Pope is an honest guy he tells it like it is, I figured Perry would have been at Ky for 3 or 4 years, Perry played alot last year because of all the injuries. With the portal the way it is not sure how much he plays at Ole Miss.
Pope on Perry's departure
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I don't question nor blame Perry leaving for more minutes and money. The person I DO question is Chris Beard.
TP will be fine.
I think he was actually the valedictorian from his high school.
But 30 vs. UK....uh, No.
(Oweh and Aberdeen smile knowingly.)
Ervin Stepp 2.0 Similar to Ervin, put up phenomenal numbers at a small high school but then got to college and there were better upperclassmen guards on the roster.
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Noah has embraced being a UK player more than Perry did. Maybe Perry will return one day.
Great post. I agree with this 100%, As we've seen over the years, this board and other like it, give certain fans a forum to be complete and total jerks. We've seen a good example of that in this thread.
He quit on UK, why would we want him back?
Wait so your saying Pope lied or he is full
of shit when he said that about his departure? Because I gotta tell you I believe Pope on this one. also, there are reports out there he took less there than he was offered here which to me suggest Pope was honest and he didn’t see a path or didn’t wanna put in work for it. Those saying anyone complaining about the guy on these forums as an excuse not to talk to the 98% of his supporters is BS. First off he was paid more than most make in a very long time, so he is a professional player at UK. What did he expect? I’m not justifying it we should respect players, but if you’re suggesting he hid out because a small handful of people complained that’s trash and those justifying it for him shouldn’t be. To me it should be a courtesy to those that stood by him to say goodbye as he turns his back on BBN. I wish him well but I don’t have a desire to see him come back. He had his chance and he walked away vs putting in work here.
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It could’ve had a lot to do with money. Maybe Kentucky wasn’t willing to pay him what Ole Miss did.
Well Beard likes to hit the sauce a lot so maybe he was drunk.
Pope obviously knows what it would have meant for Perry after his playing days to have stayed here. He threw a lot away for a quick three year stint to get more playing time.
..or his skills and size just translate better.
Horse hockey. He didn’t leave because a vocal minority called out his poor play. If he did, then he’s far too thin skinned for this line of work. He should quit playing major college basketball if that got to him and played ANY role in his decision to leave. He left because he got recruited over and didn’t see a path to PT. And he wants to play. Good on him for that. I’d want players that want to play. I wished he’d have stayed. I wanted him to stay. He would’ve, in my opinion, developed into a sniper at UK. I think he wants more. And that’s ok. But not for a second do I think he left because some dipsticks with the ability to post or Tweet said mean stuff. But again, if that played a part, total weak sauce on his part.
Fans and just about anyone with a phone or keyboard can be a-holes. But seriously dude, if you’re a major college athlete and that stuff gets in your kitchen, this just isn’t for you.
The dude has been a varsity ball player since he was in 7th grade. This is likely the first time in his life he’s been a failure. And make no mistake, I’d bet he views last year as a failure. That’s a tough thing to process for a guy like that. I don’t blame Pope for getting guys better at his position. I don’t blame TP for wanting to find a path to more PT. I hope he does SUPER well at Ole Miss, and honestly I think he’ll have a BEAUTIFUL three yrs there.
Perry gave it his all. He has skill and work ethic. He can’t control size speed and height no matter how much he works. He will put the ball in the hoop over there im sure. For some reason I can see him hitting a game winner on us in Rupp. Just our luck
I agree, and I hope he does. I don’t have any hate for the guy. However presenting yourself
As a Kentucky boy homegrown and loving the University and then slipping out without no
explanation seems like a shit move to me, nothing more nothing less. Im not particularly fond of hoping he comes back and that’s a personal preference. I think if playing for the name in the front meant that much to him he would have trusted Pope because it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see last year kinda went off the rails with injuries and Pope did what he could to finish the season.
This. Perry won't be on the floor in a close game at Rupp.
I can see him hitting a meaningless 3 at the buzzer n a 20 plus point UK win next season and pumping his fists like Tiger Woods sinking a putt on the 18th hole at Augusta though.
So did Pitino and tons of posters are begging for him to return.
Bad take if you can’t see the difference. When Perry saves the program he can come back to then. I guess. Fair if fair.
I don't think I like anyone alive or dead enough to hope they score thirty on us.
I hope he is shut completely down and we win by fifty!
He can eat against everyone else though not too much, I'm not cheering for Old Miss to win the conference either.
However, it is putrid to be cheering for us to lose to Old Miss and yeah thirty from their 7th or 8th guy going off for 7 or 8 threes, a couple baskets, and some free throws might just do it even if it is only inferred rather than stated directly.
I guess if folks are Lyon County University First then go west young men, go west because it ain't here.
Think some of you either forgot the mindset of young kid/adult. Or never experienced what it was like to be the top dog at your school. Everything Perry has known until this point was success and yet for the first time in his life he wasn't the top dog or even close to it at Kentucky.
Then Pope rightly recruits over him the next season and Perry is staring at a developmental year with little playing time. I don't blame Perry one bit for wanting to find PT elsewhere. Sure it's nice for us to say he quit and he should have stuck it out but we really aren't thinking the way Perry is and that he wants to play bottom line.
I hope Ole Miss develops him gives him all the PT he can handle and hopefully he spurs them his Senior year and comes back to Kentucky. Some of you will not welcome him back but for DraftCat I understand the situation and he's welcome back in my book if chooses.
Then Pope rightly recruits over him the next season and Perry is staring at a developmental year with little playing time. I don't blame Perry one bit for wanting to find PT elsewhere. Sure it's nice for us to say he quit and he should have stuck it out but we really aren't thinking the way Perry is and that he wants to play bottom line.
I hope Ole Miss develops him gives him all the PT he can handle and hopefully he spurs them his Senior year and comes back to Kentucky. Some of you will not welcome him back but for DraftCat I understand the situation and he's welcome back in my book if chooses.
Obviously good look to TP. But him being a kid from KY, being an average player at UK and being a average player at Ole Miss is not on the same level.
Yep, just goes to show you what players really think these days of their "home state" school, name on front of the jersey etc really means to them, almost zero- if he plays against us, I hope we go right at him on offense every play because not sure he can guard anyone in the SEC
If the kid was THAT soft, he would NEVER be able to handle the pressure of playing at the University of Kentucky. Period.
And he probably knew that better than any fan.
Maybe. Might just take a while for him to get up to D1 speed. I dunno.
I just can’t believe he stayed in the SEC, I get feeling that way but if he can’t play in the league or earn minutes here, it’s not like Beard won’t try to recruit the best he can either.
I recall Perry having a previous relationship with Beard and he did transfer fairly late in the window. We don't know the specifics of course but yes a bit of a shocker I would of thought he'd of went to a mid-major college.
I know Beard really recruited him in HS and liked him a lot, I just don’t understand why he thinks he could do more there. Maybe he got PT promises. I’m sure money was a factor.
It's hard telling. You'll have to let me know I doubt I'll find myself watching many Ole Miss games.
I actually thought he made major progress during the season, and believe that he would have been a valuable piece of the puzzle going forward (as did MP), but, for whatever reason, TP chose to move on for what he thinks will be a better opportunity for him, and I also don't disagree with his thinking about that.
Chris Beard's offense is much more suited for TP's game (strengths) than MP offense, IMO. Chris Beard will run enough screens in his half-court offense to get TP plenty of open looks from the 3 pt. line.
What will be interesting will be to see how TP responds to the HARD A$$ coaching that is fixing to come his way from Chris Beard. That dude is a Bobby Knight disciple, and I am not sure TP is ready for that kind of in-your-face coaching after playing for his dad since 3rd grade and then playing for the most positive, kind coach I have ever heard speak in CMP.
Sure hope TP can handle getting cursed at for making a mistake or getting yanked for missing a defensive assignment, because it is coming like a freight train for him. Chris Beard don't play nice with any of his players if they mess up.
I think he’ll do fine with Beard. His dad was a hard nosed coach. We didn’t see it but TP is too. I’ll never forget watching that Sweet 16 Championship. They were double & triple teaming Noah anytime he touched the ball. Anytime he scored TP was cussing his teammates for it. lol.
I just don’t think he’s ready to play major minutes for a SEC winning program. I may get surprised and the system may fit. I’m anxious to see how it goes and wish him the best. But he decided to leave and I don’t care if he wants to come back now.
System you play in does matter and I hope Perry can push through and get a lot of playing time and then some sort of pro ball after that. That’s my hope anyways. I just wish he had said bye before he turned out the lights is all. He doesn’t owe me anything but for someone that stood by him and never bashed him etc it might have been a nice gesture, which was the original topic.
