Need to put Pope in charge of Mitch's $950,000 golden parachute negotiation. Other schools might catch wind and "steal" ol' Barnfart right from under us.
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You’re right, but with a couple great players who can take away the double teams he would have, he could be the guy to put you over the top. Would needs Stokes with him to get to the basket and his passing ability. Another shooter who would keep them honest on defense, 34% plus would be great to go with him. Kam could be nice with a player like him who gives more space. Not that I’m even remotely thinking we get him.
. Just thinking out loud. Nice thought though.That kid just sounds like a little pr**k.Muurinen might just be odd enough to gel with Pope, or a big enough pain in the arse to help get Pope fired. Either might be a good result.
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We need players somewhere and he’s better than what’s out there.
Matt jones and the KSR guys are in a tough spot. It’s gonna be a tough sell for them to attempt to spin some positivity out of all of this. Some will buy it, but most won’t.
Hire him. Give him the money and let him revive Kentucky once again.
It’s just more evidence he’s in over his head at UK, the whole NIL has been a mess with him cause he seems to still want to control everything and do it all. The one good thing he did was bring Mo on at least and seems to have helped in some areas but Barnhardt is the biggest issue. And I’m sure Davis will be the new AD and I’d be shocked if let pope go after next year, it’s going to take a Mike Pratt former player to rally the right squad to fix this. Also, what’s stokes sitting there thinking when he sees what freeman said?? I just can’t see him coming here unless Nike really pushes him & why would they?? They have other schools more successful and just plain better to send players to, thanks Mitch for 2 smh type hires for the flagship program at the university……or atleast it used to be.
Listen to this:
This is what this desperately foolish fanbase, coaching staff and admin should listen to, with open ears. It nails it. Not targeted, no sense of how to approach the right recruits - utter mess. And the wackadoos here lick their lips for all of it.
This is what this desperately foolish fanbase, coaching staff and admin should listen to, with open ears. It nails it. Not targeted, no sense of how to approach the right recruits - utter mess. And the wackadoos here lick their lips for all of it.
Wow, I actually thought Freeman was the most important to piece to save-face next year and be somewhat competitive in the SEC. This is not good.
By a legitimate source. Not my fault you're an ignorant dumb loser who pretends to be a fan and expects.us to believe everything he posts with no actual sources.
To be sure, I want him on my team if that’s the only question. I just don’t think he’s the kind of dynamic superstar that can singlehandedly make up for it if we don’t get any of our other primary targets.
You could say the same about Diallo and Wilkins....
But this proves the problem with Pope's inability to close perfectly. See how Kentucky was "leading" and expected to land Freeman, as Kentucky HAD the highest offer and the only real school in it? But the second St. Johns offer's him a higher amount he's committed publicly within 24 hours? Even when players who Kentucky leads for days or weeks, the second they trend to a new school they commit with ease.
LOL these kids don't give a damn about the coach most of the time, it's all about the cash. St. Johns wasn't even on the list until they came in with a big bag at the last minute.
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And a few other members of the dwindling Popes Dopes and Popette crusaders still fighting the good fight.
And a few other members of the dwindling Popes Dopes and Popette crusaders still fighting the good fight.
The Sleepers analysts have snuffed out this fraud coaching staff in every video about a Kentucky recruit.
No Kentucky fan should ever forgive Capilouto, the BOT, or Barnhart for what they've done. Their graft and corruption is costing us our men's basketball program. It takes an almost inconceivable level of disaster to blow up Kentucky basketball. But they've managed to do it.
That's kind of the point. He wasn't good enough for us to break the bank for him. Why is that hard to understand?
I never thought he'd sign with UK from day one.
I expected it to be Alabama, but even Alabama said no thanks to what he was asking for... Why would or should we offer a ton to a kid that doesn't want to be here and isn't trustworthy? We don't even know if he'll be able to or willing to play.
Does it really matter?
We were NOT a well-coached team last season. Injuries or not, we looked lost more often than not against better teams. Yes, we got the sht beat out of us without the benefit of a fair whistle. No question. We still didn't adjust properly to our opponents. It was Cal ball without the star ratings.
Why do we care if we got or didnt get an OK PF from a bad Syracuse team?
I’m with you, Freeman isn’t an issue in a vacuum. He’s not really that good. The issue is the cumulation of issues surrounding recruiting. We could have had Rancik sign on the dotted line. I don’t think he’s much worse than Freeman and probably is actually better offensively. A better fit, for cheaper and saved resources for another player. It’s just that the got played by an agent and this continues to be an issue. Get close to the finish line, the guy wants an extra half a million to close and we walk. We have wasted valuable time, energy, and a potential starting 4 in Rancik pursuing someone who wasn’t even that good in the first place. We have no high school recruits coming in, albeit one because we hired his dad. On top of that we are supposed to have “Scrooge Mcduck” money and yet we are consistently getting outbid at the end of the day. I think the JMI issue is real. There might be more money but the conditions and stipulations are so much that it’s just easier for players to go what is the simplest decision. There are few outside deals allowed, agents get cuts of those deals if they can make them so that means even more money for them. It’s just too unwieldy. It was created to allow UK to operate fairly in a system where there was congressional action. That action never came and now UK has their hands tied behind their backs trying to play fair in the Wild West. It was incredibly naive and no self respecting coach is going to walk into that situation if we run Pope off. I’m not saying he won’t deserve it but this is the most precarious I’ve ever seen UK basketball and so much of it is self inflicted.
Not sure why everyone is acting like we just missed out on LeBron James St. John’s payed a guy with injury issues 4 million dollars. I expect to see an assassination plot if we miss on stokes
It was between Kentucky and UConn with Kentucky leading.
It was between Kentucky and Bama with Kentucky leading.
Tennessee entered the chat but Kentucky still leading.
He signs with St. John's.
LMFAO
I had no interest in signing this goof but imagine how big of a chump you have to be to get played like this. You're flying kids into town and wining and dining them so they can take your offer and shop it aroundto every program in D1 college basketball. Literally lighting the money on fire would be more effective than what they're doing.
It was between Kentucky and Bama with Kentucky leading.
Tennessee entered the chat but Kentucky still leading.
He signs with St. John's.
LMFAO
I had no interest in signing this goof but imagine how big of a chump you have to be to get played like this. You're flying kids into town and wining and dining them so they can take your offer and shop it aroundto every program in D1 college basketball. Literally lighting the money on fire would be more effective than what they're doing.
Pitino stabbing his player, who he’s called “like a son”, in the back.
Honestly, St John’s has deep pockets for NIL. Mike Repole is a billionaire, who will spare no expense to see that St John’s wins a title. We currently have nothing like him.
Honestly, St John’s has deep pockets for NIL. Mike Repole is a billionaire, who will spare no expense to see that St John’s wins a title. We currently have nothing like him.
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I worked in the industry for 15 years. Take any public comment made by these egomaniacs with a grain of salt. They’d bulldoze their actual biological children if it meant gaining an advantage. Most self-absorbed humans on the planet outside Washington D.C.
I'm not taking up for Pope, I'm simply saying Freeman is injury prone and SJ just paid a boat load of money for a guy that is highly likely to be in a boot at sime point.
WTF? Because I have been saying Freeman is injury prone??? Weird.
I was saying Pope should move on from Freeman a week ago. Don't spend big money on a big guy with chronic foot problems.
I disagree.
The second that kid gets hurt, this place would be on fire. All the dudes saying Pope had to have Freeman, would be pissed off because Pope brought in a guy that was injury prone. You know what I'm saying is dead on.
Pope needs to find someone else.
Man if this is the meltdown for a kid like Freeman, I can only imagine what its gonna be like when Stokes puts on tha hat with the goofy looking bird on it. Its gonna be Biblical