None of those coaches just didn’t try to compete. None of them had teams just quit on a regular basis.
Hyperbole much? We made the tournament. How many times did Cal miss it even with his 5 stars?
Every reply you ever give me is utterly goofball. Your position is Pope hasn't even tried to compete as a coach? You actually believe you know the future. Neither one of us can say for certain what the future for Pope at UK holds but at least I can admit that.
It’s not disingenuous if you count the elite high school players along with top transfers he has whiffed on. He’s landed JQ(hurt), Brea, and Momcilovic as guys who were highly coveted I would say. Guys like Wilkins and Zoom are obviously wanted by many schools, but I’m talking about battles with elite schools over players he has not won much. Hard to argue otherwise.
There's no opinion or argument on this matter. There's an exact number. Which is facts. I don't know the exact number but it's a lot. Enough that he's become the Whiff God.
Look at this clown. I am certain this picture will resurface after the cards kick our teeth in.
I expect we will have a better record than that this year if we can finally avoid major injury issues. If we play a more difficult schedule than any other coach at UK has ever played for the third year in a row it will still not be easy to do though.
Anyone that thinks giving Milan 7M is a great move is nuts. He is a good player but not worth 7M under any circumstances. Last guy to get that money is going first pick in the draft this year. Milan could not even get a first round guarantee. He is not a savior for this team. He will be a good player worth half as much as he has been paid. Some of you celebrate like Pope just did something incredible. Milan still tried every way he could to get someone to offer close to what he was getting from Pope so he wouldn't have to come here. I guess he couldn't get close so he had no choice but to coerce. How can Pope or any other rational person feel good about that.
who cares he was still terrible. This is a results business. You don't pay coaches to try hard.
Louisville and Arizona were right there. St John's would have been if they hadnt landed their own big money player a week before. Are they all crazy too?
LOL. Yeah. I guess we should just stop reading what you actually write. Good idea.
Nobody was close to how much we paid.
These trolls are SO predictable. I would have bet a million bucks that their narrative would instantly change from " Pope whiff again" to " We got him but we paid way more than he is worth". I sure wish you guys would waste your time on the UL board where you belong!
One last look at what you actually wrote, even if you don’t understand.
'03-'05 Tubby went 87-15 85.3% with two elite 8's, 2 SEC regular season titles and 2 SEC tournament titles. Pre Covid Cal was awesome.
I think if it’s your money, you may cry that Pope overpaid. If it’s not, posters should STFU. UK fans wanted MilMom and Pope got him. It’s time to enjoy and stop finding juvenile ways to always be pissed about Pope.
Nobody said there wasn’t. There’s a big difference between hoping Pope is fired and being miserable with wins. Personally I’d rather Pope barely make the tournament and get bounced early so he’s fired as well but I won’t be miserable if we win.
Not a big enough data sample to draw that conclusion. His first year was actually quite impressive given what he started with and the injuries he was dealt.
I’m also basing my opinion on what he did at byu as well. So far he’s done here exactly what he did at BYU over 7-8 years. Thats just no where near good enough. He just seems to be one of those coaches that will always be mediocre regardless of circumstances.
Here is some perspective on that subject and Pope was at BYU 5 seasons for the record.
Point me to the person that acted like we signed Michael Jordan.
If you’re capable of reading for yourself that should be good enough. Everybody all of a sudden is back on Pope’s nuts over one dude from Iowa State. Now it’s , “we’re gonna make a run next year.” This is a super weak recruiting class he’s assembled.
Stop playing dumb??? How can Fan reactions dictate a team disaster??? This team was unlikable. Hurt, and didn’t play hard. But…
so we didn't deserve to get booed when losing by 35 in Nashville?
Pope openly has said numerous times that you can’t believe what’s reported. He sat at the podium and said when he picks up a paper 95% of everything he reads is inaccurate. One person reported that 22 million number and everyone repeated it. We got our 4th choice at every position. We didn’t pay as much as others. Pope isn’t Goofy. He isn’t dumb. Players are not coming here because they are getting higher offers elsewhere.
People are different today. Things are different.
That’s so bad of a statement.
We won’t know what was paid. Pope made a good point by saying he did not mind the reputation of being the school that pays the most, but he never confirmed the dollar amount. Had he gotten into the weeds, he would created more questions. It was probably smart to let that go. I think it clear now that Yaxel was not telling the truth concerning what he claims UK offered. It would be fun to sit down with Pope and get the behind the curtain truths.
IMO Pope doesn’t want the truth out there.
