Another example of why recruiting is so important

[Anon1773686487]

If we landed Deron Rippey or Rob Wright instead of having to pivot to zoom our team looks way different, and also if we landed christian collins or stokes instead of having to use ndiye and mcbride

 

[Yardeth]

That old saying “If it’s and butts were candy and nuts we all would have a great Christmas”.
Money drives these kids, do you actually think Self is going to teach Stokes anything he doesn’t know already in the 8 months at Kansas (Other than an arrest record)

 

[Ednunn]

if we had landed Ralph Sampson…..

 

[TheResistance]

If shawn kemp wasn't a thief...

 

[Cats_2010]

Stokes is no miss.

 

[REMO8]

That old saying “If it’s and butts were candy and nuts we all would have a great Christmas”.
Money drives these kids, do you actually think Self is going to teach Stokes anything he doesn’t know already in the 8 months at Kansas (Other than an arrest record)

I don't care what drives these kids. Its Pope's job to compel these kids to pick Kentucky. He hasn't done a horrible job of this but it clearly hasn't been good enough.

 

[Anon1773686487]

Stokes is no miss.

A future nba all star isnt a miss? LOL

 

[MegaBlue05]

A future nba all star isnt a miss? LOL

You don’t know if he’s a future NBA all star or another Lonzo Ball or Josh Jackson or Shabazz Muhammed.

 

[moses1uk]

We landed a major star in Mitchell until the SEC stoped it

 

[Anon1773686487]

You don’t know if he’s a future NBA all star or another Lonzo Ball or Josh Jackson or Shabazz Muhammed.

Lonzo ball was a great college player and good nba player, same with josh and shabazz

matter of fact any of those three would be by FAR popes best product

 

[Catastic5]

We landed a major star in Mitchell until the SEC stoped it

You mean we landed a player we knew we couldn’t play. Were we seriously expecting the SEC to change the rules just for us?

 

[Cats_2010]

A future nba all star isnt a miss? LOL

Dude will never be an nba all star. He will be an ok college player but he shoots like ****. His college game will be bully ball and free throws. Some games he will be ok, others he will look like a turd.

 

[HolySmokes]

Stokes is no miss.

He might be an annoying dumb sob but hes one hell of a basketball player.

 

[HolySmokes]

Look at Stokes like Cousins. If Cousins went to Kansas or UNC he would be a pos thug trouble maker. But hes a Wildcat and we love him. Same for any player.

 

[UKreturntogreatness]

Stokes is no miss.

Yeah that bad Stokes scored something like 28 points in the exhibition game against Duke, and was praised for his passing skills in the game before. We didn't want or need him..........

 

[fisherscatfan]

If the legislation gets passed that is proposed, HS recruiting becomes more important than it is now. If transfers get limited to 1 time, the rebuilding every year through the portal will become more difficult.

 

[chroix]

Womp womp

 

[Oboro_3]

Transfers are more important. With transfers, we have too many players in front of these freshmen. Look where the top center decided to play. They do not have any top player in front of him. Look where Alston went? They do not have any players in front of him. We have an all-sec center that could potentially return as well as a number of guards that could return as well.

 

[NociHTTP]

Womp womp

I mean, Wade is a cheat and POS, why would Allston care about what happened?

 

[chroix]

I mean, Wade is a cheat and POS, why would Allston care about what happened?

If I had to guess I’d say the answer is millions and millions of dollars.

 

[Chris Mallory]

Remember when we had the #1 recruiting class every year and our fans would still complain?

 

[JASUN74]

Dude will never be an nba all star. He will be an ok college player but he shoots like ****. His college game will be bully ball and free throws. Some games he will be ok, others he will look like a turd.

Kid 18 years old and will hit his prime in 10-15 years and may be able to work on his shot. lol. He definitely has a chance to improve and become an NBA All Star one day. He works extremely hard on his game and I would’ve loved to had him but he didn’t want to be here apparently. You could be right in the end but he has a long career to work so we’ll see.

 

[bnewt]

Womp womp

This one hurt. Pope supposedly been chasing him for over a year, still couldn't sign him

 

[chroix]

This one hurt. Pope supposedly been chasing him for over a year, still couldn't sign him

Yeah not a good sign for Pope I think. He needed to land that one.

 

[Catastic5]

Transfers are more important. With transfers, we have too many players in front of these freshmen. Look where the top center decided to play. They do not have any top player in front of him. Look where Alston went? They do not have any players in front of him. We have an all-sec center that could potentially return as well as a number of guards that could return as well.

If they were true, Pope wouldn’t be going after these elite high school prospects. For every recruit he misses, that’s one more player that he doesn’t have for whatever his “plan” for Kentucky is. It’s why everyone who pointed out how concerned we were about taking Mark Mitchell. Pope knew something was wrong with the team and we can see why now.

 

[Catastic5]

Remember when we had the #1 recruiting class every year and our fans would still complain?

The problem is now we’re in the opposite direction. We’re recruiting as poorly as Tubby and Billy G did despite having one of the top budgets in the country.

 

[Omega_X]

If I had to guess I’d say the answer is millions and millions of dollars.

I read a bit earlier that Rafer is pissed about Reese picking LSU because Pope had promised him a job if Reese came here.

It’s comical that Pope sucks so bad that not even millions in nil to the kid and a job for his dad can get him a player.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

If we landed Deron Rippey or Rob Wright instead of having to pivot to zoom our team looks way different, and also if we landed christian collins or stokes instead of having to use ndiye and mcbride

That’s the truth. I like Ndiye actually but having him as the backup would be way better or having Collins be able to come along slowly and develop would be a huge roster advantage. The difference of having Wright or Rippey would be huge. It’s why Pope won’t last.

 

[RunninRichie]

I read a bit earlier that Rafer is pissed about Reese picking LSU because Pope had promised him a job if Reese came here.

It’s comical that Pope sucks so bad that not even millions in nil to the kid and a job for his dad can get him a player.

Lol, Pope is so awful as a recruiter he's just offering jobs to get recruits. This clown show can't end fast enough.

 

[chroix]

I read a bit earlier that Rafer is pissed about Reese picking LSU because Pope had promised him a job if Reese came here.

It’s comical that Pope sucks so bad that not even millions in nil to the kid and a job for his dad can get him a player.

Feels like we’ve seen this a few too many times for it to be sustainable. I’m personally sick of us fielding the mid-major leftover all star team. Good for a WKU to be there but not here. Never.

 

[TheBestThereEverWas]

Still think it’s more concerning he can’t get his top priorities in the transfer portal. Especially with this 2027 high school class. Very few if any potential game changers at the college level in their first or only year.