Thousands of Kentucky fans woke up to the surprise of a lifetime on Friday morning. Late on Thursday evening, reports surfaced claiming BYU’s Mark Pope was set to be UK’s next head coach. The reports were correct. On Friday, Kentucky officially announced Pope as the program’s next head man. During an appearance on Kentucky Sports Radio, UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart revealed why he felt the decision was urgent. “You can’t wait long in this process because a lot of things happen,” Barnhart said. “You got people making decisions in the transfer world and that kind of stuff that are critic…