How Long Will Boosters Keep Donating For Rosters/Outcomes Like This?

[ZaytovenCat]

Putting myself in the shoes of someone like Joe Craft or another booster who UK keeps coming to asking for NIL money. So I give it, quite a bit actually. Then I see us getting out bid on our top recruiting choices who would be difference makers but we somehow end up spending $22M on a roster that could very well miss the tournament. Not to mention in football I see Stoops giving 7 figures to a QB who basically played 1-2 games and was benched for a kid (who was clearly better all along) making a fraction of that.

I’m looking how my money is being spent, and feels like being wasted, and wondering why should I keep blowing my money. Why keep giving money for results you could get by giving less that half of what you normally give?

I just wonder how many boosters are thinking that right now?

 

[I’m The Village Idiot]

Putting myself in the shoes of someone like Joe Craft or another booster who UK keeps coming to asking for NIL money. So I give it, quite a bit actually. Then I see us getting out bid on our top recruiting choices who would be difference makers but we somehow end up spending $22M on a roster that could very well miss the tournament. Not to mention in football I see Stoops giving 7 figures to a QB who basically played 1-2 games and was benched for a kid (who was clearly better all along) making a fraction of that.

I’m looking how my money is being spent, and feels like being wasted, and wondering why should I keep blowing my money. Why keep giving money for results you could get by giving less that half of what you normally give?

I just wonder how many boosters are thinking that right now?

No idea, but if you’re rich, you usually aren’t used to getting low ROI and giving more money. Gotta be fixed quick

 

[Ukwazoo3]

Yeah I wouldn't be happy. I'd probably be barking for new coaches if they gave me these results and wanted more money.

 

[One2Three]

Putting myself in the shoes of someone like Joe Craft or another booster who UK keeps coming to asking for NIL money. So I give it, quite a bit actually. Then I see us getting out bid on our top recruiting choices who would be difference makers but we somehow end up spending $22M on a roster that could very well miss the tournament. Not to mention in football I see Stoops giving 7 figures to a QB who basically played 1-2 games and was benched for a kid (who was clearly better all along) making a fraction of that.

I’m looking how my money is being spent, and feels like being wasted, and wondering why should I keep blowing my money. Why keep giving money for results you could get by giving less that half of what you normally give?

I just wonder how many boosters are thinking that right now?

Well we’ve seen plenty-a-programs where the boosters hostility take over the program over from the AD, hell we just saw the governor of Louisiana do the same to the LSU football program (Hopefully that doesn’t happen here). Happened with the when BCG was fired and were les by Mike Pratt to hire Calipari over Barnhart.

Does the same thing happen again after this year? There wasn’t 20 million dollars spent when BCG was coach. Pope might be a nice guy but boosters might not think he’s worth the headache if he can’t righten the ship. The NIL era has made a cutthroat industry of college sports even more than it was.

We saw Jame Franklin get fired after taking PSU to semifinals with a touchdown chance to make the title game last year. It makes the idea of keeping Pope another year because he made the Sweet 16 make Kentucky seem little lackadaisical in their determination to remain an elite basketball program.

As much as we bemoan Mitch Barnhart he doesn’t have the final say what happens to Pope. If boosters overwhelmingly want him gone, he won’t be here.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Well we’ve seen plenty-a-programs where the boosters hostility take over the program over from the AD, hell we just saw the governor of Louisiana do the same to the LSU football program (Hopefully that doesn’t happen here). Happened with the when BCG was fired and were les by Mike Pratt to hire Calipari over Barnhart.

Does the same thing happen again after this year? There wasn’t 20 million dollars spent when BCG was coach. Pope might be a nice guy but boosters might not think he’s worth the headache if he can’t righten the ship. The NIL era has made a cutthroat industry of college sports even more than it was.

We saw Jame Franklin get fired after taking PSU to semifinals with a touchdown chance to make the title game last year. It makes the idea of keeping Pope another year because he made the Sweet 16 make Kentucky seem little lackadaisical in their determination to remain an elite basketball program.

As much as we bemoan Mitch Barnhart he doesn’t have the final say what happens to Pope. If boosters overwhelmingly want him gone, he won’t be here.

I have to imagine boosters and the big wigs will start to turn their sights onto Mitch though, right? I made this comparison last night, but it's the same with pro sports. You fire the assistants, than a coordinator, then the head coach.. and if you keep shuffling around, you eventually look to the GM.

Maybe Pope may have to go as well, but I think the boosters need to look to Mitch as to why they aren't getting their ROI. For starters, how about using that money for a basketball GM like Duke has. That's the type of thin Mitch needs to be doing.

 

[Artlaibesghost]

Let's let the season play out at least before we declare hells bells have wrung