UK basketball headed towards worst decade in its history
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Wait. So there’s no speculation preseason? So when you or others say this is a good roster and think they’ll be a good team, we can’t do that either? Whadya wanna talk about? It’s August. The weather? Under Pope we aren’t allowed to speculate. Perfect.
I don’t think they did either of those things. They probably netted out about where they should’ve. One thing that gets overlooked from that group, that team was full of guys that played four yrs already and knew how to play. That gets lost a lot when talking about that team. They were misfits, no doubt, but those guys understood how to play.
The real missing piece to the 2017 team was Jarret Allen. Losing him to Texas cost us a title.
What if it’s another 10+ loss season and a S16 exit? I think that’s the concern for a lot of folks, myself included.
Doesn’t fit the narrative. That team was infuriating. Just didn’t show up some nights and left you scratching your head over it.
He wasn’t going to get fired if not for the Harrelson thing, the comment at the press conference, and the public embarrassments in town.
Hard to be an AD at UK and not a people person. Amazing he was able to pull that off for 20+ yrs.
Did you need to see Barry Bonds stick the needle in his a$$ too?
Would walk straight toward the bright light no matter how loud the train whistle got.
Iowa St basketball has never been in the same stratosphere with UK basketball either. Both were awful contracts.
I don’t. But I believe it will be about like his first two. You don’t either, but you sure speak like we’ve got another Ferrari. Pumper (see how easy that is). Paul…make sure and like his reply to this. You two are cute together.
I try to engage in good faith exchanges. I try to deal in facts and back them with links to the information. When all you want to do is spew irrational agenda driven insults and hate backed by nothing but ignorant opinion in response I go full on aggressive. There is really nothing passive about it.
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This is just more stupidity with no substance designed to irritate because honest discussion never goes your way.
Lifetime contract would certainly seem to imply the job is his as long as he wants it and that is simply inaccurate. Wanting to let him go after the 2019 season is absolutely stupid after a 10 year run of 305-71 81.1%, with a title, another title game appearance, 4 Final Fours, and 7 Elite Eights.
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In Cal's case that is entirely based on hindsight. In TJ's case it is yet to be determined.
I'm obviously well aware that there is a huge difference in the UK and Iowa St jobs but the difference in accomplishments is massive. The Cal contract at the time made a lot more sense imo than the Iowa St deal just signed. A 10 year run of 305-71 81.1%, with a title, another title game appearance, 4 Final Fours, and 7 Elite Eights vs 124-53 for 70%, a first round loss, a second round loss, 2 sweet 16's and 1 Elite Eight is obviously vastly different.
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You are one of the guys on the board that constantly goes to that kind of post. I think its obvious you are projecting your personal desires fella, and its ok, its 2026, just admit who you are, you'll feel better!
That's the tough one. Lose 10-12 games, get a 5 or 6 seed, one upset to make the sweet 16... Hard to fire a guy coming off a sweet 16 (2 in 3 years) but doesn't inspire confidence that he's on the path to bringing home hardware which is the expectation of a UK coach.
Only kind of joking here but does anyone else just count where the season ended? EX: A final four is a final four not a final four an elite eight and a sweet sixteen.
Correct. The differences in both are massive. The Cal contract was awful not in hindsight. The ONLY way that contract was going to be successful is if Cal continued to kill it. Part of contract negotiation is realizing you’re paying for future performance and not past performances. At that point, UK could’ve hired about anyone they wanted. Why? Cal had the program at the top of the mountain. Call his bluff, and if he bolts then go hire the best that’s out there. Mitch handcuffed the program, just like he did with the Stoops deal.
I don't comment on your takes until you make one of your homophobic insult posts to me
Neither had Cal. Since NIL was adopted. Lost 10 games every season but one. His players were busts. The best recruiter of our era. Mitch slow walked NIL so bad agents don’t want to send their kids here. He was completely against it. It’s why he is gone. He didn’t retire. He was forced out. No coach could have recruited well under Mitch’s NIL stance.
This is about Pope. Not Cal. I don’t disagree with anything, but getting players to UK is now Popes job. Say what you will, they spent as much or more than anyone last season. Then lost 14 games. That’s a problem.
And the Band played on.
We know the reason/s
We know what fix is or attempt to fix is.
We wont do it
Yet we got many wanting to appologize for and pump a coach that was hired after not having a single career accomplishment worth a damn. Only career accompmishment was a 16 his first year here. The man ffs csnt evrn make tbe Friday game ( top 4 seed) in sect. 1/2 time his teams just dont play hard , all the time we play first 10 min like we just woke up . As Popes pregame has less excitement than a weekly staff meeting in an office.
How a decent portion of tbis board wants him to remain coach I have no idea where their loyalties lie. Things wont improve we are stuck as a Blue Blood INO untill he finally leaves.
We know the reason/s
We know what fix is or attempt to fix is.
We wont do it
Yet we got many wanting to appologize for and pump a coach that was hired after not having a single career accomplishment worth a damn. Only career accompmishment was a 16 his first year here. The man ffs csnt evrn make tbe Friday game ( top 4 seed) in sect. 1/2 time his teams just dont play hard , all the time we play first 10 min like we just woke up . As Popes pregame has less excitement than a weekly staff meeting in an office.
How a decent portion of tbis board wants him to remain coach I have no idea where their loyalties lie. Things wont improve we are stuck as a Blue Blood INO untill he finally leaves.
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