According to Matt Jones, Eric Wolford is not a class act

[Uncle Adolph]

Stoops hired W when he was un employed.
Said W did not come back to Lexington to tell his players he was leaving
Said he was recruiting a player for us and the next day was recruiting him for Bama
Said there is some frustration in Lex about how he has handled the whole situation

 

[Uncle Adolph]

This on Matt's twitter page

 

[southindycat]

Well... then f#<k him and the one eyed horse he rode in on.

 

[Smashcat]

Said W did not come back to Lexington to tell his players he was leaving
Said he was recruiting a player for us and the next day was recruiting him for Bama

That's about as low as you can go.

 

[UK_27]

What a POS, hope he underwhelms and gets fired by saban..

 

[The-Hack]

Well... then f#<k him and the one eyed horse he rode in on.

And the little dog trailing after them!

 

[rick64]

What a d!ck

 

[RunninRichie]

good riddance mother ****er

 

[UKfan215]

He wasn't no Schlarman anyway, not even close. Guess he wanted to cash in on the good year he had coaching someone else's players before the luster started to wear off.

 

[IFerg1969]

Probably good buddies with Petrino.

 

[thepip]

What a d!ck

I'd never say that about another man.

 

[dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane]

Total disrespect to the program and Coach Schlarman. Classless POS!!

 

[Couchcat]

I am so glad that this is now out. There is even more I am sure that will come out later. Very disappointed in Wolfords lack of respect for his friend who gave him a job.

 

[secrules3]

If true then that guy is a piece of trash and not in line with what Coach Stoops and UK football is building.

 

[Justwantadecentteam]

If true, then he had to break some kind of NCAA rule?

 

[LouievileKat]

I realize it's a business but that's pretty pathetic if true.

 

[ukalum1988]

Stoops hired W when he was un employed.
Said W did not come back to Lexington to tell his players he was leaving
Said he was recruiting a player for us and the next day was recruiting him for Bama
Said there is some frustration in Lex about how he has handled the whole situation

Assume that to be Jalen Farmer?

As others have noted, he seemed to be a good recruiter (though apparently not a very ethical one), but not all that great at X’s and O’s. Apart from the recruiting aspect this is not that big of a loss.

 

[battle won]

Says alot about Saben as well

 

[CC_332]

Contrast this with Sumrall, who left for Troy but came back to finish the recruitment of a kid to UK (I forget who), then coached UK in the bowl game. Makes it seem even more crappy. I know who I'd want in my foxhole.

 

[jacobbleedsblue]

Says alot about Saben as well

Saban ain't about playing nice, he's about winning. Always has been. When you're the goat, you get to write the rules you play by. For another example, see coach K in round ball. Neither of these guys have any scruples, they just have insulation. Hell, Saban's been running a dirtbag coach rehab openly for a long time now. He doesn't even have to pay them because if he does they lose their buyout money.

 

[kywildcat41035]

What a shame for him to take a line that Coach Schlarman built and disrespect the way he did. To not even be straight up and let someone know he wasn’t leaving town. I hope he goes to bed at night and he can’t sleep he’s a big piece of $hit!

 

[pauled]

We can do better! Stoops will find a good replacement.

 

[lamiet]

I'll see your classless exit and raise you one neckbrace.

 

[TomBlue14]

Says alot about Saben as well

Yes it does! Who would want to play for these unethical pieces of 💩? Hope UK withholds all his expenses for that trip from his last paycheck.

 

[jacobbleedsblue]

To add to this: this dude's career was on the ropes at SC. He got thrown a bone by his more successful hometown buddies and dicked them over on the way out the door. I can imagine the conversation being like, hey man we've got an o-line that is impossible to screw up. Come in and give it your best shot for a year and maybe ride that into another job. Heck, if you do a good job you can stay as long as you like.

This guy is garbage. You reap what you sow at some point, so maybe a year or two down the line, Kentucky gets one on Bama due to poor line play.

 

[HalHR2500]

Get the Ohio State OL coach recently let go

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

I almost wrote something the other day but held back. Now that Matt has said it, I’ll say I met him on one occasion and I guess I’m not surprised by what Matt wrote. I’m sure we all have people that may think something bad about us or weird about us, so I really hate to judge someone on one encounter but seemed like he was quite the character and full of himself.

 

[southindycat]

I hope he stays long enough to visit Lexington, lose, and have condiments thrown at him.

 

[southindycat]

Contrast this with Sumrall, who left for Troy but came back to finish the recruitment of a kid to UK (I forget who), then coached UK in the bowl game. Makes it seem even more crappy. I know who I'd want in my foxhole.

Hope Sumrall kills it in a couple of stops and then rotates home when Stoops is ready to golf, fish, and pitch whiskey full time.

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

Contrast this with Sumrall, who left for Troy but came back to finish the recruitment of a kid to UK (I forget who), then coached UK in the bowl game. Makes it seem even more crappy. I know who I'd want in my foxhole.

110%

 

[JC CATS]

Our line played well but look what he inherited. We are having time finding tackles now, better hope portal gives us a couple

 

[CB3UK]

Contrast this with Sumrall, who left for Troy but came back to finish the recruitment of a kid to UK (I forget who), then coached UK in the bowl game. Makes it seem even more crappy. I know who I'd want in my foxhole.

Well said

 

[IrishPokerDog]

Contrast this with Sumrall, who left for Troy but came back to finish the recruitment of a kid to UK (I forget who), then coached UK in the bowl game. Makes it seem even more crappy. I know who I'd want in my foxhole.

Stoops has been building a team and coaching staff as a family - this turd obviously was just a stinky fish-mongering boarder

 

[Caveman Catfan]

Stoops has been building a team and coaching staff as a family - this turd obviously was just a stinky fish-mongering boarder

No need to bad-talk fish mongers.

 

[sieken]

Kyle Tucker supposedly confirmed what Jones reported yesterday.

 

[JHB4UK]

So do no other state jobs/public universities have the "job must be published and open for 10 days before filled" law that handcuffs UK sports all the time? Or they do, but don't bother to follow it because no one will complain or enforce it?

Dude was on the job recruiting less than 12 hrs after being offered. ..and the guy he is replacing hasn't been fired nor resigned/ accepted another position.

Always interesting how staffing is handled at other places as compared to UK. God Bless Stoops, but no doubt this hire will take him a month to 6 weeks, per usual.

 

[IrishPokerDog]

So do no other state jobs/public universities have the "job must be published and open for 10 days before filled" law that handcuffs UK sports all the time? Or they do, but don't bother to follow it because no one will complain or enforce it?

Dude was on the job recruiting less than 12 hrs after being offered. ..and the guy he is replacing hasn't been fired nor resigned/ accepted another position.

Always interesting how staffing is handled at other places as compared to UK. God Bless Stoops, but no doubt this hire will take him a month to 6 weeks, per usual.

He’s Nick phuggin’ Saban…..Bama’s President probably gives up his seat to Nick

 

[rucker4]

Stoops hired W when he was un employed.
Said W did not come back to Lexington to tell his players he was leaving
Said he was recruiting a player for us and the next day was recruiting him for Bama
Said there is some frustration in Lex about how he has handled the whole situation

As for recruiting for Kentucky one day then Alabama the next, that happens all the time when coaches change schools.

Ironically, YOUR new assistant, Mike Stoops, AND Brent Venables, were both accused of this when Bob Stoops hired them years ago at Oklahoma when Bob got the job there. Bill Snyder at Kansas State was pissed at this exact thing with those two.

Recently Jay Norvell was named HC at Colorado State after leaving Nevada. Only a week later he announced 8 of his players at Nevada were transferring to follow him to CSU. He also began immediately recruiting the same guys to CSU that he was to Nevada.

You follow what happened at USC recently when Lincoln Riley took over there. Half of USCs recruits in this class were committed to Oklahoma at one point and a couple top portal guys were at OU with Riley.

This charge against Wolford is common stuff in these situations. As for the other stuff, who knows.

 

[rucker4]

He’s Nick phuggin’ Saban…..Bama’s President probably gives up his seat to Nick

There are few universities where the Head Football Coach isn't really the man in charge and the university President bows down to him. You need to understand this.

 

[MrHotDice]

Anyone who. Falls in love with assistant coaches needs to grow up. Look on this as a chance to get a coach that has NFL experience and move on. OL coaches are everywhere and UK needs to hire someone that can recruit and teach at a high level and move on. Loyalty is not assistant coaches.