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Oats saying, “They can’t play with us”

We have three top 40 freshman coming in. We don’t have anyone at that talent level on the roster right now, so yeah it’s pretty clear
I’d take Williams, JR and butler over them. So I don’t see the upgrade. If we are gonna Match or surpass the talent we have now we will have to do it with the portal. We will see what pope can snag
 
he should be saying nothing. the mismatch in quickness was apparent with uk months ago. take the win, giggle in private about 3-0, and focus on florida. they just spanked your ass in tuscaloosa only days ago.
 
Pretty douche move to be still jacking 3s up almost 30 as well, hope Pope remembers this and did seem to be a real quick handshake I thought after the game. Oats loves to run his mouth for someone that’s been to 1 FF, seems a bit cocky without the hardware to back it.
It was blow by-ish. Don’t think Pope was all that happy about how aggressive bama seemed to be toward the end up big.
 
Hopefully it's in the strength and conditioning room as we are getting jacked and our lungs ready to run up and down a mountain.
You’re exactly right…the weight room, the gym, the cafeteria, and even the bathrooms. It’s a reminder that we are the team to beat regardless of coach, roster, talent level, etc etc…. It was a dig by Oats were as he could have stated the obvious that we were grossly undermanned with 3 important pieces on the bench, but ran his mouth to belittle our team. Karma is a bitc9 and I know it will bite
‘Bama in the a$$.
 
It's competition and it's in the huddle to HIS team. What do you want him to say? Be scared....these guys who are slower, missing key players, are less talented, and not as good are going to be in the game until the end? Was he incorrect about the outcome when his team turned it up a notch? This year....with all UK is dealing with injury wise, it's an accurate statement at this time. There's a gap between 3 teams and UK right now--wasn't the case earlier in year but right now--UF/AU/Bama are on another level than UK. Cats beating UF early in season is as impressive of a win as they have--right up there with Duke IMO.

Pope's done a fantastic job this year and if he can win a game/hopefully more...in NCAA's it's a perfect opening season with Portal recruiting to be next on the checklist. But getting angry because another coach is telling the truth to his team? SOFT.
 
This is similar to what Pearl was saying to his team before coming into Rupp and beating us.

He's not wrong.

Perry, Noah and Chandler really don't invoke fear in anyone.

It might change in the coming years but this year Auburn and Alabama knew they were better than us......and acted accordingly.
 
It's competition and it's in the huddle to HIS team. What do you want him to say? Be scared....these guys who are slower, missing key players, are less talented, and not as good are going to be in the game until the end? Was he incorrect about the outcome when his team turned it up a notch? This year....with all UK is dealing with injury wise, it's an accurate statement at this time. There's a gap between 3 teams and UK right now--wasn't the case earlier in year but right now--UF/AU/Bama are on another level than UK. Cats beating UF early in season is as impressive of a win as they have--right up there with Duke IMO.

Pope's done a fantastic job this year and if he can win a game/hopefully more...in NCAA's it's a perfect opening season with Portal recruiting to be next on the checklist. But getting angry because another coach is telling the truth to his team? SOFT.
i agree. if he said it during the game, he should have. it was true and i’d have not let them let up either. i figured it was press conference, in which case it’s not coaching, it’s just stating the obvious and imo beating a dead horse.
 
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Try playing us at full strength. Congrats on being really lucky with our injuries and then causing Oweh to have to play in pain for most of the game.

Oats is an ass for saying such a thing given our situation. Its good to have an in conference coach to truly hate again.
 
i agree. if he said it during the game, he should have. it was true and i’d have not let them let up either. i figured it was press conference, in which case it’s not coaching, it’s just stating the obvious and imo beating a dead horse.
I love seeing UK beat the living crap out of people and expect to hear the same thing from the coach of the program--past through Pope. It's how you speak to your team when they are superior/better and letting an inferior team hang around. Those days are closer than many expect and it'll be UK with the Hammer. That being said-Calipari and crew ran Bama out of Rupp last year and that Bama team gave UConn their biggest scare in the past 2 NCAA Tournaments in the Final Four. This team with Butler can make a run if they get a good bracket. Just amazed how rattled some get at what other people are doing--a lot of great things are going on right now and Pope showed more this year with dealing with adversity than expected. Earned more respect IMO dealing with short handed roster and adjusting on the fly. Speaks well for great times ahead.
 
We’re still 117-44 all time vs. Bama. They have some catching up to do

I mean that's great and all but is that making you feel any better about what happened tonight?

That's similar to Yankee fans..........well we won what 27 World Series (or however much it is).

That's great, have they won one recently?

Having a rich history where we basically curb stomped this conference is great. But that doesn't mean much going forward.
 
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you’re a waste of time.
Solid response. They’re FEW and FAR between at that level. Especially now. I hated Cal at the end. But that dude could get ELITE talent. Borderline top 40 guys from the Commonwealth ain’t elite talent. If you think it is, keep jonesing over .500ish SEC finishes.
 
Solid response. They’re FEW and FAR between at that level. Especially now. I hated Cal at the end. But that dude could get ELITE talent. Borderline top 40 guys from the Commonwealth ain’t elite talent. If you think it is, keep jonesing over .500ish SEC finishes.
the response is thorough. you just ate your own critique of top 40 players. any further opinion by you is therefore “discredited”. see how that worked?
 
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