Anyone but Cal Right Guys.......

[JFCats22]

Some of y’all need to stop acting like Cal was the answer in any universe. 5 years and 1 tournament win. Cal is beyond washed up.

That’s one more tourney win than Pope has ever had

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

You don't have to officially offer someone and be told no to realize someone isn't interested. Oats, Drew, and Hurley were clearly not interested. Guys like Sean Miller were being reported as under consideration. That doesn't happen after just one guy tells you no.

You have no clue. No offers were reported to Oats.

That would have been all over the media if it had happened.

We've actually heard the contrary, that Oats was interested in the job.

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

I wanted to see how cal performed knowing his job was literally on the line. That would have been new.

Now Cal will murder us at arky. Get ready. It will hurt

I dont know, depends on who we can get in the portal. If UNCW and Oakland can beat this past UK roster.... then Pope who beat KU and Baylor this season can beat Calipari

 

[Seakat311]

Cal is toxic and stopped doing his job.

Uh, we had the number 2 recruiting class coming in, finished 2nd in the SEC, and Top 15 in the country. In what aspect was he not doing his job? So if Pope doesn’t match that, I’m sure you’ll be back here saying he’s not doing his job either?

 

[rnbsn83]

You think expectations are the reason we're landing Pope? That's horrific logic on your part. We only offered ONE other coach before Pope.


That has less to do with expectations or NIL or pressure and everything to do with our AD being a coward.

He loves naïve fans like you who buy into the "it's hard here" narrative.

I think the expectations of many of the fans to win every game, and the negativity from the media has made many of the top Coaches feel as if it’s not worth it. They’d rather stay where they’re at & build their programs. The “crazy” fans are too crazy for many. I read that Scott Drew contacted another SEC Coach and asked how safe Lexington would be for his children when Ky lost. If that’s true makes one think it’s scaring some off. Ky is different than many other schools. Not every fan base thinks the season is over after 1 loss. You see that a lot after a UK loss.

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

That’s one more tourney win than Pope has ever had

Pope would have won at least 2 games with our roster this year. I bet my life..ney my soul on it.

 

[sluggercatfan]

We underestimated how god awful our AD is. Mark Pope is top assistant coach material for our actual head coach. Why gamble when we could have had coaches who have actually made Final Fours (and won titles in Donovan’s case). Poor has zero NCAAT wins. This is so bizarrely awful

Donovan wasn't coming either.

 

[sluggercatfan]

This was the worst Kansas team in the past 12 years if not more, and this was not the Baylor team that throttled people a few years ago. Things change quickly in basketball..

Yes and they still beat JVC'S team.

 

[Slowwalker]

The grass isn’t always greener.

 

[gharding07]

The grass isn’t always greener.

Can't get much worse than 1 ncaa tournament win in 4 years. My mediocre HS basketball coach could accomplish that.

 

[Slowwalker]

Can't get much worse than 1 ncaa tournament win in 4 years. My mediocre HS basketball coach could accomplish that.

I’m not saying that I was pleased with the recent results, but this is a Billy G level hire. This is pathetic for UK, the greatest school in college basketball.

 

[Slowwalker]

Can't get much worse than 1 ncaa tournament win in 4 years. My mediocre HS basketball coach could accomplish that.

How about zero tournament wins in 9 seasons? Is that better?

 

[Aike]

Uh, we had the number 2 recruiting class coming in, finished 2nd in the SEC, and Top 15 in the country. In what aspect was he not doing his job? So if Pope doesn’t match that, I’m sure you’ll be back here saying he’s not doing his job either?

He was playing favorites and stopped emphasizing winning a long time ago.

He also consistently went out of his way to antagonize the fanbase.

I don’t know how well Pope will do, but I don’t expect him to be a jerk and try to hold us hostage if he isn’t getting the job done. He knows he isn’t bigger than UK basketball.

 

[know1]

Absolutely. If anyone doesn't think Pope will be better than what Cal has been for several years now, then I don't know what to tell you.

 

[thedahc]

Have fun in Fayetteville.

I was here before you and I will be here long after you are gone

 

[Logistics88]

How about zero tournament wins in 9 seasons? Is that better?

How many did Jon Scheyer have before duke named him head coach? What about Hubert Davis and Dan Hurley?

 

[thedahc]

The second I start reading some nose-picking apelike post from a troll like you, I know you're not even with UK.

It was more thought out and well written than anything you have ever posted here

Being "with UK" does not require agreeing with you and the other know nothing toxic perpetually complaining malcontents

 

[gojvc]

I knew there wouldn’t be top Coaches waiting at the door. Too much pressure is placed to win. The expectations of many fans are unrealistic. The parity in Basketball & the NIL has changed the face of college basketball. Kentucky is offering salaries higher than what Cal made from what I’ve read and it’s not enough. They’d rather make less than have to put up to the pressure cooker of UK.

We were going after guys who had won recent national championships at their current schools. Those are always going to be tough to get. There were still plenty of coaches more accomplished than Mark Pope who would have come here in a heartbeat.