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That’s beside the point! Finally , someone with inside knowledge of the program just came out and body bagged UK’s “leadership”, and basically told the world why Pope can’t get/ lead/ develop a marquee program!
Enjoy that 3rd season, ya social justice crybabies
Time will tell. If Jasper goes somewhere next year and does well then that will look bad on Pope. If Jasper plays like he did this year then well...no one will be surprised.
Yeah, that is the typical comment when you know you are sinking too. Just like the Pope float.
I agree 100%, he’s telling the truth, Pope comes across as overly whimsical, it’s not connecting with players, he seems to lack any grit or honestly to me, true personality, comes across as fake.That’s beside the point! Finally , someone with inside knowledge of the program just came out and body bagged UK’s “leadership”, and basically told the world why Pope can’t get/ lead/ develop a marquee program!
Enjoy that 3rd season, ya social justice crybabies
Both can be true, Jasper was a bust, but he is only a freshman. Pope has been coaching since 2009 and he has not adapted to this new era. Pope is still stuck in the pre-NIL era lol he really doesn’t know how to connect to these kids. He was fortunate to get a lot of older guys in his first year at UK, but it’s going to continue be a challenge for him if doesn’t adapt to this new era of college basketball. I mean, we all hated the one and done with freshmen's , but Pope’s one and done is actually worse , because he can’t recruit, he just doesn’t know how to connect to the elite players on the recruiting trail.
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If he goes some place and does well, there will be thousands of excuses on this board why he succeeded. It will have nothing to do with Pope could not coach.
It will be just like Cal winning the SEC tournament. Cal is a terible coach, he won because the SEC is down this year.
Bizarre, but not altogether surprising, that you find some of Pope’s staunchest supporters acting like they’ve been personally attacked by what the Uncle posted.
46-26 record, ill prepared teams, multiple players regressing, and getting blown out at a frequency I can’t remember in my lifetime as a fan, but it’s the uncle here that is delusional.
46-26 record, ill prepared teams, multiple players regressing, and getting blown out at a frequency I can’t remember in my lifetime as a fan, but it’s the uncle here that is delusional.
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Hopefully Mo Williams can become the face of recruiting/connecting with kids. Assistants are often the reason some kids come to a school. If he can be the connection that would help a ton.
He isn't any better than anyone else spewing things on the internet and whines when someone has an opinion about his nephew
Point is he isn't ready for college ball he plays like it's a pick game in OTE and was abused all year. I get Pope is the head coach and is responsible for having coaches develop players, so after this 3rd year of a terrible experiment that Mitch brought us we can all move on.That’s beside the point! Finally , someone with inside knowledge of the program just came out and body bagged UK’s “leadership”, and basically told the world why Pope can’t get/ lead/ develop a marquee program!
Enjoy that 3rd season, ya social justice crybabies
At some point JJ and the family need to take a look in the mirror. Kid had a poor attitude, worse body language and didn’t understand/want to play team ball.
I would be embarrassed if this was my uncle.
I would be embarrassed if this was my uncle.
I don't care they make more than me. Many do. I care they don't produce in a way that creates wins.
He's right though its lack of leadership. Pope is just not a leader meant for this version of college basketball. He will never garner the level of respect needed to quickly mesh elite guys.
He's not wrong. Bottom line. Pope is a softee.. no winners mentality. Never came out to dominate a game. Guys clapping down 20 in the tourney. .. I get the whole all is good let's not worry.. but come one.. no urgency in pope... no killer instinct what so ever. And he's right as well. Many of these kids won't make nba so try and make as much as you can for youre 4 5 years in college. If everyone is leaving then somethings a miss ..
There’s so much blame to go around. Pope used JJ incorrectly, JJ couldn’t shoot, pass, defend, dribble, or rebound. And his dad and uncle couldn’t send him to UK in shape. I’m 50 and I can bench, deadlift, and squat more than JJ.
Im around high school students all day.
Some of you have no idea how delusional the basketball players are. I had some talking about how they were going to get NIL money and all this ****. In reality, they might be 6’6” or taller but they couldn’t even score 500 points in their high school career in KY.
The AAU and other scene has created a false sense of where these students really are.
A lot of them don’t want a coach that gets up in their *** and gives them the hard truth. They want smoke blown up it and so do their parents.
When they fail, it’s never their fault. A lot of you have no clue how crazy sports parents have become.
Jasper Johnson got paid money to play basketball. He did not treat it like a job, he treated it like he won the lotto. He didn’t get bigger in the weight room, he didn’t work on erasing his ****** habits, he didn’t improve. We don’t know what was asked of him, we don’t know what programs were laid out for him. What we do know is what we saw on the floor. A player that got worse and worse as he faced better and better players.
Some of you have no idea how delusional the basketball players are. I had some talking about how they were going to get NIL money and all this ****. In reality, they might be 6’6” or taller but they couldn’t even score 500 points in their high school career in KY.
The AAU and other scene has created a false sense of where these students really are.
A lot of them don’t want a coach that gets up in their *** and gives them the hard truth. They want smoke blown up it and so do their parents.
When they fail, it’s never their fault. A lot of you have no clue how crazy sports parents have become.
Jasper Johnson got paid money to play basketball. He did not treat it like a job, he treated it like he won the lotto. He didn’t get bigger in the weight room, he didn’t work on erasing his ****** habits, he didn’t improve. We don’t know what was asked of him, we don’t know what programs were laid out for him. What we do know is what we saw on the floor. A player that got worse and worse as he faced better and better players.
Yeah the "coach doesnt speak their language" is an easy go to and at first might have you shaking your head in agreement until you step back and ask . . . Does Dusty May speak their language? Does Brad Underwood? Mark Few? Mark Byington, heck even John Sheyer? I think all Sheyer does is promote the idea of being part of the Duke "Brotherhood" up there just like Pope tries to sell the history here. Yeah Sheyer is a little more smooth about it andis closer in age so he may relate a little better, but I dont see the others a lot more HIP than Pope.
I think Derrick's other point was more the issue in that the guys WANT TO BE COACHED. That means pushed hard, challenged and held to account. This is where I think Pope lacks and is just too nice and easy on them wanting to lovingly coax them along. He needs to develop a more confident demeamor himself that these guys respect to follow him. That said it was kind impessive how guys like Aberdeen and Mo went from lost and not playing very hard to guys that laid it all out there at the end, so he must have some ability to lead them. I dont know.
I think Derrick's other point was more the issue in that the guys WANT TO BE COACHED. That means pushed hard, challenged and held to account. This is where I think Pope lacks and is just too nice and easy on them wanting to lovingly coax them along. He needs to develop a more confident demeamor himself that these guys respect to follow him. That said it was kind impessive how guys like Aberdeen and Mo went from lost and not playing very hard to guys that laid it all out there at the end, so he must have some ability to lead them. I dont know.
No one is better than anyone else. But he's sticking up for family. I'd do the same for my family. I respect him for that. His nephew took a lot of crap from blank faces on the internet. He has the right to punch back does he not?
The things that he said about Pope and the program echo what most of the fanbase has been saying. What was your problem with what he said?
His nephew got PAID to play so he will get crap just like every other player who doesn't perform across fan bases. What I stated before he wasn't ready for college basketball he played like it was JV.
I think the blame is on both Pope AND Jasper (and partially his crazy uncle that needs to delete social).
Pope SHOULD have had Jasper in the gym working on his handles WITHOUT OPTION. Like you either fix this or you can transfer type of love but your not playing with loose handles.
Jasper if he wants to go to the next level shouldn't even be told that he needs to work on it, he should have been in the gym tirelessly until he showed some improvement. Cal used to say I can't hide you, well Pope tried to hide him and couldn't.
The uncle - ya he just needs to be quiet. Seems like he is hoping Jasper will buy him a new house or something for defending him. UNC tell your boy to learn how to dribble.
Pope SHOULD have had Jasper in the gym working on his handles WITHOUT OPTION. Like you either fix this or you can transfer type of love but your not playing with loose handles.
Jasper if he wants to go to the next level shouldn't even be told that he needs to work on it, he should have been in the gym tirelessly until he showed some improvement. Cal used to say I can't hide you, well Pope tried to hide him and couldn't.
The uncle - ya he just needs to be quiet. Seems like he is hoping Jasper will buy him a new house or something for defending him. UNC tell your boy to learn how to dribble.
Reading between the lines, maybe South Carolina would be a good fit. He and Dawn would get along great.
I actually would hope Jasper would improve dramatically if he stayed. If he does the off season working on his frame and getting stronger and then did not have to play PG, I would expect him to be a solid bench minute guy. He has real skills.
I hope he really improves. Not sure how improving from a frosh to a soph would be bad on Pope. Most of us see what work he needs to do.
Because many players have transferred to Pope and improved and improved with time under his coaching, I don’t think Jasper is the litmus test.
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Sure boss. Pope was not a good player and yet achieved team captain status BUT is not a good leader is an argument tha does not float. Look, no real UK fan thinks Pitino awarded starting roles and team captain status to “yes men.” THAT is the sinking argument. Try again.
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Right. Because no one has to excuse history and facts to accommodate your feelings.
Derrick Johnson loves to run his mouth. I'm not a fan of Pope (as our coach) and I do believe that Pope has a lot of responsibility for last season. Pope built the roster, a roster with too many holes. But for Derrick to continually run his mouth is garbage. Jasper is/was not ready to play this year, just not physically ready. Therefore he really wan't good enough to play at UK this year, he may be a good player in the future. Derrick in his original post atalking about his playing days and his recruitment is laughable. I saw him play and coached against him. Derrick was an above average H.S. player. He was widely recruited and that's a fact. But he was recruited for one reason and one reason only, Dennis Johnson. Everyone was willing to take Derrick as part of a package to get the good player in the family, Dennis.
KSR just covered this, maybe someone from Kentucky basketball should've reached out to this dude and tried to patch things up. There's no going back now and none of this is good for anyone, especially our 
program.
program.
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I agree he was ill prepared for high level D1 ball. We all have the right to criticize these players, even prior to NIL. They were all paid in my book. They got a free education, my kids ain't getting that. They were paid. In turn, his uncle has the right to return fire and say what he wants as well.
For real. Bring the truth to light. Now what cowboy and nitro?That’s beside the point! Finally , someone with inside knowledge of the program just came out and body bagged UK’s “leadership”, and basically told the world why Pope can’t get/ lead/ develop a marquee program!
Enjoy that 3rd season, ya social justice crybabies
I get when it comes to family it can be tricky and blinding. I was fine with him venting in his initial post, but this one comes off like sour grapes. He wants to blame everyone except for Jasper. The beauty of this era is a guy can leave whenever, so maybe put your focus on Jasper and his next stop.
All y'all "Derrick is running his mouth posters" I am sure are hiding behind your keyboards. I am certain he would be happy to meet up with you and discuss your opinions of his post. He is a frustrated relative to a kid that has been attacked by some and seen most of the blame laid at the feet of the players when in reality it should be at coaches. These kids were promised things that did not happen and there is certainly blame that goes to coaches. I know for a fact promises were made to others as well that were not kept. There is a lot more at play here and a significant portion lands at the feet of the coaching. Jasper was not as good as we anticipated but neither has many others especially including piss poor Pope. The con man of the century!
I’ll say it to his face.
His brother should be telling him to shut his dumbass up and stay off social media.
His brother should be telling him to shut his dumbass up and stay off social media.
Let me be clear:
Mark Pope gets the blame for the win loss record. Injuries hurt us. We still lost games we should have won. Pope had his share of failures.
Jasper Johnson wasn't good enough as a freshman. This complaint about "Players want to be developed." Development isn't an overnight process. It isn't a 1 season process. Some freshmen aren't good enough to play SEC basketball. Most aren't. Jasper Johnson wasn't good enough as a freshman.
If he wants to be developed--then let Mark Pope develop him. Do it over multiple years.
Jasper had a hard freshman year and ran from the grind.
Pope needs to do better. But I'm not here to use Pope as an excuse for Jasper.
Jasper needs to get better.
Mark Pope gets the blame for the win loss record. Injuries hurt us. We still lost games we should have won. Pope had his share of failures.
Jasper Johnson wasn't good enough as a freshman. This complaint about "Players want to be developed." Development isn't an overnight process. It isn't a 1 season process. Some freshmen aren't good enough to play SEC basketball. Most aren't. Jasper Johnson wasn't good enough as a freshman.
If he wants to be developed--then let Mark Pope develop him. Do it over multiple years.
Jasper had a hard freshman year and ran from the grind.
Pope needs to do better. But I'm not here to use Pope as an excuse for Jasper.
Jasper needs to get better.
He does have the right I agree with all the media BS we have anyone can get on these sites create accounts and make stuff up to poke at certain people.
Whole bunch of this. **** aint complicated.
This guy is delusional. I’m sorry but what a psycho. He’s not even your son, leave the dude alone and quit giving every program on earth a reason to stay away from him.
I actually liked Jaspers game. I thought he could grow into something he’s got a lot of quality tools. But this kind of stuff, the immaturity, lack of respect for the game, lack of respect for his nephew, just a bad look all the way around. Jasper simply wasn’t ready for college basketball and everyone saw that. Someone in jaspers family needs to get with this man child and tell him to log off. Doesn’t matter if some of it is correct this isn’t how you go about it. If Jasper was anything like this it says a lot about the family and the upbringing.
Anyone that understands the game can see Pope is way in over his head. If you can’t see that you don’t know what you’re looking at. Those are facts. But this guy is a trainwreck this is not how you do this from a players perspective. Imagine what it’s teaching Jasper. Imagine if he ever has a regular job and a difficult boss. He won’t be properly raised to deal with it.