All right, here with Mark Pope.

This is exciting for me.

It's our first chance to really sit down and have a longer conversation

because you've been on a whirlwind since you got hired.

Year 1, Mark, thank you for coming on KSR.

I'm so happy, man.

Come on.

You ready to rock?

All right, well, let's start with this.

Last time we talked was around this time one year ago how has year one

been better worse different than you expected how would you sort of judge your first year at

kentucky geez i i i don't it's so hard to say i mean it's um it's so much right it is uh i mean it's so hard to say. I mean, it's, um, it's so much, right? It is, uh, I mean, it's,

I say this all the time. It's the greatest job in the world and it's in the greatest community

and the best fan base and, and I get to work with the best administration and, and I, I love

this staff so much. And I, this season, I got to work with the greatest kids and I love this staff so much and I this season I got to work

with the greatest kids ever and and so and it's just as nonstop it's like it's every it's every day

and do you like that you like that it's every day I love it I mean it's part of what makes it the

best job ever and so I mean it's it's much actually, uh, I was talking about this with

Leanne, uh, yesterday.

It's just like, it's hard to, it's hard to, everything comes so fast.

And there's so many incredible, incredible meaningful moments that you, you kind of think about, you want to find a break in in it so

you're like well if you just think about to like to two months ago and then trace trace just the

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