Jeremy Sharlow

@RealFakeBlake Then he's just a putrid recruiter. I personally don't think he's good at either of those things...

@jssharlow I think his talent evaluation is really good. He just keeps having to settle for the 4th option of that player archetype.

Alvaro Folgueiras played more minutes in a Sweet 16 win than Jayden Quaintance did all season if you’re interested in return on investment.

Mark Pope hasn't won a legitimate recruiting battle and fans are running around acting like he baited Louisville into paying more money for a player......

@ScoopLexington We were told by the media and Barnhardt those weren't possible

UNC is gonna have a home run hire. How did we not approach any of these guys. TJ Billy D Golden May

@BRamseyKSR History of injuries you say? Sounds like Pope's type of player....

Dedan Thomas Jr. is an elite playmaker. Injuries derailed his junior season, but he was a consistent producer through two years at UNLV. High assist rate, high free throw rate guy. Definitely will be highly sought after once again.

@Eddielinks_ "Start that guy.."- I've never heard anything more delusional in my life

Jasper Johnson was setup to fail at Kentucky from day 1

@KyleTuckerCBB The media told Kentucky fans any of these guys would never happen and basically so did our AD by the whack hire he did make... So, who was lying?

My take on Dusty May, who I’d hire in a heartbeat just like my colleagues here, is he ought to stay right where he is.

It's gonna be really interesting to see which coaches the ADs at Kansas and UNC hire... Especially when Mitch and the media told us guys like Oates and Golden would never move in the NIL era....I'm going to bet both schools get premium coaches and we got Pope...

If Billy Donovan takes another blueblood gig this cycle, Kentucky fans might storm Mitch Barnhart’s office. The timing works better for Billy D to have those conversations this year than two years ago, but he would’ve listened then if UK was willing to wait.

@RealFakeBlake I know that now! But I'll bet you he's not coming to Kentucky

@jssharlow This is fake.

Pope wants you to feel good and the last blue chip has just cut him...

@Cats_Coverage Yep. He's a .500 coach

Throughout his entire career, Mark Pope averages this many wins and loss per season.

@nolanuky27 @_VinceCali It is actually pretty simple. Mitch made the lazy/easy hire. His only requirement was that the next coach was easy to manage... Enter Pope who checked all those boxes.

@_VinceCali If I could hook Mitch Barnhart up to a lie detector test and guarantee a true answer out of him on questions I asked, I’d have so many about the coaching search in 2024.

Here’s where I currently stand on the entire Pope situation at this point (we will talk endlessly about it on Breaking Blue for our season wrap up). Am I confident in Pope? No. I was all in coming into the year on Mark Pope as being our guy. After this year, I have serious worries about Pope not only on the court, but the overall management of the program. At the end of the day, Pope gets year 3. Should he? Based on performance, no. But based on the administration currently? Probably. When you consider Barnhart isn’t leaving until July, nobody is taking a job when they don’t know who the AD will be. So at the end of the day, I’m a Kentucky fan first and a fan of the coach second (maybe even third). If the coach succeeds, Kentucky succeeds. That’s all that matters to me. I am pulling for Mark Pope to get this right. Worst case scenario and he doesn’t, then Kentucky will move on this time next year and hire another coach.

@LockedOnUK He grabbed 4 years so he could include the 9-16 COVID year. By every other year comparison he's worse. And hey, how bout you stop recruiting little tiny guards and then you won't have to complain about injuries

Somebody on Kentucky’s staff giving Pope MAD notes for this radio show

@DickeyButtz Yes. At Lindsey Wilson college

Lots of Jasper Johnson hate on the timeline right now. God forbid kids aren’t ready their freshman year. He’s going to transfer and figure it out somewhere else.

@sbeatlefan @TerrellTres I like this name

@TerrellTres "Moral victory Mark" has spoken

Mark Pope: “Yes, the amount of losses were unacceptable, but there was one against a team outside the top-40.” “Only 5 teams can claim that.” Says they’d rather still be playing in NCAAT of course but says sometimes people let emotions get in the way between each game result.

@TerrellTres I am yet to meet a fan happy or excited for another minute with Mark Pope

Mark Pope subtly and finally throws a jab at what feels like the UK media to end his radio show. Says the loud “1%” vocal minority “looking for hits” are essentially the ones disappointed and the other 99% — who he meets out in public — are always showcasing excitement to him.

@Cats_Coverage Now compare it to the last 3 years so you don't get that convenient COVID year in your stats...

Mark Pope says the last 2 seasons under him have been more successful than 4 seasons before he arrived.

Mark Pope on Kentucky's recruiting efforts: "We're really excited about where we are. Just hang in there guys. I think recruiting is going to work out just great"