Mr. 63%: Why Context Is Inseparable from the Statistic

[Im The Village Idiot]

I thought the “the 63% argument is rare” comment was asinine. If you agreed with it, why did you make the post to begin with? lol

I don’t agree the argument is rare. I was agreeing with the fact that it is a weak argument. That was the point of my post. I will clarify that in my reply.

Also, I was trying to avoid trading insults with that guy. Chose to take the higher ground rather than take the bait — it was a conscious decision.

 

[CRZ4UK]

Averages can be thrown out a window when we’re talking about Kentucky basketball. There is an incalculable advantage inherent to the program.
These advantages, facilities, fan base, money, esteem, history are only afforded at the most elite schools and UK is the top of that short list.
The minimal expectation is championship contention.

Kentuckys Name doesn’t and hasn’t had the same advantage since NIL started. From that point, we have slid straight downhill. Mitch would not accept it in a time when money was all that mattered. Others not only accepted it , but pushed the limits of what they could offer. We are still playing catch up with agents and recruits. Our reputation was tarnished by Mitch. Luckily we had Calipari and he could recruit the lower tier 4-5* guys because of his history of putting guys in the NBA. Even though we had an AD who wouldn’t help raise money. 95% of those lower tier 5*s were flops. Edward’s, Boston, TyTy, and many others complete disappointments since NIL started.
Pope is trying to fix it, Mitch is gone. Hopefully we can start bringing in some dudes. Talent and coaching wins. We have a lot of ground to make up with our NIL reputation with agents now though.

 

[Rockford]

You know, I read some of that... not much

Bottom line

63% (for whatever reason) will not cut it at UK

Kentucky should have (at the very least) at Top 10-15 coach.

63% is not that.

He does have a chance to change it. We shall see.

 

[theKybluedude]

What’s Mark boats? Winning percentage while at UK. Not that other crap matters because he had no résumé. He wasn’t proven. He coached it. Some ridiculous schools that have a niche and he fit the niche perfectly. When you have 100% of a group to recruit from you’re gonna get whatever your specialty is whatever sets you apart. This is the x factor and why he won’t make it at UK. He has no group that he appeals to. The groups out West that he appeals to just so happened not to make the best basketball players in the world, but there are a lot of good college basketball guys from Utah Nevada.. so just add in conclusion. Mark Popes philosophy, Life precludes him from coaching an institution committed to winning at the highest level levels.. It limits him a lot of ways the types of guys we need seem to not relate to pope at all. The bottom line says the guy had no résumé to coach at our all-time winningness program. He has no real connection to the Bluegrass. It’s not like Pope had a bunch of buddies back in Kentucky. And his recruiting ties east of the Mississippi are almost nil. That’s the problem is the guy isn’t the right match. It’s not like poked weirdness that’s persisted The first two years is gonna change..

Barney didn’t do his job the last several years I mean, he didn’t really conduct a search for either football or basketball coach. He just rolled his dice on some young guy that has connection at UK.

I would have liked him to keep Orlando Antiqua to keep UK’s vast recruiting ties across the country rather than having to establish all new contacts.