I'd rather Pope not recruit like Calipari. Cal recruits based on star power, which is future potential. He never recruited for fit and polish, he’s more concerned with draft potential and making promises that he has to make good on, no matter how bad the player is. If he doesn't keep his promises, the next batch of recruits will turn their noses up at him and Cal continues to play that game. You’re just getting a bunch of kids that are more concerned with their draft stock (me, me, me) than winning games in college.
With the transfer portal, I'd rather Pope go after proven veteran players and grab a few highly rated hs recruits that have the right mentality.
I hope Cal continues to play in the sandbox with these me-first players and their handlers that have their hands out and I hope Pope recruits the kids that want to win at UK. Get this, you can win at UK and use that to garner NBA draft attention, this is something Cal never believed in. Glad he's gone.