It’s really just that simple. He’s unknown, he’s risky, he has no leverage. He would have to give incentive to take the risk. Other teams will pay. He has NO PATHWAY unless he gets abused by agents. It’s over and it’s been over.
apparently you’re right doesn’t seem many understand it. Mark Pope is a worse hire than Gillispie. Really, way worse. Jeff Ford would have been a much better hire. He might have actually done somewhat decent here (relative to Mark). Mark is a terrible, awful, putrid hire. He checks no boxes at all.
It’s a Mitch Barnhart special. How anyone continues to be this stupid I don’t know. And it is stupid.