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Rob Dauster and Jeff Goodman discuss the latest coaching carousel and transfer portal news, and are joined by new Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey!
0:00 = Welcome!
02:10 = Reaction to Mark Pope's introduction
13:50 = BYU replaces Pope with Kevin Young
19:33 = How will Cal build his Arkansas roster?
23:51 = Pat Kelsey's first Louisville additions
33:43 = Pat Kelsey joins the show!
44:43 = Oumar Ballo commits to Indiana
48:26 = Ky Boswell commits to Illinois
53:12 = Ohio State adds Bradshaw, Johnson
56:20 = Worried about Izzo's lack of transfers?
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[@michaelreed4752]

I freaking L O V E this hire and Louisville is freaking back baby, ive been watching since 1980 i was 7 years old and watched 3 national championships and Pat Kelsey is going to win

[@ratamacue6276]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Squantoon]

Its hard to not have Cal fatigue when he constantly says "If you aint built for it dont come here I cant hide you" then every time the last 5 years we lose he ducks the press conference and throws his guys under the bus lol

[@mgers75]

Calipari put more barriers between him and the public and media that David Miscavige. We didnt realize BBN had become a cult till it was too late. Crazy that it took a Mormon to rescue the program, ahahaha!!

[@justinkayce9811]

Or deflecting losses in reg season and SEC tourny by saying "We're built for March" then loses again in the first round 🤣

[@mgers75]

Next year is going to be wild on FO68 with Kentucky and even little ole Louisville being coached by FO68 friendly coaches. Pope will come on several times throughout the season and will never blacklist Goodman and actually know who Dauster is!

[@chriscurry4646]

They’ve lost Karter Knox, Boogie Fland, Jayden Quaintance, Somto Cyril, and Billy Richmond.

[@willthomas7666]

Lol

[@richardbaker_0086]

Haha

[@Daltonb1997]

UK AD said Pope got 4 million for NIL from boosters with more to come. Also Edwards and Rob went to the draft. So we do know what they are doing. No update on Reed

[@user-vh6uc7fi6y]

THE BLUE POPE IS IN THE CATICAN. FLEXINGTON KY

[@wtk6069]

Maybe it's because of all the craziness in college basketball, but all the traditional Blue Bloods except Kansas now have legacy hires as HC. I find that interesting. I see it as circling the wagons to protect their culture and traditions in an era when those are being threatened by change. In UK's case specifically, it was about renewal to bring back in the tens of thousands of disgruntled fans who stopped watching because of Cal hijacking the program for his own purposes. Some of the disgruntled were former players, too. That was the purpose for having them on Pope's bus. It was to bring them home again.

[@willthomas7666]

LOL, what are u smoking my guy.. uk fans talked about winning a champ every single year calipari was there, and bragged about how many 5 stars every year... I don't know a single uk fan that stopped following uk when cal was there

[@justinkayce9811]

​@@willthomas7666This UK fan dropped off after the 2015 loss. Gotta say, I'm pretty excited to be back.

[@chuckroutionGB2022]

​@@justinkayce9811where back to the bottom

[@justinkayce9811]

@@chuckroutionGB2022 They said that in 93, 97, and again in the 2000's ...... What followed was exciting times and 3 banners. I'll take my chances

[@brandondempsey3580]

Louisville will have the best year by far

[@indigomarine91]

Louisvle got thier players from Charleston. They lost 11 guys Including their top guys, I can ensure you these guys coming in doesn't fill the shoes of a few of those guys who left.

[@chuckroutionGB2022]

@@indigomarine91 UK got all their 5 ⭐ heading to Arkansas except Reed,and delliham while Cal moves on with a lot more nil money 💰 than uk

[@mgers75]

I enjoyed the Cal era. UK was the most relevant school in CBB, loaded with talent, he was a renegade. But, now that the bandaid has been pulled off.....MY GOD DO I FEEL FREED. The program has been returned to the fans, not have the program held over our head with 'if you dont like what we're doing, enjoy life without NBA allstars and Drake' mindset. Well that will be missed, but how exciting is it to have a coach that is considered and X's & O's guy, uses Analytics, will bring in coaches who are experts at putting together a modern scouting report, Instead of selling the NBA dream, he can mentor his players with stories about his days in the NBA. The dude played for Larry Bird, set screens for guys like Ray Allen, Reggie Miller, Glenn Robinson. Pope will be present on Campus during those June-August vital workouts. Cal lived in New Jersey during the off season and only flew into Lexington when needed and left the summer stuff 90% to the assistants who werent the most motivated and hungry guys in college basketball. Cal marketed 'players first' but Pope will be more player friendly when it's actually analyzed.

[@wtk6069]

I enjoyed the Cal era for years, but it went sour. It reminds me of watching a TV show. As long as it's episodes you haven's seen, it feels great, but when the re-runs start, it's less fun, and by the time you hear the same thing for the fourth or fifth time, you just want to find another show.

[@danieljoseph6686]

idk what that means about giving it back to the fans, sounds creepy to me, no thanks, i prefer the players

[@SoGshaiprosper5417]

Agreed. Love cal but was time to go

[@willthomas7666]

LOL. Uk fans are the most delusional fan base in sports...

[@859BDuB]

hmmmm wonder who Pat Kelsey was in Lexington to visit during this interview.

[@phillipbarnes1872]

Jeff Goodman was spot on with his assessment. It’s almost like he lives in Lexington.

[@note2self628]

What he doing in the city?

[@stinson6.082]

This dude obviously envy’s Pat Kelsey , so many backhand compliments.

[@paulericspicer8431]

I think poor is going to be a great hire and Louisville got a winner too I’m a die hard kentucky fan I’m excited to see what pope does here if he can get talent with experience I think pope will be very very great at Kentucky

[@MrBellairsd]

Fyi: The reference to DJ Khaled in your intro may be awkward for you pretty soon…running with some very Bad Boys. You guys do a great job. Re: Cal (all b’ball coaches really) “The only true wisdom is humility.” TS Eliot

[@Dave-zl2ky]

UCONN will quietly pass them both again. Pope will do fine by the second year. Fans were ready for a breath of fresh air and an end to Cal PR.(BS) I don't give a damn how Calipari does.

[@bradnon643]

Dillingham, Edwards and Onyenso have all said they’re going pro.

[@liberTvalance]

Onyen ain't going pro. LOL

[@mgers75]

@@liberTvalance He is renounced his NCAA eligiblity. Now is he an NBA pro? Probably not.

[@wtk6069]

@@liberTvalance At least not in the NBA. Maybe overseas.

[@glennlewman4186]

The answer is: Kenny Young BYU

[@donzsky4432]

I think Cal nd d Hogs though painful to take but he got the personnel he wants compare to us UK. Pope would have a rebuilding year

[@MegaFrankgarcia]

Kenny Payne to Arkansas!!

[@dwphillips42]

he's expected to be able stay in mid to upper part of sec rankings and get into the ncaa tournament this year.hopfully make it to the second weekend of tourny. next year we expect a little more.

[@rodbrock4759]

Not even a question/ Pope has no record of bigtime success.

[@nigeladams9609]

I bet Coach Cal makes it to the final four or sweet sixteen and win a sec championship before Mark pope does

[@willthomas7666]

Duhhhhh

[@jasonomer346]

Cal couldn’t even do that at Kentucky recently. He’s not making an elite 8 again in his career. The game has passed him by

[@chuckroutionGB2022]

​@@jasonomer346I think Arkansas rolls over KY like a tornado

[@jasonomer346]

@@chuckroutionGB2022 That and 3.50 will get you a cup of coffee. Cal better get some older talent transfer portal players. It’s been clear for half a decade now you don’t win with freshmen anymore. Let’s see what the rosters look like before we predict any tornados

[@chuckroutionGB2022]

@@jasonomer346 just like stoops has he ever beat Kirby and Georgia I don't believe he has

[@kristianholt5370]

Arkansas is gonna be better this year

[@mgers75]

Assuming Cal gets all of the Key UK guys available , BigZ, Wagner, Fland & Quaintance they will definity be talented. Will Theiro follow? He was in the portal before Cal quit. They will have to find shooting cause that core might not clear 30% from three. BigZ has a beautiful jumper, Fland can shoot but he's a freshman, so those are two pieces but Knox, Richmond are typical Cal players who cant shoot, arent really skilled but are long an athletic. Will they be Hamidou Diallo/ Chris Livingstons that you'll forget when they bolt for the G league in a year or will the Chicken internment camp guy be able to pay them enough to stick around 3-4 years to develop from athletes into skilled basketball players. That was alway an issue with Cal. Wasting 12 months on a 1&D that was a developmental player. It worked great when it was AD, Wall, KAT, Sheppard, but not so good for so many others.

[@WilliamBeamon-dm2tv]

@@mgers75 can you imagine how sour UK fans would be if Calipari started talking those 5 star recruits into staying to play out their eligibility instead of pushing them out the door to (chase their dreams of being rich). WOW, then Arkansas might get another chip! Imagine Tyrese Maxey still in a Kentucky uniform fixing to start his senior season.! Omg!

[@michaelreed4752]

Louisville beats Ky this year, shooting will be better, 25 wins this year

[@brandon2107]

Louisville is not winning 25 games.

[@liberTvalance]

I was done with Cal. I don't care if he kills it Arky.... I don't want him coaching my team. He's a phony. "Players first"... as long as I get more money and all the credit...LOL. Just tired of his schtick. Good luck Arky. Hope we can still be civil because I always enjoyed your fanbase at games.

[@WilliamBeamon-dm2tv]

Calipari will put together a stellar roster! Now, will he win … yet to be determined. But I do think he will see another final four. And I love my Wildcats!

[@johnnycorn7225]

Tell me why you think he will ever get to another final four if you really are a UK fan. Iv been watching VERY closely and see A LOT of VERY broken things w him.

[@danieljoseph6686]

​@@johnnycorn7225because of the athletes he gets and exciting brand of basketball his teams play. thats why. i really think its an iq test for the fanbase whether you support cal or not.

[@WilliamBeamon-dm2tv]

Yeah, the talent he will get. Not too many coaches would be ran off with 4 final fours, 6 elite 8’s, and a natty in 15 years. I mean, don’t get me wrong..a change here was needed. And I’m happy with Pope. But Cal will have his best 5 years at Arkansas 1st before his bad 5 years. The motivation he will have…but in the long run Kentucky will be the better for this move.

[@danieljoseph6686]

@@WilliamBeamon-dm2tv ok i strongly disagree, i wanted to see calipari build on the success from last year with some returning players and this recruiting class he had coming in. i hate losing big z. so noone knows what the future holds obviously but its always gonna suck seeing calipari coach another team. and also think we're gonna be really bad for a long time.

[@danieljoseph6686]

@@WilliamBeamon-dm2tv he wasnt ran off, he left on his own for a better situation, i dont agree with this part of the fan base at all, im going to be supporting cal and the players, i think not appreciating what calipari did for this team and not putting the players first is gonna hurt Kentucky for a really long time unless they get some serious nil money

[@bprathe3205]

Pope

[@CraigCapital]

Cal obviously bc he gets better recruits

[@nicholasruber1174]

yeah because that has proven to work so well

[@hdnw7537]

Yeah, not really a fair question just yet. I think Pope will build something better in the long run

[@matthewearlywine5535]

If that mattered he'd still be at UK

[@johnnycorn7225]

Wow he's done so well w that for the last DECADE

[@joshbutcher7514]

Be interesting to see how Cal would recruit at BYU

[@tystarnes]

Its a business and its what you done for me lately. Cal not much regardless the recruits if nba picks count as banners UK been set for life. Something had to give. I appreciate the early years 2012 title but Cal methods arent working anymore. You cant keep getting bounced the first round Cal not at UK or anywhere else. Its unacceptable.

[@danieljoseph6686]

buddy john calipari has the number 1 winning percentage IN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES, #1.

[@joshbutcher7514]

@@danieljoseph6686maybe pre-2016

[@tystarnes]

@@danieljoseph6686 Then as a Cat would say why would we have kicked him out with the Kitty litter? If get the talent produce. Arkansas going to find out real quick maybe Cals blood pressure will go down lol.

[@danieljoseph6686]

@@joshbutcher7514 no, over a whole career, the ad literally stopped supporting him after he won a championship, these fans don't speak for me, even the years calipari lost early in the tournament it was as a 2 or 3 seed, that's called a successful season for every other coach, i understand being upset when we lose, i get really upset when we lose but ill never be ok with losing coach cal, i was really looking forward to what wed look like next season with the returning players, i hate it, were gonna be really bad

[@danieljoseph6686]

@@tystarnes what are you saying

[@coachc9532]

Typical media response. You guys are a joke - just Cal haters, trying to draw favoritism from Cat fans, but not all Cat fans hate Cal.

[@tystarnes]

I appreciate the early Cal years and 2012 title. He did it then and Cal will get you players. But with NIL etc everything has changed. Somewhere Cal lost his drive the past 5-10 years. I hope he gets it back otherwise it will be more the same.

[@SoGshaiprosper5417]

Na I always supported Cal...he brings exciting players but just got tired of hopin the stars would align every year for another championship. I'll miss cal and hope he does gr8 at arkansas

[@mikespage0123]

UK will lose to Missouri next year, that’s all you need to know 😂

[@indigomarine91]

Caliparie is only a recruiter. He can't adjust end game. I can't even count how many times UK fans knew that they were losing to a team full of non NBA guys And we knew we were losing by halftime, and it spans over to Cal and he has a look on his face like he has no clue what he's doing he can't adjust in-game. He lost to kansas, Pope with a team full of nobodies beat kansas... His teams changed throughout the games.

[@redman112010]

The first year Cal was coaching, I knew he wasn't any good. He recruited well, but lost in the tournament because of coaching. He relied on talent and not skill. It only worked once for a championship because he had enough talent, other than that he couldn't coach a win.

[@chrisk3536]

Get tired of Dauster chastising Goodman like a toddler. He does it on a lot of videos.

[@someguy6212]

Dauster is an arrogant ass.

[@jasonhanshaw9292]

Goodman is about as bright as a rock. Which will be better, the HOF coach or the one with a losing Q1 record and never won a NCAAT game? Such a difficult comparison.

[@johnnycorn7225]

It's not good for anyone to live in the past, better to look to the future. Calipari has been a complete laughing stock for 5 years straight, don't attempt to deny that or your gonna look kinda well.... He is a complete and total abject failure of a coach now, and BYU finished with better metrics than cow. There is absolutely no argument who the better Coach is with x and o team building. Cal is washed, look it up. Who was Hurley 4 years ago?!!!! BYU and Pope beat several teams in the Big 12 last year beat several teams in the Big 12 last year that cow couldn't or didn't. Kansas cow didn't , Kansas state well, they have been basically having inappropriate unprotected relations with cows rear end in the tournament the last 5 years-STILL w no win as revenge yet..... But Pope beat them his first year in conference, beat NC State who would have mercilessly axe murdered cow and company last year if they played. Thank God we didn't have to go through that lmao. Oh yeah they also won 23 games with a bunch of Mormons their first year in the big 12, which means he can easily win 30 here with the MASSIVE upgrade he gets across the board.

[@colesutton7076]

@@johnnycorn7225 NC STATE was AWFUL early in the year when BYU beat them..Im ALL IN with POPE tho!!!

[@wtk6069]

The HOF coach was outperformed by Pope the last three years. The only thing Cal has going for him is the law of averages says he has to outperform Pope again eventually.

[@wtk6069]

@@colesutton7076 True for NC State, but Kansas was playing better when BYU beat them than when Kentucky lost to them. BYU snapped their home winning streak that was third-longest in the country at the time. Like 19 or 20 games.

[@johnnycorn7225]

@@wtk6069 that law has not been working well for 5 years and the fans know why he's not succeeding and he just came out and bold-faced said I'm not changing in the face of the fans saying it. Bye

[@Ahmedkpo23]

Mark pope will win lots of NIT games

[@wtk6069]

Since Pope outperformed Cal while he was at BYU, there's no rational reason to expect that to change now that Pope is the one at UK with the unlimited resources, and Cal is somewhere he'll only be able to get about 90% at best of what he used to get in recruiting.

[@solobusiness4320]

Lexington is a shitty city honestly

[@wtk6069]

Those of us who are blessed to live in rural areas know that ALL cities are that way. Lexington is better than most its size, honestly.

[@WilliamBeamon-dm2tv]

Lexington is a wonderful place to live.!

[@solobusiness4320]

@@wtk6069not shit to do traffic sucks because the roads aren’t big enough I’ve been in bigger cities than Lexington with less traffic

[@billybob5337]

@@solobusiness4320 Lexington does have horrific traffic. I won't deny that. But to say theres "not shit to do" is just a fallacy. No one said its Chicago, but come on

[@solobusiness4320]

@@billybob5337 only thing I like about Lexington is the restaurants they got good food there that’s it

[@stephenandluisa]

Pope acts more like a clown than a coach, it’s seems more like a circus atmosphere in Lexington, Kentucky

[@colesutton7076]

What🙄

[@nazur72]

How's he a clown? Give examples.

[@someguy6212]

@@nazur72 I think he overdid the hype during his press conference.

[@jarredcombs7603]

Every great coach is about themselves. It was about him taking care of his players. Why there is so much hate on Cal is beyond me. Kentucky fans will regret running him off. Have fun going back to the Tubby era.

[@johnnycorn7225]

Here's the problem with your argument the Tubby era was actually better than the last 7 years here. He didn't set all the worst all time low records like Cow and never missed the tournament, never went 9-16 and never won only one NCAA tournament game in 5 years and one sec tournament in same 5 years. You're in for a hard day thinking you know more about Cow and Kentucky than a fan does. It's not 2012 anymore and HE directly said he won't change!!!

[@tystarnes]

I don't know about that it depends which Cal you getting the 2012 Cal but I will say this the new Cal hasn't been so cool these past 5+ years. Not by UK or most standards if Cal so great you got to quit getting bounced the first round bro I don't care if you have the Fab Five

[@RandalAdams-ck1yu]

Tubby won NCAA title 20 win seasons conference championship and tournament title. So not a bad time at KY how many coaches from Arkansas has title 1 coach

[@GM-ew2hu]

Tubby won a title. Without 7 NBA players on his team. What a dumb comment.

[@HawgJawn]

Y'all are clowns. #CopeWithPope

[@michaelscepkowski5031]

We'll see Mark Pope is not a great coach so we'll see even though he's alumni look at what's happening at Indiana with alumni does not turn on always right so don't get too excited about this

[@joshbutcher7514]

He did pretty damn good at one of the more difficult schools to recruit at

[@billybob5337]

You don't know anything about Pope, clearly. If anything, he OVERACHIEVED at the schools hes been at.

[@ronraley1]

@@joshbutcher7514 yeahb kenny payne was alumni too and we got 10wins in 2 years now kp will get the wins

[@ABC24886]

Arkansas by a landslide🎉🎉

[@questioneverything1646]

You have 1 player so far!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jarredcombs7603]

Acting like a coach who has never won a tournament game knows roster construction better than a HoF coach is silly. There is zero doubt Arkansas is better than UK this year. Upsets can happen in March it doesn’t mean that a season didn’t matter. If Pope does what you all mentioned with a couple of elite eights the next 4 years I’ll be shocked. I don’t expect a second weekend this year. I expect this will get ugly within 2-3 years. Passion isn’t going to get the best players. If Kentucky was more talent rich it might be different. But if you only care about what people think of Kentucky, you’re going to have a bad team.

[@joshbutcher7514]

Cal’s roster construction has not boded well for him for several years.

[@Squantoon]

FWIW BYU finished higher than UK this year

[@RandalAdams-ck1yu]

KY will be fine we always have Ben Pope is a young coach but wins big games. KY brings talent because it's historical. Not the nba

[@billybob5337]

A HOF Coach with ONE tournament game in 6 years, who has been routinely underachieving with top talent. Say the whole truth

[@SoGshaiprosper5417]

I think big z made a bad decision forreal and i hate it for the kid