Surely the boosters can derail this, right?

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Nope. Not being a contrarian. I wouldn't waste my time just to do that. You said UK athletics was a cluster yet you only pointed to him needing to hire coaches for basketball as your rationale for it being a cluster. Yet, there are many sports highly ranked and doing well. He's done a poor job at managing basketball but athletics as a whole has never been better. Whats your proof its a cluster? I don't think you know what that means. You're just butthurt that Cal is gone. Fire Barney, I don't give a shit. Like I said, I wanted him gone years ago because he's managed basketball so poorly. But that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve credit for what he's done with UK athletics as a whole and it's far from a cluster. Now, if you meant just basketball is a cluster, I would agree with you and suggest you should work on your communication skills.

Well, you don't know me very well if you think I am ass hurt that John Vincent Calipari is no longer the coach of Kentucky. You contradict yourself in your very own post saying you want to fire him because 'he's managed basketball so poorly' and yet give every excuse in the world as to why he should be the AD. I think I acknowledged the success of other sports when I made my dig about the rifle team and cheerleaders in a condescending way that you obviously missed. Maybe a bit hyperbole on my part to say the whole department but I really can't believe you are going to accuse me of being 'irrational' for wanting to fire Mitch...Then you go on a tangent about how basketball is just one sport but that is the one sport you want to fire him over. This is gold!!

 

[RondosRevengeTour]

Well, you don't know me very well if you think I am ass hurt that John Vincent Calipari is no longer the coach of Kentucky. You contradict yourself in your very own post saying you want to fire him because 'he's managed basketball so poorly' and yet give every excuse in the world as to why he should be the AD. I really can't believe you are going to accuse me of being 'irrational' for wanting to fire Mitch, go on a tangent about how basketball is just one sport but that is the one sport you want to fire him over. This is gold!!

I guess Elon got the starlink to the mountains out east.

 

[Stan the caddy]

The Crafts are hyper religious. Pope is about as Lily white and clean a Christian guy as there is. I guarantee they are 💯 behind this hire.

 

[EliteBlue]

How so? UK athletics has never been better. 20 years ago I would agree with you but now? Basketball will recover. It always has.

That’s the Mitch mentality that has led to a decline. Truth is “UK Athletics” being good doesn’t matter beyond Football, Basketball and then baseball is icing on the cake but not necessary. We focus too much on all the secondary sports here and we aren’t a big enough donor base and athletic dept to not purely feed the 2 big dogs and let the rest get the gov mandated scraps.

Mitch wanted the Directors Cup title and he would think that’s just as big of a deal as a national title in any major sport. Mitch did a better coaching search for womens basketball….think about that

 

[RondosRevengeTour]

That’s the Mitch mentality that has led to a decline. Truth is “UK Athletics” being good doesn’t matter beyond Football, Basketball and then baseball is icing on the cake but not necessary. We focus too much on all the secondary sports here and we aren’t a big enough donor base and athletic dept to not purely feed the 2 big dogs and let the rest get the gov mandated scraps.

Mitch wanted the Directors Cup title and he would think that’s just as big of a deal as a national title in any major sport. Mitch did a better coaching search for womens basketball….think about that

Women are easier for him to communicate with. Why do you think pastor Scott was his #1 guy.

 

[sambowieshin]

The Crafts are hyper religious. Pope is about as Lily white and clean a Christian guy as there is. I guarantee they are 💯 behind this hire.

I have zero problems with people having strong religious beliefs until those beliefs bleed over and cloud objective decision making that impacts others not in that same camp of thinking. Just like Mitch's refusal to allow alcohol sales for so long.
This ain't a damn church basketball league.

 

[BlueRunner11]

And if he's successful here, he never leaves!

I’ve had 12 hrs now to convince myself it’s going to work lol.

 

[JudgeSmells24]

Is that a fact?? Why did he do that?
If true, that speaks volumes about the state of our athletic dept and boosters.

Fact. Cal wouldnt kiss the ring of kelly craft and the whole relationship between the craft’s and cal went downhill.

 

[KFuqua]

Fact. Cal wouldnt kiss the ring of kelly craft and the whole relationship between the craft’s and cal went downhill.

Fact.... Cal became fat and happy with his huge contract and stopped doing anything at Kentucky. He became the worst coach in college basketball and should have been fired. Thankfully he quit and now we can start getting back to being Kentucky in stead of a NBA, G-league training ground.

 

[sam_o]

Matt Jones is saying there has already been a 4 million dollar NIL pledge. So, someone is apparently on board with it.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

Barney is the dumbest human I know in the commonwealth

Oh and this board is choc-full of Atom splitters 🙄

 

[Lionel_Hutz]

Barnhart has to go….like yesterday. He should’ve never been allowed to hire another coach for our flagship sport.

 

[RondosRevengeTour]

Oh and this board is choc-full of Atom splitters 🙄

I agree. But I also don’t think 90% of the forum ever would have picked pope over the 50 other guys more qualified ahead of them.

 

[crawfords corner]

So much for your derailment. 🤣 We've already got our first receipts for people talking out of their ass. Congrats, OP.

 

[Wonky]

Who is going to contribute to NIL after this?

Please ban yourself, idiot. Dumbest post ever.

 

[JudgeSmells24]

Apparently the boosters did not support this hire. NIL will be close to zero. Nobody will come play for Mark Pope. This has disaster written all over it.

This comment went over like a lead balloon

 

[crawfords corner]

Apparently the boosters did not support this hire. NIL will be close to zero. Nobody will come play for Mark Pope. This has disaster written all over it.

🤣

 

[Emarc]

4 mill already lined up. Once again this board is proven fools.

 

[bigbluedon]

Matt Jones reported that the boosters are NOT ok with this

Matt doesn’t know shit. He is a full blown idiot and I am amazed at how many on here take his word as gospel. Unreal.

 

[Cats192]

We REALLY don't need to derail it.

The narrative that no one wants to coach here because the fans are crazy is overstated. But if we run off one of our own before he even starts--that's a BAD look.

 

[bigbluedon]

Jones on Twitter space said his phone is blowing up, and some are donors who are not happy at all.

Donors aren’t happy so they call Matt Jones. lol😂😂😂. Do you realize how stupid that sounds. They would be calling Mitch or Eli. Jones would not get a call. What is wrong with you people?

 

[HagginHall1999]

Matt doesn’t know shit. He is a full blown idiot and I am amazed at how many on here take his word as gospel. Unreal.

Barnhart just confirmed it on air...$4M.

Rumor is it isn't even the Craft's but two other donors.

There will be a major backing of Pope.

 

[RondosRevengeTour]

Matt doesn’t know shit. He is a full blown idiot and I am amazed at how many on here take his word as gospel. Unreal.

The eclipse is the only thing he has been 100% accurate on.

 

[bigbluedon]

Do you really think mitch would not put out a feeler for these guys you mention? Of course he did and got the same feedback but he saves a little face by not publicly going after them. He would not go from drew and hurley straight to pope without asking about these other guys.

The sad fact remains, the fans got what they wanted. Cal is gone. Now the ones who still knew what we had in Cal have to sleep in the bed the terrible fans made

Stupid stupid post. Cal was a POS and everyone on here but one guy wanted him gone. You know nothing about basketball or UK history if you believe the crap you posted in the last paragraph. What the hell is wrong with some of you? It isn’t like we hired Satan. Get a grip.

 

[59coop]

This thread isn't aging well 🤣

 

[Emarc]

This thread isn't aging well 🤣

Just a bunch of no nothings spouting off

 

[SemperFiCat]

This comment went over like a lead balloon

I figured that was absolute BS. Clownish.

 

[bigbluedon]

Fact. Cal wouldnt kiss the ring of kelly craft and the whole relationship between the craft’s and cal went downhill.

It’s the other way around. Cal was not well liked and that is well known.

 

[SemperFiCat]

Apparently the boosters did not support this hire. NIL will be close to zero. Nobody will come play for Mark Pope. This has disaster written all over it.

You get them sources yet??

$4M overnight.

 

[JudgeSmells24]

It’s the other way around. Cal was not well liked and that is well known.

Bs. Craft was trying to use Oscar to push her political agendas and cal was not going to let her do that. You all may hate cal for wins and losses but he always loved his players and wouldnt let people f them over.

 

[JC CATS]

I was wondering this too. Craft JUST got back involved. I hope he calls and threatens to take it all back if this goes through.

Exact opposite, the Crafts love the hire

 

[Woodrow_Call_1998]

this thread needs to be deleted

 

[MrHotDice]

People spreading manure. Shameless.

Whats shameless is these people that know nothing and hate success. If you dont like Pope, then move to Arkansas. The BBN does not need cry babies.

 

[gobigblue812]

Who is going to contribute to NIL after this?

Apparently the boosters did not support this hire. NIL will be close to zero. Nobody will come play for Mark Pope. This has disaster written all over it.

This didn't age well.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

this thread needs to be deleted

Disagree! This thread needs to be pinned at the top for the next 365 days.

 

[MegaBlue05]

Who would give to NIL?

I just donated $50.

That’s $50 more than I donated to Cal’s NIL.

I am ready to support coach Pope because I am hoping we can get back to being UK instead of a AAA feeder team to bad NBA franchises.

 

[trueblujr2]

Barnhart just confirmed it on air...$4M.

Rumor is it isn't even the Craft's but two other donors.

There will be a major backing of Pope.

I would hope there would be major backing for whoever they hired to give the guy a chance.

 

[Woodrow_Call_1998]

Disagree! This thread needs to be pinned at the top for the next 365 days.

If you don’t wanna give him a chance, follow Caliponzi to Arkansas

 

[ace on the river]

Who is going to contribute to NIL after this?

LOL don't you feel dumb?

 

[ace on the river]

Kelly Craft’s trainwreck of a gubernatorial campaign should demonstrate how the Crafts are a bunch of absolute tools.

Absolute tools? You mean the same Craft's that financed about the whole athletic facility at the University?