Holy Super Bowl this is so sad and insecure. To say this when they both won their conference tourneys and are still playing in the tournament.
MP: But we beat Cal & Pitino
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Yes as those two men are still dancing and we’re sitting on the couch. He doesn’t deserve to mention his name in the same sentence with those two.
What. A. Loser.
What. A. Loser.
Just fire him already. He’s already cracking under the pressure because his seat is hot, that’s why he’s saying all this dumb stuff. It’s going to be a miserable year 3
What about being 1-11 combined vs. Florida, Bama, Auburn, and Georgia the last two seasons, Mark ? 
I think that’s a fair quote. This season wasn’t all bad times, and the wins over Cal and Pitino (plus the UT wins) were clearly its high points. There were a few good times too.
But, unfortunately, they were outweighed by the disappointments. A few good wins per season ain’t ever gonna be enough to cut it at UK.
But, unfortunately, they were outweighed by the disappointments. A few good wins per season ain’t ever gonna be enough to cut it at UK.
Yet Cal and Pitino is in the Sweet 16 and where is Pope?
Ouch!! That makes me want to vomit. I remember when we would be 11-1 against those teams and the only loss was a crazy road environment clipping us by a point or two. Ugh that stat is sickening.What about being 1-11 combined vs. Florida, Bama, Auburn, and Georgia the last two seasons, Mark ?
I’ve come to realize MP is nothing more than a charlatan, that’s who is he as a person, he’s gotten through life with a fake persona and having his actual body of work not being subjectively assessed due to being an epic BSer and groveler.
This is like when UK beat Indiana in the Sweet 16 in 2012 and they had commemorative popcorn boxes of the Wat Shot anyway at Indiana because they won the regular season matchup.
Those were two good wins against St. John’s and Arkansas, yet they both went on to win their conference tournament while we didn’t make it past the quarterfinals. They are playing in the sweet 16 while we got rocked by Iowa State without their best player
Those were two good wins against St. John’s and Arkansas, yet they both went on to win their conference tournament while we didn’t make it past the quarterfinals. They are playing in the sweet 16 while we got rocked by Iowa State without their best player
Those days are long gone even before NIL. When other schools in the SEC started hiring Pearl, barnes, Oates, etc,. Same goes for other conferences. You think the Big Ten enjoys Nebraska waltzing through it? Times have changed.
This is not Louisville...
Next thing to come is participation trophies for all our players.
Next thing to come is participation trophies for all our players.
Guess he didn't want to talk about all those blowout losses?
A unbelievable stat. The main reason Pope is 23-19 against SEC teams in the past 2 years.What about being 1-11 combined vs. Florida, Bama, Auburn, and Georgia the last two seasons, Mark ?
We said that about Cal. Many of the posters on here called him a snake oil man. Do you think Pope is the same or worse? And if worse how do you compare?
This is like if Cal claimed the 2022 title because we obliterated the 2 teams in the championship game....
Congrats Pope. You just lost the fan base even more with loser *** take. What a pathetic coach.
And even more sickening, is it's likely to get even worse next year. We gotta go to Athens and Gainesville next year. We got Bama at home but Oats is 4-0 vs. Pope. We might beat Bruce Pearl Jr. and Auburn next year in Rupp.
Put the 4 sale signs up in his yard like yesterday!
They both won their conference tournament and are still playing.
Pope is trying to turn us into moral victory university!
Pope is trying to turn us into moral victory university!
This was the worst final coaching show ever. I cannot believe Pope and his handlers thought people would respond well to his rationale.
For a player that played under Pitino he sure doesn't act or coach nothing like Pitino did. He's such the total opposite.
Yeah, that talk might’ve flown at BYU but not many UK fans are going buy into this talk while sitting at home.
That is sad. You never never ever blame the former coach on a contrast/comparison after you have completed a season or two, no matter if it was 100 percent his fault. That is so petty. What you do is take full responsibility for your own crappy record and let everybody know that you're going to fix this nonsense or your leaving. If he did that and still failed this year and then left, he would be respected.
To the point of how credible is Pitino backing mark Pope for the UK job like he did. Starting to think he hates UK.
The more he talks and attempts to polish a turd, the more attention he brings to the fact that it's a turd.
He'd be better off hitting the recruiting trail with all he has instead of trying to bs us.
He'd be better off hitting the recruiting trail with all he has instead of trying to bs us.
Well you did beat them.
Would Arkansas or St John's get past Iowa State?
With their player out probably but hard to say.
But with their full roster I think Iowa State beats St John's and Arkansas playing in the same place.
Would Arkansas or St John's get past Iowa State?
With their player out probably but hard to say.
But with their full roster I think Iowa State beats St John's and Arkansas playing in the same place.
Well the one win was against the Mational champs. You picked 4 out of what 15 teams. Thats cherry picking. Don't get me. Pope is giving us a lot of reasons to feel he needs to be replaced and be very very dissatisfied with this year's results and effort. I will say I don't include last year I thought with everything that was going on starting with a completely new team and then very significant injuries resulting in a Sweet sixteen was an outstanding coaching job.. I thought last year from scratch he put together a very good team and this year they just got a group of individuals together that very seldom played like a teamWhat about being 1-11 combined vs. Florida, Bama, Auburn, and Georgia the last two seasons, Mark ?
Cherry picking ? LMAO. Call it whatever you want, still no excuse to be 1-11 against those four teams combined. 1-11 is freaking ATROCIOUS. Abysmal. I could understand 5-7 or maybe even 4-8 or 3-9 even but 1-11 ? My God. And it's not like there's much good to "cherry pick" from. Mark Pope is 23-19 vs. the SEC. He's 46-26 overall. He sucks as a Head Coach, plain and simple. What good is there to "cherry pick" the bad from ? 4-1 vs. Tennessee ? His 1 loss to them was in the game that the mattered the most by far..the Sweet 16. So, that dampers that 4-1 record vs. Tennessee pretty good. So, what else ? 3-0 vs garbage LSU ? 2-0 vs. garbage South Carolina ?
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The cult is rallying though. He’s starting to act like a cult leader himself at this point.
Much worse. Pope is the snake oil salesman. Cal never sold snake oil, at least not where it matters -- if he did, he would not have the love he has from 3 generations of players. He truly meant "players first" and he was getting the results from it, for the most part. The guy may have been a dick to fans, but he supported his players and looked out for them every step of the way. He told Dajuan Wagner Sr to go to the draft and get his contract ASAP before his injuries flared up. To me, that is the pinnacle of caring for your players. He will always get good players because of this until he retires.
Pope's results speak for themselves. If he were getting recruits and winning, we could excuse the idiotic, overly positive drivel he gives in his pressers. But he doesn't get results, and he doesn't win. THAT's snake oil.