It wasn’t the classes or top recruits we were upset about. It was Cals old school coaching, lack of success with all the talent, and arrogance towards the fan base is what we were upset about. Mark Pope said when he first got hired he will still be going after 5 stars. He hasn’t done this before because he didn’t have the resources to recruit at BYU like he does here. Cal may be the best recruiter but as we know he wasn’t the greatest Xs and Os coach. If Mark Pope has a better system for these 5 stars we will have much more success in the tournament.
Please stop with the "UK fans don't want top freshmen anymore". We still want them, we just want them used correctly and we don't want a total team turnover every year.
We want championships. Pope is killing it and he is hungry. I'm so excited and as a KY fan, it's been awhile. Excited to see this system in action with all this talent. Cats Baby!
As a kentucky fan, we didnt hate cal. We loved cal, or most of us did. But we didnt like what he was doing with the rosters as of late (Past 5 years). His coaching went downhill. He had soured on the fans and the media. he gave us fans no info. We also liked the 5 stars but we didnt like how He also pushed players out so he could get new players in, which i dont think pope will do. Pope will prioritize keeping those great players at least another year instead of urging them to go.
No, we want a coach that will shut someone down after they hit their first 5 threes on a tournament game. When's Carter coming back? This dude is an a$$hat
I have been stuck Army overseas crap....and I am homeless...no joke, my cousin has brought me to PA but I am a HillBilly with 2 degrees....Glory to Jesus...anyway, You TWO guys are phenomenal and I get my Big Blue Nation news from this Channel. Lotsa of love Alex
I dont care if we get 5starts or not just like see them play for 2 years maybe 3 years... 1 and done need stop for UK..... i believe in mark pope he make them stay ! Becuz how he act and coach 💪😺💙🤍🏀🔥🔥🔥🔥... I like cal he got alot players in the NBA for 15 years think 182 in 15years is crazy 😱 but ky fans wants player stay 2-3 years !!! Love the CATS. BBN baby
People also forget we will only have 3-4 players returning next year, we will need 9 players, take the 5 starrs and we hit the portal the rest, threats the formula cal wouldn’t adapt too also terribke in game coaching
These visits were scheduled before UK really started to trend for Caleb Wilson and Acaden Lewis. I dont think UK is favored for either of these guys but it's good to have so much interest.
From a UK fan, we could care less whether one and dones or four year players. It's what the coach does with them. Cal has underachieved 'coaching' the last 4 years since John Robic left (I think like a .660 win percentage the last 4 years, with #1 classes). It's not just been a March issue. He lost his Xs and Os with John Robic. We have a lot of anticipation on Pope's ability to coach, not just recruit. Thank you guys for your awesome content!
Kentucky was underperforming in the conference tournaments, regular season, and ncaa tournament. Besides losing to 14 and 15 seeds the last two years, he lost to Kansas st twice and had a 9-16 season recently. He wasn't getting it done, just like Ben Howland wasn't getting it done at UCLA after back to back to back final fours early in his tenure there. Whatever version of Cal Arkansas gets, it was over at UK.
yes finally someone is saying what I've been saying for months. Pope is being praised for going after the same high profile recruits that Cal was getting every year. And that was literally one of the main reasons everybody was hating on Cal and ran him outta town. The fans are so delusional and hypocritical
They’re clearly not trying to get cenac Wilson brown and Lewis. It’s one of the guards and one of the bigs in a perfect world. And these visits have been scheduled for a long long time.
Or maybe you keep recruiting until your class is full. You cant just stop recruiting because rumors say these other guys are maybe probably coming to your school.
The problem was Cal turned UK into an NBA portal. He bragged about it. All he wanted was to send players to the league and lost focus on hanging banners at UK. All UK fans are cheering for Coach Pope to get the greatest recruits, coach them to their full potential rather that be 1 or 4 years and focus on hanging banners in Rupp.
Pope is known as a great offensive mind, give him Cal-like talent and see what he can do with it. Also I don’t think 5-6 freshman a year will be the norm under Pope. His first year or two, probably, because he will have to build the roster, and get players that will stay for multiple years. Kentucky has 7 seniors on their team this year. I don’t believe Cenac is a clear cut one and done player, and I don’t think we get Brown. But just because we feel good about Wilson and Lewis, doesn’t mean it’s a guarantee and you stop recruiting everyone else.
Pope will need at least seven players next year possibly nine…. So he’s probably looking at 5 or 6 freshmen and finish in transfer portal . Years after will balance out
Dude how many videos do we have to tell you to get this guy outta here? I haven’t even watched this yet and I know this dude just says random stuff, Acaden and Caleb are the priorities Mikel and Chris are plan B dude shut up, you just said Caleb is a lock a week ago lol
As a Kentucky fan right now I care more about getting Carter back on this show and getting this bumb out of here, hope many tints to people have to tell you, I see it every video
The biggest thing is uk has to go deep into this 2025 class because they are going to have 5,6,7 guys leaving next year. Then classes after need to be two top 25 guys and 2 top 60 players. 2025 will have to be different due to the circumstance pope walked into.
Yea we still want talent Greg. We just don't want them to lose to mid majors in the first round of the tournament lol. It's not that difficult. That being said, what's Pope supposed to do? Stop recruiting & assume 2 guys who haven't committed yet are in the bag? Ultimately I think u guys answered ur own question. Cenac & Brown are long shots. But they're taking all their visits anyway. Ky's not getting all 6 of these guys.
Well considering we have like 7 seniors were losing we have to recruit some players lol lets have some common sense. We cant recruit transfers right now so lets not act like pope has another option but entertain high school guys. If he brings in 4 freshmen and 3 transfers thats a solid class and will bring experience along with the 4-5 players we will most likely have coming back.
who cares, UK is only recruiting these two as a backup plan. Neither of them will have UK in their final list. UK is just staying on good terms, remaining cordial with Cenat and Brown just in case all fall through with Lewis and Wilson, UK is all in on those two, and if they dont choose UK that throws a huge wrench in Pope's plan
Let's be honest... UK will get 1 of those PFs & then Pope will look at the Portal & fringe 3/4 stars to fill in the roster. Pope is methodical & there is a purpose to everything he's doing. Most BBN was more concerned that NO DOUBT, Cal was the best recruiter in the nation... That said, he wasn't even on the fringe of being a Top 25 Head Coach. He became way too defensive of what was the truth (lacks in game/halftime adjustments, refuses obvious logic & basketball sense in favor of being Coach Cal, etc) & really was more of an ambassador for NBA level talent rather than being the ambassador of UK Basketball. Pope understands the culture of Kentucky basketball & I believe he will be the perfect blend of what UK fans want. Moreno, Johnson, Wilson will be the 5 Stars. Garrison, Perry, Oweh, Noah, & Chandler will return. That leaves 5 spots through the portal & high mid recruiting to fill out the roster
@@Kytilidie they will whe MT CC and K Flemings are all at Arkansas October 5!! Miikka was here last weekend and word on the streets we will have 3 5 stars signing in early period!! Miikka gonna reclassify!
lol Chris and Mikel are plan B come on man just like missing on Great and getting Brandon or missing on Aiden and going Koby Brea the top 2 players are Acaden and Caleb and no I I don’t want all 4 of them. lol rather have Cal coach the 5 stars? No Mark Pope is the better coach Cal is just the best recruiter but if we can get Cal type players with Pope coaching offense that’s a win. lol saying you worked rather have Cal with all the 5 stars lol we’ve seen that movie and you guys have hated on Cal for his coaching and then said Pope is an offensive genius haha can’t have it both ways, Acaden and Caleb are obviously the priorities Mikel and Chris are backups
And dudes, the smartest basketball fanbase, in this whole entire world, are pretty spot on their their collective assessments in the comment section about not only you two guys, especially new dude, but in particular, about our old beloved coach, John Calisuc...oops, sorry flashback. Calipari. Whom we most all still love. He's welcomed back open arms open door. Any and all once famila is blue til we die, chiefs. Rock n roll, go BBN. Let em hear you roar with these contrite attacks. Just kidding. We love a good game. Remember... all love, no hate. It's just a game. An oft repeated quote to me throughout my years about KY basketball from my 90-year-old mother and huge UK bball fan. And she's right. It is just a game. Bless her for keeping it strait. Now, let's don't get it twisted. Lol. Peace out.
5:00 mark Veronica says he likes what? Watching Cal sit the Rob n Reed Show copious minutes at the start of every game of the season, and not bring em in til we were way behind.... that was fun? Watching them sit? Dude, that was so whack it stretched from only bufoonish, to pure oxymoronic.
Ky, just getting anybody at this point smh idc how much takent they have it means nothing if the coach can't coaah them .they go want him out of ky in like 2 years. I'm getting all these kids for nothing. the only reason they are going there is to get a check them transfer out after this year, lol
It wasn’t the classes or top recruits we were upset about. It was Cals old school coaching, lack of success with all the talent, and arrogance towards the fan base is what we were upset about. Mark Pope said when he first got hired he will still be going after 5 stars. He hasn’t done this before because he didn’t have the resources to recruit at BYU like he does here. Cal may be the best recruiter but as we know he wasn’t the greatest Xs and Os coach. If Mark Pope has a better system for these 5 stars we will have much more success in the tournament.
This….👆what he said….
Please stop with the "UK fans don't want top freshmen anymore". We still want them, we just want them used correctly and we don't want a total team turnover every year.
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Well that's what going to happen. Jasper 1 and done. Your only 1 and down for now.
We want championships. Pope is killing it and he is hungry. I'm so excited and as a KY fan, it's been awhile. Excited to see this system in action with all this talent. Cats Baby!
As a kentucky fan, we didnt hate cal. We loved cal, or most of us did. But we didnt like what he was doing with the rosters as of late (Past 5 years). His coaching went downhill. He had soured on the fans and the media. he gave us fans no info. We also liked the 5 stars but we didnt like how He also pushed players out so he could get new players in, which i dont think pope will do. Pope will prioritize keeping those great players at least another year instead of urging them to go.
Mark Pope is a genius, he knows what to do and how to create a great team.
Pope also works his butt off and I see him killing it so far.
No, we want a coach that will shut someone down after they hit their first 5 threes on a tournament game.
When's Carter coming back? This dude is an a$$hat
I have been stuck Army overseas crap....and I am homeless...no joke, my cousin has brought me to PA but I am a HillBilly with 2 degrees....Glory to Jesus...anyway, You TWO guys are phenomenal and I get my Big Blue Nation news from this Channel. Lotsa of love Alex
I dont care if we get 5starts or not just like see them play for 2 years maybe 3 years... 1 and done need stop for UK..... i believe in mark pope he make them stay ! Becuz how he act and coach 💪😺💙🤍🏀🔥🔥🔥🔥... I like cal he got alot players in the NBA for 15 years think 182 in 15years is crazy 😱 but ky fans wants player stay 2-3 years !!! Love the CATS. BBN baby
People also forget we will only have 3-4 players returning next year, we will need 9 players, take the 5 starrs and we hit the portal the rest, threats the formula cal wouldn’t adapt too also terribke in game coaching
These visits were scheduled before UK really started to trend for Caleb Wilson and Acaden Lewis. I dont think UK is favored for either of these guys but it's good to have so much interest.
From a UK fan, we could care less whether one and dones or four year players. It's what the coach does with them. Cal has underachieved 'coaching' the last 4 years since John Robic left (I think like a .660 win percentage the last 4 years, with #1 classes). It's not just been a March issue. He lost his Xs and Os with John Robic. We have a lot of anticipation on Pope's ability to coach, not just recruit. Thank you guys for your awesome content!
Kentucky has to take every 5 star they can snatch. Pope will coach differently.
I wanted Cal gone because he got lazy didn't coach defense, lost 3 home games in a row, lost a third of his games, and didn't play our best players
We love our five stars!! Great content though I’ve been really enjoying these on my feed 💪🏽
Kentucky was underperforming in the conference tournaments, regular season, and ncaa tournament. Besides losing to 14 and 15 seeds the last two years, he lost to Kansas st twice and had a 9-16 season recently. He wasn't getting it done, just like Ben Howland wasn't getting it done at UCLA after back to back to back final fours early in his tenure there. Whatever version of Cal Arkansas gets, it was over at UK.
yes finally someone is saying what I've been saying for months. Pope is being praised for going after the same high profile recruits that Cal was getting every year. And that was literally one of the main reasons everybody was hating on Cal and ran him outta town. The fans are so delusional and hypocritical
That’s the problem with getting your info from twitter 🤣
Y’all know what your doing tho Kentucky basketball brings more views than anything
BIG BLUE!!! Get out da way! Get out da way!
You are such a Kentucky hater! GO BIG BLUE!
come on over bro. Chris Cenac and Mikel Brown Jr...
They’re clearly not trying to get cenac Wilson brown and Lewis. It’s one of the guards and one of the bigs in a perfect world. And these visits have been scheduled for a long long time.
Or maybe you keep recruiting until your class is full. You cant just stop recruiting because rumors say these other guys are maybe probably coming to your school.
Pope played on a team with 11 pros. Ya that probably work again. Deep bench baby💙✌️
The problem was Cal turned UK into an NBA portal. He bragged about it. All he wanted was to send players to the league and lost focus on hanging banners at UK.
All UK fans are cheering for Coach Pope to get the greatest recruits, coach them to their full potential rather that be 1 or 4 years and focus on hanging banners in Rupp.
Pope is known as a great offensive mind, give him Cal-like talent and see what he can do with it. Also I don’t think 5-6 freshman a year will be the norm under Pope. His first year or two, probably, because he will have to build the roster, and get players that will stay for multiple years. Kentucky has 7 seniors on their team this year. I don’t believe Cenac is a clear cut one and done player, and I don’t think we get Brown. But just because we feel good about Wilson and Lewis, doesn’t mean it’s a guarantee and you stop recruiting everyone else.
Pope will need at least seven players next year possibly nine…. So he’s probably looking at 5 or 6 freshmen and finish in transfer portal . Years after will balance out
I hope I live to see all the glory Pope is going to bring to Ky
John calipari 15 years 1 championship, give Mark Pope that much time with that much talent we surpassed UCLA in championships!!!!!!
Dude how many videos do we have to tell you to get this guy outta here? I haven’t even watched this yet and I know this dude just says random stuff, Acaden and Caleb are the priorities Mikel and Chris are plan B dude shut up, you just said Caleb is a lock a week ago lol
@@rhcp4life697 I’m over it, he makes his own narrative that’s not even close to what’s going on, dude has a face for radio and an opinion for politics
@@rhcp4life697 lol
As a Kentucky fan right now I care more about getting Carter back on this show and getting this bumb out of here, hope many tints to people have to tell you, I see it every video
CW will be a HOG Greg go call his Dad!!
The biggest thing is uk has to go deep into this 2025 class because they are going to have 5,6,7 guys leaving next year. Then classes after need to be two top 25 guys and 2 top 60 players. 2025 will have to be different due to the circumstance pope walked into.
Yea we still want talent Greg. We just don't want them to lose to mid majors in the first round of the tournament lol. It's not that difficult. That being said, what's Pope supposed to do? Stop recruiting & assume 2 guys who haven't committed yet are in the bag? Ultimately I think u guys answered ur own question. Cenac & Brown are long shots. But they're taking all their visits anyway. Ky's not getting all 6 of these guys.
Evidently you didn’t watch de’aaron fox, Malik monk And Bam team! If you think Brown’s game will be inhibited by having other great players
Well considering we have like 7 seniors were losing we have to recruit some players lol lets have some common sense. We cant recruit transfers right now so lets not act like pope has another option but entertain high school guys. If he brings in 4 freshmen and 3 transfers thats a solid class and will bring experience along with the 4-5 players we will most likely have coming back.
it didn’t work with Cal because he couldn’t coach
2 school recruited one and done. one won and the other didn't. Maybe pope can do x's and o's.....
“Give him the ball get out the way”. Doesn’t work in the tourney buddy. That’s why Cal was under achieving
#BringBackCarter
who cares, UK is only recruiting these two as a backup plan. Neither of them will have UK in their final list. UK is just staying on good terms, remaining cordial with Cenat and Brown just in case all fall through with Lewis and Wilson, UK is all in on those two, and if they dont choose UK that throws a huge wrench in Pope's plan
Let's be honest... UK will get 1 of those PFs & then Pope will look at the Portal & fringe 3/4 stars to fill in the roster.
Pope is methodical & there is a purpose to everything he's doing.
Most BBN was more concerned that NO DOUBT, Cal was the best recruiter in the nation... That said, he wasn't even on the fringe of being a Top 25 Head Coach. He became way too defensive of what was the truth (lacks in game/halftime adjustments, refuses obvious logic & basketball sense in favor of being Coach Cal, etc) & really was more of an ambassador for NBA level talent rather than being the ambassador of UK Basketball.
Pope understands the culture of Kentucky basketball & I believe he will be the perfect blend of what UK fans want.
Moreno, Johnson, Wilson will be the 5 Stars. Garrison, Perry, Oweh, Noah, & Chandler will return. That leaves 5 spots through the portal & high mid recruiting to fill out the roster
What you heard…who told you your mom?
to be the best play a against the best every day only 30 game in season
Cal left.WE REPLACED HIM WITH A STAR IN POPE.We don't like a new team every year with Cal playing favorites.
Guy on the left is abysmal to listen to.
Couldn't agree more. Total idiot. He's the kind of guy that brings on a lot of 2nd hand embarrassment. Won't be long before dude cuts him off the show
That's what there doing just taking a free trip
@@Kytilidie they will whe MT CC and K Flemings are all at Arkansas October 5!! Miikka was here last weekend and word on the streets we will have 3 5 stars signing in early period!! Miikka gonna reclassify!
Then CW and Koa Peat 2 weeks later!
lol Chris and Mikel are plan B come on man just like missing on Great and getting Brandon or missing on Aiden and going Koby Brea the top 2 players are Acaden and Caleb and no I I don’t want all 4 of them. lol rather have Cal coach the 5 stars? No Mark Pope is the better coach Cal is just the best recruiter but if we can get Cal type players with Pope coaching offense that’s a win. lol saying you worked rather have Cal with all the 5 stars lol we’ve seen that movie and you guys have hated on Cal for his coaching and then said Pope is an offensive genius haha can’t have it both ways, Acaden and Caleb are obviously the priorities Mikel and Chris are backups
Greg quit drinking everything KSR put out!!
And dudes, the smartest basketball fanbase, in this whole entire world, are pretty spot on their their collective assessments in the comment section about not only you two guys, especially new dude, but in particular, about our old beloved coach, John Calisuc...oops, sorry flashback. Calipari.
Whom we most all still love. He's welcomed back open arms open door. Any and all once famila is blue til we die, chiefs.
Rock n roll, go BBN. Let em hear you roar with these contrite attacks.
Just kidding. We love a good game. Remember...
all love, no hate.
It's just a game.
An oft repeated quote to me throughout my years about KY basketball from my 90-year-old mother and huge UK bball fan. And she's right. It is just a game. Bless her for keeping it strait.
Now, let's don't get it twisted. Lol. Peace out.
Kentucky fans weren’t tired of talent. They were tired of the shitty coach that could no longer win with said talent.
5:00 mark Veronica says he likes what? Watching Cal sit the Rob n Reed Show copious minutes at the start of every game of the season, and not bring em in til we were way behind.... that was fun? Watching them sit?
Dude, that was so whack it stretched from only bufoonish, to pure oxymoronic.
Ky, just getting anybody at this point smh idc how much takent they have it means nothing if the coach can't coaah them .they go want him out of ky in like 2 years. I'm getting all these kids for nothing. the only reason they are going there is to get a check them transfer out after this year, lol