@TJWalkerRadio I thought you were supposed to be "media" yet you don't know this was posted in November. Come on.
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JustSomeGuy
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@justsomeguy_13
Ex lab geek. BS/MSA. Run, cycle, lift. Amateur/worship musician. Married gramps. UK Wildcats. EKU Colonels. Devout anti-MAGA. 606/941 Mentioning WhatsApp=block
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UK shouldn’t waste another minute recruiting him.
Not because he isn’t worth it, he’s going to be one of the better players in college basketball next year.
But if he’s adding another Nike school after a second UK visit, he may just not be that into you. At some point you have to look elsewhere.
Paul Biancardi@PaulBiancardi
Tyran Stokes shared Kentucky, Oregon, and Kansas on his Instagram story, highlighting them as his three schools. A source told ESPN that Oregon is seriously in the mix and that he’s closely watching whom these schools are signing in the portal before making his decision. Stokes is the No.1 prospect in the SC Next 100. @SCNext
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@GenTXer2 Of course. Cheap Trick. Bun E Carlos, Rick Nielson, Robin Zander, and...IDK.
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@McelroyCullen You cannot honestly think that recruiting in the two sports is the same.
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Will stein in year one has had absolutely zero problems with NIL. Mark pope has more resources than him…..
Bleed Blue Network@BleedBNetwork
Pope will get a lot of heat, and some of it, maybe even a lot of it is rightfully placed. However, the administration keeps telling fans and media to be quiet and stop asking questions about NIL, while the list of misses with elite players in the red zone continues to grow. Pope is good enough to get players to the finish line in recruitment, but UK keeps missing at the end. Whether it’s the lack of a GM, the NIL deal structure (which we keep hearing is an issue), or a combination of all of the above, the criticism of the staff and the administration when it comes to basketball NIL and recruitment is only going to get louder.
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Kentucky only contact 4 of the top 22 targets in the portal……4.
17 of those 22 players play the 1-4, positions that Kentucky needed to fill this portal season.
I’ve seriously never seen recruiting malpractice like this at a blue blood program. Wow.
Dylan@BigBlueDylan
I’m just so confused on what the staffs’ plan is for Kentucky. What is the staff’s primary portal focuses? If you aren’t prioritizing STARS and the very top of the portal, you HAVE To be prioritizing the very best fits for the system you run best. Kentucky isn’t strategically prioritizing either scenario… Incoming: G: Zoom Diallo. (On3 Portal Rank: #38) G: Alex Wilkins. (On3 Portal Rank: #23) G: Mason Williams. (On3 FR Rank: #124) Returning: F: Kam Williams. F: Braydon Hawthorne. F: Trent Noah. C: Malachi Moreno. C: Reece Potter. Just FIVE Confirmed targets left on the Transfer Portal Big Board at this time: G: Jerone Morton. (Washington State) F: Isaac Celiscar. (Yale) F: Justin McBride. (James Madison) C: Devin Williams. (Florida Atlantic) C: Gabe Dynes. (USC) Just not even CLOSE to good enough! Kentucky officially contacted just 4 of the top 22 transfers. WHAT IS THE GAMEPLAN?!?!?!?! #BBN #KentuckyBasketball
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Truest post about Mark Pope and the UK fanbase I've see in a while. Way too many "media" types stirring things up. KSR gets poked for doing that but I'm amazed at how many "people with a podcast" are running bitching like mad and its all for attention.
Jason@JasonHa95236420
@LionTrees_ He could land Stokes and with the Natty and half the fan base would still want him fired. There is a percentage of the fanbase that wants drama and turmoil so they can get paid their clicks
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Ansley Almonor was a virtual unknown transfer from FDU that started for Kentucky at the four when Andrew Carr missed time and played key minutes all year for a 3-seeded Kentucky team and was loved by the fans. The season isn’t over because Donnie Freeman went elsewhere. Get McBride and another 4 and you’ll be fine
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There is no goddamn way you’re acting this way about losing Donnie Freeman. No fucking way you’re mad about nine points. A game going to fucking St. John’s. Every time y’all tweet you make yourselves look stupid as fuck.
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@ScottSmedl42114 But he has the job and he isn't going anywhere for at least another year. Can he turn this around? Who knows? But I sure hope he does. If next year isn't significantly better, that's a different story.
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@justsomeguy_13 Post like this make me laugh when ppl say we have the most knowledgable fans in the game..a big % cant even tell Pope is not the guy for this job..its glaringly obvious..i dont hate the guy..its just true
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Once again, louder this time...
JustSomeGuy@justsomeguy_13
I don't think the words exist to express how sick I am of the Pope-bashing UK fans. Last year was surprisingly good, this year was surprisingly bad. Stuff happens. Sit back and let the man work. We'll see what year 3 looks like. If we suck, then it's time for the AD to talk.
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@judo_janitor You think he doesn't want to win banners now? Dude, give it a rest.
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@CA0369 My point is, what's your point? Tournament is random, who knows? Is a FF likely? No. Could it happen, yes. But I ain't bettin' squat either way.
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Really, really Mark Pope takes Kentucky to a Final Four next season just as a huge FU to all the pathetic F Mark Pope haters out there. 99% of you have never coached a day in your life buy are "experts" at coaching high level D1 basketball. Just shut up.
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@justsomeguy_13 I'll bet Million dollars right now. We don't make the final four.
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@BBNTAT0 OK??? And? Go outside tomorrow, breathe some fresh air.
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This is debatably worse than the Billy G days. Argue with a brick wall #FireMarkPope
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@BleedBNetwork @CoachMarkPope I couldn't disagree more. Fans (myself included) are way too invested in this. Go outside, play in the sunshine, rain or darkness, whichever you prefer.
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We haven't gotten a tweet or comment from @CoachMarkPope since the portal started. Not even when we landed Zoom & Wilkins.
The silence from Pope is deafening. Sometimes leadership is also coming out and taking your humble pie.
The fans want to see you're leading the program and at times that means coming out and talking to the fans when things aren't going well. Or even perceived to not be going well.
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@ReturnOfTheCats No lies there. But I'm not ready to throw in the towel, plenty of possible diamonds in the rough out there. We'll see.
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As of right now Kentucky needs MM and Kam to get WAY better than they were last year and probably needs Hawthorne to be an NBA player. Also needs Noah to remember how to shoot.
That’s a lot more uncertainty heading into a critical year 3 than pope probably wants
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@BBNTAT0 1) I'm not the one making wild, ridiculous claims. 2) If being old is supposed to be an insult, you don't understand life. The goal is not to die young.
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@ReturnOfTheCats You have no idea what we have. You have no idea if that scouting was done or not. You don't know what its like to deal with these kids and agents. And I don't either. Do we need a GM? Ya probably. Would a GM have landed Freeman? Probably not. Agents are snakes.
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The wild thing is reporters were pressing Pope on when he would hire a GM for weeks and he basically just shrugged it off.
This is UK basketball. There should’ve been a command center in Lexington scouting kids all season to prep for the portal. Instead we get this.
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