Stokes has postponed his decision another week,he's waiting to see if Bill Self retires
Stokes post pones decosion
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I’m over this guy like 4 mos ago. Doesn’t want to be here even though it’s probably the most beneficial to him. Screw him. Move on to somebody that isn’t gonna be a cancer down the road. There are good players EVERYWHERE out there.
Self is trying to create the illusion that he’s contemplating retiring. He knows what he’s doing
We’ve seen this same song and dance from countless players in the past. He is not coming here.
I think he wants to retire and probably should retire for health reasons, but he knows if he stays he’ll get to have Stokes.
If he wanted to come here, he would’ve signed a long time ago.
If he wanted to come here, he would’ve signed a long time ago.
Get Stokes the clown away from this program.
Sure sounds like Stokes is stalling just to make sure Rughead is going to hang around one more season.
What if he’s like a JQ or Peterson and we waste all that money on him. Just pay it to bring 2 of the top portal transfers
Maybe the addition of Brown to UK as de facto GM has thrown another wrinkle into the negotiations. Probably not, but staying positive.
Trying to up the $ from UK! If UK throws out a crazy number (which is totally stupid but probably will happen) then he will consider.
He knows he’s only in college for a few months and it won’t really matter where he plays. IMO he’s going to be ball dominant and it will all be about his stats over team success. And if the team just totally sucks, he will just shut it down.
He knows he’s only in college for a few months and it won’t really matter where he plays. IMO he’s going to be ball dominant and it will all be about his stats over team success. And if the team just totally sucks, he will just shut it down.
Kind of a lose lose situation here. If we land him, half the fan base will say we overpaid. If we don't, the other half will say Pope doesn't want to pay up.
I think Self may seriously thanking about retiring,So that's what he's waiting to see ,plus the assistants we hire
Why Peterson? He played in games, singlehandedly won a few, and gave it his all in the tournament. I would say Kansas outperformed their talent level in getting a 4 seed -- and their loss came down to the last shot vs another good team.
If he was a clown he’d love to play for Pope.
I agree with using that money to get a couple of really really good portal targets. I would drop the offer just a bit and tell him he had till the end of the day or the offer no longer stands.
Can’t be jerked around like this and have any integrity.
Can’t be jerked around like this and have any integrity.
I can only imagine the incompetence going on behind the scenes on the Kentucky side.
Mark probably had his wife knit a UK sweater for him or some dumb crap.
Mark probably had his wife knit a UK sweater for him or some dumb crap.
Pope lost Stokes awhile ago unfortunately. Him going to a Adidas school takes the cake.
Crazy that we have to hope Self retires to get a kid we have led for and prioritized for months. Plus we have offered him the best offer in a culture of getting the biggest bag. Yet can’t lock him up. Just a sad state.
Sadly Pope doesn’t have the recruiting ability, cache, or time to be able to turn down a talent like him. It’s all or nothing for Pope now and he can’t land a better player at this time.
We really need to just go in and throw another 500k at him. Or make him some backdoor promises that the NCAA will never be able to contend. I don't like paying a lot for these guys.. but Kentucky basketball REALLY needs a shot in the arm.. a good bump on a Friday night if you know what I'm saying. We need to go into next year with a guy who is good enough to carry the team, and who fans will want to tune in and see. Even if he only gets us a Sweet16.. whatever.. But we have to assert some dominance soon.
I totally agree with this. Duke has proven signing the top player in the nation every year for the past 10 years doesn’t pay off.
May be stupid but as for me I'd probably rather watch team of Stokes at $8 million and $4 million worth of other kids around him than the team we will probably wind up watching instead.
Yeah, this did it for me. You can go get two STUDS in the portal for the money we are offering him
He doesn’t deserve to play at Kentucky
I think if Kansas was where the experts thought he was leaning then delaying the decision is good for UK.
And he would have signed a long time ago with KU if he loves them so much. Works both ways
That could have happened months ago if that was the case.
True. I think it was Joe Tipton who just said he might announce that day.