What is Mark Pope selling these guys?

ComebackCats98

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Whatever the pitch is he needs to bottle it up…and toss it in a river. It’s clearly not working, but he’ll get some guys from Colgate or Lehigh and it will be a beautiful journey!
 
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Probably on the fact that Kentucky has the most twitter and message board insiders vs any school but they all seem to live and die off a single report lmao
 

TheBlueMist

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He's hoping the brand convinces them. These recruits were in diapers or preschool when John Wall played here (much less the most prestigious parts of our history in the 90's and 50's).
 

pattyice270

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Lot of top portal guys are ball dominant players, and probably asking not just money but also how many times will they have the ball so nba can notice their skill set.

Pope style is team oriented where everyone touches the Basketball. Pope knows he needs at least 2 ball dominate players to keep offense from being stagnant. No one wants to share spotlight. Everyone wants to be that guy. And college basketball style has changed in a matter of couple of years that im not sure if pope is willing to adapt to it
 

will1976

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Hearing he is sharing his favorite snack of Surströmming with them and scaring them away.
 

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anot

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***** retention is good for the health

Edit idk why that is blurred out lol
 

Tim0808

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Truthfully I’m dying to know what he says on visits to recruits. How can someone be a lock before a visit then vehemently trend elsewhere after? There’s no way a high level coach can be this bad?
It is because he is not a high level coach.
 

TX Wildcat

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Sunshine Rainbows GIF by Jeopardy!
 

deplion

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In retrospect, having the Osmonds greet the players at the airport with their rendition of the UK fight song, may not have been the soundest strategy.

 
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