I gotta say, I love that he sees himself as a member of the BBN...
I don't want to do much comparing with former coaches, but I'll say this- we haven't had a UK coach who saw himself in these terms since Joe B Hall and I guess I forgot what that would mean to me. I love that Mark Pope loves UK, is a fan of UK, loves BBN, and has been following Kentucky all these years since he played on the 96 team. I love that he has been living and dying by every up and down of UK basketball most of his life, just like the rest of us fans.
This has GOT to help him with recruiting. I mean, you can put on an act for recruits, telling them about the importance of UK men's basketball and how much it means to the fans and the Commonwealth, but here is a guy who has lived it and is still living it. All those things that annoyed the crap out of Calipari- fans wanting to know about every detail- are the same things Pope has been following all his life- same concerns, same questions, that is him. You can't fake that kind of enthusiasm. His is real, and I love it! 😀
Mark Pope 'lives and dies' by Kentucky basketball: "I am BBN."
Mark Pope says coaching at Kentucky will never get old: "We're the blessed ones who get to do this. That's never going to fade."
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I don't want to do much comparing with former coaches, but I'll say this- we haven't had a UK coach who saw himself in these terms since Joe B Hall and I guess I forgot what that would mean to me. I love that Mark Pope loves UK, is a fan of UK, loves BBN, and has been following Kentucky all these years since he played on the 96 team. I love that he has been living and dying by every up and down of UK basketball most of his life, just like the rest of us fans.
This has GOT to help him with recruiting. I mean, you can put on an act for recruits, telling them about the importance of UK men's basketball and how much it means to the fans and the Commonwealth, but here is a guy who has lived it and is still living it. All those things that annoyed the crap out of Calipari- fans wanting to know about every detail- are the same things Pope has been following all his life- same concerns, same questions, that is him. You can't fake that kind of enthusiasm. His is real, and I love it! 😀