***** Official game thread *****

NociHTTP

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Now that was a nice move by Mo. He looked like he wanted to take a desperation three, and thought better of it (good!) only to spin into the lane for 2 points on a goal-tend (we'll take it!).
 

Farsight Clone

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Does Pope just wait until the 2nd half to show up? Seriously? Does he think the game isn't hard enough that we need to spot teams 10-15 points?
Pope has said a few times now that he uses the first staff to gather data to determine the 2nd half.

Its not coaching. It's allowing analytics to tell him what to do
 

UKGrad24

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Or the preachy **** about how we have to fire him after just two seasons from the posters that live on here.

How about you realize posters aren’t deciding the coaches fate? And you quit humiliating people for having a different opinion than you? It’s not the posters fault at all.
I just can’t see a way to keep him. How? He can’t recruit. He can’t get elite players. He’s heading to the NIT if he’s lucky. There are no talented players coming, at best a few transfers and he can’t evaluate. Bring back what? Man, I mean I don’t know what it’s going to take for people to say this might be acceptable at Georgia, this is Kentucky. No you can’t run him back. It would be a disaster.

he’s going to clip a few wins but it doesn’t matter. You have to be elite at UK. He’s not elite.
 
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Mo BG and Noah are the blowout boys. You put that combination in the game and your team is trailing by 15 in 5 minutes. Pope becoming a basketball coach rather than a doctor probably saved thousands of lives but it’s screwed us and the program for years to come. He’s about as coach dumb as anybody I’ve ever seen. Shoujd trade him for Brooks and let him coach the women.
 

BlueBlood96Cat

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I just can’t see a way to keep him. How? He can’t recruit. He can’t get elite players. He’s heading to the NIT if he’s lucky. There are no talented players coming, at best a few transfers and he can’t evaluate. Bring back what? Man, I mean I don’t know what it’s going to take for people to say this might be acceptable at Georgia, this is Kentucky. No you can’t run him back. It would be a disaster.

he’s going to clip a few wins but it doesn’t matter. You have to be elite at UK. He’s not elite.
Nobody can defend him and be honest. They can hope he gets better but they absolutely can’t defend what’s happening anymore. Love and support the program yea. Can’t defend Pope.
 

FLBBNFAN

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In Pope's defense.. the coach shouldnt have to berate the officials. The officials should just do their job right.

An argument can be made that Pope getting on the officials wouldnt matter anyways. Cal did that, and they punished him further. The NCAA doesnt want Kentucky to win, in a conference they hate, in a state they hate. They want either Duke/Kansas/UNC.. or they want the title to go through a big10 school because that conference much more aligns with them as "academics".
It doesn't have to be to one extreme or the other. He doesn’t say anything with the BS calls. Do you think Hurley, Oats, Golden or any of the top coaches would not speak up. Do you really think we would get worse calls if Pope raised a little hell from time to time. Could the calls really be worse?
 
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Noledynasty2490

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Dude WHAT IS THIS LINEUP...WHERE IS JELAVIC AND JOHNSON..CHRIST ALMIGHTY
 

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BlueBlood96Cat

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Mo BG and Noah are the blowout boys. You put that combination in the game and your team is trailing by 15 in 5 minutes. Pope becoming a basketball coach rather than a doctor probably saved thousands of lives but it’s screwed us and the program for years to come. He’s about as coach dumb as anybody I’ve ever seen. Shoujd trade him for Brooks and let him coach the women.
Our women don’t deserve that. Send pope to Tennessee or something