The crying about this hire reminds me a lot of when UK hired Tubby Smith. They didn't like Smith for a lot of reasons, but he was a good coach and he won there. They don't like Pope for a lot of the same reasons (don't discount the "Mormons are the devil" subtext in the Bible-Belt hysteria going on right now), but he's a good coach whose teams play attractive, uptempo basketball and who work their guts out. I think UK fans will love what he brings to the team. And I think he will win.