Pre Game Issue vs UofL Via Pope + Documentary Info

FLBBNFAN

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It did have the most Mark Pope quote ever in it. He knows the assignment, but we came up with a failing grade. I guess all the returning guys, all 3 of them will use this to bring us back.

We didn’t complete our goal. We didn’t accomplish everything we wanted to accomplish, but this was a beautiful season of growth, and growth is hard and painful and messy and tough. It’s the building blocks of greatness. We fail over and over again so that we can become successful, and that’s what this season was.”
That statement in a nutshell is why we can't get top recruits here or top portal guys. What elite athlete would want to hear that mantra throughout the season.
 

BlueBallzz

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It did have the most Mark Pope quote ever in it. He knows the assignment, but we came up with a failing grade. I guess all the returning guys, all 3 of them will use this to bring us back.

We didn’t complete our goal. We didn’t accomplish everything we wanted to accomplish, but this was a beautiful season of growth, and growth is hard and painful and messy and tough. It’s the building blocks of greatness. We fail over and over again so that we can become successful, and that’s what this season was.”
That’s what I thought too, what building blocks, he’s losing most of the team.
 
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sk73

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Pope created the pre game issue as an excuse for losing the game. His left handed offense is another goofy excuse he uses for the 14 losses. Due to having a treasure chest of money, he will get a decent class but he will weird them out by November..
 

BlueBallzz

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Three guys to date, right? Which one will you miss the most?
Between the three leaving to the portal and Oweh, Aberdeen and JQ, there’s six “blocks” that won’t be back, and it’s probably not over. They still need depth and role players. It’s just a whole new area of basketball now though that I don’t really care for. on the documentary, there was a guy boo’ing at the end of the Gonzaga game and other fans were getting on him. I used to be on the side, don’t boo the players. I changed my tune on that too, they want big boy money, they get big boy criticism.

Out of those three though, probably Johnson, he was a freshman that could have developed to a solid player.

But they are transferring, so no love lost for me, as they say, “don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya”.
 
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philstat

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The parts where JQ never is seen without a ball on campus is insulting the mfer acted like he had never seen one before by game two of his return, he was completely inept.
 
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Ukbrassowtipin

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A couple players skipped practice bc they said they were sick and then were seen out at a party.

The oweh banging gf thing was a complete fabrication
 

JustBlue

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It did have the most Mark Pope quote ever in it. He knows the assignment, but we came up with a failing grade. I guess all the returning guys, all 3 of them will use this to bring us back.

We didn’t complete our goal. We didn’t accomplish everything we wanted to accomplish, but this was a beautiful season of growth, and growth is hard and painful and messy and tough. It’s the building blocks of greatness. We fail over and over again so that we can become successful, and that’s what this season was.”

🤮🤮🤮
 
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JustBlue

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He needs to stop depending on what ifs.

But that is what Pope does - he has a vision for a team and he is going to mold players into what he wants them to be. What if you do this and what if you can do that. That can actually be very effective if (and this is a big if) you can get everyone to buy in. Remember that is what Pitino did with Pope: brought a center in and started letting him face the basket, roam the perimeter and jack up three pointers. That was a huge gamble and it paid off because Mark bought in. But Rick is Rick and Mark is Mark. You can see that NOBODY bought it this year. And I don't think Mark has the ability to reach players on that level. So we are just stuck smashing square pegs into round holes.

JB
 
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Rick Honcho

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The parts where JQ never is seen without a ball on campus is insulting...
I’ve always viewed guys who did the “always carry a basketball” thing as being incredibly immature and insecure. There is nothing valuable or enviable about it. My college roommate did it his entire freshman year. Grow up…
 
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