A major problem with a lot of programs, both football and basketball, are the friendships the coaches develop over the years with players they've coached or coached with. We saw this when Tubby was at UK, and hired an ex Alabama coach, and a former UK player. When he was told to make changes to his assistants, he hired a new strength coach. That was not what the AD meant, and Tubby knew it.
Today, with the big salaries Assistants are paid, the HC doesn't mind having the AD spend the money, especially since it's not his "Piggy Bank." There were some good coaches on Joker's staff, especially the OL and DL coaches, but Stoops brought in his friends, who were not as good and did not have that much experience, and we have been seeing the results. Eliot being one of them. Stoops didn't really want Neal Brown, but Brown was pushed on him. He sure didn't want Dawson, and that was noticeable to most UK fans. Constant turmoil! He wanted and got his good friend Gran, and Gran brought his good friend Hinshaw with him.
Most Power 5 coaches will make more in one year, then the average family will make in a lifetime, and if you can get the big buyout, which is not tied to performance, like Stoops has, there is not a lot of pressure to perform, such as getting rid of your incompetent coach who is your friend, and hiring someone who is good.
We have some really good players at UK, but evidently we don't have the coaches who can coach them up. ALL the star rating are not wrong.
At UK, at the present time, we have the "Tail wagging the dog".
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
Today, with the big salaries Assistants are paid, the HC doesn't mind having the AD spend the money, especially since it's not his "Piggy Bank." There were some good coaches on Joker's staff, especially the OL and DL coaches, but Stoops brought in his friends, who were not as good and did not have that much experience, and we have been seeing the results. Eliot being one of them. Stoops didn't really want Neal Brown, but Brown was pushed on him. He sure didn't want Dawson, and that was noticeable to most UK fans. Constant turmoil! He wanted and got his good friend Gran, and Gran brought his good friend Hinshaw with him.
Most Power 5 coaches will make more in one year, then the average family will make in a lifetime, and if you can get the big buyout, which is not tied to performance, like Stoops has, there is not a lot of pressure to perform, such as getting rid of your incompetent coach who is your friend, and hiring someone who is good.
We have some really good players at UK, but evidently we don't have the coaches who can coach them up. ALL the star rating are not wrong.
At UK, at the present time, we have the "Tail wagging the dog".
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
