Portal

[Pobilly]

I too thought Zoom would be backup or a dual PG type of situation. Hope the new staff lead recruiter is getting the opportunities for UK to make the final cut on Wright or PG 2 / 3 in the portal. I think Zoom is PG 5 and is 33 in portal ranking. Not too shabby. If he can get Stokes to UK then get him, but doubt many players have that kind of pull.

[Cawood86]

I've decided not to criticize pope for who he recruits or who he misses on. It's his job to keep or lose, obviously I hope he is successful.
give it time folks, it will work out one way or another

Pretty logical. Pope well knew what he was stepping in to. This is not the place to have seasons line last year. He knows he must get the players. The next few days could be very critical.

[South jones]

I've decided not to criticize pope for who he recruits or who he misses on. It's his job to keep or lose, obviously I hope he is successful.
give it time folks, it will work out one way or another

[UKHoops01]

Pope misses on Dedan Thomas…again.

I don’t get the excitement for Diallo at all. Unless Stokes comes with him. Otherwise he is a PG who can’t shoot or pass and is a 40ish ranked transfer.

I know we are desperate but Diallo is not a star or a stud in any way.

I'm not upset about missing on Thomas, but I am kinda upset that we appear to be "so in" on Diallo. Diallo seems to me like more of a backup option in case we miss out on all the guys that should be ranked ahead of him. While I'm not as negative on him as you sound like you are, I'm certainly not as bullish on him as some in our fan base sound like they are. I think some people just like him because he goes by "Zoom".

[JFCats22]

Pope misses on Dedan Thomas…again.

I don’t get the excitement for Diallo at all. Unless Stokes comes with him. Otherwise he is a PG who can’t shoot or pass and is a 40ish ranked transfer.

I know we are desperate but Diallo is not a star or a stud in any way.

[Pobilly]

Dedan Thomas off the board, Again.

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-w...ts-to-houston/

[South jones]

CC to Brigham Young
I was 99% sure this would happen since it was reported his wife wss moving there.

[UKHoops01]

I do not want any issues for this next year. if you have issues then you will never know if Pope can coach or not. This year was a train wreck plain and simple. You had guys that did not care about one another off the court. Not all guys, just enough to make it hard to be a team.

Without knowing all the details, even if they were just rumors (which I highly doubt they were) it was pretty obvious that this team was not a cohesive unit. They didn't seem to mesh well on the court, so I tend to believe the off-the-court innuendo.

[Pobilly]

It is not his play. He is one of the players with rumors of team turmoil on this team. Mo / Aberdeen both had rumors of stealing girlfriends on the team and causing issues. I do not want any issues for this next year. if you have issues then you will never know if Pope can coach or not. This year was a train wreck plain and simple. You had guys that did not care about one another off the court. Not all guys, just enough to make it hard to be a team. We saw it half to half / game to game / minute to minute.

And this again needs to go in the roster thread and not the portal thread. We all got to stay on task. I see how easy it is because we just respond to each other but lets all try to get it back to this being incoming portal or portal guys. And roster talk of last year under roster talk. Sorry guys.

[Pobilly]

I wouldn’t have minded having him back. I think you pointed out why he wasn’t an effective as we thought he would be in your post. He was forced to play out of position. Maybe if he’s able to move back to his primary role he would be the player we hoped he’d be.

It is not his play. He is one of the players with rumors of team turmoil on this team. Mo / Aberdeen both had rumors of stealing girlfriends on the team and causing issues. I do not want any issues for this next year. if you have issues then you will never know if Pope can coach or not. This year was a train wreck plain and simple. You had guys that did not care about one another off the court. Not all guys, just enough to make it hard to be a team. We saw it half to half / game to game / minute to minute.

[Trueblujr]

So he has to get a waiver to play but sure. He was an unstoppable force at UK this year. He had some good games but do no act like he was great at any point of the year. He was out of place playing point. He did what he could. Do not see a reason to have a year 2. If he gets another year.

I wouldn’t have minded having him back. I think you pointed out why he wasn’t an effective as we thought he would be in your post. He was forced to play out of position. Maybe if he’s able to move back to his primary role he would be the player we hoped he’d be.

[Tomcats1990]

247 still showing Gwath a 100% KY lock and Stokes is supposedly visiting UK on Monday. Pope needs to finish the assignment.

[Los Gatos]

It's not. I'm very appreciative of what Aberdeen did for us this year, but it was no surprise he transferred or that he's going back to Florida. He may not even be eligible next year.

Some people will jump on anything to pile unfounded criticism on Pope. Even when it makes zero sense like in this case. They are likely not even fans.

I suspect there is a higher probability that Aberdeen get another year via the proposed new five year rule than that he wins his appeal.

[Matt Dillon]

Time to get back on topic.

[Pete Hogwallop]

Everyone knows you are a pope lover and doesnt care if we continue losing 14 plus games a year as long as pope is coach.
pope has not shown he can recruit high level guys. He didn't make the needed adjustments last year when injuries happened and so on so on

So everyone "knows" something that isn't true? No surprise there.