Mark Pope "KY 'Til I Die"
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Now compare Pope's passion to the last clown coach we had, who constantly belittled our fan base by calling us "Bennies" and essentially saying our opinions were worthless.
So glad we have new life and new blood in this program. If Pope gets this thing rolling, we'll have him here for 15-20 years of basketball excellence and constant passion for the program.
So glad we have new life and new blood in this program. If Pope gets this thing rolling, we'll have him here for 15-20 years of basketball excellence and constant passion for the program.
Pope for Governor President whatever he wants
Great stuff, Smash. Thank you for sharing!
Pope gets it from every aspect that’s for damn sure! He will make sure that he puts Kentucky first always!!!
The air is fresh with this coach.
Good times.
Good times.
They need to have those for sale in Lexington by Big Blue Madness.
I thought 2010-15 John Calipari was the perfect Coach for UK (because he understood it so well) and we could never do better. I was wrong. Pope isn't there as far as National Achievement (yet) but no Coach of his level understands Kentucky better than him. I love everything about Pope.
I thought 2010-15 John Calipari was the perfect Coach for UK (because he understood it so well) and we could never do better. I was wrong. Pope isn't there as far as National Achievement (yet) but no Coach of his level understands Kentucky better than him. I love everything about Pope.
Yep.
Cal’s disdain for the fanbase is the same reason he wasn’t recruiting Johnson or Moreno hard or at all. He never liked having KY kids on the roster bc the pressure to play them. Perry was essentially told to go else where and was a courtesy offer bc he’s the all time leading scorer. Shep is legacy and Cal knew the lash back from not recruiting him would be way bigger than if he had him rostered and only used him in spot minutes. Luckily Shep forced him to play bc he was a lotto pick.
Cal’s disdain for the fanbase is the same reason he wasn’t recruiting Johnson or Moreno hard or at all. He never liked having KY kids on the roster bc the pressure to play them. Perry was essentially told to go else where and was a courtesy offer bc he’s the all time leading scorer. Shep is legacy and Cal knew the lash back from not recruiting him would be way bigger than if he had him rostered and only used him in spot minutes. Luckily Shep forced him to play bc he was a lotto pick.
Woah slow down a bit. I’ve had a long history of following UK basketball. I actually coined a phrase “ shelf life” in regard to UK bball coaches back in the latter Rupp years and Joe B Hall days. Based it on the tenure of coaches in ND football.
I thought back then about 10 years was the shelf life of a UK bball HC. Still believe it.
And I’m with you on CMP. Perfect guy with the exact style of play. So much pride passion and energy.
Extremely excited for the season to start.
Thanks to Coach Pope for his passion for Kentucky basketball.
He definitely is earning every penny of his salary.
Thanks to Coach Pope for his passion for Kentucky basketball.
He definitely is earning every penny of his salary.
Just think if Oats or Drew were here as mercenary's, going through the motions. No way I could get excited about either of them.
So Re-energized!
So Re-energized!
I would have found a way to get excited. Especially with their pedigree. But we were in desperate need of a culture change as much as anything and Pope probably achieves that more than anyone. Not sure the other guys would have embraced making it about UK again like Pope has.
I hope we beat the shit out of CCC this season.
I hope the offseason stuff translates to the court and winning. I really love Pope and hope he crushes it. It would break my heart to see him fail. Not that I believe he will, I think he’s gonna be great.
I really feel the same way. Part of me believes Mitch didn’t hire just one coach, Pope has a lot of extremely knowledgeable friends that are there for him. Yes, Pope is the HC, but he has an extremely
knowable support group surrounding him that love UK as much as we do.
I would be ecstatic if Nate Oats was the coach.
Good for you. 👍
Guarantee he has never even considered since he’s a dirtbag that ignored a shooting.
Everytime he takes a breath and says something, he's refilled with it. I'm eager to hear all of the same excuses he used here.
The "it's a ten year job" thing came from Joe B. Hall. He was a good man, but UK is a different beast and requires killers to run this thing the right way.
Pitino would have lasted here the same way Self has at Kansas and Coach K did at Duke. Those are also immensely high-pressure jobs, but with the right coach, it can be a multi-decade gig.
Of course Pope is going to be all UK as he won a title here and played here. It's a but goofy to expect Cal or Tubby or Pitino to have that same level of passion.
The passion is great but he has to win number 9 and make some final fours on the court. That's 100% all I care about.
The rah rah stuff is great but doesn't win games.
The passion is great but he has to win number 9 and make some final fours on the court. That's 100% all I care about.
The rah rah stuff is great but doesn't win games.
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