When reports surfaced on Thursday evening claiming Kentucky was hiring BYU’s Mark Pope as its next head coach, fans were not sold. When it became official on Friday morning, the Kentucky faithful were on the fence. By Friday afternoon, Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart looked to make the final sales pitch. During an appearance on Kentucky Sports Radio, Barnhart explained why Kentucky diehards should be ecstatic for Pope to take the reins. “I’d probably go with two different sides of the coin. One is the personality side and the other is the technical side,” Barnhart said. “When you ta…