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At least he didn't get a lifetime contract.

I'm sorry but anyone judging this coach negatively with the way the roster was left completely bare, the way he had to get players to sign up to play for him when they had no idea what the roster would look like. And with these kind of wins over top programs with all these injuries to boot?

I just have to say you're fully regarded.
 
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The season has taken a sharp turn in the wrong direction, but insinuating that Pope isn’t going to make it at this point is an overreaction.

When we are healthy we are dangerous. We need Butler back to make any significant run.

And if we don’t defend with 110% effort for 40 minutes we will not like our postseason performance.
 
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The excuse of only having a month to get a roster went out the window after they beat Duke and Gonzaga. If they’re that good then there’s ZERO excuse for a handful of these losses. You can’t have it both ways.
Yes you can. It called injuries and the other teams developing better game plans, especially against a team with no point guard. Sometimes you don't have the team to sustain a high level because of other teams have more potential. Atleast we were able to snag some big wins early. That's better in year one than what we were getting.
 
The excuse of only having a month to get a roster went out the window after they beat Duke and Gonzaga. If they’re that good then there’s ZERO excuse for a handful of these losses. You can’t have it both ways.
This is not the roster that beat Duke and Gonzaga.
Get a grip. No coach can win without a serviceable PG.
We have NONE!
 
Barring a Kenny Payne type year next year he will at least get 3 years. 2 years from now we will have enough information to make the call either way. We don't have a big enough sample size now to say he's the man for the job or he's not the man for the job.
 
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How about losing both their point guards does that not count as an excuse
No it doesn't. Amari had what, TEN assists? The team KNOWS how the offense Pope put in place works, for whatever reason they're not putting forth the effort to make it work. I'm wondering if some of these guys know they don't have much of a future in basketball.
 
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