...when he stepped down iirc not many of those guys were able to get jobs as assistant coaches. Tells you a lot about the quality of the staff and explains why things started to unravel quickly with the basketball program in the latter 20-teens.

I think Pope did a nice job putting his staff together and was an upgrade over the previous coaching staff and KY's group is an upgrade even over Pope's. I would even wager it's one of the better coaching staffs in the Big12.