I'm not defending Billy G. But I just certainly am crapping on Pope because he's dorky can't recruit can't win and acts like a sissy. We might not of been good when Billy G was here but the entire country wasn't laughing at us. We just had a drunk. Now we have a morman pussc
Again with the Patterson thing. Tubby had that guy locked up, he handed him to Billy.
I won't argue with the stuff about Pope being soft, but that doesn't mean we need to pile on and act like those two years BCG was here, were better. That's just crazy.
Not just because he signed Ppat. That was just an example. Pope has 22 million and can't sign a Ppat. And if results are whats important to you then how in the world are you using Pope as an example?
I won't say what I think. I will say Pope just had 22 million to spend and didn't make a sweet 16.
There was a podcast recently that Jeff Teague was on and he talked about BCG. He said out of the blue that he got a phone call from him when he was getting recruited and BCG told him he wasn’t good enough to play for Kentucky and the guy wasn’t even considering UK and had never spoken to him in his life lol
Who am I supposed to use as an example? The comparison is between BCG and Pope. Pope's results are a thousand miles better than BCG's.
I’m one of those guys that will be ready for a new coach if this coming season isn’t a hell of a lot better. I’m just saying we’re not at BCG level bad right now.
Keep waiting because I'm not going back 20 years to research cow crap vs horse crap. We both know they both stink. If Pope finished 9th and Billy G finished 8th it's impossible for the results to be miles apart.
Okay and BCG had Meeks, PP, Ramel and Crawford, he went to the NIT. How?
From a factual standpoint. How many games better is Pope? I guess I can go look it up real quick but I'm pretty sure it was like a 3 game difference.
Wait, you said the BCG era was better and you don't even have the facts from those years? You cant come up with anything to back your claim except he landed PP?
24/25 Popes first season was a overachieving season because we got blew out in the sweet 16 by Tennessee. I've already mentioned the Duke game was fun. Coming back against Gonazaga was fun. That's where the fun ended
I don't have facts from last year. I'm speaking on what I watched. I watched it 20 years ago and I watched us have a historically low season this year. What facts do you want man.
If we want to do that then does cal get to one of his final fours without Jorts? One of Billy's players.
BCG was a terrible guy and coach. Other than what I told you and Jeff has, I got a good question for you. You ever see a coach make a player block a free throw in a ball game before??? I have once in my life, and it was BCG that did it.
And a coach to do something that crazy is only a few games worse than Pope. Billy G was terrible and Pope is terrible. My original statement was pretty much saying at least Billy G wasn't a biyatch.
Will Pope ever leave us with any legendary stuff like a mugshot at least? Was beating Duke with the oldest team in college history against one of the youngest teams in history when their starting center was out most of the second half be his high point?How did this useful post devolve into a Billy G argument? Im too lazy to scroll.
Popes on thin ice. He’s gotta kill it in this portal and upgrade the talent or he’s going to get fired next season no way around that
There was a reply on one of these portal threads that said vaaks was expected to commit to uk and many people trashed that idea
Vaaks is a top ranked guy in the portal. I’d be really happy if we got him.
This wasn't a historically low season.
Okayyy sure, but I don't know what that has to do with this discussion.
I played volleyball with Perry Stevenson 3 or 4 years ago, I asked him about that. He just said "when a coach directs me to do something, I do it". He wouldn't say a bad word about BCG, or anybody for that matter.
Harelson may be the best player in the portal. He's a stud. 3 point shooting isn't everything and I'm glad to see pope looking for attacking scorers
Go watch Harelson mid season highlights video. Stud all American and 16 per as a freshman. More athletic pj WashingtonZoom call with Paulius Murauskas Thursday only big name I've seen the rest are
I have a hard time getting on board with the foreign big men. They all look like jelavic when they move. Looks like a project in the sec . No fluidity to the heir movement at all.Zoom call with Paulius Murauskas Thursday only big name I've seen the rest are
Moreno could start for any team in the country next year
Sure looks like it to me. Not one post move with decent footwork on any video. Strictly jumpshots and put backs. That's fine if you have depth but we don't.
You’re mostly right in this entirely pointless argument, but settle down with this shlt. Pope has 3 tournament wins and he had zero when we hired him. He’s not a lock for anything in the post season.
Why? The SEC was incredibly weak in 2007 and 2008 and Pope literally just took a less talented team to the sweet 16. He got a 3 seed while playing in the toughest league ever recorded.
