Pope blew another one!
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Win the conference
Win the conference tourney
Go to Final Fours
Win titles
these are the only things that matter at UK. If you can’t win final fours and titles at least win conference and conference tournaments… Pope has shown he can do none of the above.
Win the conference tourney
Go to Final Fours
Win titles
these are the only things that matter at UK. If you can’t win final fours and titles at least win conference and conference tournaments… Pope has shown he can do none of the above.
Mr. Rodgers wouldn't even want this guy as his neighbor , having to listen to his annoying talk. The way he talks is annoying as hell. He's gonna be pretty unpopular in Lexington by the time he leaves in a year or two.
I like Pope as a person....I truly do. He's a good guy.
BUT when a team continually doesn't put forth max effort on defense for 3/4 of a game, it is an indictment of the coach's inability to instill discipline, motivation, and effort.
A coach who can't or will not correct that, simply cannot be the coach at Kentucky. It's that simple.
BUT when a team continually doesn't put forth max effort on defense for 3/4 of a game, it is an indictment of the coach's inability to instill discipline, motivation, and effort.
A coach who can't or will not correct that, simply cannot be the coach at Kentucky. It's that simple.
All of our best coaches were tough SOBs. Rupp was the Baron of the Bluegrass, the Man in the Brown Suit. Pitino was a hard nosed New York City guy that took no **** fro anyone. Cal, as much as he frustrated everyone, was hardheaded and a brash. Cal spoke his mind even if it pissed you off.
Gosh I am a huge pope supporter, but this one was bad!! Played Jasper waaayyyy too much. Jasper was terrible and his family can go suck an egg for crying about his playing time. A tree can play better defense than him. Moreno and BG were both awful too. But the reason why we lost was because of missed free throws. Is that really the coaches fault? The whole JQ thing has absolutely killed us. He was supposed to be our Somto but instead he became our Sharpe.
He never won a NCAA tournament game before he got here. How could anyone hire him?
100% agree. These are the 4 tangible "winning things that matter" one can do at UK.
Bingo. You are 100% right. He's the worst I've ever seen. He has no clue who can play the game and who can't
Ask Barnhart. He didn’t look at anybody besides Pope after Drew turned us down. And Drew also would have been a bad hire.
Mark Pope couldn't motivate Tony Robbins.
Pope may be that coach that may win some he should lose and lose some he should win. That won’t fly here.
Just the name Kentucky is not enough to get top players anymore especially when you have a mediocre coach that can't recruit. If we don't get someone to this coaching staff that knows how recruit some of these young top rated players plus put a team together we're going to become the next Indiana. Nobody knows Mark Pope nobody wants to play for Mark Pope but they do Rojon Rondo.
You can say that again. He was awful. He is always awful. Too weak,..no defense,..can't shoot. And Pope acted like we had to have him in there,..while Denzil got splinters in his rear end from riding the pine. I don't understand.
You have to have brass .... to coach here. People say "who would want the job if we fired Pope". My belief is the type of person that would be good at this job doesn't compare himself to Pope and wouldn't care who coached here and failed. You think a young Pitino or Cal would care who they followed. They both think they are the the greatest to ever coach. That what it takes to be good here.
How are we even a blue blood at this point. Very sad what UK basketball has become.
I loved when our guys thought they were James Harden and took step back threes in critical parts of the game. That is terrific coaching and control of your team. Happened all night when we should have been attacking the rim and go to the free throw line, so we could miss those also.
I think it starts at the top. Pope is a horrible horrible Coach!
Look what Will Wade did to NC tonight. NC was missing players and Wade never called off the dogs, he beat them as bad as he could. I don’t have a problem with that.
There is no accountability on this team. None. No accountability to the coaches or to each other. That starts at the top. This one pushed me over the edge. First Barnhart has to go. And a new guy outside the university needs to be hired. Not one of Mitch’s flunkies. And if the new AD wants a change from Pope, and he probably will, Im good with that. I’ve watched 10 years of people not being accountable for a damn thing except how much money they can line their pockets with. It’s time that ended.
I don’t know how many times I could take being told how beautiful my yard is and how amazing my process was to get it in the shape that it’s in.
Yeah that's a head scratcher for sure.
Don't know what Pope seen in Jasper tonight to give him such a long leash.
Possibly because Aberdeen dribbles the air out of the basketball until he jacks up some ill advised 3.
Both are awful on defense as well and thats not what we need out of a PG.
End of year I make my judgement. Yeah it looks like **** now but every so often a great march comes out of no where.
I have supported Pope n hoped he would be great. Theres no world in which he was qualified but he was here an said right things. Hes done .
I have supported Pope n hoped he would be great. Theres no world in which he was qualified but he was here an said right things. Hes done .
He hit the portal hard this year and brought in exactly what you are seeing.... The embarrassing losses and 3rd and 4th stringers at every position which costed 22 million to boot so he overpaid to bring these players in. Then to add the cherry to the pie we have 0 has that's right 0 recruits coming next year! For those that say he needs a 3rd year it's just delaying the inevitable!
Will Wade fired as LSU men's basketball coach after accusations of five Level I NCAA violations
Will Wade has been fired as LSU men's basketball coach in a move that comes days after the school received a notice of allegations against the program from the NCAA.
www.espn.com
Lol. As if John Calipari wasn't our coach here before.Will Wade fired as LSU men's basketball coach after accusations of five Level I NCAA violations
Will Wade has been fired as LSU men's basketball coach in a move that comes days after the school received a notice of allegations against the program from the NCAA.
Mitch wasn't the force behind hiring Cal. Doubt he’d even consider Wade because of past allegations.
Yea I'm aware that Barnhart had nothing to do with his hire. I'm wondering what makes a Wade hire so questionable considering we hired Cal. Hopefully once again Mitch will have no input on the next hire, whether he's here or not
My point is Mitch wouldn’t give Wade the time of day because of his past. Now if Mitch follows through on his retirement plans, and if the job opens up, then he might be considered. Not happening under Mitch.
Pope is exactly who he was when he was hired. 12 losses a season on average. Win some big games. Then turnaround and lose some headscratchers. He's that guy.
this is my post from November after Nichols game. This was easy to see from the jump. I posted similar right after Gtown exhibition loss. We are just not good. Terrible roster construction and no leadership.
When things are down the little nuances of coaches reveal themselves even more. All of Pope's major flaws have been cited on here, and rightly so. He leaves much to be desired.
One sort of pet-peeve of mine with him, that likely wouldn't bother me if we were dominating, is his penchant for giving a five to all of his players during timeouts. Sounds silly, but it's very elementary. This is something that you see alot of middle school coaches, or high schools girls coaches doing during timeouts simply to keep their teams upbeat and "happy". You simply don't see this kind of rah-rah stuff at this level, especially not at Kentucky.
When do you see Pitino, Hurley, Sampson, etc making sure to give a five to each player at the end of a timeout? You don't. They bark out their instructions and that's it, feelings be damned. Small pet-peeve, but rather revealing in my opinion.
One sort of pet-peeve of mine with him, that likely wouldn't bother me if we were dominating, is his penchant for giving a five to all of his players during timeouts. Sounds silly, but it's very elementary. This is something that you see alot of middle school coaches, or high schools girls coaches doing during timeouts simply to keep their teams upbeat and "happy". You simply don't see this kind of rah-rah stuff at this level, especially not at Kentucky.
When do you see Pitino, Hurley, Sampson, etc making sure to give a five to each player at the end of a timeout? You don't. They bark out their instructions and that's it, feelings be damned. Small pet-peeve, but rather revealing in my opinion.