Yeahhh...the team had maybe the worst loss in program history barely 2 weeks ago. That might explain some of the hesitance
Definitely injuries played a role. I think Louisville on that night still beats us with a full roster. Now, do I think we can beat Louisville, yes. We probably beat UNC. However, I think MSU still beats us and Gonzaga still beats us.
I would say anti-Kentucky fits it well right now. Mark Pope is Kentucky's coach right now and I think all of us want UK back to being UK, but I don't think that Pope has been given enough time to say he can't do the job. Last year was a success. Not a championship, but for a coach that was hired late and had to put together an entire roster; reaching the Sweet 16 was quite an accomplishment. Would I have loved them to do better? Sure; but I also realize that's not realistic. Pope isn't responsible for how bad Calipari sucked and the gap in the all time wins margin shrinking so much. None of us want mediocrity, but we also realize that it's not that easy to change in a short amount of time. I don't know if Pope is the answer or not, but there is no other coach that loves Kentucky like he does, and there no other coach that wants to win more at Kentucky than he does, so I feel like he deserves a chance. Last year was good and I'm hoping this year is now going to take off after the improvement we're seeing. I'm not trying to bash you; we've both been on this board a long time and I've just been surprised at how harsh you've criticized Pope when he hasn't been here that long. Take care!
You have all the answers Richie! Maybe CMP will hire you as a consultant to get us to the Final Four this year. If that does not pan out, you should be fired!
Amen Brother Fuqua!
Nicest way possible to tell someone to STFU, lol.
I agree. He’ll figure it out. Calipari went his last four seasons here without getting to the second week of the tournament. I think we can give Mark some time.
Not worried about how many losses. Just get rolling by March. Thats all that matters.
Not your post, I was referring to the longer one.
Dumb is the proper take. Disgraceful behavior after 2 very satifsfying wins. This troll starts multiple "the world has ended" threads after every loss and does everything he possibly can to make UK fans angry at our coach. Funny and sad to watch, lol. I'm losing count of how many posters are calling his crap out.
That honestly wasn't my intent . I was serious. Both Richie and I have been on this board for a while and his posts have been a bit harsh. I'm not trying to trash him and I do understand some degree of worry about Kentucky, but I think Pope has been on the receiving end of a lot people's frustration, while my opinion is that he's the coach and he deserves a chance.
His hatred for Pope has turned him into the worst poster on this board and he refuses to see it. Crazy.
You should give up your season tickets since it's cleary been so taxing for you. Or is it about time for your patented "guaranteed, done deal, Pope is gone at the end of the season and I have inside sources and will never post here again if it doesn't happen" post like you wrongly and shamefully did with Calipari? ....and then you vanished for a while. Now you're right back at the poor behavior.
This place has become nothing more than a place for him to go to see how many UK fans he can get angry. It's disgraceful.
People need to stop feeding the troll.
Total troll job and has been for quite some time. Look at all the threads he starts after we lose.......crickets after a win. LOL at him and his "who, little ol' me?" act.
We all love pope and hope he is the guy. Everything you said is true. He always says the right things. He has to prove he has what it takes here though. So far the results are meh and kinda dropping. He seems to have gotten this team somewhat back going to be competitive again. We shouldn’t really have that kind of issue his second season with returning guys and a payroll like we had though. I for one really hope he does succeed. Nothing would make me more proud or happier to see him win one as a coach and player.
So true. Good move and I will follow.
St. John’s has the same issue we do. No real PG on the floor. They have underachieved as much as we have so far. I am really happy we got the win though.
Exactly how I feel really like him as a person, spot on about DUKE, My fear is POPE’s roster construction and substitution pattern is very poor and he seems extremely soft
At least in 2011 and 2014 you could see a good team below tough losses. Almost all the games were close and most were close road losses. We always believed(rightly so) we had the talent who could gel and get there by the end of the year and they did. This is different. A lot of seasoned and well compensated players expected to start bringing it early. It wasn’t just the media hyping this team. The coaches and writers were as well.
Both of those, plus the poor recruiting, coming out dead in some games. Are why I don't think he's the answer for us in the NIL era. But Im a fake fan, trolling, POS SOB, if I think that, lol.
I really don’t understand what has happened so far this season. This team looked like a championship contender after the Purdue exhibition. Then looked as awful as I’ve seen a UK team in the 4 losses. Now, they look more connected and showing flashes of the kind of team we hope they’ll become.
I'm officially done. He admitted on a thread in The Paddock that he is not well mentally (depression). That's no laughing matter so I won't contribute to the downward spiral that is occurring here in real-time. I feel sorry for him wish him better mental health and am washing my hands of it.
But who can we get to replace him? I’ve been told that Mark Pope was the best coach we could get and that no sane coach would ever want to coach here! Why can’t you be happy with what we got!?
Who needs aliases when there are enough parasocial dweebs within the fanbase to defend Mitch Barnhart’s honor because we got runner-up in the women’s volleyball?Sitting here wondering how many aliases does Mitch have here? The rah rah propaganda is getting thick.
Sounds like a reasonable response. The people calling for him to be fired are exhausting but so are those who blindly overlook getting smoked by multiple teams this year and saying Pope is killing it. Both are equally ridiculous.
Show me the lie unless you are contesting never posting here again. Maybe you didnt say that but you guaranteed Calipari was gone, whipped this forum into a wild frenzy, told people to relax as it was in motion and then vanished for a while when it didn’t happen. You gonna lie and contest that?? The receipts are still there if anybody wants to search your history, dear sir. I’ll let people look if they want and wash my hands of your petulant behavior as well.
