*We still have compliance issues
*Botched hirings/firings/contracts
*Wrong side of NIL
*Gets offended at any fan feedback
Mitch has had more money flowing in than any AD in UK history. What do we have to show for it?
Is the athletic dept better than ever ? I would argue we have far underachieved based on available resources and support.
The whole funding and resources argument is always a funny one to me. Like we are the only school in the SEC that has increased revenue. We are 9th in the SEC in revenue. Throughout our history, we have probably always been a middle of the road SEC team in terms of revenue.
Mitch has his faults, but what do we have to show for middle of the pack revenue during Mitch’s tenure:
NCAA basketball title (4 final fours total)
Citrus Bowl win - best bowl win since the mid 70’s
Baseball college World Series
Volleyball national title
Women’s basketball 3 Elite Eights - best ever
Men’s soccer - #1 overall seed and best season ever
Women’s track and field NCAA runner up
Men’s tennis NCAA runner up
Women’s swimming - SEC title. - only one in school history
Softball - women’s college World Series
He gets blame for some bad hires (every AD who is around for 22 years makes them), some bad contracts and his inability to connect with the common fan. But to act like UK hasn’t had any success under him while still being middle of the pack in revenue is way off imo.
I also have no problem saying that the new era of college athletics is probably not for him. I’m ready for someone new to take the reigns, but he has done a lot of good here.