Does Stoops WANT to be here ??
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No. He tried to bail last year. I’d be willing to bet he’s floating his own name to every opening available this year. Hope one of those places will be foolish enough to bite.
Yes. He might want to coach at other schools as well, but he wants to be here.
There were many years where he absolutely wanted to be here, and it showed with his comments to fans and production on the field. However. it’s been blatantly obvious all year, that’s no longer the case. He’s admitted on that he has no answers on multiple post game shows and that they’re just going to get back to work. A top 10 paid coach should know how to navigate NIL among other things.
I don't think he does, but he wants his money. I appreciate what Mark Stoops has done but the last 3 years he is rapidly burning down what he built. We are on probation now and I'm sure there's other things that have or are going on. Fire him for cause and let the lawyers sort it out. He'll get a nice payout but we shouldn't be on the hook for the whole amount either.
Football is in a death spiral now, recruiting class is crumbling and so will kids transferring out. You're a fool to let him fix what he broke especially after A&M and the "pony up" nonsense. He doesn't deserve anymore slack from us.
Football is in a death spiral now, recruiting class is crumbling and so will kids transferring out. You're a fool to let him fix what he broke especially after A&M and the "pony up" nonsense. He doesn't deserve anymore slack from us.
If I recall correctly, Jerry Claiborne was in a plane on a recruiting trip to Michigan when, after considering the SEC schedule expansion from 6 to 7 games, he decided to retire from being the coach at Kentucky.
Likewise, maybe the portal and NIL, combined with Texas and Oklahoma coming into the SEC and the prospects of a 9th SEC game, have taken its toll on Stoops ??
Likewise, maybe the portal and NIL, combined with Texas and Oklahoma coming into the SEC and the prospects of a 9th SEC game, have taken its toll on Stoops ??
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Probably a big part of it. Man wants to win, can’t win without the money, looks elsewhere, and naturally the team looks like it has no leadership. This, when we were undisciplined as a team even when playing well.
Tough situation.
He doesn't want to be at Kentucky to the point of actually putting out the effort to accomplish something other than complete mediocrity.
But he does want to be at Kentucky because it is the place where an incompetent AD allows him to collect $9 million for utter failure and minimal effort.
So, I guess it is both.
But he does want to be at Kentucky because it is the place where an incompetent AD allows him to collect $9 million for utter failure and minimal effort.
So, I guess it is both.
Of course he does, where else can you get paid 9 million a year to do an absolute dog water job.
No but has no choice no one wants him and a 9 million a year he is stealing
I think all parties in a stalemate of waiting for another opportunity to break.
Does he want to be here? Do UK brass and boosters want him here? Who knows?
Everyone is in it together until other pathways present themselves.
Does he want to be here? Do UK brass and boosters want him here? Who knows?
Everyone is in it together until other pathways present themselves.
I think that's all fair.
No matter whonthe coach is here he is gonna be behind the curve due to NIL and the SEC.
It's not even NIL. We had the most talented UK team in years. Couldn't do Jack with it. That's not on NIL. Clearly, we got the players.
Listen to Maclin. The program has no discipline anymore – no accountability.
No, he tried to leave last year. Supposedly he has offered himself to Purdue, unc and WVU as well recently and been turned down. No he absolutely doesn't want to be here. In over his head
I never really knew Jerry, but I think he was a good person. Does adding ONE GAME warrant retiring instead? Did he just not want to do the work?
I think Mark realizes that it’s his only job at this point. Nobody is running to hire him at his salary.
I was disappointed he tried to bail last year. I do think his lack of loyalty, to the school and AD that gave him his only HC offer and made him a multi millionaire, is now coming back to bite him in the ass. There is no fan empathy for him. I bet Mitch feels the same to some extent. No fan leeway for 1 bad season.
I was disappointed he tried to bail last year. I do think his lack of loyalty, to the school and AD that gave him his only HC offer and made him a multi millionaire, is now coming back to bite him in the ass. There is no fan empathy for him. I bet Mitch feels the same to some extent. No fan leeway for 1 bad season.
I think he may have been getting tired of all the demands of being coach, maybe especially recruiting, but I seem to recall the 7th game being somewhat the decision-maker for him. After stepping down, he was still active, for a while, in the UKAA dealing with boosters and helping raise money for the program. Yes, he was a good person and well-liked by all, it seemed.
Yes and No.
Draw the $9M paycheck? Yes!
Willing and able to do the work required to rebuild this dumpster fire? NO!
Draw the $9M paycheck? Yes!
Willing and able to do the work required to rebuild this dumpster fire? NO!
As of this very minute, Dec 2, yes, and he's getting $173,000 per WEEK to agree to that.
Great stadium. State-of-the-art practice facilities. Best fans in college football. SEC game-day environment is better than it was in my day...mid-70s. More people on Earth. No reason at all that we couldn't attract a great coach for a reasonable sum of money. This guy is WAY overpaid and really never has learned how to be a head coach.
Claiborne was HC during my time at UK. Good man, person of integrity and character. He had the same rules for everyone, whether you were a starter or rode the bench. My senior year, he benched Donnie Gardner (a senior starter) on Senior Day vs Tennessee for violating curfew.
He was on a recruiting trip and his plane ran into bad weather and he realized after that trip that he didn’t have the necessary fire to do the job, so he retired. And, like you pointed out, he continued to support the university after his retirement.
