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You're acting the people on Rupp Rafters created that newspaper or wrote that headline.
Kentucky is PATHETIC!
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reading their fans demand huge payments for coaches, player, etc.. is a bit much for me. I can't say Connecticut (or any program for that matter) is much better. We are all in the race to buy wins and championships, but Kentucky fans are by far the worst in this regard.
The problem with this hire is Pope will never get 3-4 years he needs to build a program (one that UK fans say they want) properly.
They been complaining non stop that all Cal did was recruit 5* freshman and all butt hurt that their current class have pretty much all asked out. Now they want everyone of the 5* that are available now
I think Pope is a good coach but do not think we will ever find out at UK.
If this was pre- NIL and all the portal movement I would agree. Now they can buy the players he wants/needs to quickly pull together a squad. He also has a pretty blank slate to fill the roster. Next year may be rough but for his year two he has zero excuses.
His problem is that while his teams play some interesting offense it was very flawed defensively. He is almost the inverse-Hurley in that he has a good offensive philosophy but needs to change how he coaches defense.
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I've been over there lurking far more than I care to admit... It's legit watching the world's worst tennis match. They legit destroyed Cal on the way out for only recruiting five star guys and then lost their collective minds when they hired Pope because he wouldn't be able to lure 5 star guys. Then they got pissed that the Cal 5 star recruits left saying good riddance, we'll finally recruit authentically and now are clamoring to get McNeeley because they need a 5 star guy.
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This +100The problem with this hire is Pope will never get 3-4 years he needs to build a program (one that UK fans say they want) properly.
They been complaining non stop that all Cal did was recruit 5* freshman and all butt hurt that their current class have pretty much all asked out. Now they want everyone of the 5* that are available now
I think Pope is a good coach but do not think we will ever find out at UK.
Pope may very well develop into a very to great coach but rooting out the old culture and installing your own takes time for even the best coaches (see Dan Hurley for exhibit A).
If he’s not winning big by year three the entire state will be in meltdown mode and I’ll be here to watch every second of it.
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We do and we will.
Yes, that is what I meant.
Especially if UL starts winning.
No clue what will happen with Pope going forward. He beat a nearly full strength KU in Allen, blew the doors off of ISU, and beat Baylor in his first season in the Big 12.
No clue what will happen with Hurley going forward. Outside of the last 2 years, his record is arguably worse than Pope (yes its tough to exclude 2 ships, just pointing out how quickly things can flip). He's at a school without tons of resources. And NIL and college football are transforming college athletics into a system that might shove the small conferences out.
Enjoy what you have for now. If someone said on April 3, 2015 that they would bet you that Cal was about to coach his last Final Four game at UK (despite coaching there an additional 10 years) the odds you could have gotten would have been ridiculous.