This analogy completely ignores that Pope already has Moreno, a potential draft pick, coming back.....hopefully
Santos to LSU
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This analogy completely ignores that Pope already has Moreno, a potential draft pick, coming back.....hopefully
Let’s hope that’s the version LSU is getting. With all of the money LSU is paying its former football coaches, how do they have any money to pay anybody if everybody is getting millions?
Boy, some of you sure are worried about what others think. Maybe try to grow some thicker skin. The drama on here for everything Pope does or doesn’t do is over the top. Step away from the ledge.
Mark Pope thought it was best to just get out of the country at the time of the Stokes decision. I’d be embarrassed and hide also.
I think the problem is that MP is recruiting the way he was recruited as a kid in the 90s. Like how it went in the movie like Blue Chips, where the kid is wide eyed and the coach comes in and gives a pep talk about how you need to play for me, and throws in a few side benefits, and the kid says ok.
That is not how recruiting in done now, it's all slick presentations, business propositions, corporate and high finance, ready to talk numbers and spreadsheets, revenue and future income projections, etc. and he rolls in and looks weird to recruits who are now used to and expect a more professional and business tone.
You are completely missing the point. NO ONE wants to play for Pope. It doesn’t matter what others think unless those “others” are players. Recruits. It is obvious what PLAYERS think of Pope.
If Lsu was offering a starting spot and/or more money plus him knowing Moreno is our starting 5, then why fly in to a war zone for a backup??? Assuming MM comes back I know, but this isn’t like flying to Cali or Fla to see someone.
11 more months...11 more months and it should be over.
Unverified sourcing, of course (as Twitter most often is), but I present the following claim that Pope is indeed “weird”:
There was nothing impressive about him in my opinion, so personally I'm not concerned we lost him. But Pope obviously wanted him and wasn't able to land his target once again. That's the problem. Two things can be true at once.
This story will go down in UK lore as one we'll all remember. Coach on the hot seat flies all the way to Israel to watch a suspect player and said player scores 0 points. Stays a day or two then loses the prospect to a coach whom he never met.
Its like satire but the truth is always stranger than fiction.
Its like satire but the truth is always stranger than fiction.
Beattle bum laughed at this post but he's a non-uk fan troll.
So…hows errbody enjoying year 3 of the Mark Pope era so far?
Well 3 or 4 mouth breathers keep making excuses. About a dozen or so want us to know that he’s “GeTtiNg a THirD year!! No mAtteR wut” (like we all don’t know that) so they aren’t gonna be negative at all because they’re sooo smart and like being preachy.
Rest of us are rightly embarrassed and plssed.
Geez. What an arsehole analogy.
But, I get it. You make fun of your friend for liking a girl you think is ugly and then make fun of him if that girl turns him down, even if your friend has dated a lot of hot girls in the past. That’s you. Thanks.
Doesn’t change the fact that Pope will be criticized by some of you for anything he does.
BTW, I think Santos was a good get. Only the truly ignorant would focus on one game for the decision. He played at a high level and will be a man. Just because some dude Goodman trusts says he cannot play defense, I would not pass on Santos. He would have been a perfect experienced addition for a reserve role. Seems LSU paid him stater money. I wonder if that check went up because Pope put on the press. IDK
Santos coach seemed to think UK was in the mix when Pope visited. He must have been confused, because this X guy knew better.
Which is the question is what happened? He assembled a lot of good guys in short time in yr 1. And now here we are
Why are all the scummy coaches in the SEC now and we're literally stuck with the nice guy and the JMI deal of top-button mitch?Will Wade with those strong @$$ offers are alive and well in Baton Rouge.
Your shtick is tired.
The sentiment on Santos after Pope went and saw him last week shouldn’t change at all. Undersized center that struggles on defense and when Pope (for whatever reason) flew to go watch him put up a whopping zero points on 4 shots in 12 minutes. This is more of another PR hit rather than an actual loss in terms of talent on the roster IMO.
No clue, wish I knew, all ik is that their roster is decimated and Will Wade said they’re going fully international outside of Mo, so probably just a better opportunity to start
Opportunity to start and probably more money than UK would offer for a backup role.
That’s what I’m thinking too, Wade has been super vocal about the NIL support he was getting, so wouldn’t be surprised that he’d dump out the money
This is said after every recruiting miss tbh.
Pope's cult is that all you got? nowhere have I said one way or the other about pope ,just pointing out the damn if you do or damn if you don't asinine crowd philosophy . I want pope gone too, if he does not produce next year . 3 year grace guy here .this program was in shambles long before pope got here .
The first line of Mark Pope's scrutiny should be:
Mark Pope flew across the world to recruit Márcio Santos, but the Brazilian center has opted for a different SEC program.
him in a nutshell. I cannot think of a better 1 sentence description
Mark Pope flew across the world to recruit Márcio Santos, but the Brazilian center has opted for a different SEC program.
him in a nutshell. I cannot think of a better 1 sentence description
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To be the starter for more money.
Is he supposed to kick Moreno to get the guy or what is the plan to counter?
He had to fly to Israel to find that out???
LSU is desperate for players and I’m sure overpaid for this guy.
Couldn’t agree more. He’s a walking bobble head, too. He’s gonna give himself whiplash one of these days.
English is not Santos' first language so he might not have meant to say "He was weird". He might have meant to say "He is weird".
We need a back up center and he gave it a go like he should even if it is an uphill battle because slim always beats none and maybe it wasn't particularly that slim.
The big man market is tough, there are few if any layups to be had but you still have to take the swings you can.
If he were to be granted a fifth year of eligibility, which I know is not probable, and he is looking for another of college and not the NBA, I would like to see us pick up Baba Miller.
My guess is he will move on to the NBA ... but he is listed in the transfer portal right now. ?????
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My guess is he will move on to the NBA ... but he is listed in the transfer portal right now. ?????
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Its nothing more than incompetence by Pope.