Pope may want to reconsider his closing routine during a recruiting visit. You know the one where he puts on his old UK uniform and does his best cheerleader presentation. Obviously, that is not sealing the deal with these new recruits. Oh, its a beautiful thing but, ahh it's just not getting it done.
Per Trilly, Santos trending towards LSU…
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On one end of the spectrum you would have say Pat Riley in his prime. A man that would "own" whatever room he was in. Pope would be on the complete opposite end of that spectrum - a goofy, loveable doofus. That is who he is no matter how much some on this board would wish it to be different.
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honestly, at this point Pope is acting like its his own money he is spending.
Everyone says UK has plenty of money but has anyone really verified it? Maybe he is severely limited in NIL and no one wants to admit it?
Everyone at Kentucky is in circle the wagons mode from the President on down.
Everyone says UK has plenty of money but has anyone really verified it? Maybe he is severely limited in NIL and no one wants to admit it?
Everyone at Kentucky is in circle the wagons mode from the President on down.
As opposed to who? We need bodies and he's better than the dumb 0'fr everyone posted on X.
This. I would make fun of the addition if they added him, but whiffing on him is even more hilarious.
I think Mark Fox will be here as long as Mark Pope is. Fox gave Pope his first job and seems to be a mentor to him. Also, Mark Fox became a horrible head coach. That said, I don't think he is going to leave to take a head coaching gig.
Pope is the laughing stock of college basketball right now.
If that’s the case then they can have em, but rolling into next season with Potter as the backup playing real minutes doesn’t inspire a ton of confidence
Worst high school recruiter easily.
Will Wade going to have 6’7 (more like 6’6) MoD at the 4 and 6’8 Santos at the 5. Have to build a roster somehow I guess, currently MoD is his only player on the roster.
You don't have to want the kid to see the whiff. What else would any of you describe it as? Good lord.
This kind of thing is all a dimwitted troll such as yourself has got since you are unable to articulate anything with logic, fact, or reason.
I think you got that first sentence backwards vs. the point you tried to make. Constantly insulting and calling our coach derogatory names adds nothing of value to the discussion. Noah has really struggled so far but expecting him to provide high quality shooting was reasonable and just hasn't panned out. I will agree he doesn't help you any shooting the way he has thus far.
So glad you liked it, otherwise you wouldn't have responded. Now you can reply back and have one of your other aliases 'like' it.
That is some serious dimwitted logic. I guess you consider yourself a true master baiter. I have no need for aliases and no need for likes. Only trolls need that stuff to prop up their fragile egos.
I assume Jimmy James is in reference to Hendrix? Is the Jimi size handle one of your aliases?
I assume Jimmy James is in reference to Hendrix? Is the Jimi size handle one of your aliases?
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Maybe he was trying to defect and got deported instead
Gracias amigo.
is your username based off of Atlanta shawty Lo? If so, loved him. Shame how he went out.
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You are so full of crap, the toilet’s jealous.
Can UK keep Pope forever? The entertainment value alone is worth it!
What the **** is with this fanbase? LSU has one player and can offer starting minutes along with a desperation bag. We can't get pissed when Pope overpays for players and then pissed when we're not willing to match a desperate LSU's offer.
None of us have no clue to how much Pope offered vs LSU.
Coaching definitely matters, of course, but I think the primary drivers are Money & Minutes (M&Ms) ... LSU may well be offering more of both.
I should have caught that. It was the Southern Conference. Google was really off on this one.
Mark Pope keeps thinking that being honest and being a man of virtue will endear him to recruits and their families.
It won't.
All that matters are two things: 1. can you pay the players what they think they're worth and 2. will you feature them and play them in a way that puts them on NBA draft radars.
Nothing else matters.
Nothing.
It won't.
All that matters are two things: 1. can you pay the players what they think they're worth and 2. will you feature them and play them in a way that puts them on NBA draft radars.
Nothing else matters.
Nothing.
Fox coached Pope when he played @ Washington. Maybe even recruited him to the school. Deep, INCOMPETENT ties. Lucky us.
I agree ... Money & Minutes are the drivers. That is why so many enter the portal, leaving their schools and coaches behind.
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You are absolutely right. However, at some point Pope has to identify a recruit that's both attainable and a good fit. Thus far he has struggled to do this with many targets.
Now that the overall pool has dwindled you could say the same advantages will persist. Will this be our continued explanation until LSU, KU, and others have a full roster. Eventually you need to get the job done, no excuses.
He wasn't able to recruit at BYU either. Everyone just blew it off because nobody expected a place like BYU could recruit at an elite level. We now know that is false.
Not sure why those things have to be mutually exclusive. You want him to start lying and being corrupt?
Who said they had to be mutually exclusive? I sure didn't.
Not hiring a GM. Not keeping Antigua. Hiring Fox. All very stupid decisions on his part.
We don't have starter minutes to sell to a guy who has been a pro for years.
Good targets are gonna get targeted. We can't just not go after him because a desperate ******** like Wade might throw them a bag. Plus, this stuff is exactly why the media gets annoyed with this staff. The staff tries to go dead silent, but stuff leaks (thank the agents) and then five other vulture programs swoop in to drop their bag. The choice is overpay or let em walk.
This is an unrealistic expectation, IMO. All financials being equal, a player will choose starter minutes over backup minutes. So, again, we either egregiously overpay to compensate for them being a backup or we let them walk.