I'm pumped to actually see some coaching and strategy in our team.

This new team will be able to adjust in game way way better than calipary ever could. We will see a team that actually comes out and is better the second half than the first half for the first time in a long time

Everybody hating on this hire is sad. He's exactly what we needed!!!

@@truck_it_23 they talk about calipari with dribble drive plays. This is the real dribble drive with actual pick and roll execution. Cals teams would just pass it around couple times around the arch and do nothing

@@georgedalton3712 I agree!

@@georgedalton3712Yeah, there sure was a lack of off ball movement a lot of times under Cal.

I remember seeing his wife and kids walking around outside of Rupp Arena when he coached Utah Valley State. They seemed like a sweet family and was in awe taking pics. I think the fans will embrace them and Mark.

Me too! Hang in there my friend. Gotta love having a coach that cares about UK.

Take this and realize the defense really can’t get worse. It’ll be ok. Can’t wait to have upperclassmen

Right?!

UK fan here. #BBN I love seeing all the UK fans in the comments on this vid. This stuff means a lot to us and were just doing our own scouting on our new coach lol. I watched this video when it first dropped a while back and thought "Oh well that's pretty cool. Could be the offense of the future" Came back to watch it again after the news dropped. Lol. With UK resources and recruiting 100x better than BYU this could be legit. Trying to be positive

@@jasonralston8SAME

Agreed. Go Cats!

Imagine you have a guy at the 5 whose a great passer, but can also handle the ball and shoot the three. Maybe a young European guy with a name that starts with Z? It'd be awful hard to guard the zoom action with a 40% 3PT shooter out there.

@@moeron69 it's funny I was just telling a buddy this morning that Z and Reed would absolutely thrive in this offense. I worry Z is headed to Arkansas though but hope I'm wrong.

@@mattmurray253 I think Z may be one who stays. Yes, Cal did go get him because his bigs were injured in the summer and he desperately needed a 7 footer. BUT BBN paid for a billboard to get this guy freed. His first game at Rupp, the response he got when he walked on the floor, hitting those shots. He HAD to feel that. That means something.

​@Ryan_Rants meant nothing apparently. Sad because we showed out for him

It would be awesome!

exactly!

@@CameronTucker06 Maybe it's just me... But I think Z could be a unicorn. That's what frustrated me so much about how Cal used him. Because to me big men need game time and touches to get comfortable. He's just too skilled to be stuck in the dunkers spot or constantly setting middle ball screens over and over.

for real 😭 imagine a team like OKC operating on this system. defending that would be almost impossible

The defense in the NBA is harder now because of rule changes and them taking away hand checking. You can't touch a player in the league now without an official calling a foul. It's a shame TBH.

@@Wetrockstah2116I think it’s harder primarily because the players are so multifaceted and just good at offense and shooting

@@purdmangolf the NBA has always had skilled players and athletes, but after the pistons won an NBA championship from playing dominant defense they changed alot of stuff. I really wish they would bring back hand checking because alot of players that score alot in the league would be getting shut down. The game is to score baskets and keep the other team from scoring baskets, when you basically handicap the defense by the way the game is called is a true shame. Because we will never see another player like Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant because those guys were built off the defense they faced and competition they went up against on a game by game basis. Imagine trying to guard anybody without being allowed to put your hands on them, then imagine how much easier it would be if you could put a hand on them and keep them from going in certain directions, the NBA went downhill from that point imo. If they brought it back it could literally make the NBA 10 times better and it wouldnt be a 3 point shooting contest every game when you can run dudes off the line.

@@Wetrockstah2116 yeah but imagine MJ and Kobe facing contestant double teams and zone defenses and help schemes like the modern nba allows. Illegal defense barely allowed help defense in the 80s and 90s. The nba certainly did not always have the average skill level, ball handling ability, shooting prowess that it has today. 20 players made over 200 3s last season, in 1996 only 3 players did. 36 players shot over 40% from deep last year. 17 did it in 1996. In my opinion the nba is the best it has ever been and you are glorifying the hand check era with rose tinted lenses. Obviously certain things may be going a bit too far, like the lack of traveling enforcement and carrying, and excessive foul baiting (which they are fighting back against). But the league has Steph, Lebron, Giannis, SGA, Wemby, Jokic, Embiid, Zion, Luka, Durant, Kawhi, Kyrie, Brunson, Haliburton, AD, the beard, the brow, Sengun, Banchero, Randle, Porzingis, Trae Young…the list of incredibly skilled and entertaining and tough amazing players goes on and on and yet you’re stuck on Jordan and Kobe. Oh yeah I almost forgot this old guy named LeBron. I would like to know what you think hand checking could do to deter a guy like Steph. Or Zion. Or Gianni’s. Etc. Imagine those guys playing when sagging off your man weak side to help was basically not allowed. Packing the paint, not allowed. The defense was better back then because the offensive spacing was worse and the lane was clogged because everyone hung out inside the three point line. Defenders now are far quicker stronger more explosive and athletic and the defensive schemes more advanced.

They play efficient basketball

Watched this video when it first dropped. Weird how this is gonna be our offense but I'm kind of excited. Let's run it #BBN

UK fan here. I'm from the town over where Reeds parents live and where Reed went to H.S. My friend told me today that they know someone who has been talking to Reeds parents. Evidently he's waiting til the coach was announced and then gonna announce his return to UK. Might be Sunday. I'm so amped if that's true

​@@jasonralston8 if this is true I'm going to be very pumped.

Big Z headed to the transfer portal now. I agree, he would’ve been a great fit in this offense.

Would love Ivisic in the big role

UK fan here: should we be hype? Most fans disappointed with Pope rn.

@@theknubbles5075 It could really go either way. BYU is a unique job. It is hard to recruit the best talent here because of the honor code, but I think Pope has done really really well in getting as good of talent as he can get. He’s a very hard working and good recruiter. Want he doesn’t have is any titles or tournament wins. IMO, his coaching has definitely lost us games, including our most recent tournament loss to Duquesne. It’s tough to say whether or not the superior talent he will get at UK will be able to get him over the edge of winning tournament games. I assume it will, but wining 1-2 tournament games isn’t what UK aspires to, so who really knows if he can go all the way. Hasn’t shown it yet, but he also hasn’t had the talent and recruiting tools to possibly get him there.

Oh yeah i forgot about that. An even better win now that its clear yall are a legitimate championship contender.

Can’t wait to see how the game against you guys tomorrow goes, I’m not expecting a win for the cougs since you guys are undefeated at home this season but I’m certainly excited to see how it goes.

@@goaliegrizz8925 I fully expected a back and forth affair

@@goaliegrizz8925 wild game!

@@BuzzworthyBand no kidding, I was happy it was close and BYU fought but man it’s hard to watch us have it and throw it away! Hopefully they learn to control the ball

probably, but what kind of team can he put together 20 days before portal closes, no one on the roster

​@@thereddrobtons of good players will be available in the portal. Pope should be able to bring over 4 or 5 good players from BYU and 4 star Collin Chandler who I believed finished his mission this year

I hope youre right and we get some good players that Pope can work with here at Kentucky 🙏​@nathanbrown3069

What a complete nonsense statement

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I will say…this offense just needs a few higher caliber players and it could go with any team in the country

I’m looking for anyone selling hopium right now lol can’t believe we ran off Cal….

i think we’re gonna be alright

Yeah kind of, so here's my interpretation I guess. Mormons have basketball courts in there meetinghouses at least in the US, I don't know about the rest of the world. Most of them play basketball every week from about the age of 12 or so. When playing on those courts as a teenager, I noticed that the style is kind of sloppy but very frenetic and fast paced. Also, a lot of Mormons end up playing for other schools because there in a better conference. For example, Mark Pope played for Kentucky and Washington. Now that BYU's in the Big 12 though I think they'll end up being pretty dominant in the next few years.