2 seed we can’t win should legitimately embarrass us. Even the media is laughing at how pathetic we are! They can somehow see what we cannot with Pope. But many of you lack the shame necessary to be embarrassed and will probably just double down on your support of Pope because you don’t know any better.

This year was shameful. Last year wasn’t exactly great either, considering we got blown out in both the SECT and the tournament
 
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I’m not and the reason is number 1, Arkansas really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme. They aren’t going anywhere, they had a lane open because Florida threw the tournament. Everyone knows that. Florida is going for back to back. If that was Arkansas? Then okay. We f’d up bad. But Arkansas winning a boat show lane in the tournament Calipari says means nothing is actually hilarious.

#2, Barnhart had to watch that. Which is excellent. UK fans and I’ve spoke to a ton of them all want to move on from Barnhart, Pope, and this president. All are unpopular across the city and I’m sure the state. Anything that makes that happen faster, let’s do it.

Nothing a regional program like Arkansas does has an impact. And Calipari and Arkansas aren’t winning anything national so it’s irrelevant. Calipari is going to live or die with Acuff and there’s too many coaches who know what to do with that.
 
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Skyhigh0324 said:
Feel bad for the folks that waste money on the SEC Tourny
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We decided not to go mid season this year. Turned it all in. I won’t spend anything on a Mark Pope basketball team it’s pointless. It’s a waste of money. I have kids, they have to watch, but if it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t. The security of the Kentucky program is dependent on Mark Pope, Mitch’s little controlled minion, being removed from the UK coaches seat. Whatever it takes.
 
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I’m The Village Idiot said:
I don’t feel embarrassed. I’m eating some Sonic, drinking in a lemonade in the beautiful spring air. Happy for Cal, hopefully Kansas gets demoted to a 5 seed but the pigpen winning a conference tourney title is no sweat off me.
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UKGrad24 said:
I’m not and the reason is number 1, Arkansas really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme. They aren’t going anywhere, they had a lane open because Florida threw the tournament. Everyone knows that. Florida is going for back to back. If that was Arkansas? Then okay. We f’d up bad. But Arkansas winning a boat show lane in the tournament Calipari says means nothing is actually hilarious.

#2, Barnhart had to watch that. Which is excellent. UK fans and I’ve spoke to a ton of them all want to move on from Barnhart, Pope, and this president. All are unpopular across the city and I’m sure the state. Anything that makes that happen faster, let’s do it.

Nothing a regional program like Arkansas does has an impact. And Calipari and Arkansas aren’t winning anything national so it’s irrelevant. Calipari is going to live or die with Acuff and there’s too many coaches who know what to do with that.
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I hope Pope was there at the SEC tournament watching this unfold so he can be reminded every second why he’s not the man for the job. You have to be wired mentally to get the job done and he isn’t.
 
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Mike-D said:
I didn't hire Pope. The only person that should be embarrassed is Mitch Barnhart. Mark Pope had zero credentials to coach here, and now here we are.
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Exactly. Let Mitch sit in this. Soon he’ll want Mark out too so a Kentucky level coach comes in and he doesn’t have to live in it.

it’s the few UK fans we have here that actually advocate for Mark remaining UK’s head coach that are just bizarre to me. It’s gonna be rough on them next season when reality finally sets in.
 
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Cats4321 said:
I don't really care about Cal winning the SEC Tournament, but I am a little embarrassed that we are at a point where the majority of fans have no faith in our current coach. Thanks Mitch!
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What Cal is doing at Arkansas, he would have never done again at Kentucky. He had a rift between himself and the AD, as well as most of the big boosters. When the fans kept yelling for Cal to play Shep-Dilly-Reeves together, he became spiteful. That was the end of it.
 
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UKGrad24 said:
Exactly. Let Mitch sit in this. Soon he’ll want Mark out too so a Kentucky level coach comes in and he doesn’t have to live in it.

it’s the few UK fans we have here that actually advocate for Mark remaining UK’s head coach that are just bizarre to me. It’s gonna be rough on them next season when reality finally sets in.
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I want the boosters to be embarrassed. Buy Pope out now. Get him out of here right now. I’m sick of looking at him.
 
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UKGrad24 said:
We decided not to go mid season this year. Turned it all in. I won’t spend anything on a Mark Pope basketball team it’s pointless. It’s a waste of money. I have kids, they have to watch, but if it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t. The security of the Kentucky program is dependent on Mark Pope, Mitch’s little controlled minion, being removed from the UK coaches seat. Whatever it takes.
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I respect you have children, sir. Im happy they have an interest in Kentucky Basketball
 
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I’m The Village Idiot said:
now this is some serious BS. The people who keep the lights on for the rest of us in a rural state are not to be blamed.
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I hear you, thy shouldn’t have allowed Mitch to make the hire. Should have said no just like they all rallied against after his Gillispie hire. But they let their guard down and said okay, and here we are. Mitch cannot make serious hires, he’s a joke of an SEC AD. Simply say no money at all if he’s hiring and he won’t. Mitch goes by the all mighty dollar. It’s his master. He’s shown that over and over.

But they are really good men, a few of them are top notch guys and they love this place. They just made a mistake here and I sure next time there won’t be any level of gaslighting or manipulating that’s going to work.
 
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I hear you, thy shouldn’t have allowed Mitch to make the hire. Should have said no just like they all rallied against after his Gillispie hire. But they let their guard down and said okay, and here we are. Mitch cannot make serious hires, he’s a joke of an SEC AD. Simply say no money at all if he’s hiring and he won’t. Mitch goes by the all mighty dollar. It’s his master. He’s shown that over and over.

But they are really good men, a few of them are top notch guys and they love this place. They just made a mistake here and I sure next time there won’t be any level of gaslighting or manipulating that’s going to work.
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Matt said some of the main boosters weren’t even told until the contract was inked. We can blame Mitch all day, but we don’t even have a competitive program without the people who give massive loads of their hard-earned money for the rest of us who can’t afford it. I wish I was making ten figures —- if I was I really would be glad to give big. But I don’t make that. So I’m thankful for the people who do it.
 
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I’m The Village Idiot said:
Matt said some of the main boosters weren’t even told until the contract was inked. We can blame Mitch all day, but we don’t even have a competitive program without the people who give massive loads of their hard-earned money for the rest of us who can’t afford it. I wish I was making ten figures —- if I was I really would be glad to give big. But I don’t make that. So I’m thankful for the people who do it.
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They weren’t. The 2 guys I know said they thought they had Pearl done. Boosters advocated for Pearl and really thought they had it. It was about 2 weeks after I was told this that Matt said he went to bed thinking the hire the next morning was Pearl. Seems Barnhart got with the BOT and president behind closed doors and killed it. that’s how it likely went according to some contributors.

What I’m referring to is why thy didn’t say well no money and kill it immediately. I believe they could have. And maybe they weren’t in a position after it was done and just said give it a shot. I don’t know.

This must end. Barnhart has set this up to protect Mark and lower standards. He’s got automati extensions for sweet 16’s, and mich did that probably because he knew with the cash for rosters he could at least do that. It’s a protection clause.

Hopfully the contributors / boosters see through it and don’t allow the standards to be lowered. mark and Mitch are depending on it. Sweet 16’s at UK are failure unless they’re sandwiched in good years.
 
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Any of you morons who think Mitch gives one crap about the Ark SEC title have failed to see the problem.

Barnhart doesn't care about anything unless it's financially motivated. If the basketball team doesn't win another game but we made $500 mil then he considers it a success. He just wants himself, BOT, and partners to count money.
He's abysmal at athletic leadership. Bean counter that looks down on the commonwealth.
 
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Bugs092056 said:
Keep believing in mediocrity
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Are you 10 years old? Do you not remember the 10 season final 4 drought under Calipari? His last 4 seasons that consisted of 1 NCAAT win, a 9 win season, and first round exits to St. Pete and Oakland? Or how about him running an ancient 3 big offense while teams like Bama passed us up? Pope may end up not being the guy but Cal led us to the mediocrity
 
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What's embarrassing is that anyone cares. Cals average *** team got hot for a few meaningless exhibition games which is how he saw them when he was here--big deal
 
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BlueKnight2011 said:
Are you 10 years old? Do you not remember the 10 season final 4 drought under Calipari? His last 4 seasons that consisted of 1 NCAAT win, a 9 win season, and first round exits to St. Pete and Oakland? Or how about him running an ancient 3 big offense while teams like Bama passed us up? Pope may end up not being the guy but Cal led us to the mediocrity
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Im 37, I've seen it all my guy
 
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FatCatMan said:
Cal winning the SECT while we’re stuck in limbo waiting for our seed to be called in the tournament that’ll inevitably lead is to a 2 seed we can’t win should legitimately embarrass us. Even the media is laughing at how pathetic we are! They can somehow see what we cannot with Pope. But many of you lack the shame necessary to be embarrassed and will probably just double down on your support of Pope because you don’t know any better.

This year was shameful. Last year wasn’t exactly great either, considering we got blown out in both the SECT and the tournament
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I agree...You should be embarrassed. How many Mark Pope hate threads have you started now? No matter what you say 99.9 % of every else agreed it was time for cal to go, and still do. Lucky him , he finally got 2 NBA ready guards this year. Which is what he has to have to cover his coaching short comings. Mark pope may not be the guy but he need 1 more year. A healthy year. If it's the same old crap, then yes I would say time to let him go. You think we should instantly be able to build a championship team with NIL, but ignore the fact that JMI took over our NIL this year and no top recruit/transfer is willing to sign their BS contract. No one is happy with the state of the program but you are blame it all on a coach who has been here 2 years and both teams have been decimated by injuries and his recruits being hamstrung by a third party who should have no input or overstay all. It's the same 5 or 6 posters constantly making one negative post after another. Show a little respect, restraint, and intelligence. It's not that hard and you shouldn't be that miserable and trying to drag the rest of us down with you.
 
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I’m The Village Idiot said:
Have you seen a fanbase beg for anyone other than a HOF coach, and then immediately beg for anyone other than the replacement coach and get angry that they can’t go hit the slot machine again immediately? I’ve seen that one.
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I've seen people defend Mark Pope as the coach of this program and its absolutely absurd
 
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