To say I am shocked is an understatement. With that said as a UK Fan I will give my complete support and backing to Mark Pope. Amazing player and what he has done at BYU is incredible. People need to understand Mark Pope has a better winning percentage coming to Kentucky than Dan Hurley did coming to UCONN. Mark's BYU Teams also run a modern offense that shoot several 3's. I think he will need to find an Asst. Coach to help with Defense as his BYU teams weren't very strong in the department but if he has a good NIL money bag set aside and can do well in the Portal as a result along with keeping the top Kentucky talent out of High School I think he could do pretty well.
With that said Mitch Barnhardt and Eli both need to be fired as of this morning. Going into this coaching search I kept wondering with it being such a huge hire why wasn't a Search Commitee formed to help make the best decision possible? Why was it left solely up to Mitch who is 50/50 on hires? Mark has my full support 100% but Mitch at the least just needs to fully feel the wrath of the fans.
With that said Mitch Barnhardt and Eli both need to be fired as of this morning. Going into this coaching search I kept wondering with it being such a huge hire why wasn't a Search Commitee formed to help make the best decision possible? Why was it left solely up to Mitch who is 50/50 on hires? Mark has my full support 100% but Mitch at the least just needs to fully feel the wrath of the fans.