Kentucky to Hire Mark Pope LOL

[aburks41]

 

[aburks41]

 

[NowInStorrs]

Love this

 

[Vowelguy]

 

[WhereistheDove?]

It’s honestly a good hire, but that delusional fanbase is going to HATE IT.

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[UConnSwag11]

It’s honestly a good hire, but that delusional fanbase is going to HATE IT.

Completely agree.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[superjohn]

This is all incredibly embarrassing for that fanbase and school, they seriously got put in their place.

 

[UConnStats]

Good coach entering a very hard situation with unrealistic expectations.

 

[NJHusky]

They had to hire someone….and couldn’t risk getting turned down AGAIN!

Though it would be funny if it continued for another week

 

[TheHorde]

It’s honestly a good hire, but that delusional fanbase is going to HATE IT.

He has a lot of alumni support, and is a former captain of their 96 title team. He has Pitino’s blessing. That will give him some rope. Let’s see how he recruits.

 

[NJHusky]

What were they going to say, we struck out with our 4th and 5th choices too?

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[metsfan2323]

It's an improvement over Calipari. Nobody knows what will happen. They have a huge payroll, he might win big there.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Honestly i think this is a good direction for that program. He may not be the recruiter Cal is but im betting hes a better coach.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Good coach entering a very hard situation with unrealistic expectations.

Can’t wait for the end of year 3 when he takes a Marquette type job to get out of Lexington.

 

[TheHorde]

Honestly i think this is a good direction for that program. He may not be the recruiter Cal is but im betting hes a better coach.

It’ll be interesting to see how much he utilizes the portal and mixes youth with experience. They might well end up being a better team in March in time.

 

[uconn_jack]

The meltdown over there is epic.
UK fan emotions over the past week:

 

[TheChamps990411]

This is all incredibly embarrassing for that fanbase and school, they seriously got put in their place.

Yup. Fanbase is also part of the problem. For all the crap we get their fanbase is seriously toxic.

 

[uconn_jack]

On Wikipedia:

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

 

[YearoftheHusky]

They could’ve hired the real pope and I’d still pick Hurley.

 

[ctbro1999]

They had to hire someone….and couldn’t risk getting turned down AGAIN!

Though it would be funny if it continued for another week

Reminded me of the Speaker election a few months ago.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Pope is 100% using this as a stepping stone to a better, bigger gig

 

[djct1999]

Mark Pope is a very good coach. This is a horrible hire for Kentucky. Regardless of how you define success, it will never be considered enough by the fan base. It’s like writing a love story, expecting George Clooney to be the lead and getting Paul giamatti instead.

 

[TheHorde]

Meanwhile on the UK board

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Can’t wait for the end of year 3 when he takes a Marquette type job to get out of Lexington.

He may be just the guy to turn Butler around.

 

[superjohn]

My guess is they didn't want to wait another week or two just to have Donovan tell them to kick rocks. Need to hit the portal like crazy right away and retain and or bring over what you can. It seems crazy they didn't go after at least Pearl and Beard but supposedly Barnhart has some standards. Pearl would win big there right away and it's a fanbase that doesn't have patience.

At least work the backchannels to see if Sean Miller, Shaka, McDermott, Holloway have any interest. There's a bunch of guys across the country who are far more accomplished than Pope, I'm just thinking of guys in our conference who jump out to me.

 

[inWV]

It’s honestly a good hire, but that delusional fanbase is going to HATE IT.

No one wants to go in and clean up after Cal.