If you just sat though the last 6 years of Cal, the honeymoon isn’t over at 10-2.
Honeymoon over?
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It gets me nauseous and a migraine reading the game threads 😂
Calipari was blessed to have Harrelson, Liggins, and Miller his first 3 years here. It could have been a completely different first 3 years if he started from scratch like Pope had to do this year.
Although I'm frustrated by the beat down, I won't start going hard on Pope until I see how he does with high level talent like he has coming in next season and beyond. With that said, it still won't stop me from venting on this forum.
Although I'm frustrated by the beat down, I won't start going hard on Pope until I see how he does with high level talent like he has coming in next season and beyond. With that said, it still won't stop me from venting on this forum.
Agree
At least Garrison gives more effort
Must get another big man that can at least block shots and rebound as well as a scoring forward. Wouldn't hurt to get another shooting guard.
I think it will be easier to pinpoint specific needs in the portal next year. Lanier would have gone a long way this year.
Hopefully Popes first year will be better than Billy Clyde’s last one
Cal's first 6 seasons were way above the normal even for UK. A couple final fours and a championship per decade was the average before Cal.
Yes. This fanbase makes me shake my head sometimes. None of these guys ever played at UK before. All from other teams and freshman. Roster not officially settled until May I think.
The OP post just blows my mind. How quickly they lose their perspective.
I agree with that. They have the potential to make it to the FF but I don’t expect it by any means. It’s not a birthright, it’s earned not given. Maybe Brad can back me up on this.
This thread is ridiculous. It’s like a stereotype of reactionary UK fans. It’s a crappy loss in December. It happens. We’ve had good wins. Other top teams have had some bad losses as well. Not a big deal.
Fast forward to tomorrow and then you’ll have half the people on this site bending over backwards to protect this type of nonsense. You’ll hear about how the people who are being over critical of Pope, entirely disregarding the context of what our personnel is, are actually just good and passionate fans. Fans are supposed to say the coach is worse than Cal, every player is trash, etc. Therefore, I will just point to these type of threads and shake my head, nodding, fully aware that this is the type of culture this website has created. Rather than a nuanced discussion about what happens in the game, it is a hot potato game of hot takes about why we are the worst team in the SEC, etc. In reality, this team has always been flawed and it isn’t because Pope put Koby Brea in the game and he got beat off the dribble — it’s because we have a roster that was exclusively built out of the portal. These are the types of pieces that you build around elite players who are not specialists. If you got your hopes up for 40-0 or expected zero chemistry issues or zero mental challenges with a roster with twelves guys who each have zero former teammates, that’s kind of a failure on your own part to recognize that this road would always have bumps and bruises given the roster constraints. Rant over.
Not for me.
Tonight was disappointing. Embarrassing. But if I an being honest, I expected to be no better than 10-2 right now with losses to Duke and Gonzaga.
I like the culture change in the program of making it more about Kentucky than the NBA. I consider myself a realist, and realistically I didn’t expect to be a title contender in year 1 with a roster assembled in a month from nothing. We returned 0 points and 0 rebounds from last year.
It takes more than a bad loss on finals/Christmas week for me to turn against our first year coach.
Tonight was disappointing. Embarrassing. But if I an being honest, I expected to be no better than 10-2 right now with losses to Duke and Gonzaga.
I like the culture change in the program of making it more about Kentucky than the NBA. I consider myself a realist, and realistically I didn’t expect to be a title contender in year 1 with a roster assembled in a month from nothing. We returned 0 points and 0 rebounds from last year.
It takes more than a bad loss on finals/Christmas week for me to turn against our first year coach.
This is an assclown post. The fact Pope even has this team at #4 with wins over Duke and Gonzaga. And a decent UL team is amazing. The talent is not great. Half of these guys would be the 8th or 9th man on a UK level squad. And no, that's not a shot at these players. It's just a fact. Pope knows that too.
Didn’t read all the post
But no
Year one expectations was to make the tournament with a hodgepodge team and win a game in the tournament. A sweet 16 was a resounding success.
Just because we have been over performing didn’t change that.
This years goal is purely to be good enough tk get recruits to buy in to the future of Kentucky.
But no
Year one expectations was to make the tournament with a hodgepodge team and win a game in the tournament. A sweet 16 was a resounding success.
Just because we have been over performing didn’t change that.
This years goal is purely to be good enough tk get recruits to buy in to the future of Kentucky.
Honeymoon over? LMAO.....HELL NO!!
I honestly expected us to be around .500 at season's end, and we may yet end up with that record because we're playing without "elite" talent at every position. That's not a knock on our guys by any means, it's just the truth.
Our current coach is a beloved former player, one who helped bring a championship to Ky. He also LOVES this state, it's people and the university ; can you say that about our last coach? I'll stand by CMP , thank you very much.
I honestly expected us to be around .500 at season's end, and we may yet end up with that record because we're playing without "elite" talent at every position. That's not a knock on our guys by any means, it's just the truth.
Our current coach is a beloved former player, one who helped bring a championship to Ky. He also LOVES this state, it's people and the university ; can you say that about our last coach? I'll stand by CMP , thank you very much.
Testify brother, testify!
I'm not sure what some fans expected this season, given how things progressed this offseason. Im going through this season with zero expectations and just enjoying watching rhe guys play. Next year I'll start to ramp up my expectations. But barring a complete all systems failure this year, Pope basically has a free pass.
