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.
I wanted to punch him in the face. I thought that was out of bounds.
Love the optimism. But we don’t know that.
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
That’s what I would say to him if I got the chance, you better beat us now!!
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
If I were a gambler I’d bet on it that next years roster will have more talent. It will be nice to have some continuity with guys returning and already knowing Popes system and having some team chemistry too
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.
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
Top 40 ain’t squat. Top 40 means they contribute in year two.
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.
you watch the guy philon tonight? 30th ranked. dipshit. didn’t even have to leave our game to find one.
His mouth looked pretty busted up on one side. Someone in the game thread suggested he might have a broken nose?
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?
Seems like a cool past time at 1:23 in the morning. "Discrediting" fellow UK fans after a horrific loss.
