You were doing okay until you said nobody could have done better. We’ve had coaches here who have been in similar situations do better.
What's your biggest concern with Pope moving forward?
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My biggest concern is he will struggle dealing with the brain dead IDIOT faction of our fan base.
No we haven't. In point of fact he broke Rupps record for top 10 wins in a season so you are wrong.
Mark Pope's biggest strength might also be his biggest weakness
Mark Pope, the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, is renowned for his deep appreciation of analytics in basketball. During his tenure at BYU, he emphasized th
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Mark Pope's biggest strength might also be his biggest weakness
Mark Pope, the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, is renowned for his deep appreciation of analytics in basketball. During his tenure at BYU, he emphasized th
No I don't agree with this.
We lost moreso because we are hammered with injuries. Has nothing to do with using or not using analtyics lol
Bruce also gets up in their grill and does it in such a way that they WANT to give 100%.
I'm shocked that something wasn't broken. Couldn't believe he got up that quick, he had to be loaded with adrenaline.
Defense and can he get the guys we really need from the portal and high school each year. A good balance.
I’m not buying the “too nice” thing- Scott Drew, Tony Bennett, Jay Wright … plenty of guys with rings who don’t behave like Dan Hurley.
My concerns:
1. Not sure he can recruit at the level necessary to win championships.
2. He doesn’t have any tournament success to speak of.
3. His style is heavily reliant upon outside shooting, but when the shots don’t fall - does he have the defense (or defensive players) to make up for that?
4. He’s quite proud of his religious beliefs. But Mormons and Christians are not the same thing. And secular people laugh at Mormons. I think there’s a potential to lose recruits from both Christian backgrounds and secular ones on account of the Mormon beliefs. Obviously, there’s nothing he can do about that.
1. Not sure he can recruit at the level necessary to win championships.
2. He doesn’t have any tournament success to speak of.
3. His style is heavily reliant upon outside shooting, but when the shots don’t fall - does he have the defense (or defensive players) to make up for that?
4. He’s quite proud of his religious beliefs. But Mormons and Christians are not the same thing. And secular people laugh at Mormons. I think there’s a potential to lose recruits from both Christian backgrounds and secular ones on account of the Mormon beliefs. Obviously, there’s nothing he can do about that.
Fourth and fifth year seniors are not going to be improved by the toughness of the coach. It takes some time to learn which players need coddling and which need a kick in the ass. This season is what it is. JR is the only one thriving a bit under CMP and that may be because he he played for coach at BYU
The fan base is starved for success and many are just flat unrealistic perhaps fueled a bit by early wins over Duke and Gonzaga
Calipari is gone and the season is already a smashing success.
Don't you just love the hubris of some of the clowns on here saying things like "I'll give him x years blah, blah, blah"
Didn’t prove his point at all bud. Lunatic fringe has nothing to do with losing to your former coach when he brings one of his worst teams of his career into your arena and beats you. It’s just coping from people who won’t admit Kentucky has issues and got their ass beat.
It’s far too early to make any real judgments on Mark Pope but the one thing I have some concern with is Mark might just be too nice. While I appreciate his calm, even approach to the game, sometimes you need to chew some a**. Yet to see if coach can do that. Team plays very soft and part of me thinks that’s a reflection of coaching.
That said, I’m very glad to have Mark Pope as our coach and I think he’s going to do a good job here given the opportunity. He could be less nice at times though
That said, I’m very glad to have Mark Pope as our coach and I think he’s going to do a good job here given the opportunity. He could be less nice at times though
I agree.
Just like you can win basketball games and titles by playing various styles, I don't think being an asshole is a requirement for winning games or not.
I think there's this notion that if you are hard on the refs, they will start calling things in your favor. Yet we've seen 15 years of Cal complaining to the refs only for that to have no effect (maybe even a negative one).
Notion that players will play harder if you yell at them. But I don't necessarily buy that either.
I've seen from time to time here people talk about this team and effort and I think some feel if Pope was harder on them, they would give more effort more of the time. And maybe they are right with a few people. But on a team level I'm not exactly sure it makes that much of a difference. I think you can be nice and still get your guys to play hard and fight.
We didn't have an effort issue over the weekend. I'd argue to say we didn't even have an intensity issue. We came out on fire shooting the ball. We matched their hot start. We lost because we don't defend. Anyone.
Biggest concern to me is his history in the tournament. It scares me honestly. I’m hoping that his time at UK allows him to pad that resume with quite a few banners.
Second concern is can he recruit at a level needed to assemble a top 10 team every year. This is both incoming freshman and through the portal.
Second concern is can he recruit at a level needed to assemble a top 10 team every year. This is both incoming freshman and through the portal.
I feel like with better teams at UK, this is going to take care of itself.
Yeah he lost twice as a 6 seed vs 11 in the first round. But 6/11 upsets happen all the time.
If he has success here, he will have better seeds in the tournament, better teams and more likely to make runs.
Neither of those BYU teams were serious threats to make runs anyways. They would have been underdogs in round 2 and likely exited there anyways.
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