re: Mark pope to kentucky

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Imagine a coach with all that talent that Cal had, that actually teaches basketball!! The school and history will sell itself in terms of Pope getting recruits, so Kentucky fans shouldn't worry about that.

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Kentucky will still get some high level recruits, but if you don’t think Calipari was a huge part in why they were getting top 2 recruiting classes every year then I don’t know what to tell you. I think Pope is a good coach and the system he runs is fun and exciting. It just doesn’t lend itself to highlighting NBA traits like Calipari’s “system” did, and that trust will have to be built up with recruits. He could definitely be a successful coach there, but it might mean getting through a couple of down years for Kentucky.

It is somewhat similar to what Duke and UNC did, except those were internal promotions who had seen firsthand how to run a premier program.