Pope now a legit candidate - CBS
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doubt he’d be over his head. he’s 7 foot tall, a rhodes scholar who knows basketball.
Talks about not living in the past. Vawl fan probably doesn’t know we won the last time we played. We have beaten ut 160 times in basketball!!!! Holy crap, I didn’t realize that. How in the world do you lose 160 times to one team???
I love Mark Pope but he’s not qualified for the UK job yet. This board has gone crazy. We may very well have to settle for a young up and coming coach but Pope is WAY too unproven at this point.
Comparison is the thief of joy, bud. That’s the problem about what you’re doing. You don’t need to compare Kentucky to Tennessee. You need to be comparing Kentucky to what they USED to be. When you do that, you’ll realize just how bad your program is doing and why you can’t get a big name coach. You’re not a big name anymore.
So because Drew's wife didn't want to leave Texas and becuase Hurley didn't want to leave a place he could 3 peat at, we're not a big name anymore? Volunteer fans wonder why the whole SEC thinks they're morons. You're trash. Your entire fanbase is complete trailer trash.
Is that what you do for Tenn football? What you posted sums up Tenn football.
UNC got Roy to leave Kansas……
Let’s not throw trailer park jokes around. Kentucky isn’t exactly Newport Beach, pumpkin.
Since I don't really care, please remind us how many titles UT has in basketball and why your opinion matters at all. .
Roy was an assistant under Dean Smith. I forgot that Volunteer fans only become basketball fans when Kentucky is in the news or coming to town. Wouldn't expect you to know that.
Roy left because UNC carried weight and the brand meant something. Kentucky basketball doesn’t anymore.
Pope…I told my buddy when I bet him that Pope was more likely than his top 3. He hates me now. Don’t forget Pope is like Drew in his faith. He’s not a sure thing as BYU is a great spot for a practicing Mormon. How crazy is this. Oh and they won’t play or practice on Sunday I think.
Barnes would jump at the job but we didn't want him before and don't want him NOW. As is, present tense. Even Cal beat him and did so regularly. The knock on Barnes is never making it far come tournament time. Hmmmm.
See? Is Kentuckys record vs. Tennessee your bar? I’d sure hope not. Your record vs. a team you say is inferior shouldn’t be your metric. The state of Kentucky basketball should be your main concern.
Lol, Pope sucks. So I don't care if it's not a sure thing.
Not true...the mistake would be for JVC to still be here.
You’re going after BYUs coach now. Don’t think that high.
Ya can't fix stupid! For $100 million, I'll coach ANYWHERE! It ain't that dummy.
Been here a lot longer than you, sir. Also actually went to UK so there’s that.
Yeah let’s get the goofy Mormon guy to recruit the best of the best. That’s definitely going to work.
I’m just here relishing in the tears but have to chime in to say…
If you all end up with Pope AND pay him $5M a year that would be the dumbest thing I have seen in the history of the sport.
May just got 3.7M from Michigan
Kelsey - 2.4M at Louisville
Hubert Davis - $2.6M
Tom Izzo makes $6M
Bruce Pearl - $5.16M
Pope probably makes $1.5-1.8M currently. Spending $5M on a guy like that is incomprehensible
When’s the last time UT made the final 4 we’ll hang up and listen…. Or did Barnes take his name out of consideration for that too….
What does being here longer have to do with being a troll or not? You're a geriatric troll.
"I love Kentucky. You don’t understand--I love Kentucky. Like, in my soul, I love Coach [Pitino] and I love Kentucky, and I’m trying to get a game with St. John’s so we can beat him. I would love to play Kentucky because I want to beat them. That doesn’t mean I don’t love them; I love them like crazy. I love them in my soul."
- Mark Pope
This would be a marvelous outcome for true blue bleeding KY fans. The h8ters wanting the headline coaches can GTFO with Cal.
- Mark Pope
This would be a marvelous outcome for true blue bleeding KY fans. The h8ters wanting the headline coaches can GTFO with Cal.
No ut is not my metric in anything. I just realized how many times UK has beaten ut that almost seems unreal. Just proves how inferior you are. I’m not on a ut board. Never have been, but here you are.
What will my concern change? Our AD will hire a coach , he will be successful or he will not. Then we will hire another.
Listening to UT fans for basketball advice makes as much since as turning down $100 million does, to coach absolutely anywhere.
No it wouldn't. It would be an absolute embarrassment. There is no way that you can spin hiring Mark Pope makes sense or would classify as a good hire. It's ridiculous.
There’d be nothing for you to talk about with tenneseee fans other than basketball and that’s now gone.
You need to worry about getting passed up by everybody and settling for BYUs coach…not Tennessee.
