Mark Pope, stop comparing yourself to John Calipari — or wind up like Hubert Davis
Kentucky men's basketball coach Mark Pope compared his performance to that of predecessor John Calipari. Does he think that sounds like a compliment?
Mark Pope whistled past the graveyard this week. He probably thought it sounded like a hopeful tune, but my ears detected more of sob story, set to a sad trombone. Pope compared himself to John Calipari on his radio show , and he thought the comparison made him sound good.
Say what? In a four-minute monologue, Pope explained how, in his mind, his two seasons as Kentucky men's basketball coach deserve a little more love than Big Blue Nation is offering. Keep in mind, his Wildcats just got trounced in the second round of the NCAA Tournament .
“This is what’s going to shock you," Pope said. "If you take the four years before we got here and compare them to the two years since we’ve been here, we actually have a higher winning percentage in the last two than we did in the four preceding (years, under Calipari) — barely, but a higher winning percentage. ” Whew, buddy, where to begin.
Mark Pope: 'Do the math. ' OK, let's do it Let’s start here: Winning percentage, are you kidding me? Pope should know Kentucky doesn’t hang banners for a .
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