Speaking of Dawn. I would take Dawn Staley as the next coach over Pope.
Pope now a legit candidate - CBS
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Excellent coach based on what criteria?
And unc and Duke fans won't be patient for long if those guys don't win a title. I predict both are let go within 3 to 5 years.
Some of us absolutely thought of the consequences and were called Calbois or fake fans or mocked.
This is turning into a nightmare situation! And on top of it, you know Calipari has to be sitting in Fayetteville LHFAO!
I am really REALLY hoping this news is to get our emotions on a roller coaster, while UK really has a big fish in the net.
Mark Pope? There’s 20 guys I’m calling EASILY, before him, and no offense to Pope
I am really REALLY hoping this news is to get our emotions on a roller coaster, while UK really has a big fish in the net.
Mark Pope? There’s 20 guys I’m calling EASILY, before him, and no offense to Pope
Mitch had a list. It was 1. Drew 2. Drew and 3. His pal Drew
Regardless of who is hired to coach here, Cal needed to go. He knew it, we all knew it. Just because we haven’t landed our top 2 choices doesn’t mean separating from Cal was a mistake. Because it wasn’t.
You lose any credibility you may have had with that statement if you’re serious. You should follow Arkansas.
It’s not. He missed the tournament twice and made the tournament twice and lost in the first round. That’s objectively worse.
Exactly. We all knew it. And that’s why he never should have been allowed to handle this hire solo. He really needs to go.
I love Mark but he is in best job he could have and he isn't right for this job its to big for him..
I agree. And, offering Drew before Hurley is malpractice, regardless of Hurley’s interest. You make him say no before offering anyone else. Making him feel like the 2nd choice was a HUGE mistake, IMO.
But, MB has botched most of the hires that he’s made & has handed out some of the worst contracts I’ve ever seen. My only worry about replacing Calipari was the fact that MB would be making the hire & he has absolutely confirmed the legitimacy of those worries. Can’t wait til he’s gone, too.
Cal needed to go at some point. Keeping him around one more year to let the coaching landscape shake out a bit was a perfectly reasonable strategy. And yes I understand he chose to leave so at that point it was out of our control.
He was being given one more year. He left. He chose that. Mitch literally went on TV and did an interview with him. He chose to leave.
Sounds equal to me. Unless one is better than none? Was his loses to 15 and 14 seeds? Did he have a 9-16 record?
Somebody call a Mexican Restaurant and ask for Tom Crean.
Well looks like your sports viewing is getting really thin, LOL. Off season in football, Reds season will be over halfway thru, Woods is literally on his last leg and never makes cuts in the 3 events he can muster up per year, and Koepka plays LIV golf. Might want to find some new teams and / or hobbies to pass your time.
Mark Pope would do a terrific job. He’s winning at BYU. We could hire the Murray St coach (don’t even know his name) and I’d be more excited than I was with the used car salesman at the helm
Making the tournament 3 times, one win, and missing it once is objectively better than making it two times, zero wins, and missing it twice (although neither is good enough). Need to be considering candidates like Beard before this, who has an actual history of tournament success.
Never say that, absolutely never. Damn it *knock, knock, knock"
And the fanbase was furious he wasn’t fired. He was absolutely run out of town because of the environment of the last few years.
You know what's funny? Our fans would have thrown a damned hissy fit if Mitch had have hired Dan Hurley away from Rhode Island.
Buh bye. The coach isn’t KY basketball, it’s bigger than him and the players wearing the jersey, regardless of the coach deserve our attention and respect.
When K and Roy retired, Duke and UNC didn't offer any the elite candidates. They promoted from within. Times have changed.
We are going to end up with a good coach but I feel like maybe we need to find the next Brad Stevens or Hurley instead of throwing money at current coaches who don't won't to be here.
We are going to end up with a good coach but I feel like maybe we need to find the next Brad Stevens or Hurley instead of throwing money at current coaches who don't won't to be here.
i wouldn’t be opposed to pope at uk. i’ve watched some of his games these past several years and he’s a decent coach. byu probably not an easy place to attract players. he might already have his dream job at byu though since he’s mormon.
Hurley wasn't coming anyway but I agree. Just proves the word was right that drew was who Mitch has lined up. But oops forgot to sell the real decision maker.
What an inexcusable cluster.
It is interesting that both of them went with in house hires with no prior experience. I think ku will go through the same thing we are when Self hangs it up (I’m not aware of any in house hire for them). I think Wright was correct when he said the blue blood era is over. Not to say any of us still can’t be successful, but it’s a more even playing field.
Zero chance ALL of his wives are ok with this.
You and @Wildcats1st are both wrong. Pope spent THREE years at UK, his sit out year in 94, and his two years as an active player in 95 and 96.
I’m endlessly surprised how poorly informed supposed die hard UK fans are about these things. Y’all shouldn’t need to be corrected so often.
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