I don’t think I can watch next year

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If Pope is here. Not out of protest or something. Ipredict year without Oweh, DA and likely Jelly and JJ starting will be a disaster. The last thing I can stomach is watching another 9-16 type season while teams like Kansas pass us in wins and UConn and Duke are in fight for titles… nearly about to tie us in titles!

Call me a bad fan w/e, a bandwagon. At this point I don’t care
 

FitchandMurray29

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Doesn’t matter who we get as long Pope is at the helm
Highly disagree. I think in both seasons he got out of his rosters what would be expected if you factor in the injuries.

I do think we’ve confirmed his system/coaching hasn’t elevated his rosters, which is extremely concerning.

Who is on the roster, is everything to me. Which is probably concerning after Pope’s GM performance this time last year lol
 
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Highly disagree. I think in both seasons he got out of his rosters what would be expected if you factor in the injuries.

I do think we’ve confirmed his system/coaching hasn’t elevated his rosters, which is extremely concerning.

Who is on the roster, is everything to me. Which is probably concerning after Pope’s GM performance this time last year lol
You are delusional, man not a single top 25 recruit. We missed on every single one of them. It’s not gonna get better.
 

Praetorian Cat

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The portal hasn't even started. At least hope for changes in staff besides Pope. We don't even know who we'll have.
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FitchandMurray29

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You are delusional, man not a single top 25 recruit. We missed on every single one of them. It’s not gonna get better.
Don’t think I ever said it would. My point was more if you gave Pope the 5th best roster, we’d be the 5th best team. If you gave him the 30th best roster, we’d be the 30th best team. I’ve not seen anything to suggest he gets more out of his talent than would be expected.
 

FatCatMan

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Sorry but you are completely delusional if you think the portal or assistant coaches can solve this
Everyone knows how the portal will turn out just like the last two portals. We’ll recruit a bunch of other teams’ leftovers and 6th men, get a high ranking in the portal class because we got like 10 guys and delude ourselves into thinking that we’ve got a top 10 team next year.
 
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Don’t think I ever said it would. My point was more if you gave Pope the 5th best roster, we’d be the 5th best team. If you gave him the 30th best roster, we’d be the 30th best team. I’ve not seen anything to suggest he gets more out of his talent than would be expected.
This team is actually better than their record, if only a little bit. Pope is the reason we have 14 losses
 
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senonesy

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If Pope is here. Not out of protest or something. Ipredict year without Oweh, DA and likely Jelly and JJ starting will be a disaster. The last thing I can stomach is watching another 9-16 type season while teams like Kansas pass us in wins and UConn and Duke are in fight for titles… nearly about to tie us in titles!

Call me a bad fan w/e, a bandwagon. At this point I don’t care
How’d Kansas do today?
 

Tri-Countycat

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I don’t care who we get out of the portal. This is just like Cal. We complained about having a new team every year and here we are doing it again minus 5 stars. I don’t care who comes out of the portal, the dogs won’t want to play for Pope and the ones that do will be good enough to finish mid pack in the conference. Next year is a lame duck season until we can get an alpha at the helm. Look at Otzelberger compared to Pope. You have a hunter vs Prey.
 

TommyMansky

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If Pope is here. Not out of protest or something. Ipredict year without Oweh, DA and likely Jelly and JJ starting will be a disaster. The last thing I can stomach is watching another 9-16 type season while teams like Kansas pass us in wins and UConn and Duke are in fight for titles… nearly about to tie us in titles!

Call me a bad fan w/e, a bandwagon. At this point I don’t care
Thank you
 

UK67KU59

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I didn’t watch quite a few games this year. I like watching good basketball and what we put on the court half the time just wasn’t good ball. I’ve got other things I can do that won’t put me in a **** mood. I’d love to feel confident that I can tune in and expect to see a good ball team play hard for 40 minutes and at least have a chance to win at the end against whoever is on the other side of the court - whether that be the #1 team in the nation on a neutral court, or an in-state or in-conference rival with bragging rights or conference tourney seeding on the line.
 
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KFuqua

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Well...just like I've done my 60+ years, I'll be here cheering on my Cats! Always have, always will. Today (and much of this season) was very painful, but it's been worse. I do think they'll give Pope another year to try to make things right and if he can't that will be it for him. But it's in my blood and I will be watching. Not trying to trash anyone, just saying that one bad season with Pope and injuries doesn't turn me from being a Cat fan. It was still better than the last several Cal years.
 

Vek96

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If Pope is here. Not out of protest or something. Ipredict year without Oweh, DA and likely Jelly and JJ starting will be a disaster. The last thing I can stomach is watching another 9-16 type season while teams like Kansas pass us in wins and UConn and Duke are in fight for titles… nearly about to tie us in titles!

Call me a bad fan w/e, a bandwagon. At this point I don’t care
Did you watch the last four years of Calipari, when he won exactly one tournament game?
 
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Ash Williams

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Well...just like I've done my 60+ years, I'll be here cheering on my Cats! Always have, always will. Today (and much of this season) was very painful, but it's been worse. I do think they'll give Pope another year to try to make things right and if he can't that will be it for him. But it's in my blood and I will be watching. Not trying to trash anyone, just saying that one bad season with Pope and injuries doesn't turn me from being a Cat fan. It was still better than the last several Cal years.
TWO bad seasons. Soon to be THREE.
 

TTTblue24

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I spent alot of money and went to Nashville for the Gonzaga game, I will not be making that mistake if pope is here and we are still questioning the roster come this summer. I used to plan my schedule around uk basketball games but I quit doing that after Nashville and won’t until I see this program get back to where it belongs.
 
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senonesy

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I’ll see how recruiting goes, but I think I’m done with UK basketball for a few years. Even when they hire a new coach, if it isn’t a proven elite coach, I’ll probably wait until that coach can prove they’re any good. Because right now Kentucky basketball is looking like a massive waste of my time.
And that is what you call a fair weather fan. Jeez.
 
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If Pope is here. Not out of protest or something. Ipredict year without Oweh, DA and likely Jelly and JJ starting will be a disaster. The last thing I can stomach is watching another 9-16 type season while teams like Kansas pass us in wins and UConn and Duke are in fight for titles… nearly about to tie us in titles!

Call me a bad fan w/e, a bandwagon. At this point I don’t care
I’m with you buddy this **** has gone on way too long and Mitch has sunk this program.