I agree that it is too soon to panic. BUT OP is right. Clock is ticking and sooner the better to keep MO going.
The longer we go…
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To be fair to the OP, Pitino’s first year was after probation. I don’t think anyone will be happy - and they shouldn’t be - with a .500 record next year. I don’t think that is what Coach Pope expects either. Yet, Mitch’s emphasis on making a quick hire (and not waiting to get an answer from Donovan) may prove costly in the short run.
And thank God that is 100% true.
I know there could be some amazing things working, but I also see the transfer portal drying up rapidly and any good freshmen are already NLI’d elsewhere.
Just because the portal closes in two weeks doesn’t mean there aren’t kids making decisions into the summer.
Wrong. If you can work the portal and keep key pieces that stuff is already leaking. Literally nothing has yet. I’m rooting for Mark more than anybody but it’s obviously becoming difficult to figure out what’s going on.
Bradshaw to OSU had to make you wonder about sales ability.
Slacking if you ask me. I can't believe he hasn't made a Final Four by now.
“We will have a full roster” is an extremely low bar and a place I watched Indiana go to years ago
Also the speed you need to move at in the womens game is nowhere near as fast as it is in the men’s game. Keep that in mind.
Why would I worry 48 hours into the head coaching change? Guy probably isn't even settled into a house yet. Bradshaw is a Klutch guy and he's going to do what's best for Bradshaw, not UK.
lol we were banned from post season then and there was no internet or transfer portal. Night and day.
What do u expect him to do in 3 days...I mean cmon, give him some time to make some calls at least.
When it's all said and done, the 2024-25 roster will be competitive.
He is off the back of a recent final four run and is bringing all of his recruits and players.
Can we ban this poster? It's obvious it's a troll job.
Agree and agree.
But it doesn’t change the fact Z would’ve been perfect in popes system. And that after a meeting, he snap goes to Arkansas.
Ban me for what? Saying we have max 1 player on the roster right now and on the heels of the most electric introductory press conference in history we have zero adds? You are not a fan.
Could you really not see Zs potential? I mean, forget the fact that he’s probably the perfect big to star in Pope’s offense, forget that Cal will force him to be a square peg in a round hole and that he won’t fully get to utilize his Euro big skills at Arky. Kids make bad decisions all the time. I know Cal brought him here, but he’d be a world better off playing under Pope next year and he’d be a damn good player.
stop making these posts. HIS PRESS CONFERENCE WAS YESTERDAY SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
The game moves faster today than it ever has. And the roster of available is running thin.
That is, in theory, why we couldn’t wait for Donovan. If we don’t have commits soon it makes Mitch look so much worse.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t understand momentum and time are the essential qualities after you run off an hall of fame coach.
He would be better off, but Cal has him brainwashed. The kid won't have an NBA career because Cal won't develop him, or give him PT.
I watched the call in show. When the question was asked "How is recruiting going?", his eyes lit up and a big smile appeared and he said, "It's fun!" I don't know, it just didn't seem like the look of a man who is too worried about getting players. It's quite possible he has several players interested and is doing his due diligence to make sure he brings the right ones in. I could be wrong but that's the impression that I got.
This. And Mitch was too gullible and trusting in Cal’s word before that tv interview and that he could move anyone but us fans by hyping the ‘96 nostalgia press conference. That doesn’t mean that Coach Pope isn’t going to work out fine and we won’t have a decent roster next year, yet it’s going to be VERY challenging. It does mean Mitch has, time after time, been duped via playing checkers when Coach Cal was playing chess.
Hope that Pope is not selling the religion thing too hard in his sales pitch to UK. That can be a real turn off to many.
I'm not opposed to religious beliefs but I hope they aren't getting the hard sell on it like a Jehovah Witness at your door.
I just don't like it pushed on me and many others don't either.
I have zero evidence that's happening so it's just a hypothetical discussion point....but he and Mitch definitely lean hard that way. Time will tell.
I'm not opposed to religious beliefs but I hope they aren't getting the hard sell on it like a Jehovah Witness at your door.
I just don't like it pushed on me and many others don't either.
I have zero evidence that's happening so it's just a hypothetical discussion point....but he and Mitch definitely lean hard that way. Time will tell.
I cant help from wondering if it were planned that way; to throw shade on whatever uk coach was gonna be... had a plan with cal and stuck to it
UK was coming off several years of probation that devastated recruiting. There was no portal. Completely from scratch with Kentucky kids. A remarkable achievement. Pope has the tools to do better.
How many other hall of fame coaches win only 8 games in a year? Also have 2 first round losses one as 2 seed and one as a 3 seed? Also when have we won a conference tourney game? I'm sick of hearing the word hall of a fame coach. Dude can recruit and lie and manipulate that's about it. Y'all need to go with coach cal if you think hes gonna be better off because spoiler alert hes old stubborn and lazy.
Exactly. You might every five years or so years want to add a BYU portal kid to the roster, but I could never see a scenario to bring multiple BYU players out of the portal in one year. If that's the case you are probably not playing for a championship.
I like it, positive! I wouldn't say I was part of the LOD with Cal but I definitely had my beefs with him. But, I got what I wanted and he's gone. So, even though Pope was no where near my first choice, I'm good with the hire and will be positive until Mark proves he's not the right guy for the job (which hopefully never happens). Then I'll be negative again, lol.
People just need to realize that we have a bare cupboard, I was hoping we could sneak Z and the like back but even that has failed. It’s gonna be hard to build a competitive roster this quickly even with a portal. We just gonna have to accept some lumps and anything better is a win.
