Travis Branham crystal ball Kentucky
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Sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude. Not sure where the goalposts started, but I think Pope had an abysmal season last year in terms of results per dollar spent. If he can reverse that, he needs to do it quickly and convincingly. From my subjective perspective, a decent season won’t allay the doubts. Peace.
I think Pope's been Lemony Snicketed somewhat in that he's had a series of unfortunate events happen the last two seasons. I bet if we could all look back at the comments from Pope's first season that all the vitriol would be non existent. A lot seems to have forgotten about those good victories we had. Sure, a Sweet 16 is not UK standards but that team was put together about as well as it could've considering the time CMP had to do it. Last year didn't look good from the jump. No backup PG and no good shooters. Pope gets a pass from me for this past season. I believe he heard the noise and adjusted accordingly. There will be no excuses from here on out. I liked the roster before Mom. Love it now that he's ours, and will be over the moon if we land Nikola. We have length, depth and shooting. Living in the Lodge over the Summer instead of away from each other has to be a positive for team building. I feel we're set up for a good season.
The amount spent last season is not a known fact but rather speculation and a significant portion of what was spent was injured and limited or unavailable the entire season. I certainly agree that results must improve in the near future or we likely look to do something different. I do appreciate you taking a more reasonable approach than the previous post and I'll echo your peace sentiment.
Well the fantasy was nice while it lasted but back to the same old misses for UK.
3rd year in a row without a roster that has the talent to win it all
By year 6 Pope will this this program rocking.
I can confidently say we didn't want him anyway
Bullcrap. This team is one of 12-15 teams with the talent to get it done. If we have good health we will be right there at the end
This whole recruitment is weird. We had evidently 5 to 6 million to give this kid, but we couldn't afford Caleb Holt at 3 million?
Nothing Pope does make sense.
Nothing Pope does make sense.
I’m not certain it’s over yet. Let’s wait it out.
I think Pope set a side a huge amount for Stokes.
Plus our 'insiders' are basically crayon eaters so who knows whats real when it comes to numbers.
Im not a fan of Pope at all but this roster with the addition of Milan is extremely talented. We have a punchers chance of making a deep run depending on matchups in March
Branham allegedly got the information that caused him to put in a crystal ball before from a family member. His current source is believed to be agents. This very well may be a done deal, but Branham hasn’t shown to be reliably sourced on this recruitment. If another insider corroborates the report, I’ll pack it up and go home. For now, I’m not out.
The fact that the same guy saying we are out of it gave us a crystal ball pick a few days ago maybe?
If he goes elsewhere Pilgrim needs to crawl in a hole and shut his mouth. He was acting like it was a done deal.
Plus something the recruiting gurus seem to overlook is that Pope is 3-0 (Moreno included in that) since the Frostyette reopened in Sandgap.
eh...maybe. but this feels like agents talking to media members to push a narrative to get numbers up
I mean like popes rosters arent natty contenders, this one is not
I know this guy is talented and I really want him at UK. However, he is extremely young. Since the entire world has opened up for NCAA basketball now, I can't imagine there isn't a slightly older guy who could have a similar or even better immediate impact. With the money we can throw around, is there a plan b?
We definitely wont be elite but with fellers like Wilkins, Milan, and Noah on the team it gives me hope that we can score and crazy stuff happens in March.
Truth is we could be anywhere from a 8/9 seed “bad” team to a Final Four squad and none of us truly know. The roster is built out of many unknowns, we have some floor raisers that make sure we won’t be absolutely terrible, but Wilkins is largely an unknown. N’Diaye is largely an unknown. Hawthorne is largely an unknown. And you have several players who can make big leaps. God willing, if we finally can be truly healthy, we will find out what Mark Pope is made of because this roster is ripe for a coach to develop them.
If he is trying to get more than what was already offered then maybe Pope was right to let him walk
I always want to believe him when he says something positive about recruiting, but man does he strike out way too often.
I think it was more that Holt didn't want to play with Stokes. And maybe more money is available at this time.
He always does that. I give Pligrim as much credit as I do Joe Adams. Both of em don’t know squat.
Well, that was a terrible read by the coaching staff, and maybe it's why two coaches were removed.
You put Holt with the current group of players, and you've got a Final Four team.
G - Diallo
G - Wilkins
G - Holt
F - MM
C - Moreno
Yeah it was monumentally stupid not to pivot to Holt if we had a legit chance to sign him as a number one option.
Pilgrim had us leading for Collins, Stokes, Holt, Wright, Wilkerson, Dent, and a ton of other guys that didn't end up here.
He needs a long vacation or another job.
We could have had two Caleb Holts for the money we were offering that bum headcase Stokes. Pope comically called Stokes a "generational talent."
What a load of crap.
Please don't besmirch the good name of Joe Adams by comparing him to Jack Pilgrim