Mitch Barnhart wins AD of the year
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Our sports programs as a whole are very good. Tennis, Volleyball, Baseball, Women's hoops etc.... I know we most on here focus on mens basketball and football, but with the SEC network it's nice to see competitive teams in the other sports as well.
By the vote of his peers that were not affected in any way by any of his decisions yet prejudiced by the comradery of the association. Like Cats78 I do not hate the man nor think he is useless. More like a good administrator conducive to making major blunders - which IMO makes AD of the Year a ridiculous award. My fear is that he will have to replace Cal one day and Todd is gone. My question is .....Who here doesn't fear that day?
The softball team made the Womens College World Series last year as well. I agree that with the SEC Network showing a lot of the lower profile sports, it's nice to at least be competitive at everything. About the only sport we haven't been really competitive with the rest of the SEC is football, and I think we're on the right track there now too.
Don't know why I didn't list the softball team.... I actually know the family of one of the better players on that team.
What, I thought you had sources and athletic construction going on every. In fact construction going on all around campus.
BASEBALL
13 Years Before Barnhart: (393-363-3 Overall, 141-223-2 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-1 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Since Barnhart: (422-316-1 Overall, 160-223-1 SEC) *season not completed
-1 SEC Championship
-4 NCAA Tournament Berths
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SOFTBALL (1st season of program was 1997)
6 Years Before Barnhart: (140-226 Overall, 43-96 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-0 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Since Barnhart: (375-376-1 Overall, 110-231 SEC) *season not completed
-0 SEC Championships
-6 NCAA Tournament Berths (3 Super Regional Berths)
-1 College World Series Berth
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FOOTBALL
13 Years Before Barnhart: (54-93 Overall, 27-74 SEC)
-3 Bowl Bids
-0 Bowl Wins
13 Years Since Barnhart: (64-90 Overall, 23-76 SEC)
-5 Bowls Bids
-3 Bowl Wins
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VOLLEYBALL
13 years Before Barnhart: (224-190 Overall, 92-70 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-3 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Since Barnhart: (259-143 Overall, 146-86 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-9 NCAA Tournament Berths
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
13 Years Before Barnhart: (351-93 Overall, 151-49 SEC)
-7 SEC Championships
-11 NCAA Tournament Berths
-4 Final Fours (2 National Titles)
13 Years Since Barnhart: (361-105 Overall, 165-52 SEC)
-6 SEC Championships
-11 NCAA Tournament Berths
-4 Final Fours (1 National Title)
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
13 Years Before Barnhart: (215-196 Overall, 55-111 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-2 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Since Barnhart: (276-153 Overall, 107-87 SEC)
-1 SEC Championships
-7 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Before Barnhart: (393-363-3 Overall, 141-223-2 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-1 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Since Barnhart: (422-316-1 Overall, 160-223-1 SEC) *season not completed
-1 SEC Championship
-4 NCAA Tournament Berths
_____________________________________
SOFTBALL (1st season of program was 1997)
6 Years Before Barnhart: (140-226 Overall, 43-96 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-0 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Since Barnhart: (375-376-1 Overall, 110-231 SEC) *season not completed
-0 SEC Championships
-6 NCAA Tournament Berths (3 Super Regional Berths)
-1 College World Series Berth
______________________________________
FOOTBALL
13 Years Before Barnhart: (54-93 Overall, 27-74 SEC)
-3 Bowl Bids
-0 Bowl Wins
13 Years Since Barnhart: (64-90 Overall, 23-76 SEC)
-5 Bowls Bids
-3 Bowl Wins
______________________________________
VOLLEYBALL
13 years Before Barnhart: (224-190 Overall, 92-70 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-3 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Since Barnhart: (259-143 Overall, 146-86 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-9 NCAA Tournament Berths
_______________________________________
MEN’S BASKETBALL
13 Years Before Barnhart: (351-93 Overall, 151-49 SEC)
-7 SEC Championships
-11 NCAA Tournament Berths
-4 Final Fours (2 National Titles)
13 Years Since Barnhart: (361-105 Overall, 165-52 SEC)
-6 SEC Championships
-11 NCAA Tournament Berths
-4 Final Fours (1 National Title)
_______________________________________
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
13 Years Before Barnhart: (215-196 Overall, 55-111 SEC)
-0 SEC Championships
-2 NCAA Tournament Berths
13 Years Since Barnhart: (276-153 Overall, 107-87 SEC)
-1 SEC Championships
-7 NCAA Tournament Berths
The Courier Journal would choke over having to report this. They have written some disgusting things about MB in the past. This award given by his peers likely will go unreported or buried. I hate the freaking CJ.
Mitch has done a pretty good job overall. I like the hiring of Papaw Brooks at the time, because he is a builder and that's what UK needed during the probation years (not to mention we were turned down by 9 other people in the process). Joker was bad but he canned him fairly quick and I love the Stoops hire.
I'll give him a mulligan on the BCG hire because he got rid of him fast, plus without BCG being an idiot, we may have never had Calipari.
His work with other non-rev sports has been top notch.
I'll give him a mulligan on the BCG hire because he got rid of him fast, plus without BCG being an idiot, we may have never had Calipari.
His work with other non-rev sports has been top notch.
Ive heard this from someone extremely close to the situation for whom it would be a very odd thing for them to lie about.
Mitch is a very good lesser sport AD, but he has very little to do with the success of the basketball program and the football program has been a nightmare.
5 straight losing seasons for the fb program under Mitch. half a decade. Think about that.
Basketball, obviously, is doing extremely well. But Mitch is not a "basketball only" AD.
Basketball, obviously, is doing extremely well. But Mitch is not a "basketball only" AD.
You mischaracterize the entire situation with Barnhart. You give him credit for things he doesn't do. You won't acknowledge he's had recourses no AD at UK has ever had.
Your opinion on this matter is well documented, and you're wrong. When an athletic director is pulled from all basketball decisions, and Mitch was, there is a problem. He has zero to do with baskrtball, as has been verified over and over. You have no answer for that.
You keep peddling this PR line that Mitch isnt responsible for missing on cal. That's bullshit. This is nothing more than cover for Mitch because, as you even claim, he's a presidents dream. Mitch has never liked john Calipari , he never wanted to hire him Calipari, and Calipari doesn't report to Mitch by his own doing.
Run from those facts. I get it.
We will never be successful in NCAA football, what matters most, with your boy as AD. it's just the way it is. And if Mitch had his way, we would be mediocre in everything.
He's an absolute disaster as an AD. If you like him, you deserve everything you get.
Yeah, suck it juritch. Weve dominated you in football for the last...oh, wait a minute, our award winnin ad hired 2 coaches w no hc experience in a row, and cant even put together a football program that can beat the commuter school down the road, and hired gillespi to boot.. Way to go mitch! You areso awesome. Football doesnt matter anyway, its only the sport thatbrings in the most money! I guess he learned to balance a business by ignoring the cash cow and supporting supplemrntary products....and i bet most of you baenhart worshippers brought apples to your teachers every day. Gi me a break!
Some of you guys are idiots. You have forgotten Coach Rich Brooks and the success of that unpopular hire.
I know the football guys are out for his scalp but Mitch deserves the award as he is in the position that takes the blame and thus also gets the credit so not only has he done a great job but he has kept us out of the type of trainwrecks that are UNC, UL, and IU.
There were A LOT of folks calling for UK to hire Tom Crean (including Mike DeCourcey of TSN) and the negativity towards hiring Cal was strong. So we got it right and regardless of what role Mitch did or did not play in that decision he gets the credit as he would certainly have gotten the blame and be out the door if it didn't work out.
Great job, Mitch.
There were A LOT of folks calling for UK to hire Tom Crean (including Mike DeCourcey of TSN) and the negativity towards hiring Cal was strong. So we got it right and regardless of what role Mitch did or did not play in that decision he gets the credit as he would certainly have gotten the blame and be out the door if it didn't work out.
Great job, Mitch.
Probably need to give Mitch the benefit of the doubt on the Gillispie hire. I think Mitch thought he had Donovan sewn up and something went awry at the last minute.
If you guys remember at the time UK was recruiting Patterson and Jai Lucas. I think Barnhart was screwed over by Donovan - who coincidentally was recruiting the same two players - and had to hire someone quick to lock up those guys. Gillispie did manage to secure Patterson. Lucas ended up at Florida.
He also didn't waste any time getting shed of Gillispie when it was obvious he wasn't working out.
I think the Rich Brooks hire was a good one as well. Brooks was a great stabilizing influence when we needed one. I also can't fault him for giving Joker a shot.
If you guys remember at the time UK was recruiting Patterson and Jai Lucas. I think Barnhart was screwed over by Donovan - who coincidentally was recruiting the same two players - and had to hire someone quick to lock up those guys. Gillispie did manage to secure Patterson. Lucas ended up at Florida.
He also didn't waste any time getting shed of Gillispie when it was obvious he wasn't working out.
I think the Rich Brooks hire was a good one as well. Brooks was a great stabilizing influence when we needed one. I also can't fault him for giving Joker a shot.
Me either, until I saw my post calling out that one goofball for his antics. Mitch is under heat due to Stoops proving to be incompetent thus far.
No matter how you look at, we are still a top notch basketball program and a bottom feeder in football under Mitch. Other than that, nothing much has changed since 1950.
Using Stoops as an example is a horrible way to make your point.
This is hilarious and disturbing at the same time. Dude was not even responsible for the hire of Calipari. Barnhart is responsible for the hire of Joker Phillips, Billy Gillespie, and Mark Stoops though. That should be enough to be forever blacklisted from winning AD of the year.
I remember this thread and it made me sick, I hate that pompus POS! He calls our our fan base for not supporting Joker and hired another with zero experience when there were plenty of good ones out there! As far as Cal and BB, he gets no credit IMO, he was forced to do that hire.
At the time it seemed like the best hire we could make to sustain what Brooks had established. Joker was attracting attention from some big schools as OC and to keep him we made him HCIW. When Brooks left it made for a smooth transition and with him being an Alum it made sense that he would stick around if he did have success. Some also felt him being an African-American would help with our recruiting.
We quickly found out that Joker was a horrible head coach but the hire made a lot of sense at the time, with or without the head coaching experience. Was it the best hire we could have made at the time? Who's to say now but maintaining the momentum Brooks had started was the main focus and sliding Joker in there seemed like the most reasonable decision.
I have had numerous personal experiences with MB. Short experiences, but personal nonetheless. I never walked away from him thinking, "wow, nice guy." It's always been more like, "well, screw that guy then." Just my own experiences, not trying to influence anyone else. I could go into more detail, but won't out of respect for him and his family.
I don't give him credit for Cal. Mr. Pratt gets all of that.
I don't give him credit for Cal. Mr. Pratt gets all of that.
I know I don't want that clown hiring another football coach. If Stoops doesn't turn it around next season, and that's looking unlikely, Barnhart's Guy Smiley looking a$$ needs to stay as far away as possible when it comes to searching and interviewing would be candidates. Hire a search committee of former coaches that actually know the game. Bring in Brooks and Schnellenberger to do the interviewing. Hell they would probably do it for free considering they are former coaches and players here. They know what a real football coach is supposed to look like.
Basically, it appears to one of those many "made up" awards that are given out to anyone and everyone like honorary doctorates. I wasn't impressed by reading the article:
LEXINGTON, Ky. –University of Kentucky Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart was named a winner of the Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year Award on Tuesday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
Barnhart was one of four selected in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, along with Chris Del Conte of TCU, Warde Manuel of Connecticut and Ian McCaw of Baylor. They will receive their honors on June 17 at the annual NACDA awards luncheon in Orlando, Fla.
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