No other AD would have survived hiring Gillispie to a blue blood and following that up with Joker Phillips. He’s been a garbage AD since he got here and tried to keep and retain Tubny smith.
If he hired twenty Joker Phillips and was winning national titles in basketball, so that I don’t have to die with UCLA having the most titles, I’d have agreed to it in a heartbeat. What decides if he’s a good AD to me is: how are we doing in basketball? Are we #1? No —- then you aren’t doing a good job as AD. Simple as that.
And get his ridiculous $1.6mil golden parachute on the way out? No way, he doesn’t deserve it.
I thought for sure he’d be fired in 2007. I was actually waiting on it after the Gillispie story broke. This is Kentucky and this AD has survived the worst moves in program history. It’s then I realized he’s not here to win, he’s here to be a hatchet man for establishment hacks who want to be landlords.
I’m thinking we have the same problem UL had. These UK executives have been making each other rich and stealing money. The contracts with JMI for buddies have probably been going on for a long time.
Not sure if he's boneheaded as much as he is completely corrupt.
Wasn’t there an issue with the cheerleaders and coaches on the lake also?
Hired BCG in the basement of his house and he only signed a Memorandium of Understanding, the best I recall.
Man Just.. I mean yea I guess I think I heard that one too So, he’s done it’s just one sht storm after another.
He didn’t come out of his robe for 48 hours he said. “Didn’t allow anyone to bother me, had to get it right”.
This. Does Calipari seem like a Mitch hire to anyone? No of course not. He hired him cuz he had to. If it was up to Barney he'd have hired Dipsh*t McGhee. Guy is an imbecile. An absolute clown. And that's coming from me...
Yes Mitch had nothing to do with Calipari. Mitch actually said, and this did supposedly happen, that if we hire calipari he’s not responsible for it when it goes south. Apparently He wanted nothing to do with it and thought it would ruin the universities reputation. He apparently did not hire Calipari. Mike Pratt had the Rupp era guys call and add pressure to the BOT who are the ones that demanded the hire. Pat Riley had a lot to do with it.
Mike Brey was actually Mitch's pick. Pratt and Riley wanted Calipari, boosters too.
Yep. Then his apology was a massive contract with no way out and Calipari got his revenge. He doesn’t forget and he doesn’t forgive. And that’s how a lot of people knew this was going to go south and it did.
Is that the same associate or assistant AD who recommended hiring Pope initially? And who I believe has some Mormon or BYU connections? The name escapes me.
Hell no they’re not. And they better not hire his understudy Mark Hill whos Mitch’s little understudy. And you better believe Mitch is going to want his access to remain and have his guy in there. Mitch stayed a long time that doesn’t mean he’s done good enough to call his own shot. He’s had many issues happen that should have resulted in his firing.
