Would Cal come back?

piglet mignon

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We’re lost and helpless at the moment!!

What a redemption tour that would be — Come home, bring us to another final four (maybe title), then ride off into the sunset as an advisor.
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Its the gift that keeps on giving
 

Seth_C

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Cal's last 4 years here were worse than Pope's first 2 here. Shut up and ******* move on. Let him be mediocre with the top recruits somewhere else. Please God. ******* hell some of you would live in that man's underpants if you could.
 

Gobigblue812812

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We’re lost and helpless at the moment!!

What a redemption tour that would be — Come home, bring us to another final four (maybe title), then ride off into the sunset as an advisor.

OP wants to win some more Recruiting Championships!

My man!

This thread is only slightly better than the Kenny Payne thread.

How many trolls have invaded this board???
 

Goingfor9

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If you’re looking for someone to save us, it’s not cal. It’s freaking Pitino. If We made that play two years ago we’d are a title contending team this season
 
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Dward13

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Keep supporting this mediocrity and deflecting

My guy, did you not watch what happened to Arkansas this year the last two times they played a legit team? Lost by 30 to Florida and 20 ro zona.

Pope not being the answer doesn’t mean Cal is either. Cal is content to put kids in the lottery without ever being a legit title threat. arkansas will be a top 15-25 team every year. May even sneak into a final four with a good draw. But dont you want to at least feel like Kentucky has a chance to win the whole thing?

We need to look elsewhere. Should be focusing on finding the next Hurley, not trying to retread a 65 year old that hasn’t sniffed a title in over a decade. That would be like IU fans wanting Bob Knight back after he took Texas Tech to a Sweet Sixteen 15 years after his last final four.

We and the rest of college ball would have laughed at them.
 

ZaytovenCat

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My distain for Pope is reaching the level it was for Stoops, which is only slightly below Cal and Barnhart buuuut, absolutely hell no on Cal back at UK. I’d rather shut the program down.
 
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We’re lost and helpless at the moment!!

What a redemption tour that would be — Come home, bring us to another final four (maybe title), then ride off into the sunset as an advisor.
He can stay gone and never step foot back here. Pope and Cal both suck we need someone like Pearl!
 

Broker

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Do you have that short a memory or are you just another troll?

Cal sucked his last 4 years. He just had another SEC POY freshman and got to just the S16

He is never making it to another FF again
Neither is Pope. If Cal were here and MOTIVATED, he could get to a FF. Pope has less chance than Donald Duck.
 

Drcatfan

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Anyone that wouldn’t rather have Cal than Pope is just letting their pride screw with them. That being said, that ship has sailed and Cal will never be back at UK.

Unfortunately, the best case now is a season bad enough to justify firing Pope. Hire the right coach at the end of next season and rebuild. The selection of that coach will be the key.
 

BigBlueGuru

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its embarrassing as a UK fan to see threads like this
Agree but that is the Mods fault for letting all these trolls happen. No different than all the hostility should be pointed at Barnhardt for hiring Pope to begin with. This isnt Pope's fault it is Barnhardts fault.
 
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