if your worried about this year dont be
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You better believe Pope knows how to turn vicious perimeter defense into highlight reel offense, oh yeah!!!
This is a valid argument. However, it’s noice to already have our roster basically set before the end of May. They have plenty of time to get acclimated and get a good feel being on the court together. Not to mention, we have SIX super seniors and a regular senior. That’s absurd.
With Cal, we didn’t have but maybe a handful or less of players on the roster at this point in the offseason. Was also hard to recruit the portal that way, not knowing how many slots you had to fill. Of course, we were always so damn young and very top heavy on young players. I’m so damn glad he’s gone!
Damn, this grinds my gears so badly! Used to make me infuriated watching games.
When you have all the experience Kentucky will have and you practice everyday with a fresh approach, positive energy, it will be easy to come together. None of them have ever been on a stage like this, they all do more than one thing well. They will have plenty of time to mesh, they have the necessary pieces to be a very good solid team.
What I'm worried about is Literacy of the average American. Apparently it's in the toilet. And shame on all of you for not correcting it to an extent this guy changes his thread title. Poo poo on you.
I don't hold us to the standard of "do better than the waning years of Cal". That's not enough.
I want us to be the best.
Poo poo means dog poop on you. Didn’t you mean Pooh Pooh. Or did you mean dog poop on every one. Pooh Pooh. Shame on you if you did. Oh Pooh
I am looking forward to next season I think we will make the sweet 16 at least maybe I am being too optimistic but I think Pope style of play and with all the experience and good shooters on this team it will be an exciting yr..
That will be hard to do but Pope understands.
Pope has a good record indeed as a player at Rupp Arena.
I’m sure he wants to continue that as a coach in that same building.
Ya I'm so illiterate it seemed everyone understands what I typed and no I'm not gonna change the title. My man be positive everything I read from you is just bad. Mr butts dad do you know we have a great up and coming coach with 9 players who are battle tested and ready to go that have played over 800 college game with over 500 starts. Let's see oh ya we have what 7 players that are legit D1 proven double figure scorers 8 if you count Butler(9.3). 3 defensive studs with a bunch a really good shooters etc. let's talk about that instead of trying to insult somebody.
Good rebuttal I want that too but our defense was horrible under the last regime
On KsR they’ve said multiple times “I’d be happy winning one game in March.” Combined with the contract extension trigger set to Sweet 16s. Everyone is slowly trying to lower standards.
Give me 10 solid years with 2 banners and he will be 61. That will give him a couple years left to chase the NBA dream and he should. Hopefully the NBA does pursue him because that means he did well at UK. I hope he goes and wins an NBA title with his former UK players.
Crush Rick and Cal’s resume at both stops.
Cal spent the last two thirds of his time here lowering the standards. It takes time to build them back. Also standards is different than the standard.
Also, KSR is not the poster you quoted.
Cal lowered the standards so you follow that up with lowering the standards even lower for the new guy? I don't get this. When did UK basketball turn into ''just get into the tourney''. Or how about ''win the one game in March''. Cal sucked. We have a new coach. Let's reset the expectations until he has proven he can't do them. Then we can start doing what we did with Cal and say ''just win a game in March''.
I am not worried one bit about this year's team. I think it's really going to be fun to watch them. I really think they will surprise us. I really feel that Pope has this under control and has showed it so far with the team he has assembled.
But I never said the winning one game in March was my standard. You're making stuff up.
My standard is compete for championships. My expectation for this coming season is we'll be better than last year.
I agree, the standard should absolutely be winning championships but winning championships takes time. For Pope to not be a failure and to keep the support of Kentucky I believe improvement over Calipari should be the metric for the year. If Kentucky can win one game in March, Pope's first year, I would support giving him a second year.
I don't worry about him going to the NBA either. However, if he is successful (I think he will be) I could see him retiring after 10 years. I think he will pour his heart and soul into the program, and work his ass off. It will take a toll on him eventually.
I think one thing Calipari said in the beginning of his tenure that was generally true is: UK is a 10-year job (even when things are going well) due to a few factors, not the least of which really comes from the unparalleled level of fan interest. At least I feel that way. Others obviously look at it differently; and also what is going on in years 9 & 10 would matter, of course. But I believe that if Pope is at UK for ten years, I'll be ok with a change, even while I still appreciate Pope.
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You have a smart mouth. When I was in the military, we always dealt with your ilk forcefully. The most popular method was a blanket party. Someone throws a blanket over the offender and the rest proceeded to inflict bodily harm on said offender. We found it to be a very effective mode of communication
