Nixon, Childs, Harding, Barcello, Lee all improved dramatically under Pope

May 29, 2020
2:59:14pm

ayfan All-American

It's not like he just lucked into some good players. He made those players better. Plus he brought Barcello/Toolson on board and convinced Childs to stay.

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Most encouraging thing about Pope is that all players seemed to get better

Run-DMT

5/29/20 2:36pm

Im excited about Pope, but can we all acknowledge that he has been our coach...

TPcoug

5/29/20 2:39pm

The honeymoon period is still in full swing

Indy Coug

5/29/20 2:40pm

by their fruits.......

idacoug

5/29/20 2:48pm

I think his UVU trajectory has a lot to do with it.

ldssdl

5/29/20 4:36pm

I was a bit hopeful w that. But far more hopeful w what he's said & done

SinkingQuffa

5/29/20 4:44pm

Wait, people were excited about Kalani after 1 year?

Lance71

5/29/20 4:59pm

Perfect point. Tap the brakes before we declare Pope the next John Wooden.

Forzaitalia

5/29/20 7:15pm

here's what we do know...

icecougar

5/29/20 7:34pm

Same thing with Doman and Staley that first year with Gary Crowton. Man was a

buckeyecougarguy

5/29/20 2:54pm

Nixon, Childs, Harding, Barcello, Lee all improved dramatically under Pope

ayfan

5/29/20 2:59pm

And has already restocked for next year

puntersarepeople

5/29/20 3:06pm

He got TJ to excise his demons too - & play MUCH larger than he ever had.

SinkingQuffa

5/29/20 3:10pm

Pope’s coaching staff includes

Vegasjohn

5/29/20 4:56pm

Unfortunately, we got lucky w/ Pope. We can't expect it to happen in FB

SinkingQuffa

5/29/20 7:21pm

imo it's a lot easier to build that culture in a basketball program with...

icecougar

6/1/20 11:19am

I had this same thought...

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