We can do liberals vs conservatives if you want. That would distract from Yankees vs hillbillies. Oh wait. That may actually be the same groups of people. No peace
Coach Hurley
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But in the town it was well known when they got home at night their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives!
Exactly how I picture Hurley.
I could see him coaching at Duke if Jon Scheyer doesn't work out.
You know she’s something else, you had guys like Goodman saying long before the Lakers and UK job opened that Hurley wouldn’t be going anywhere because Andrea won’t let him leave, it played out just like that too. Every time I’ve seen a picture of her she reminds me of Jersey Shore, she has that look about her.
The insults started with you saying get out the rebel flag. Hasn't racist racist racist gone on long enough?
It is unlikely anyone on here is an actual racist.
But it is certain that you are an ass.
Good day.
He better tone it down, he looks in decent physical shape but he is so intense he may burst a vein on the sideline.
I’m actually thankful that we didn’t get him as our coach. We need a coach that doesn’t yell the entire game and a coach who is a respectful and a role model for our players. Hurley is a heck of a coach but he seems like a prick and we don’t need another one here at UK.
If he won huge here people would love him anyway, he would be our prick. But he’s not gonna be so he is an ass!
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Always has been that way. I thought he could win here and would have supported him but wasn't too disappointed when he didn't come as I didn't think he would fit in here.
If you have ever been north of the Mason Dixon line you will find millions who look down on people from the south or Kentucky more specifically because of where we are from. So be careful to not fall from your high horse of thinking you or northerners are any different.
I can absolutely see Pope making two Final Fours in a 10-12 year period. I can actually see him winning two titles in that timeframe. This guy is extremely motivated and loves the school he’s coaching at. He also knows what it takes to win titles. He was the captain of arguably the best team in college basketball history. EDIT: Not to mention, he was coached by one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time, in Rick Pitino.
I can only imagine how good his teams will be once he starts getting some elite talent on campus. Don’t get me wrong, we have some great college players and they all already seem to know their roles. Amazing how quickly he threw this roster together and how well they’ve meshed and how much chemistry they have this early. I’m very optimistic about Pope at UK.
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The shear fact that you are looking down your nose, judging everyone on this board and are too oblivious (I know that is a big word for a little hillbilly like me) to the fact you are doing the very thing you are judging us for is comedy gold.
I respectfully disagree. At least for me. I grew up in Bobby Knight country, and I could never figure out why IU fans loved that angry Richard so much. I always found him to be embarrassing. I would've still been a UK fan under Hurley, but I never would've embraced him. Honor and character mean more to me than winning.
Cal gave UConn what should have been UK's #9 (really 8, because it was the year before the '12 title, but you get the point) and #10, thanks. Favored in both, shit the bed in both.
I can understand your view, just saying overall I think most people would support him after awhile. Bob Knight is still loved today by the Hoosiers. Because he was the last winner.
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This! Even though we got some really tough calls in both games, Cal got out coached both times. Was a reoccurrence during his tenure.
At one time Bobby Knight was considered the best X and O coach in college and his results showed that. People tended to overlook his antics because he won championships and at the least had IU in the hunt for one every year. However, when he started winning less and the younger generations of players didn't like his ways, he lost his support and he wasn't worth the trouble anymore. Hurley will have to keep winning big to be worth his nonsense or else they will get tired of him.
Plain and simple - you might put up with your bitchy wife if she’s a smoke show - but the second she starts getting less attractive the leash is much shorter. Personality, as much as people are trying to downplay it, is very important. Especially after we just got done with Cal who looked down on the fans. Can you imagine how Hurley, who’s from the same area but also much smarter than Cal with X and Os would’ve gotten along with our fans? It would’ve been a disaster.
His comments in the post game presser should get him fined. You can't openly critisize refs like that, but even worse, he talked anout how the Memphis player put no effort into going after the rebound. That's not something you typically see coaches doing.
That guy has some serious little-man syndrome.
I do think he will get us there. It's more so to say that the probability of any coach getting two final4s in a 10 year span, is probably less likely of happening, than happening. Just because the sport is so fickle. Which just goes to show how insane it is to go back to back like Hurley did, in this day and age. You could win a title like Tony Bennett and then never sniff another one. Very hard to string together 4 great games to get you that F4, against teams that almost all of which, are playing very well come March.
But yeah there are coaches out there who I think are multi year F4 guys, and I do think Pope is one of them. His game plan and offense are there, and so long as our recruiting looks like this (a top15 class or better), along with strong transfer portal.. he's gonna have a team that's capable every year.
Nah, he has "I just won two national titles and should be untouchable" syndrome. He expects everyone to be on their knees, bowing to him.
I love how he tugs the assistant’s shirt toward him to initiate “hold-me-back” mode.
The contrast between Pope and Hurley is unreal. I want to win as badly as anyone, and I think we will win with Pope. But I kind of feel like we would have sold our souls with Hurley. I despise that man.
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My mother was born and raised in New York, as was her sister, brothers, and pretty much all of her side of the family. I can attest to this.
Reminds me of when I was visiting family in NY and witnessed a young boy mooning an old man.
I love my family from NY, but I hate going up there and the stereotyping I receive.
I lived in the NE for 20 years and have been in KY for 20 years. There are PLENTY of GREAT people in the northeast, and the stereotyping of southern folk against the NE is just as damaging as theirs against you.
I am shocked he’s recruited as well as he has being like that. I didn’t think kids these days would put up with a coach like that honestly. Kinda refreshing in some ways seeing there are some tough minded kids out there but he doesn’t have to be such a prick all the time.
The saddest part is that he's acting like this in Hawaii; not during a hard-fought conference game or the ncaa's but laid-back Hawaii...
I honestly don't think that Pope will have to get elite talent to have an elite TEAM. His roster construction shows that. Elite high school talent might not mesh into a great team.
