Jaxon will have to be a leader on this team and will potentially be our best player. Not sure why ppl are sleeping on him
We UK fans crave it. I love basketball. But having never played organized bball, I always love to see this kind of stuff and learn more about the game.
You mean WELCHs offense that the Cow threw away when he reverted to 80s style stall and pucker ball after that for the rest of the year....
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Pope himself has said on 3 different occasions that Butler and Carr will be the main leaders. They are the vocal leaders and not afraid to point out issues with guys. Line them up and such. Jaxson might be the silent type (lead by example) but it does not sound like he is wanting team leadership.
An outsider that watched them last weekend said that Butler and Carr stand out as leaders. So sounds right.
That's day 2. He didn't want to overload their brain on the first day. 😁
What I loved hearing most was "early help, early recover, showing help right here". Pope just taught the big guys more about how to hedge on pick and roll defense than I have seen out of the last guy in 15 years.
Yeah I hear you I'm not wanting to rush past football but I'm so ready to finally enjoy some basketball!! This seems like a good group of kids and Cal's weird nonsense isn't here to ruin it. Finally!!!
I think football this year is kinda like basketball next year. Stoops needs to shake it up a little bit. Got a good QB it seems so, need to see some better offensive schemes this go round.
I got so sick of the pansy picks we set under Cal. Stop abandoning your man, and put up a wall!
Pope was only 6’9 at UK. Don’t know why reports put him at 6’10. He doesn’t even look 6’10 to me. No big deal. Just so excited he is here.
A 6-11 player who is not a string bean? Sign me up! I was tired of Kal's Starvin-Marvin freshmen getting pushed around every year.
i think your right coach but hey im not gonna argue with 6-7 225, 6-11 230, 6-11 250 and 6-11 265.
This should have more than four million likes, but I understand not all here in Kentucky love the Cats. I do. This gets me very excited, but I was also excited day one and had the chance to tell Mitch the other day how much I thought it was a great hire, and he was thankful and appreciative of that feedback. I feel like we have gone from "carnival barker" to a situation that might parallel a young and unproven Coach K at Duke. With Pope's strong passion, NBA experience, character, and national championship ring, among many other qualities, we have the personified formula for future success. This is the exciting beginning of what I hope is a fabulous stretch run in my life and years I might have left of Kentucky basketball successes. Proud as ever to be a Kentucky fan, from birth till the very end.
You and me both, Westerncat. Hope to live long enough to see us pass UCLA in titles. Might have to hurry though, lol.
Wow! We have a coach who speaks in complete sentences. If nothing else, the guys will understand what they are supposed to do besides go, go, go, go or run, run, run.
Pope seems all about building player confidence instead of destroying it.
