Dark Pope: “You just eat what you kill”

Starrcade

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LoL! What a stupid tweet. Pope’s not going to gather his team up and tell them that it will all work out as if this was a sad day for them. Half or more of those players don't give a crap about Mitchell. smh
 
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JustBlue

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Pope is beyond clueless on most recruiting issues but to Pope's credit I think going after Mitchell was smart move but he had to know that is was a Hail Mary and he definitely needed a backup plan in place.

But the other side of this is that no coach at Kentucky should ever need a miracle to fill out their roster. Especially when athletes are being paid. I am shocked we still have NIL funds available in September. And it is a sizeable amount because Mitchell was going to get bank. I always hear about Pope thinking 3 moves ahead but I am starting to realize that is because his first few moves never work out.

I was never banking on Mitchell playing so this doesn't affect my season outlook but recruiting has to be fixed.
 

Buckwheat Otay Is Dead

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Pope is beyond clueless on most recruiting issues but to Pope's credit I think going after Mitchell was smart move but he had to know that is was a Hail Mary and he definitely needed a backup plan in place.

But the other side of this is that no coach at Kentucky should ever need a miracle to fill out their roster. Especially when athletes are being paid. I am shocked we still have NIL funds available in September. And it is a sizeable amount because Mitchell was going to get bank. I always hear about Pope thinking 3 moves ahead but I am starting to realize that is because his first few moves never work out.

I was never banking on Mitchell playing so this doesn't affect my season outlook but recruiting has just be
 
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All you people are miserable and have literally nothing better to do with your time but circle j*rk / echo chamber “pope sucks” jokes over and over again.

I mean the exact same comments from the beginning of the year, unoriginal, and unfunny

Doesn’t it get so repetitive, excitedly checking your notifications hoping that some one likes your “dork pope” comments.

Atleast when I come onto here I want to see or discuss kentucky basketball news, y’all come on like some little bingo card club, where you b*tch about your personal life and tv shows, I can name 20+ different online spaces I’d rather talking about (OT) off topic things than on rupp rafters.
 

RunninRichie

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All you people are miserable and have literally nothing better to do with your time but circle j*rk / echo chamber “pope sucks” jokes over and over again.

I mean the exact same comments from the beginning of the year, unoriginal, and unfunny

Doesn’t it get so repetitive, excitedly checking your notifications hoping that some one likes your “dork pope” comments.

Atleast when I come onto here I want to see or discuss kentucky basketball news, y’all come on like some little bingo card club, where you b*tch about your personal life and tv shows, I can name 20+ different online spaces I’d rather talking about (OT) off topic things than on rupp rafters.
Tigerdroppings and neogaf is pretty good.
 

L.O.D.

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Pope is as ferocious as a puppy Lab. I will believe this killer instinct Pope when I see it.
 
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