New Kentucky head men’s basketball coach Mark Pope is well aware of the shoes he needs to fill taking over at his alma mater. And following John Calipari, specifically, is a task Pope knows isn’t necessarily the envy of many. In a brief interview on SportsCenter on Wednesday, Pope wasn’t shy about the expectations he inherited. Or how Calipari was a transformative figure in college basketball during his tenure in Lexington, even if things soured at the end. Pope compared Calipari to another head coaching icon with the same first name to hammer home his point. “Well there’s a saying in coaching…