Which Coach Achieved More This Season; Calipari or Pope?
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Take a lap, newb!!! It’s Pope and it ain’t close. He rebuilt a team with no previous players and made it as far as Cal did after raiding the cabinet. Now scoot along before @kyjeff1 comes along and has your stool on the end of his hog.
Wait, are you saying @kyjeff likes stool on his hog?
No, no, it's spelled P o o n… .poon.
Mark Pope definitely crushed Cal as far as regular season achievments go.
Cal got a nice laugh by winning in Rupp and Cal's 2 tournament wins are easily more impressive.
Both coaches are in the sweet 16 with tough matchups, so anything can happen from here on out.
There are a lot of scenarios that could make the post season a draw, or make one of these coaches look better.
Thing is, Cal had, by far, the more talented roster, he had his pick of the litter. In my opinion, it took him way too long to figure it out. But now that he has, they could potentially go on a heck of a run.
Cal got a nice laugh by winning in Rupp and Cal's 2 tournament wins are easily more impressive.
Both coaches are in the sweet 16 with tough matchups, so anything can happen from here on out.
There are a lot of scenarios that could make the post season a draw, or make one of these coaches look better.
Thing is, Cal had, by far, the more talented roster, he had his pick of the litter. In my opinion, it took him way too long to figure it out. But now that he has, they could potentially go on a heck of a run.
Made it as far? Past tense?
Are you conceding that Pope's gonna be taken behind the proverbial woodshed?
In seriousness, Kentucky's roster is pretty talented and deep. Better than I was expecting. I wouldn't say Calipari's roster is far more talented. Especially with a rusty Fland and no Thiero.
I wouldn't call the roster deep, but I agree they are more talented than I expected. Just a bunch of really solid guys that play well together.
Yeah, injuries play a role for sure. Some were saying Arkansas was better without Fland, not me, he was getting 5apg, that’s not the sign of a selfish player.
When Pope was bringing these guys in over the summer, I have to admit, I was a bit worried, because they were either okay mid major guys, or rotational guys at programs like SDSU, OK state and Oklahoma.
I'm really impressed with Carter Knox and Billy Richmond, those guys are going to make a lot of money somewhere. Thiero and Fland will definitely play in the NBA, probably for a long time too.
Arkansas definitely has more higher end talent than UK, but UK's roster fits better.
But these are just my opinions,
Calipari did it with a handful of players in an alien arena in front of strangers. There is only one serious answer to that question OP.