I’d expect him to say- “I love all my guys, but it’s not my place to comment on another program’s search or their candidates.”
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You’re right but Pitino is never one to not share his opinion.
He said he hasn't been contacted by Kentucky, Yet. He also went on to say he was flattered and he loved his time at UK.
Why do y’all hate Mark Pope? I get he’s not a splashy hire but it can’t be a huge step down from Cal right? BYU’s hard to win at, and with KY resources y’all could have another solid 5 years of losing in the first round. I’m kinda joking, but seriously I don’t see how he’d be worse than Cal
Come on folks. Donovan has to say stuff like that now. His team is trying to get into the playoffs. What do you think he's going to say? Geez I hope Mitch gives me a call??!! 🙄
Ok. I think it is interesting he openly and strongly endorsed a candidate. That is a little unusual, but it may mean nothing.
"Clearly striking out" in the sense that two championship coaches have said no...
...and you're ready to jump to a guy with as many NCAA tournament wins as you or me. A guy that absolutely no one here would have heard of, much less consider for the job, without the alum factor.
There is a wide chasm between the tiny handful who've won national championships and the zero NCAA game winners. Even the ones who've had a couple of plucky underdog seasons.
I know Pope might not deliver on wins.. but do you think there's any actual risk on Reeds part to play for him? What did Pope show at BYU that makes you think his coaching would harm Reeds career?
If anything I would think his parents would be fine playing for Pope, who I'm sure they know fairly well.
NIL doesn't Come from the same place coach money comes from
I already said I don't really care about the alum factor. I like the hire because he took a Mormon mid major school and had them competing in what was a top2 conference this year. Idk why that's not impressive to more of you. I think that's a COY material.
Believe it or not, some of us don't just pay attention to UK ball. BYU was a great team all year. They beat Kansas at AFH.
Pitino said Pelphrey or Travis Ford would be great hires.
He also said firing Tubby Smith would set the program back 10 years.
I feel bad for Pope with everyone dumping on him. He's a good guy. I wish he wasn't in the conversation.
He also said firing Tubby Smith would set the program back 10 years.
I feel bad for Pope with everyone dumping on him. He's a good guy. I wish he wasn't in the conversation.
So y’all ever think “Man if some jackass didn’t call Scott Drew when he was eating at a random restaurant in Waco, he’d probably be our coach right now”
Btw, BYU had zero 5th or 6th year seniors (a lot of the better teams this year had this advantage).
They had 2 seniors as big contributors.
And like 4 or 5 of their next best guys were Juniors and sophomores.
It's not like this was some super experienced team full of men. BYU won with moderately experienced team, who is probably going to have similar success with their returning players next year.. I don't see this year as a one-time thing for Pope.
They had 2 seniors as big contributors.
And like 4 or 5 of their next best guys were Juniors and sophomores.
It's not like this was some super experienced team full of men. BYU won with moderately experienced team, who is probably going to have similar success with their returning players next year.. I don't see this year as a one-time thing for Pope.
Hiring a guy for a couple of decent seasons and a win over a rival is what got us Billy Gillispie.
not really because if he can't deal with that, he is going to be Gillespie rocking back and forth on his heels with anxiety the moment he gets here
No guarantee Pope would come here. He's a devout member of of the LDS church, so like with Drew's decision that could play into his. How many coaches do you know that would do this for their employer ...
BYU Basketball Coach Mark Pope Signs Contract Extension Through 2026-27
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Then what's the play here? Sean Miller? Shaka Smart? These are retreads who aren't going to make this fanbase happy with 1st weekend exits.
At some point, if guys like Donovan turn us down, I think we need to find a youn coach.
Or we don't, idk. I'm tired of talking about it honestly. Hire whoever at this point. Probably not going to matter in the grand scheme of things.
I can't imagine he'd string together bad seasons after he got the program running again
Just remember - Donovan is the reason we ended up with Gillespie
If Donovan will commit, fine, but the guy is going to play it loose ,leaving his options open, and he has a habit bad habit of leading an AD or GM on and then bailing on them
I'd love to have Donovan as coach but IMO, he's got to be less coy and more up front about I want this and will walk away from the NBA for it
If Donovan will commit, fine, but the guy is going to play it loose ,leaving his options open, and he has a habit bad habit of leading an AD or GM on and then bailing on them
I'd love to have Donovan as coach but IMO, he's got to be less coy and more up front about I want this and will walk away from the NBA for it
I say BS. Donovan is coaching for his job right now. Fan support has eroded. He may not want to come back to college at UK but he will be doing something other than coaching the Bulls.
I like Mark Pope a lot. I love watching his teams play. He runs a very good offense.
I honestly don't know. None of the 3rd tier options are that great, but hey, we're going to have to give someone a chance. My only hope is that Mitch isn't afraid to switch gears quickly if things aren't working out. I still think if he wasn't so awful off the court, BG would have been given a couple more years.
My fear with Pope is that if he isn't working out then he will get the good guy/alumni benefit of the doubt. That's how we turn into Indiana.
If we have to go the unproven route I'd rather it be someone from outside the family.
I think Will Wade is a STRONG ASS coach but I have a better chance of getting hired by MB than a coach with a show cause
Zagoria literally shits on any coach we feel good about. We will feel good about it for like a hour then zagoria will absolutely crush it and say it never had any chance of happening
Reed’s biggest risk is coming back and not shooting an absurd 53% from 3, not the coach.
Samson literally runs a worse offense than Cal.
Talk about stepping back into the 80's.
Worse than Tubby Ball.
It hasn't been hard to predict thus far. Unless you're a homer detached from reality you knew Oats and Hurley and Donavon would say no
Entertainment value aside he is still a better coach than Pearl. Personally I don’t want either one.
Never forget we shunned Billy Donovan when he was the heir apparent to Pitino when he left.
Our incompetent AD at the time chose Tubby over Billy the Kid and the rest is history.
I am sure that has played into some of his decisions on whether to come back to Kentucky when we need him most.
You reap what you sow.
We are reaping our bad decisions on coaching hires by incompetent AD'S.
