Thinking about the guys we missed out on last...

Once Hurley and Oates gave us a big fat no, that left Donovan. I think it's a good chance that Donovan was contacted under the table. He would be, I think, an unknown quantity because of his time removed from college and NIL.

That leaves
1. Pearl and Sampson who have their sons as coaches in waiting,
2. Pitino who could be a PR nightmare
3. Several guys, including Pope, who are "up. and comers"
To me Pope is as good as anybody that was available.

Not trying to fight, just my 2 cents

Most likely did the right thing. Having to re-recruit your entire team every year along with trying to recruit HS kids as well as 2-4 thousand portal players while having to promise them tons of $$$$$ and playing time was over the top. Everyone in every NCAA sport will have to build from scratch every year as long S this madness continues. Mark Pope needs 12 players. They all want a million minimum and playing time. I can’t imagine having to deal with this mess. It is stressful enough as a fan.

#3 &#4 teams in the country play at KPP this weekend and not ONE single station has any of the games scheduled to be shown!! You going to tell me they'd do this to any other SEC school nit named UK!!?

Or Are they online until the transfer?

Home series with 4th ranked UT this weekend. Top 4 teams in baseball are SEC teams.

Theiro to Pitt or unc and JQ does not fit popes offensive style

Hit the portal every year after basketball season? One man’s junk is another mans treasure? Players that play for 5-6 different teams and transfer every year. The SEC, Big 12, any D-1 player in any sport have become whores to the highest bidder.

It’s all about the bag of cash. Kinda sickening really. Traveling all star teams, pretty soon they will stop calling traveling and palming the ball. There has to be some parameters set. This process of portaling every damn year will be maddening. Sadly, it’s still a process of one and done. You should only be able to attend 2 schools in a 4 year period. There should be a cap on the amount of money involved. College Basketball as we have known it is over. Not sure I like this shit.

Again,

Matt Zenitz

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Colorado defensive back Vito Tisdale has entered the transfer portal,
@chris_hummer
and I have learned for
@247sports
.Transferred to the Buffaloes from Kentucky last year. Had 30 career tackles at Kentucky before transferring.

...where's he headed...is UK in final 4?

Is there a RR Portal? Where are all these new posters coming from?

With New Players being bought by most teams how much Jealousy happens amongst current team members?? How does this play in with trying to create team chemistry? Do you think Jealousy Exists??

He says we got him...

Popes been here around a week now.
He’s made some moves on hires. So far the roster is pretty bare but that was expected.

If you can name one thing you’re most optimistic about and only ONE, what would you pick? Potential recruit he could steal? One of the coaches he’s hired? Etc etc

Also, feel free to name ONE thing that worries you the most.

And feel free to update as time goes on.

I’ll start.
I’m very optimistic about the move away from cow and trying something different. I don’t care if Pope goes 5-30 this year, it’s worth the chance to get away from a guy who we know couldn’t win anymore.

The thing I’m most pessimistic about is the roster. Unless pope gets some of these names we’ve contacted that are good, this potential roster is going to struggle to compete.

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I was wondering how some of the biggest Cal supporters, like @UKBB4Ever are feeling about the Pope hire.

I know he was adamant that Cal wasn’t going to be leaving for a long time, while many of us thought the clock was ticking.

Not calling him out. Genuinely curious what he thinks of Pope. I know he played college basketball and has spent a lot of time traveling to support the team.

Any others huge Cal supporters who want to chime in with opinions are more than welcome, of course.