Radical changes needed for UK's Basketball Program

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

Thanks to the transfer portal, everyone starts off with an empty roster. This isn’t unique to Kentucky and Pope. Even Cal at Arkansas had an empty roster when he was first hired.

You have a 1000 excuses for Pope with problems every single college coach has. Nothing about injuries or “schedule difficulty” or roster turnover or any of that nonsense is any different for any other SEC coach.

This is false and it's utterly ridiculous to try to sell it as being accurate.

 

[mash_24]

We have a backcourt of 2 highly regarded guards both of whom could have gone about anywhere. We have a veteran small forward who is one of the best shooters in the country. We have a couple kids for the power forward spot who “should” complement each other well. We have one of the top young up and coming centers in the country backed up by a defensive minded vet. In K Williams, Hawthorne we have two long wing guys who can possibly be 3 and D guys. Noah despite all the ridicule could develop into a nice bench piece as could M Williams. The makeup of this team looks good. Will it translate on the court? That’s the question Popes job hinges on.

 

[Catastic5]

This is false and it's utterly ridiculous to try to sell it as being accurate.

I suppose if you claim it’s untrue long enough, even you’ll begin to believe it.

 

[dckala2_]

What will really irk me is losing to the 11 through 14 teams…by double digits.

 

[WallMash]

I'm a Pope critic, but I'm excited for the season, I always am, because Pope did well in the portal and because I'm a UK basketball fan. End of story.

 

[RunninRichie]

That's definitely going off topic but I had nothing to do with running off Cal. Pope is trying to clean up the mess of inheriting an empty roster and has had his two seasons severely hampered by injuries and the two most difficult schedules in school history as I said.

Dusty May took over a Michigan program coming off 8 wins. He won a NCAA title in 2 seasons. Pope has some of the highest NIL in the country, to put together elite rosters, he's failed.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Dusty May took over a Michigan program coming off 8 wins. He won a NCAA title in 2 seasons. Pope has some of the highest NIL in the country, to put together elite rosters, he's failed.

They like to ignore the Michigan story.

They also ignore u when u ask them to compare Popes first 2 seasons of ncaa eligibility to Cals or Smiths or Pitinos or Halls.

They dont want to compare Pope to his UK peers because all those guys made a final four n year 1 or 2. And none of this guys had a NIL war chest to install build a mega roster like Pope too. Pope cant recruit still though, and thats pathetic.