Kentucky to Hire Mark Pope LOL

[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.

 

[Woodson]

Half ass search. Did they even meet with Seth Greenberg??

 

[djct1999]

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.

It’s called back channels. It couldn’t become public until next week but I am certain they knew whether Billy Donovan was interested. He wasn’t.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

ZERO NCAA tourney wins…. lol

 

[uconn_jack]

Its hysterical how some (although not all) are also trying to rationalize that they don't want Hurley anymore because he is obviously an idiot for turning down UK and the bag. Some quotes from RR board:

"Frankly, if we walk away without Hurley after a $100 million offer that he REJECTED...I'd just call it a win and a dodged bullet. He's a freakin idiot to reject that. End of story!"

"Just reading that it is incredibly hard to absorb. $100 million (if accurate) is a absurd amount of money. Literally obscene.
I wasn't terribly interested in Hurley as I thought he would be a terrible fit for UK. But, for him to turn down that kind of money is a red flag IMO."

"He's a (rhymes with cluck)"

"If Hurley really rejected that kind of money cuz he wants to stay in Connecticut where they care more about the womens team then that’s his call but he clearly wasn’t the man for the job"

 

[Viet Vet]

Kentucky fans. You were, have been, and once claimed “king of the hill”.

The king is dead……long live the king.

 

[whosurdaddy2720]

 

[Bomber36]

The tantrums are gonna be epic.

 

[husky429]

Is this the Pope who hasn't ever won a game in March outside the CBI?

 

[UConnStats]

I am not a Calipari fan, but Arkansas is going to own Kentucky.

 

[NowInStorrs]

They're not taking this very well

 

[Horatio]

He’s not gonna be able to hold those players and recruit's. SMH

 

[NJHusky]

Check out this UK jenius….maybe they wanted Bobby not Danny?

Pope has a better win percentage at BYU than Hurley did at Buffalo.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I am not a Calipari fan, but Arkansas is going to own Kentucky.

I basically despise Calipari but next year I would love to see Arkansas win only two games, both against Kentucky.

 

[JMick]

Its hysterical how some (although not all) are also trying to rationalize that they don't want Hurley anymore because he is obviously an idiot for turning down UK and the bag. Some quotes from RR board:

"Frankly, if we walk away without Hurley after a $100 million offer that he REJECTED...I'd just call it a win and a dodged bullet. He's a freakin idiot to reject that. End of story!"

"Just reading that it is incredibly hard to absorb. $100 million (if accurate) is a absurd amount of money. Literally obscene.
I wasn't terribly interested in Hurley as I thought he would be a terrible fit for UK. But, for him to turn down that kind of money is a red flag IMO."

"He's a (rhymes with cluck)"

"If Hurley really rejected that kind of money cuz he wants to stay in Connecticut where they care more about the womens team then that’s his call but he clearly wasn’t the man for the job"

There are a lot of people that think more money = better person. That's why they're shocked.

 

[superjohn]

While they were running Calipari out of town Calipari was maneuvering behind the scenes with his rich buddies to land safely on his feet with a competitor, meanwhile Kentucky had no plan other than their fantasyland candidates. Don't push the 7 out the door if you don't have the 9 or 10 lined up or you'll probably end up with a 3 or 4. This reeks of Barnhart getting sick of being publicly rejected so he just hired the sure thing even if the sure thing may have horrible breath and serious BO.

Their rabid fans hate Barnhart but they're the ones who pushed Calipari out the door and pretended they could hire the best coach out there.

 

[ninety-nine]

Its hysterical how some (although not all) are also trying to rationalize that they don't want Hurley anymore because he is obviously an idiot for turning down UK and the bag. Some quotes from RR board:

"Frankly, if we walk away without Hurley after a $100 million offer that he REJECTED...I'd just call it a win and a dodged bullet. He's a freakin idiot to reject that. End of story!"

"Just reading that it is incredibly hard to absorb. $100 million (if accurate) is a absurd amount of money. Literally obscene.
I wasn't terribly interested in Hurley as I thought he would be a terrible fit for UK. But, for him to turn down that kind of money is a red flag IMO."

"He's a (rhymes with cluck)"

"If Hurley really rejected that kind of money cuz he wants to stay in Connecticut where they care more about the womens team then that’s his call but he clearly wasn’t the man for the job"

For anyone who is a little murky on what "sour grapes" means, THIS is a perfect example of sour grapes.

 

[Stew Crew]

Ironically, he was sitting in the UConn section during the semis against Alabama.

 

[uconnfan68]

Good coach entering a very hard situation with unrealistic expectations.

I’d say he’s due for a culture shock going from BYU, but he’s been there already. He knows what’s coming.

 

[superjohn]

There are a lot of people that think more money = better person. That's why they're shocked.

This is so true. It's not unique to the Kentucky fanbase, you sadly see it in all walks of life.

 

[BlueMAB]

Check out this UK jenius….maybe they wanted Bobby not Danny?

Pope has a better win percentage at BYU than Hurley did at Buffalo.