Bye bye, Brooks

FatCatMan

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So our “best” assistant coming in and our top recruiter are now leaving. Seems like the ship is sinking. To be fair I don’t think we really game planned well and we certainly didn’t recruit, but this doesn’t seem good in the grand scheme of things.
I’m not a believer in Pope scapegoating guys. So I doubt they were politely told to leave. They left on their own. They can read the tea leaves and leaving before the crapshow begins. Next year is probably going to be bad. Really bad. Everyone is acting excited for a top 150 recruit. It would be fine if this was first year Pope looking for the future. but Williams is not going to be a contributor next year. And if he is, we’re really f*cked.
 
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It's really annoying for a program like Kentucky to do all these half measures for money reasons. If we sign new assistants won't they have buyouts when we fire Pope? And if we're only offering one year then we won't get anyone good.

Just bite the bullet and end this charade. Mitch and Mark gone same day, hire a real AD who can get a real coach.
 

JohnRambo82

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Prior to this week.. We gotta get rid of some assistants to shake things up.. Now after losing 2 of them.. We're fckd 😂.. Y'all funny.. 😂
You Are Crazy GIF
 
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Blue Jesus

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I think Pope hired two guys who were good recruiters when recruiting was about recruitment, and now recruiting has changed, and the good recruiters may not be good recruiters any more, and those once-good recruiters are getting shown the door. Ya dig?
 

theBlues

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I hope it means Pope knows he needs somebody that can coach defense.
 

RedwoodHigh

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I wonder if Big John Pelphery is getting one of those spots
Great hire for Ky & BBN. he knows the Ohio Valley Hoop scene as well as anyone Ky could bring in. Was first coach to offer many Ky & Tennessee High School stars which means he has street cred with the AAU Circuits.