Christian Collins committing tomorrow. Pope whiff!
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We were at one time the favorite for this recruit lol Mr. Whiff King
You sure about that? UL wasn't even his top 5 on 247 sports, now they're in his top 3.
Leverage for more money. My guess UL offered a bag and he threw them on the list to raise fees.
He’s a California kid. He’ll stay in Ca.
I remember when we lead for him and at least 2/3's of the board said he was overrated and they didn't want him
I know. But he said it was all about the money.
I know why recruits aren’t coming here. And why we will lose so many of the current players.
I don't think Pope is a bad recruiter. He is a bad businessman. He took his NIL money and spread it out over 13 players trying to even things out. This is reducing the amount of money to pay for a stud or two out of high school and out of the portal. He basically reduced his overall talent of the team by doing this. Therfore we have an average team. Injuries amplified this. What he should do is pay the highest he can pay to a stud from HS and then 2 -3 studs in the portal. Then take the rest of the money to distribute it to the role players. To me this money needs to be spent correctly. Its a business and nothing else now. Thats what a GM will do for Pope. Just because a person is smart doesn't always make a good business person.
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I'm assuming they offered him seven and a half million dollars and he turned it down to go play for USC and 2.6 million. Or Louisville and 3 million.
He'll contact the Pope staff and ask for 10 million at the last second. They will pass. And they will understand the game they're in and he should resign afterwards.
He'll contact the Pope staff and ask for 10 million at the last second. They will pass. And they will understand the game they're in and he should resign afterwards.
Has to be more to these recruiting misses than Pope. I still think he’s being handcuffed by this puzzling JMI deal.
You sure about Poope not being a bad receuiter and not being able to pay for a couple really good players? Might wanna check the Yaxel thread out
You gotta be the biggest idiot I've ever seen on this board. That's almost impressive.
What? Mark Pope was hot and heavy on him and Collins wanted to go to UK. He couldn’t land him. This isn’t about location, I seriously doubt we couldn’t outbid USC either. This is about money then brand. We’ve got more money and a bigger brand.
Pope cannot recruit worth a damn. He’s been a head coach going on 13 years and has NEVER signed an elite player. Time people woke up I get it he played here so what? He cannot do what this job required.
There is no chance USC can outbid UK basketball for a player that UK needs and wants. It’s not going to happen. Collins was all in on UK and met Mark Pope and the longer it went the colder it got.
Every insider I remember reading when we lost the momentum in the recruitment said it was an NIL issue.
I trust our hard-working Coach Fueger is working on dusting off some old "Boom!" tweets as I type. "Be ready."
And yet Pope was publicly simping for Mitch and JMI when the news broke.
He was only hired to be Mitch’s yes-man.
Like I have continuously posted agents and players will not commit to ky with the present conditions of the jmi contract. Pope is an idiot for not already having a general manager in place. There is no way in hell Collins to ky happens.
UPDATE: Christian Collins Moved his commitment to Wednesday instead of tomorrow
Then why isn’t football? They are bringing in a large sum of good highly sought after players.
We have plenty of money to offer players/recruits but they want a coach they connect with on a certain level.
They don't want a walking Hallmark movie. Kids want an uncensored coach who will challenge them but have their back.
The old adage, "I'd rather be respected than liked," applies to coaching and parenting.
They don't want a walking Hallmark movie. Kids want an uncensored coach who will challenge them but have their back.
The old adage, "I'd rather be respected than liked," applies to coaching and parenting.
It's not JMI. It's Mark Dope. That narrative of JMI was blown out of proportion. Yes, there are SOME issues but it's nothing that can't be worked out. It's as simple as Dope can't recruit, he's too nerdy and doesn't resonate with these kids!
I have heard Mark was too involved in the contract stuff and mucked it up. Both with Collins and Stokes before.
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