to also being done with this Pope experiment. The team at times IS better than they were earlier in the season, but Mark doesn't seem to be able to stick with what's working.
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He’s going to and needs to get a 3rd year but I’m getting less and less optimistic about it. Tonight is pretty inexcusable.
Why? So he get blown out every other game? What will change with another year?
I’ve been about where you’ve been and I’m where you are right now . Just too many times we look totally unprepared and not ready to play over the last 2 years.
3 years is plenty. There will be plenty of evidence to show this is nothing more than middle of the road Power 5 - not UK caliber.
Proud of you. I'm glad it only took 12 blown leads, 20 games being down double digits, a few blowouts, and 0 recruits.
Pope is a solid coach who might hit it big one day but we are 10+ years since a Final Four or even a #1 seed. We need a guaranteed home run. Golden...May...Pitino...Pearl. Won't happen but man this is getting hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel here.
What I will say is, if the new AD is serious about bringing in the best coach we can, it may not be Hurley but could be Oats, Pearl or Tommy Lloyd, I am all for it. If we are bringing in Scott Drew or that caliber coach, give Pope the 3rd year
All it will take is one win against some mid team for you to criticize the Pope critics again
How many times he gotta hit your *** before you'll leave?
I’ve been wondering honestly. I mean y’all he’s a .600 guy, 12 years, no tournament wins until his 11 season.
Pope isn’t qualified to coach here. I don’t like it either I wanted it. But we can’t force it.
I figured you were definitely around the corner. I wanted it too believe it or not but it’s not there. He can’t lead Kentucky. We’ll never be elite under pope. It’s one of the reasons Barnhart went on out, he knows this is a flop.
Pope is done.
Teams are not prepared.
Sorry bud, you’ve got to go.
Teams are not prepared.
Sorry bud, you’ve got to go.
I so badly want this to work. You don’t want to pull the plug too early but I just don’t see it happening.
Whoa, slow down turbo, don't strain yourself. No need to rush to judgment amirite?
I was with you till they played Gonzaga. Was roasted for Pumping Sunshine after the Ole Miss game last year. Pope is in over his head.
There’s one hardcore supporter left. Nitro is going down with the ship.
We've had a few posters that were down on Cal the last few years (rightfully so) and really bent over backwards to give Pope the benefit of the doubt (why, I don't know).
It's admirable, but Pope cares more about his system and analytics than he cares about the university. And it will cost him his dream job.
It's admirable, but Pope cares more about his system and analytics than he cares about the university. And it will cost him his dream job.
It'll look like this for Nitro:
I forget Theoden of Rohan was the captain for the titanic first lol.
The problem with the third year its gonna tank us to the bottom and associate us with being a program of losers.
He’s absolutely going to get next year imo. But he’s putting himself in the position where it better be pretty special. And I’m getting super skeptical that will happen.
Why does he need to get a 3rd year? It’s game after game of the same atrocious, lethargic play. It’s not going to change. This is who Pope is as a coach.
I think it's absolutely mind boggling that a career 64% winning coach came to Kentucky and won 64% of his games.
Let's continue going back and forth about it, though.
Let's continue going back and forth about it, though.
This team is done, I'll still cheer because I'm a lifelong fan but I have no faith, they're way too inconsistent & nothing will change this, they are what they are. When we lose to Florida on Saturday, since Georgia won tonight, we'll more than likely tie Georgia at 10-8 in the SEC & that's ******* sad & the reality of how far we've fallen.
Just like he did with cal lol
Him and his 7 aliasesIt'll look like this for Nitro:
I'm positive I was one of them posters.
I was so sick of Cow, with his condescending arrogant
He should have stayed at byu and learned more before taking this job, like sub patterns and navigating NIL etc. He was one job away from this job, should have hired Bruce then pope would have been better prepared 7 yrs later.
This isn’t the job to continually lose 10+ games each year then at the same time, learn how to coach and handle all that comes with being at Ky. It was obvious Moreno was in outer space tonight and BG was actually giving us great minutes but……he can’t himself but sub. You can’t beat tenn and pig pen at their place then drop games to ga and mizz at home.
This isn’t the job to continually lose 10+ games each year then at the same time, learn how to coach and handle all that comes with being at Ky. It was obvious Moreno was in outer space tonight and BG was actually giving us great minutes but……he can’t himself but sub. You can’t beat tenn and pig pen at their place then drop games to ga and mizz at home.
It’s done. He won’t recover from this year. Next year will be even worse.
He would’ve been eventually been fired from BYU because he’s shown to be incapable at of changing his coaching strategy.
*Spoiler alert*
Nitro isn't a UK fan