Pope did a horrible Job tonight

[rolaid]

Not changing up defenses was dumb - not pressing up on Z was dumb
Pope just had a bad night
Subs way to much use your timeouts
Williams need to play 32 minutes

 

[hoggwildcat]

I am concerned if Pope can coach defense, our team is one of the worst scoring defenses in the country. Ranked 287

 

[drcats2013]

Facts bother you?

There are 84 active coaches with an NCAAT win…Kentucky doesn’t have a coach with one

Fact is he never had the resources UK has. Cal won 1 in 5 years. Pope has an innovative offense and still plenty to improve on defense, but we’ve had some spectacular wins for a team thrown together in a couple weeks.

Be negative all you want. Let’s see where we’re at after year 3.

 

[darkshadesofblue]

Might sound stupid but wonder if Pope sort of threw the game tonight with the way Cal/players were booed? Just didn’t see the fire or passion tonight, and refusing to go zone throughout much of the game. None of our guys besides Amari seemed to be “into it”

EDIT
“Threw the game” probably wasn’t the best choice of words, but nobody but the fans and Amari seemed to be fired up or dialed in tonight, which is odd considering all the hype surrounding this game

 

[tf4fun]

Well they didnt have Boogie, so that is a wash....He said he knew the assignment...Evidently he doesnt....Terrible coaching this game.

I disagree! Wagner played point for us last year!
We are without butler and krissa! And it's completely changing the dynamics of this team!

If either one play, the game would've been different. It's changing our subs and effecting the 1-2-3 position. Someone has to cover 30 minutes a game to sub in. Perry? No not big fast enough.
Noah was subbing the 4 spot! He might be able to help at the 3 depending on matchups.

No butler and I see 15-20 min of Chandler!

 

[tf4fun]

Had zero to do with this loss. We were not ready to play and to lose at Rupp to this team is 100% bullshit.

I thought we came out ready! Go back and watch if you can stomach it! I think you will find with butler out, someone has to sub for Robinson,oweh,Brea. Who???

Brea couldn't cover Nellie.
Almanor nor carr could cover Adou. So at one point he has oweh guarding Adou, Chandler covering Nellie.

Moving forward who should come off the bench?
Is perry able to cover any of these guards tonight?
Noah IMO wouldn't have been able to cover Nellie or Adou! So if butler doesn't come back, I think he will be forced to use Chandler to defend guys like Nellie/ Lanier ect!

 

[Skyguyb27]

Facts bother you?

There are 84 active coaches with an NCAAT win…Kentucky doesn’t have a coach with one

You only have a few months left to say that. Enjoy it while you can. Next year you’ll need new lines to put UK down with.

 

[Rockfly78]

Might sound stupid but wonder if Pope sort of threw the game tonight with the way Cal/players were booed? Just didn’t see the fire or passion tonight, and refusing to go zone throughout much of the game. None of our guys besides Amari seemed to be “into it”

Are you freaking serious?

I think some of you are broken.

 

[NociHTTP]

I thought we came out ready! Go back and watch if you can stomach it! I think you will find with butler out, someone has to sub for Robinson,oweh,Brea. Who???

Brea couldn't cover Nellie.
Almanor nor carr could cover Adou. So at one point he has oweh guarding Adou, Chandler covering Nellie.

Moving forward who should come off the bench?
Is perry able to cover any of these guards tonight?
Noah IMO wouldn't have been able to cover Nellie or Adou! So if butler doesn't come back, I think he will be forced to use Chandler to defend guys like Nellie/ Lanier ect!

Have we seen Noah and Williams together this season? I don't recall, but I do feel Noah is not afraid to get up in guy's grill. IMO Noah could guard Z and let Williams Nellie/Adou. Pope just needs to keep the guys who are helping you win IN THE GAME.

 

[MegaBlue05]

This wasn’t Pope’s finest outing and we have some major roster issues right now.

Perry is too slow to play against elite athletes, Brea is a net negative unless he’s lighting it up from deep. Chandler is an offensive liability and Garrison can’t handle physicality down low. Combine that with both capable PGs being out and we are a reeling team. I don’t see a win in Oxford on Tuesday. They grind it out and play rough and have some good athletes.

I have gone from dreaming of a deep run to hoping we can make the tournament. Am I overreacting?

 

[darkshadesofblue]

This wasn’t Pope’s finest outing and we have some major roster issues right now.

Perry is too slow to play against elite athletes, Brea is a net negative unless he’s lighting it up from deep. Chandler is an offensive liability and Garrison can’t handle physicality down low. Combine that with both capable PGs being out and we are a reeling team. I don’t see a win in Oxford on Tuesday. They grind it out and play rough and have some good athletes.

I have gone from dreaming of a deep run to hoping we can make the tournament. Am I overreacting?

We’re in with amount of ranked teams we’ve beaten combined with a stacked SEC. I just don’t see us doing much if anything when we come limping in

 

[fisherscatfan]

I am concerned if Pope can coach defense, our team is one of the worst scoring defenses in the country. Ranked 287

With two defensive players of the year in their conferences (although no Butler for a few games) and still this bad is concerning.

 

[Terrapin_Station]

In a season where we were

This wasn’t Pope’s finest outing and we have some major roster issues right now.

Perry is too slow to play against elite athletes, Brea is a net negative unless he’s lighting it up from deep. Chandler is an offensive liability and Garrison can’t handle physicality down low. Combine that with both capable PGs being out and we are a reeling team. I don’t see a win in Oxford on Tuesday. They grind it out and play rough and have some good athletes.

I have gone from dreaming of a deep run to hoping we can make the tournament. Am I overreacting?

We don’t just have major roster issues right now, but also next year looks bleak.

Oweh is the only guy that you can pencil in as a starter. Perry isn’t big enough or athletic enough to play in the SEC. Chandler was a McDonald’s AA, but that Mormon mission has done him in. Garrison is a low IQ player.

We’ll go portal shopping and see what happens, but we have probably two guys for next year who start: Oweh and Johnson. Moreno is a project and Lewis, an unknown at this level. I do like Noah as a bench guy, but apparently Mark Pope does not.

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Why zone when Arkansas shooting lights out behind the arc? Wanna give them twice as many looks from 3?

I thought this too. However, a zone ALWAYS confuses a Cal coached team. ALWAYS! Every damn time.

 

[Woodrow_Call_1998]

I thought this too. However, a zone ALWAYS confuses a Cal coached team. ALWAYS! Every damn time.

That’s been my point. You want to make your opponent uncomfortable and when you play man to man on a team with elite athleticism like Arkansas and has a coach that doesn’t teach zone defense, they are going to be a lot more comfortable. Everything was going their way and they were scoring on drives and beating our guys constantly. If anyone thinks that’s not going to help a team shoot better they’re crazy.

 

[TucsonCat]

My fear is, will Pope correct? Coaches are stubborn shyts.

Tubby refused to drop ball line defense

Billy put "toughness" over skill

Cal was always relying on talent over strategy.

Pope's all about the participation trophy. Feel like we learned early that the bench should be shortened and brought in piecemeal. But with Pope everyone plays and it's close to platooning. He's going to deal with adversity and pressure for sirst time. Does he adjust, or stick to his ways and think he can strategize weaker players to produce.