Mark Pope was NEVER universally loved by our fanbase. There was too much resentment in the inner circles of BYU's own

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Nov 4, 2024
4:58:31pm

SinkingQuffa Intervention Needed

Mark Pope was NEVER universally loved by our fanbase. There was too much resentment in the inner circles of BYU's own

athletic community. (Some of whom had more ties & loyalty to the yewt program than they do with ours.)

BYU has a harder time moving on from an unpopular firing than most places. We're not wired to do that — & the losers in those transactions will take advantage of that. And take quite a few of the fan base with them.

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SinkingQuffa

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the real reason Pope annoyed some of our fans:

Archaea

Nov 4, 4:24pm

RE: the real reason Pope annoyed some of our fans:

tacallaway

Nov 4, 4:32pm

RE: the real reason Pope annoyed some of our fans:

44C

Nov 4, 6:28pm

Mark getting that UK job did take a few pinches of magic. You do have to wonder if that didn't push im over the top.

SinkingQuffa

Nov 4, 7:45pm

At the time, he seemed all in to me

Incentivize

Nov 4, 4:32pm

Is KY a BYU man? He didn't go to school here.

AT Cougar

Nov 4, 4:32pm

on that note a basketball coach trying to make a living to be a basketball coach

cwilke1

Nov 4, 4:35pm

He's more or less said the only school he'd have come to college for was BYU

tacallaway

Nov 4, 4:36pm

he also said that the byu job became more attractive once byu joined the big 12.

cwilke1

Nov 4, 4:38pm

It's clearly a combination of things. But KY is a big relationships guy

tacallaway

Nov 4, 4:40pm

So long as he's married and we don't treat her like Sister Mendenhall he'll stay

JupiterJones

Nov 4, 5:46pm

He didn’t start out a cougar, but he married into the family. Literally.

ninja math

Nov 4, 6:13pm

To me he came across as a used car salesman. Lots of talk. None of it seemed

Blueto

Nov 4, 4:33pm

He wasn't able to recruit at the level needed to win post season.

Archaea

Nov 4, 4:34pm

That's not true. Last season we were better that Duquesne. Winning in postseason

Blueto

Nov 4, 4:44pm

If you follow those Cinderellas they often have under-rated but pro ready

Archaea

Nov 4, 4:46pm

Duquesne had NBA talent? BYU had borderline NBA talent (TBD)

Nov 4, 5:00pm

Blame him all you wish but we were overwhelmed by their defensive presence.

Archaea

Nov 4, 5:08pm

Frank Arnold could win in the post season.

Plantagenet

Nov 4, 6:25pm

For a few years with four NBA players

Archaea

Nov 4, 10:13pm

the part regarding faith was always sincere.

Dr MoBYU

Nov 4, 4:34pm

Not really. The stars aligned perfectly for Pope to leave AND he knew BYU wasn't gonna give him the support he wanted.

SinkingQuffa

Nov 4, 4:35pm

It honestly didn't matter the level of support BYU gave him.

CPAcoug87

Nov 4, 5:06pm

That's quite true, BUT we were gonna lose him to another program sooner than later because of our restrictive ways.

SinkingQuffa

Nov 4, 5:15pm

The real reason is he left. Before that almost everyone loved him.

8-track

Nov 4, 4:38pm

No, his teams always folded like a cheap suit

wildeone

Nov 4, 4:52pm

No cheaper than any team in most of our lifetimes without a player named Jimmer.

Nov 4, 4:58pm

We've had one other coach in recent memory. That coach actually had some wins

wildeone

Nov 4, 5:02pm

…with a player named Jimmer. Just as the last dude said

cajuncoug

Nov 4, 6:23pm

Mark Pope was NEVER universally loved by our fanbase. There was too much resentment in the inner circles of BYU's own

SinkingQuffa

Nov 4, 4:58pm

He ticked off the local yokals who didn't start Utah County stars.

Archaea

Nov 4, 5:09pm

That was part of it. Those yokals were fueled by many of the same people who were poisoning the instate recruiting wells

SinkingQuffa

Nov 4, 5:20pm

Not winning a tourney game

Nov 4, 4:38pm

Since when has that been the gold standard for being a successful BYU bball HC?

SinkingQuffa

Nov 4, 4:45pm

Since the expectation was to win one

Nov 4, 5:59pm

It seemed to arise very strongly in his third season in a way I never remember before at BYU.

SinkingQuffa

Nov 4, 6:10pm

he gave 100% while he was here. He took us to a great place last year.

runnincoug

Nov 4, 4:55pm

I dont know how the general crowd found him but the donors found him to not be

OKchief

Nov 4, 5:11pm

I am and always will be grateful to Pope for all he did at BYU

Michicoug

Nov 4, 5:45pm

The CATS cheer on Marriot Center court ended my respect for Pope.

chirocoug

Nov 4, 5:52pm

you know that happened in 2013, right? Before Pope was ever head coach at BYU.

cwilke1

Nov 4, 6:35pm

Stop it. Pope fought his rear off for us.

Cswilliam01

Nov 4, 9:05pm

I appreciate what Pope did at and for BYU

Nov 4, 11:06pm

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