Kentucky Basketball Fans Are PISSED OFF At This Hire

Scott retired from the Kentucky job, will remain at Baylor and now Kentucky is finalizing a five-year contract with BYU coach Mark Pope. Mark Pope was a captain on that 1996 Kentucky team for Rick Patino. Rick Patino actually came out to support Mark Pope being

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d. The details of the contract have just emerged. The five years will be worth $5.5 million per year. The best way to remember

this

is to put it in two different groups. One of them, congratulations to Mark Po. I'm excited for Mark. Dad is going to go through a lot of hell now and it's not his fault, right, he never won the NCAA tournament game, we see BYU and what happened in the NCAA tournament

this

year, but he was successful, he was in Utah Valley , obviously, so they could have a chance to get the job at Kentucky that they missed with a lot of guys that they missed with all their top dogs, but that's not Mark Pope's fault.

I'm happy for Mark Pope and I hope he does well, but the problem is that his leash is going to be so short, so short, because if he doesn't win early, Mitch Barnhard will be fired for this, like if he screws this up, he'll be fired for That's how we know how big

basketball

is in Kentucky. but if things go bad early for Mark Pope, as we even saw with Cal with Kentucky losing games, since they shouldn't lose, they lose against an opponent that is much smaller than them, the whole finger will stop, yes, or start. this guy is exactly what we thought he was, we missed out on all the best dogs we brought in in this half trainer, whatever, so that's a bucket, the second second bucket, this one looks exactly like the Mike Schula

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d in Alabama exactly like Mike Schula.

Alabama because My Alabama missed some guys. Mike Schula ended up getting the job, but he didn't have the best resume before, but he's a former player, a big name within the program, a guy who understands how things go, but they don't. That senior-looking Mike Schula won nine games one year. They had good years under Mike Schula, but this feels like the height of the next big hire to me. What's happening? Schula is fired. They miss a few more guys with Rich Rod. They break up with Nick. Sav, right, this feels like Kentucky has really settled because they had to answer the question now: Did the guys just not want to follow Cal?

They just didn't want me to be Dan Hurley? I understand why he would leave Yukon even for all that money we are dominating, I have the right combination, he will get 50% of the GDP of the state of Connecticut before it is said and done right, Scott was the one I thought was going to go, That's what surprised me. He came back and talked to his family every time a coach said, "I'm going to pray about that," like he was talking about going back to his house and it's a religious place. He's probably going to go back there, so Scott drew, I thought he was going to get it, you know?

Bruce. pearl was still out there Auburn I this is right at the bottom of the list and look, it can work, you know, the skates come out like you said and support them, they're going around, but man, this is just for the rest of the SEC, you gotta feel good, because if they have Dan Hurley, oh hell, you put Dan Dan Hurley in Kentucky or Nate Oats in Kentucky, oh hell, man Mark Pope, will he end up being good or bad? No, he won't last two more years, two, two, they will kick him out. this place, what a terrible look for Kentucky, it's a terrible look, it's terrible, this is an Alabama situation where you miss some guys, but Kayin D'Or is right that you don't have a guy who hasn't proven anything in the last two. years lost in the first round against Duke Kane lost against and watch BYU play trust me I will never forgive number 11 oh I never will for number 50 number 5050 misses all the missed shots lost UCLA in the first round this year what was it?

Cal's problem, not being able to get the spots we needed to go with Elite Talent Kentucky from a

basketball

school standpoint, is falling apart. I don't know if it will ever be the same again. I really don't think it can ever be like that. the step back before the return I still don't believe it and I know we had that guy here who talks, I still don't believe it, okay, that they didn't approach Nat, that they didn't do it, do you think they did? You don't approach NATO for a PR problem and then go hire the BYU head coach, that's a PR problem that won't look good, so I'd rather have Nate O A th% oh yeah.

Th% this, I will never understand, this is a terrible look, well this is like you know what he reminds me of. There's a Tik Tok of this girl who are doing things like men on the street and this guy interviews people and this girl. Like yeah, I'm so good, it seems like I could get anyone here and he's like, you really get someone here, she's like, yeah, I could try to kiss her rejected seven times in a row, she tries and gets rejected like seven times in a row like that. "It's exactly what it feels like and it's weird because Kentucky.

I think Kentucky is the biggest brand in college basketball. I really think you can make an argument now, you know, North Carolina and Duke Kansas, there are other teams. I'm saying that you can." But the Kentucky shutdown wasn't like one guy said no and they went to the second one where they got shut down by basically everyone they wanted and they had to go get the almond milk, you know what I'm saying, that's not a jug of BYU, that's what you know when it comes to milk levels, almond milk is way down for me, at least it's not even milk, as far as I'm concerned it's not far off, really just juice almonds, you better have your, you better have your zero instead.

At this point you better have the name image and the likeness structure around this guy so you can go and get the type of players he needs. Yeah, well, the problem is also that all this negative PR will affect recruiting. Don't think about this. They don't sit down and the guys who came to the portal who were May thinking about coming back or the guys who were May thinking about coming back and who decide they want to be professionals also see all this negative energy and that's going to hurt them. I'm going to hurt them bad, so it looks like I said it's not Mark Pope's fault.

Good for him. Great for him. Great for him. But at the end of the day I want to say this is Kentucky's dog, yes, and I'm okay with it if this doesn't work. They're going to throw Barnhard out, no, I'm telling you there's a situation with Dylan's drums, you don't play it like you don't, you can't screw this up like it's going to go from Mitch Barnhard to Mitch McConnell standing on the podium like me. I'm surprised, man, let's go to Tommy in Kentucky. Tommy, how do you feel about your new ball coach? Hello friends, I'm Tom Cat Bobcat, here, what's up?

Bro, first time caller, long time listener, thanks Mark pop. I'm just, it's a little frustrating, you know, having all these top choices and then we end up with Mark Pope, it's really frustrating and I just want you to know that it feels like BBN here was pretty frustrated with that and um, having Jack Pilgrim the other day was amazing so I appreciate no friend Jack do a great job Tommy. I want to ask you this man, um, obviously, you have the pulse of how everyone feels and he's not a big name, and I. I want to make sure everyone understands again that I'm happy for Mark Pope.

Mark Pope did nothing wrong. Alma offered Mark Pope the job, the place she loves, and he took it, but what's on his resume, like how in trouble Mitch is. Barnhart you think it's him, I mean, if this goes bad quickly, I mean, is it cooked? Yeah, that's what I'm sitting here thinking and I agree with what everyone said before, you know, two years, Max and I got nothing. I have nothing against Mark Pope, you know, I have been, I hope he works out, man, I hope he does well. Me too, yeah, same thing, but I have a feeling it was a reach and this was a call from Barnhart on his behalf.

Yeah, I settled in, I settled in well and my thing too is that I feel like this was rushed after a couple of people told you no, just because some girls at the bar said no, I don't want to dance with you, it doesn't mean to you. You just go out and blindly kiss someone you meet, like it's not like that, especially with the transfer portal. You can now build your team three weeks before the season starts. It's Kentucky. I'm not worried about improving. players there, I just felt obligated, why not? If I had taken the job, I would have gone out and gotten Rick Patino again.

A lot more people would be happy than with Mark Pope. Yes, I completely agree with how much of this decision, I'm sorry. How much of this decision does this also have to do with Reed Shepard trying to keep him around? I mean, obviously, if you're making decisions about a player, then you're already screwed because I know he played with his dad, Reed Shepard Mark. Pope played Reed Shepard's dad interesting, okay, right, and I think Reed Shepard is what predicted the top five lottery pick, yeah, like he's G. I'm gone, bye Bud, hey, congrats on the job, but I'm getting out of here, but if you when making decisions about a player, you don't need to make decisions like that's what it comes down to, I totally agree, so last thing, I just wanted to say, you guys are cool and David with his class act throw it out so guys Tommy anytime buddy Tommy call more I appreciate you good good luck good luck.

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