Time for Kentucky to dump Nike

[anot]

That's it. That's the thread.

 

[loublue22_rivals308424]

You mean Pope.

 

[RunninRichie]

Nike sucks. Never get any new uniforms. Kansas gets a new set every season, tons of alts. Duke and UNC, same deal. Pope had to part the red sea, to get 1996 throwbacks.

 

[TheDude73]

Why? It wasn't their fault. We had a Nike kid from Kentucky go to an Adidas school in a different state for one reason - THE COACH.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

You can lead a recruit with a boatload of Nike cash to Pope, but you can't get them to convert.

Pope failed this recruitment.

 

[theBlues]

Nike was not against us in this recruitment. It's just that their help wasn't enough to get us the recruit.

 

[katwest]

More like Hollywood stokes sh— on Nike and made them like it!

 

[FilsonCat]

Can I get an all of the above? JMI, Capilouto, the BOT. The coaches. We need a hard reset for men's basketball.

 

[CrimsonCats_rivals]

I don’t think this was on Nike. By most accounts, they were the only reason we even stayed in the running for as long as we were. They can’t force a kid to commit to a program and coach he doesn’t want to play for.

 

[CatsFan4Evr]

This is somehow Nike’s fault?

I beg to differ. We have a total moron as head coach.

 

[anot]

You mean Pope.

Yes but I've been saying that for over a year. I've gave Pope more crap than anybody on here to the point y'all call me a troll. I've been known the guy is a lame duck sitting.

 

[RunninRichie]

Nike should probably dump us, they helped with this recruitment, and Pope still failed.

 

[BMR1987]

There are a lot of legitimate gripes to have with Nike and their (mis)treatment of UK.

I don't think this one is on them.

 

[Coach Ken Reeves]

Nike is garbage! I would love to see UK go elsewhere!!!

 

[anot]

I'm not blaming Nike. It's Popes job to get it done. I just thought it was understood we all want him gone.

 

[DukeWinsLOL]

Calm down, heard Pope just inked a two star recruit ranked 356th in the nation. Apparently it didn't even take much, he had to get only three of the kid's relatives on the staff to get him to commit

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Get rid of Pope and hire a guy that knows his butt from his face and how to recruit. This ends differently.

 

[ComebackCats98]

I got bad news for you. Nike was the only reason Kentucky was in the picture. Time to ditch Mark Pope

 

[Hopmix]

Nike was not against us in this recruitment. It's just that their help wasn't enough to get us the recruit.

To be fair they wanted him in Oregon am couldn’t get that done either. They should 100 percent drop this kid.

 

[FilsonCat]

To be fair they wanted him in Oregon am couldn’t get that done either. They should 100 percent drop this kid.

I am actually really surprised that they didn't get him to Oregon. There's probably going to be some behind the scenes stories that leak eventually.

 

[Dr.LutherSan]

Nike looks the best and has the most options. UK has a mid-major level coach.

 

[GoBigBlue1224]

UK just needs a coach that connects and makes Nike cool. I’m surprised they haven’t dropped us to be honest. And if it was one recruit, fine, but missing on all these kids (UK was the leader at one point for like 6 of the top 10), that’s a coach problem!!

 

[JASUN74]

I would’ve loved to had Stokes here as he’ll be one of the best players in College basketball this year. That doesn’t mean they’ll win anything worth wild as a team. Anyway, the kid wanted to go to Kansas and not here, it is what it is and it’s time for a different route. Hopefully it works out best in the long run.

 

[Jimmy James]

If UK keeps Pope much longer, Nike might be the one getting rid of them. Pope would be hard pressed to secure a shoe deal with the maker of those Dollar General shoes.

 

[Midway Cat]

No.