I got to know Mark Pope 2 years ago at Battle4Atlantis. He is smart, engaging, confident in who he is and his style of play. He knows that Kentucky jersey well. Like every other coach in the SEC… recruiting will be the ultimate test. He will be embraced by UK fan base. Twitter is not reality …
@CoachJimmyDykes Jimmy has found his new UK pole to ride. 😄
@CoachJimmyDykes Twitter actually pretty much IS reality on this topic. The Fans on Twitter are not Anti-Mark Pope... they are Anti-Mitch Barnhart's search process.
@CoachJimmyDykes No offense to Pope, but there is nothing on his resume that warrants the step up. What success has he achieved that justifies this advancement? What statistic? What metric? What milestone?
@CoachJimmyDykes @buzzbaker They’ll end up supporting the coach but Mitch support is burnt that is a reality on x or twitter or anywhere else
@CoachJimmyDykes If you recruit too many 5 star players in a freshman class then good portal players won’t transfer to your team and players with great potential will leave your team.
@CoachJimmyDykes I think once the shock wears off, we will all be behind him. People have to remember, at one point Hurley was similar.
@CoachJimmyDykes As a Hog fan, I love this hire at UK.
@CoachJimmyDykes That Twitter is not reality is 100%!! People think this is real life. Thousands and thousands of fans IN REAL LIFE aren't on Twitter all day every day.