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Nov 4, 2024
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Michicoug
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I am and always will be grateful to Pope for all he did at BYU
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the real reason Pope annoyed some of our fans:
Archaea
11/4/24 4:24pm
RE: the real reason Pope annoyed some of our fans:
tacallaway
11/4/24 4:32pm
RE: the real reason Pope annoyed some of our fans:
44C
11/4/24 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
11/4/24 7:45pm
At the time, he seemed all in to me
Incentivize
11/4/24 4:32pm
Is KY a BYU man? He didn't go to school here.
AT Cougar
11/4/24 4:32pm
on that note a basketball coach trying to make a living to be a basketball coach
cwilke1
11/4/24 4:35pm
He's more or less said the only school he'd have come to college for was BYU
tacallaway
11/4/24 4:36pm
he also said that the byu job became more attractive once byu joined the big 12.
cwilke1
11/4/24 4:38pm
It's clearly a combination of things. But KY is a big relationships guy
tacallaway
11/4/24 4:40pm
So long as he's married and we don't treat her like Sister Mendenhall he'll stay
JupiterJones
11/4/24 5:46pm
He didn’t start out a cougar, but he married into the family. Literally.
ninja math
11/4/24 6:13pm
To me he came across as a used car salesman. Lots of talk. None of it seemed
Blueto
11/4/24 4:33pm
He wasn't able to recruit at the level needed to win post season.
Archaea
11/4/24 4:34pm
That's not true. Last season we were better that Duquesne. Winning in postseason
Blueto
11/4/24 4:44pm
If you follow those Cinderellas they often have under-rated but pro ready
Archaea
11/4/24 4:46pm
Duquesne had NBA talent? BYU had borderline NBA talent (TBD)
scrambled egg
11/4/24 5:00pm
Blame him all you wish but we were overwhelmed by their defensive presence.
Archaea
11/4/24 5:08pm
Frank Arnold could win in the post season.
Plantagenet
11/4/24 6:25pm
For a few years with four NBA players
Archaea
11/4/24 10:13pm
the part regarding faith was always sincere.
Dr MoBYU
11/4/24 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
11/4/24 4:35pm
It honestly didn't matter the level of support BYU gave him.
CPAcoug87
11/4/24 5:06pm
That's quite true, BUT we were gonna lose him to another program sooner than later because of our restrictive ways.
SinkingQuffa
11/4/24 5:15pm
The real reason is he left. Before that almost everyone loved him.
8-track
11/4/24 4:38pm
No, his teams always folded like a cheap suit
wildeone
11/4/24 4:52pm
No cheaper than any team in most of our lifetimes without a player named Jimmer.
LeftOfNormal
11/4/24 4:58pm
We've had one other coach in recent memory. That coach actually had some wins
wildeone
11/4/24 5:02pm
…with a player named Jimmer. Just as the last dude said
cajuncoug
11/4/24 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
11/4/24 4:58pm
He ticked off the local yokals who didn't start Utah County stars.
Archaea
11/4/24 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
11/4/24 5:20pm
Not winning a tourney game
CougarCanuck76
11/4/24 4:38pm
Since when has that been the gold standard for being a successful BYU bball HC?
SinkingQuffa
11/4/24 4:45pm
Since the expectation was to win one
CougarCanuck76
11/4/24 5:59pm
It seemed to arise very strongly in his third season in a way I never remember before at BYU.
SinkingQuffa
11/4/24 6:10pm
he gave 100% while he was here. He took us to a great place last year.
runnincoug
11/4/24 4:55pm
I dont know how the general crowd found him but the donors found him to not be
OKchief
11/4/24 5:11pm
I am and always will be grateful to Pope for all he did at BYU
Michicoug
11/4/24 5:45pm
The CATS cheer on Marriot Center court ended my respect for Pope.
chirocoug
11/4/24 5:52pm
you know that happened in 2013, right? Before Pope was ever head coach at BYU.
cwilke1
11/4/24 6:35pm
Stop it. Pope fought his rear off for us.
Cswilliam01
11/4/24 9:05pm
I appreciate what Pope did at and for BYU
Crowd Factor
11/4/24 11:06pm
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