Mark is soooo refreshing to listen to. Cal constantly would throw players under the bus if they didn't do exactly like he asked them to do. Mark uses positive reinforcement when talking about his players. UK will never lose: UK will Win or Learn. But never lose on the big picture of the game. Thanks Mark for your humor, positive attitude and making UK basketball fun again!
Regardless of how this first season goes, I love coach pope. Dude is intelligent. I hope the goofy fans who have never played sports don't bash him for not winning every single game.
I don’t think anyone should expect that. Heck cal only won every game one season. It’s hard. As long as we don’t drop more than like 8 games I’d say majority of the fanbase is really happy. I’ll be excited with one singular tournament win lol. Haven’t seen that enough around here.
@@garrettbourne546 I agree totally, as long as we can put up a fight and not look like we’re lost in important games I don’t care if we lose. What matters to most fans is not losing at home when Rupp is the hardest place for away teams to win and making it out of the first week of the tournament. If we can get back our home win streak and at least make a showing in the tournament nobody’s gonna run Pope out of town in his first year. I’m not saying we’re gonna get our home win streak back in his first year but I sure would love to see him do it. He’s a super intelligent man and you can tell he cares about UK basketball and returning us back to greatness, also something we haven’t seen in awhile.
