ESPN: Its Pope

[michaeluk26]

I'd like to make clear I love Pope as a former player and I pray UK fans aren't shitting on him but he's absolutely not the right hire, period. Y'all can convince yourself of whatever but we just came off panicky and desperate.

 

[DreadLox]

Cal officially left on Tuesday. Mark Pope was announced 48 hours later to be coming. How many "proven" coaches could of turned it down in that amount of time?

This isn't a courtship where Barnhart meets the family and sits in the parlor drinking lemonade. I imagine Barnhart has met an awful lot of Div I coaches already and always has at hand a shortlist of people he'd want. His list and fans' lists may resemble each other only by accident. The final winnowing process may involve no more than a 5 minute phone call.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Effing massive mistake. WTF?!?!

 

[MrHotDice]

Juzt look at all the negative posts from these basketball savants that proves many know nothing about basketball in general and the BBN in particular.

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

Juzt look at all the negative posts from these basketball savants that proves many know nothing about basketball in general and the BBN in particular.

Agreed. To call them stupid would be an insult to stupid people.

 

[gharding07]

Juzt look at all the negative posts from these basketball savants that proves many know nothing about basketball in general and the BBN in particular.

We haven't even won a game yet? It could be an epic fail...we'll see.

 

[flacat22]

What purpose does it serve to dig this old crap?? Gotcha!!! I’ve never understood it.

 

[jeffky]

Sometimes it pays to zip the lip and let things playout because these posts are brutal and they have names tagged to them and has now come full circle you know that old saying we reap the whirlwind

 

[oldsports_]

Nice bump!

I knew our lunatic fringe fanbase was large, but dang.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Nice bump!

I knew our lunatic fringe fanbase was large, but dang.

I didn't mean to bump anything. I thought a "bump" was something dug up from long ago....this isn't even a month old. Sorry.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Well, I hope to be wrong from that first hour.

I started a thread soon afterward about fans booing draft picks that turned out to be superstars. So even then I was starting to turn.

https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/threads/sometimes-the-fans-are-wrong.412914/

 

[kybloo92]

Only shrivel dick bastards dig up old threads to feel the need to cause rifts in the fanbase when they aren't warranted. I think everyone is on board with Pope and wants him to succeed. Some people thrive when everyone is at each other's throats and can't stand the fact that most of BBN is united. Always have to stir the pot. Not the intended purpose of a message board to attack others all the time but should be here to discuss the team. I see a lot more of that. Apparently too much for some that have to dig up threads or hide behind their passive aggressive emojis on posts from night 1 nearly a month ago.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

You must hate UK.The guy is terrible.

Pope is far from terrible.

I won't argue with you as you are entitled to your opinion but this is just a disgusting take IF you really are a UK fan.

 

[know1]

Juzt look at all the negative posts from these basketball savants that proves many know nothing about basketball in general and the BBN in particular.

What do you get out of resurrecting a thread like this outside of looking like a moron?

 

[TankedCat]

 

[MegaBlue05]

I would like it if we could delete all the threads from April 11, 2024.

Lol.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

I would like it if we could delete all the threads from April 11, 2024.

Lol.

I hope not. I was all-in on Pope from the moment they announced it and the posts show it.

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

I hope not. I was all-in on Pope from the moment they announced it and the posts show it.

I just now noticed the Wojo/Magloire pic in your signature. Great memories!!! I can still hear Billy Packer crying like a bitch. We’re gonna have many more times like this with Pope’s leadership

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

We are Louisville now. I thought for sure our University had the right idea of what the fans expected but BYU was a nice story but what has he done to earn this UK job.

Guess I was wrong but we got players but will it translate into wins.