what does that have to do with being a successful coach? There are no shortage of coaches who fooled a franchise/program into giving them a big contract and not living up to it…sorry to burst your bubble that life is in fact not a meritocracy.
Am I the only one that thinks UK is the team to beat this season?
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Being skeptical of the hire isn’t the same thing as hoping for their failure. Not my fault you aren’t capable of that nuance.
What does having a Pitino guy have to do with it? I like Pope, but Pitino has nothing to do w it
Dude we get it your not a UK fan and you are here to troll. Time to move on.. And no this is not what I think will happen but I am replying to your absurd post and downplaying Mark Pope. Who was considered successful at BYU I think it has been well documented the road blocks he had at BYU and finished 6th in what considered the toughest conference last year..
Doesn't really matter I guess we will see soon enough.
Probably better than a guy who loses that many with elite young talent wouldn’t you say?
Yes IMO he runs his offense like a video game. I've seen several D1 coaches praising it especially in his conference. I know Self and Sampson are on record saying it's nearly impossible to game plan BYU with Pope as the coach. Also watched a few videos of Pope coached team running offensive and the guys that were breaking it down were talking about how unique and hard it is to guard all the moving parts from the plays he has. needless to say now Pope has the best player from that team Robinson to go along with 8 other highly skilled players who have multiple years played and 3 exciting frosh to run this offensive. I'll stick by my guns and say UK will be able to score with anybody it's if we play defense great that's going to be the key of how good we can be.
Ky I think will surprise alot of people they will be good, alot of experience and good shooters and good size and Pope is a good coach.
Ha! Yes, it's a real quote and I was the one who said it. Just shows my complete ignorance.
I was responding to your post saying simply making the tournament and winning one game would be considered an unmitigated success.
For the record, he gets a pass for this year unless we’re complete garbage. It’ll be the following year or the next when it’ll be completely fair to judge if he’s gonna be the guy or not.
Again, as others have pointed out, not sure why you are having such a hard time understanding the nuance of continuing to support the program while questioning the hire. We just hired a guy who has won one tournament game…I’m supposed to jump to the conclusion this guy is gonna maintain the level of success we expect based on what his actual record is? That doesn’t mean I don’t hope it happens.
I supported moving on, but still. You’re talking about a guy who deserved to be in the hall of fame. You really think it’s crazy people are hesitant to say that about Pope?
It takes time to learn how to press because its based on location , position, and disipline. Using your hands causing deflections creating lanes for traps. Havock times 2 is not easy to learn.
