Last week Darrell Bird was carrying water for Mitch with this dumb premise that "everyone forgets Mitch only had two options when the contract was signed". The options were lose Stoops to Auburn orsomewhere else like LSU or give him a contract that ensured he would stay awhile. That is so blatantly untrue, Bird should be ashamed himself. Stoops, at no point even with 10-win seasons, was ever going to be a sexy hire. He was always into be the 5th or 6th choice anywhere. Also, it's a premise that the UK job has zero appeal and we're just lucky to get anyone. Then you throw in the 60-day deal and the adding on a year every time he gets a bowl and it just sends me over the f-king moon what a stupid contract it is, there's no defending it at all.
Regarding Franklin, I never liked him, but the moment I realized he'll never be a elite coach was he made a comment leading up to our Citrus Bowl game against them that he couldn't believe the serious demeanor of UK players, fans, and coaches had about the game. This coming from someone who never sniffed a BCS championship let alone BCS playoff like it was something below him, reeks of a loser. He did his amazing job at Vandy but I wouldn't want him at any program that is really serious about it's program.
