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CMS complaining about NIL publicly

Stoops just doesn’t feel like he has the energy for the job anymore. If he’s expecting to just coach some kind of big traditional school with a ton of donors already in place then he’s dreaming. He’s going to have to do the legwork. This isn’t Alabama, Ohio State etc with a bunch of donor infrastructure already in place. If you don’t have the energy to deal with a job like Kentucky then you don’t need to be here. You’re the 8th highest paid coach in the country, come on. There are coaches with far less doing more because they choose to run creative offenses and be aggressive. You’re not going to out-Alabama, Alabama with athletes at Kentucky. It seems like Kiffin and Drinkwitz have realized that. Stoops, not so much.

I mean, he should dang well know that at Kentucky you’re going to have to be creative and innovative. Look at programs that punch above their weight, that’s how they do it. If he can’t win without a blue blood NIL budget then he’s not the coach for Kentucky because we’re never going to have that money. That doesn’t mean we can’t have a top 25 program on a yearly basis though. We can absolutely have a program like Ole Miss or what Mizzou is looking like it’s turning into. There’s absolutely no reason why Kentucky can’t do that, but we need a coach that has some energy and creativity and doesn’t point the finger at someone else every time he fails.
I think this is why he tried to bail to Texas Am…they have money to spend on players that Ky doesn’t come up with as much nor as easy
 
Idk why everyone is taking shots at Stoops over this. He's a competitive guy and he sees that most of our SEC competitors have way deeper pockets than us which puts him and the team at a massive disadvantage. Has to be disheartening
Lost a lot of respect for him, when he tried to bail to the aggies.
 
He makes $9M/yr and he’s complaining about the stress of NIL. You can’t make this stuff up.

“I feel very isolated, very alone. I’ll be honest, I don’t know how long I can take dealing with what I’ve dealt with. Myself, personally, I can only do so much. I’ve never felt this kind of stress and pressure.”

That’s a bit dramatic and over the top IMO. I’ve never liked sales jobs, but for $9M/yr, I would make it work without complaining to my customers. Work this stuff out with Mitch, don’t complain to us. At least he didn’t use the term “pony up” again.


Stoops is doing the full time job of two or three people because things have changed in college football. Read his comments for what they say. If you say burnout is not alright because of his salary, it sounds like money envy. Stoops signed a contract before NIL and the portal. His job has changed and he is being transparent. That is good isn't it? What is wrong with transparency? Everyone here wants good rosters. That is what Stoops is talking about. He can make $900,000 or $90,000. If he is so stretched out by new responsibilities that he cannot do all the chores of a HC, what difference does his salary make? You are taking the wrong message because of his income.

The University hired Danielle Braswell away from Texas A M as executive recruiting director. Is she doing her job? Does her staff need to be expanded? Do these tasks Stoops is discussing fall outside Ms. Braswell's office? If I am asking these questions, so is Mitch Barnhart. Barnhart has never deprived Kentucky football. Fix the problem, not the blame.
 
Did you lose respect for Elko when he bailed to Texas A M? Did you lose respect for DeBoer when he bailed to Bama? Don't be that way. It is a business.
The difference Stoops was rejected by TAM and he’s not happy here

Not a great recipe for success whining preseason
 
That's what they did??? That's headed to court. It's unconstitutional.
I think it’s slightly different than what he wrote (unless it has changed). HS athletes in the state of Missouri are eligible for NIL during HS if they sign with a state school. Once they graduate HS, that rule no longer exists. It’s genius actually.
 
I wouldn't be surprised to see guys like Stoops take coordinator or position coach in the NFL. If you got into coaching to teach the game, that's not even close to what you're doing anymore. It's at least 80/20 doing business to coaching and who the hell wants to live like that?
I don't remember ever hearing of a coach or anyone else voluntarily taking an 8 million dollar a year pay cut. and also, I doubt if an NFL coordinator is so stress free. I would be very very surprised if Stoops did this!
 
I don't remember ever hearing of a coach or anyone else voluntarily taking an 8 million dollar a year pay cut. and also, I doubt if an NFL coordinator is so stress free. I would be very very surprised if Stoops did this!
Chip Kelly just voluntarily took a $4.1M dollar pay cut to get out from under HC responsibilities.
 
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