Mitch Barnhart
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Maybe he talked some sense into the committee. I can't believe that Bama losing 2 SEC games by 4 points puts them behind OSU who got shellacked by Michigan, USC that lost twice to UTAH, or TCU that got beat by KState on about the only big stage they've seen this year. How many years do we have to see SEC teams smack around higher ranked opponents from other conferences in bowl games before they stop considering the b1g or some other conference title/schedule as equivalent to the SEC?!
It's frkn madness
It's frkn madness
And yet some of our fans think he is a weak AD. Barnhart is very influential in the industry. He is also a member of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee.
Very weak for UK. Maybe he is influential nationwide but I’ve never seen someone fail so much yet get pumped up the ladder
Hmmmmm.
The ultimate measure for an AD (at least I think it is fairest) is total program rankings.
He has had us as high as 8th in the nation.
I c/n claim to enjoy men’s soccer, rifle, volley ball or basketball like I do Football, but he’s apparently done a good overall job managing those and other sports, as they are typically ranked and respected.
And I’m proud of what those athletes accomplish, though I do not watch them live.
[A friend just texted asking if I were in London. I asked why I would be in Laurel County!].
Failed himself right into AD of the year recently and UK athletics perennial contenders for the Presidents. Guy is one of the luckiest Ive ever seen.
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The man is likely respected more nationwide than any AD Kentucky has ever had.
He's beaten the hell out of any other UK AD in my lifetime. Perfect? No. Better than Hagan, Newton, or Ivy? Absolutely.
…..and that hasn’t helped UK athletics at all.
Yeah but youe ra perpetual downer...you're always whining about someone. If only you ran all the things all the time
If coach would've just put you in you would've won state.
Considering he's an ATHLETIC director...not the "what Johnny in Nonesuch wants" employee pretty sure almost all UK sports play in a postseason every year
What's always funniest: ppl hate NIL and claim its ruining sports and everything else, but as soon as it's something they want, they are real quick to talk about sports teams that profit.
Nah, he quit before then because he didn't like the coach because the coach played favorites.
He’s not a weak AD. He just doesn’t give a shit about the fans. He talks down to us once or twice a year in a press conference or radio show and then runs off, not to be reached or appear again the rest of the year.
Anyone, name one AD that’s as inaccessible/condescending as he is. I’ll wait.
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Again, Bama didn’t beat anyone. Ohio State and TCU have better wins than they do and less losses.
It’s pretty simple.
That’s really a stupid thing to say. Mitch is not condescending. He is anything but. Best AD we have had. Gracious.
You’re right, the athletics program at Kentucky would completely fall apart without him. My mistake, the man is completely above any criticism at all.
Anyone question Barnhart about the bowl choice yet and let him know the early pulse of the game is negative from both fan bases?
It's also stupid to pit the basketball team vs. The football team again after the two coaches acted like 5 year Olds in the summer. Ksr already stirring the pot about it.
When you yield to your competitors, it makes you popular.
Ahh yes, Mitch Barnhart is the God of athletics. We’ve never accomplished anything before him and will never accomplish anything after him. Yep, your take is very rational. Clown.
According to you it’s best to shut up and take things as they are whether we like it or not. Nothing unhinged and idiotic about that at all.
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How is it his fault UK played itself into this bowl position? Dollars to doughnuts Stoops doesn't want to be in Vegas so close to signing day. That leaves a choice between Memphis and Nashville.
I've been to both...Nashville is better for the fans hands down.
If the Cats had shown up against Vandy and South Carolina, or remembered twice how to cross a goal line against OlMiss, this would be moot.
Nashville is likely the best these Cats could hope for.
Ah, the sarcastic condescension of the keyboard warrior with nothing meaningful to say. Clown.
Ironic, given that your comment adds literally zero to the conversation.
Yep....including "Kentucky Shame" headlines, both money programs on probation, and underfunding EVERY sport not called Men's Basketball.
Or maybe you live in that alternate universe where the athletic director is Tom Jurich.
So because Kentucky has had bad things happen in the past it excuses anything and everything Mitch could possibly do? Wow, delusional.
What does Tom Jurich have anything to do with anything anyone here has said? Please enlighten me.
Yep, agree 100%. I’ve been on record as saying Mitch has had a good amount of success here. But his consistent derision of the fans, the refusal to meet with the media or answer questions, his ambivalent at best stance on NIL, and overall catering to the rich fans has rubbed myself and many others the wrong way.
There’s a large contingent of fans that seemingly defend him no matter what. They act like he’s a god. It’s truly bizarre, and any criticism you throw his way is met with immediate opposition. Despite the hysterics, whenever Mitch leaves, I can promise the athletics program will be okay. Seriously, it will not burst into flames as soon as he’s gone.
Mitch is actually very good as an AD overall, but do I question some of the things he does (like lifetime contract with Cal, extension for Stoops in the middle of the season, etc)? Yep. But does he know more than I? Yep.
You do remember how he was toward the fans while Joker was HC, right?
Weak as water, but not this issue
im not a Barnhart fan but no way . We had the trio of football doom Harry Lancater , Cliff Hagan and CM Newton who kept UK in basement of college football for 60 years ..
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