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Moneyball it is, Pope’s BLUEprint software

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PoopooPeePee said:
God bless what a joke. Get Pope, Brown and Mitch Barnhart away from our fuc*ing program.
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Haha I still can’t get over all the guys years ago that would tell you he’s the “best AD of our lifetime” haha.

Some of them post very quietly and never touch Barnhart topics. I knew the guys was awful in 2005. Some didn’t catch it until 2026 it’s unbelievable. Flat f’n blind. This guy has been ruining this program for a VERY long time.
 
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"Undervalued Stars." Is that like "Jumbo Shrimp" or "Deafening Silence" or "Civil War?" They call those constructions Oxymorons. In the case of "undervalued stars," only a moron believes there is such a thing.

Something tells me that's not a good sign when it comes to Kentucky's chances with Stokes. Or anyone else who can turn the past six seasons around. Because those guys are fully aware of their value in a world where every major program in the country is aware of it too and some are willing to pay for it.
 
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“Mark Pope was hired for his vision, but in 2026, his success will depend on his ability to find the stars that everyone else is missing.”

Ok I see now. No resume hired based on his vision which has already been upended multiple times. We are in the land of insanity. We are watching UKbasketball wither away. I’ll have my memories. It will be the end of college game and UK as an institution of higher learning isn’t close to what UK excels in.

Our bb program has been the face of the school. The program represented a state not just a university. The university is so lowly looked upon that even the brass our school won’t hire former UK people in administration. President, AD etc. I don’t agree with that. I just look at their actions. They speak louder than their words. Coaches it never matters I mean look this guy at Michigan Dusty maye went to IU. I mean, you would think you were both to IU in a heartbeat. It doesn’t seem like he wants thing to do with them.
 
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The "Moneyball" approach can work. If you don't know the concept behind it, you should look it up. It's very interesting. The movie gave a good glimpse of how it works if you want to be entertained.

Whether or not Pope can be successful with it, I dont know.
 
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Gobigblue812812 said:
The "Moneyball" approach can work. If you don't know the concept behind it, you should look it up. It's very interesting. The movie gave a good glimpse of how it works if you want to be entertained.

Whether or not Pope can be successful with it, I dont know.
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Bro, asking some of these mental lightweights to read anything is an exercise in futility. They’re lucky if they can recite the days of the week much less comprehending the “Moneyball” concept.
 
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I saw where the Oregon coach was talking about players leaving and he admitted that he over valued them, it was a mistake on his part and he is lowering offers on players and trying to get more in line with talent level.
 
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This is Kentucky, we shouldn't need a Moneyball approach. Did Pope really blow so much money on our terrible roster this year that we don't have much left for next season?

Also, analytics probably gave some teams an advantage 10-20 years ago versus old school approaches. That advantage has to be extremely small at this point with virtually every team having access to this data to some extent. Using analytics now simply keeps you up to speed with everyone else. The real key is spending and recruiting/coaching.
 
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Tri-Countycat said:
www.aseaofblue.com

Mark Pope’s new BLUEprint is Kentucky’s only path to survival

With elite portal prices skyrocketing and Kentucky’s budget tightening, Mark Pope is betting on Keegan Brown’s analytics to find undervalued stars.
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Keegan Brown pointing to Pope when talking about replacing Oweh, Aberdeen and Chandler:

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Just gonna take their production and divide by 5 guys.



love that scene. Appears where UK is at except a big question mark regarding the coaching.
 
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Johnnie Africa said:
Man, mark pope had this amazing war chest last year, where he could pick and choose who he wanted with regards to pay, and landed with MoD and BG as his starting 4 and 5 😂
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It’s amazing how awful this hire is and it’s more amazing that there are some still thinking, this might work!!

Imagine that. Look at him, look at recruiting, look at history. Imagine looking at all that and thinking, “maybe he will become something he hasn’t been on 12 years”. It’s shocking.
 
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For my anti-analytics folks, name me your favorite anti-analytics basketball coaches that are still killing it in CBB:

1. John Calipari
2. Tom Izzo

…..not sure there is anyone else, considering Sampson and Barnes utilize it too. We like throwing out the baby with the bath water. More information is a good thing. Utilize resources appropriately should be our cry, rather than avoid them.
 
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Gobigblue812812 said:
The "Moneyball" approach can work. If you don't know the concept behind it, you should look it up. It's very interesting. The movie gave a good glimpse of how it works if you want to be entertained.

Whether or not Pope can be successful with it, I dont know.
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That team did well in the playoffs too 🙄
 
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Ukwazoo3 said:
My favorite part of Moneyball is how they don't mention Barry Zito, Mark Mulder, Tim Hudson, Miguel Tejada, or Eric Chavez. That team had big stars to go along with the fringe pieces that got the attention in the book & movie.
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It's mostly a work of fiction, starting with the fact that it portrays them as a poverty franchise when the billionaire heir failson is notoriously the cheapest owner in sports, viewing the team simply as a profit extraction tool.
 
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I’m The Village Idiot said:
For my anti-analytics folks, name me your favorite anti-analytics basketball coaches that are still killing it in CBB:

1. John Calipari
2. Tom Izzo

…..not sure there is anyone else, considering Sampson and Barnes utilize it too. We like throwing out the baby with the bath water. More information is a good thing. Utilize resources appropriately should be our cry, rather than avoid them.
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Exactly! They literally said in the Zona-Purdue EE game that Lloyd goes through analytics at halftime to direct his second half adjustments. You know, they very guy 95%+ on this board are clamoring for. You can’t make this stuff up. They’d ***** and moan over anything Pope does.
 
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I’m The Village Idiot said:
For my anti-analytics folks, name me your favorite anti-analytics basketball coaches that are still killing it in CBB:

1. John Calipari
2. Tom Izzo

…..not sure there is anyone else, considering Sampson and Barnes utilize it too. We like throwing out the baby with the bath water. More information is a good thing. Utilize resources appropriately should be our cry, rather than avoid them.
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Cowtown Cat said:
Exactly! They literally said in the Zona-Purdue EE game that Lloyd goes through analytics at halftime to direct his second half adjustments. You know, they very guy 95%+ on this board are clamoring for. You can’t make this stuff up. They’d ***** and moan over anything Pope does.
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All those guys had success and/or were assistants under successful coaches BEFORE using analytics.

All of those artists might be using the same kind of brush, but if one of them has never painted anything before then the painting is going to look like $#!+.
 
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PoopooPeePee said:
You don’t see the Duke’s, North Carolina’s, Michigan’s, UConn’s putting out this BS.
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Search ”Michigan basketball analytics” and you’ll see a ton of articles about how Michigan/Dusty Maye are at the forefront of utilizing analytics when building their roster.

It’s not some stupid PR gig for UK. Most, if not all, successful teams are doing this.
 
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gtown965 said:
Bro, asking some of these mental lightweights to read anything is an exercise in futility. They’re lucky if they can recite the days of the week much less comprehending the “Moneyball” concept.
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The PR maybe could be better but you have to have some mechanism for “finding value”. You can’t give $5M to every guy. I don’t think.
 
I’m The Village Idiot

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Dr.LutherSan said:
All those guys had success and/or were assistants under successful coaches BEFORE using analytics.

All of those artists might be using the same kind of brush, but if one of them has never painted anything before then the painting is going to look like $#!+.
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Sounds like you agree with me then. Analytics are not the problem. We could debate about whether the person using them is. But not the data itself. It’d be like blaming the entire medical field for one bad pharmacist.
 
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