If it smells like poo, looks like poo. It's probably Mark Pope

Anon1765482650

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Remember all the grumblings the fan base had at his initial hire? Looks like that's all coming to fruition. No major coaching accomplishments, not a single tournament win. UK Tried to dress it up real nice and get people to change their tune at the beginning and put a bow on it, but in the end, its still ****.
 

BBNUK4Life

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Remember all the grumblings the fan base had at his initial hire? Looks like that's all coming to fruition. No major coaching accomplishments, not a single tournament win. UK Tried to dress it up real nice and get people to change their tune at the beginning and put a bow on it, but in the end, its still ****.
That press conference is deeper than most realize. It was a big smoke screen to get attention away from some bad things
 

wildcatdon

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Remember all the grumblings the fan base had at his initial hire? Looks like that's all coming to fruition. No major coaching accomplishments, not a single tournament win. UK Tried to dress it up real nice and get people to change their tune at the beginning and put a bow on it, but in the end, its still ****.
Do you really enjoy starting threads like this? Are you really a UL fan just trolling to agitate? Please just stop.
 

anot

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That press conference is deeper than most realize. It was a big smoke screen to get attention away from some bad things
I agree. But it also felt good. It gave us a morale boost. It did take the attention away. Pope started off as good as anybody could of . Beating Duke was huge. He just couldn't keep the momentum going because we as fans can only carry him so far. He can't really generate hype or excitement on his own. Downward spiral.
 

Anon1765482650

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At the end of the day your still looking at a turd that Mitch Barnhart *** delivered, and hasn't been so kind to flush yet. Instead he's leaving it for the next guy to deal with. A 3 year old turd at that point. I'll see my way out now :poop:
 
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JPFisher

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megablue

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Remember all the grumblings the fan base had at his initial hire? Looks like that's all coming to fruition. No major coaching accomplishments, not a single tournament win. UK Tried to dress it up real nice and get people to change their tune at the beginning and put a bow on it, but in the end, its still ****.
Pitino highly-endorsed him ... fwiw
 
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1BadCat

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How about we just let the chips fall where they may? Another bad season and we’ll either be looking for a new coach or will have already hired one by this time next year.
I wanted Pope to succeed here and he has one last chance to prove that he can.
It could be a great turnaround or an epic failure….none of us know what will happen.
 

MichaelGray

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How about we just let the chips fall where they may? Another bad season and we’ll either be looking for a new coach or will have already hired one by this time next year.
I wanted Pope to succeed here and he has one last chance to prove that he can.
It could be a great turnaround or an epic failure….none of us know what will happen.
I'm hoping for some good portal news any day now.
 
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How about we just let the chips fall where they may? Another bad season and we’ll either be looking for a new coach or will have already hired one by this time next year.
I wanted Pope to succeed here and he has one last chance to prove that he can.
It could be a great turnaround or an epic failure….none of us know what will happen.
How is that your mentality about something you’re passionate about? “Just let the chips fall where they may”. I don’t get it. You clearly care to some extent bc you’re posting on here
 

ChocoChicken

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This is garbage. Most of us are not happy with the state of the program. But this is a useless post. Can this garbage be deleted?
What are fans supposed to do? Shrug their shoulders and move on? If fans move on, there won’t be a team to come back to because without fan support UK is no longer UK.

I never understood why people get mad at other people being angry at the direction UK is going toward.
 
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What are fans supposed to do? Shrug their shoulders and move on? If fans move on, there won’t be a team to come back to because without fan support UK is no longer UK.

I never understood why people get mad at other people being angry at the direction UK is going toward.
“Bc it’s mean to mark pope” or something
 

hypocrithatr

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I don't understand all the hate towards MARK POPE, tell me another coach in his position who wouldn't take the Kentucky Job? BBN the hate should be pointed at MITCH BARNHART he's ruined our Basketball Program no one else!!!!!
 

kyjeff1

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Remember all the grumblings the fan base had at his initial hire? Looks like that's all coming to fruition. No major coaching accomplishments, not a single tournament win. UK Tried to dress it up real nice and get people to change their tune at the beginning and put a bow on it, but in the end, its still ****.
Jesus, we needed another thread saying the same exact crap?
 

UKBB4Ever

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How about we just let the chips fall where they may? Another bad season and we’ll either be looking for a new coach or will have already hired one by this time next year.
I wanted Pope to succeed here and he has one last chance to prove that he can.
It could be a great turnaround or an epic failure….none of us know what will happen.
Pretty much everyone knows.

Pope doesn’t deserve another month at UK. Much less another season.

And he may not get it.

If he does get a 3rd season he won’t finish it.

When he enters Jan with 10 losses he’s gone.
 

Skyguyb27

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Pretty much everyone knows.

Pope doesn’t deserve another month at UK. Much less another season.

And he may not get it.

If he does get a 3rd season he won’t finish it.

When he enters Jan with 10 losses he’s gone.
I don’t believe they would fire him mid season. What makes you think that?
 

Jeff Hoyt

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Remember all the grumblings the fan base had at his initial hire? Looks like that's all coming to fruition. No major coaching accomplishments, not a single tournament win. UK Tried to dress it up real nice and get people to change their tune at the beginning and put a bow on it, but in the end, its still ****.
Are you 12?