What will this past season and what many fear next season will be like do to the legacy of Mark Stoops tenure at Kentucky ?

[Uncle Adolph]

First the good: Stoops took over a program that was at that point an OVC football program playing in the SEC. He upgraded the talent level, the facilities were upgraded drastically, we had a couple of 10 win seasons and 8 straight bowl games. Pretty amazing for what has always been considered a BB school playing in a FB conference. He made us respected if not feared in the college FB world.
Second the bad: This past season was dissapointing to say the least. Our offence was painful to watch. Like enduring a trip to the dentist. The defence did not live up to billing. We had a player at the hot dog stand during the game. Matt Jones has as much as said that they got fat and sassy and discipline fell off.
The SEC has always been a meat grinder and now you add Texas and Oklahoma. Stoops makes 9 million a year. Some have called for him to donate some of that to NIL as other coaches have done but so far silence on that.
So here is the question. If we have a season next year like we had this will it erase in people minds what he did the first 8 years he was here ?
I love KY FB and hope we bounce back but I do wonder if he can do it. My fear is next season may be ugly also. I pray I am wrong and will GLADLY eat crow if I am.

 

[B.B.H.]

Nothing. He’s going to finish as the all-time win leader at the school and I fear we will look back at some of his coaching achievements as the good old days when we move on due to “the grass is always greener on the other side.” I really hope, of course, that I’m terribly wrong.

 

[R.O.T.Muckinfush]

Nothing. He’s going to finish as the all-time win leader at the school and I fear we will look back at some of his coaching achievements as the good old days when we move on due to “the grass is always greener on the other side.” I really hope, of course, that I’m terribly wrong.

Is he still actually the all time win leader after having those wins vacated? I know he is still the all time leader in losses, not sure about the wins though.

 

[B.B.H.]

Is he still actually the all time win leader after having those wins vacated? I know he is still the all time leader in losses, not sure about the wins though.

“He will finish as”. I’m aware he isn’t currently. I know you said it’s a loser mentality. Man, I grew up with UK football and I’ve seen how it has been before Stoops. We didn’t always expect a bowl game and the conference is only getting more brutal. We are one coaching miss away from being stuck in the toilet again