And now the godfather, Rick Pitino himself, just schooled him in recruiting 101 at the ripe old age of 73.
He wasn't mentored by Pitino when he began coaching Mark Fox was his mentor this is where the problem lies....
Our program is 2009 UGA basketball.
Fair, I just assumed he would also take lessons from his former coach too.
I don’t think he would make a very good assistant coach considering how poor his recruiting is. Like watching video and taking notes for the head coach? Sure. Being in the same room as 18-24 year olds? I’m pretty sure there are sex offenders who might make these guys less uncomfortable, pardon my absurd comparison. That’s how strange CMP is.
People in Lexington compare him to an unmarried youth pastor. I thought that was a damning description.
Anddddd this is why you don't hire former players. We've got fans calling our national championship winning players colossal losers and weirdos. Hopefully the administration learns from this and does not repeat this.
Jeff was still smart enough to make sure his son stayed far away from Pope and helped guide him to land in the best professional situation a KY kid can dream of.
Pitino: "I'm going to take Freeman and there's nothing you can do about it."
Pope immediately hiring Fox should have been a major red flag. Pope was more interested in hiring his old friend than actually winning here.
Duke hired former player Jon Scheyer. Purdue hired former player Matt Painter.
Here’s the way I see it… Pitino threw Pope a bone when he had Zuby Ejiofor “stand down”, and allow JQ to not look like a total doofus on the basketball court, and in return, he took Freeman in exchange, without Freeman ever stepping foot on St. Johns campus, I mind you
