Mitch Barnhart, I didn't understand your game

JPFisher

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Jul 24, 2013
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offering lifetime contracts to coaches with no intention of honoring them, just waiting until the coaches and fans are so miserable the coach leaves to take another job
You made me look to see if Stoops left and he didn't and now I don't like you.
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*Fox2Monk*

Heisman
Jun 10, 2009
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I had someone close to me tell me he thinks Cal violated his contract on purpose saving us the money to have to buy him out. Im gonna start going with that to brighten my view of Cal and the good he did here.
I think he was just done, it’s not fun going to work while everyone around you is miserable and not excited anymore. He had to leave the state for awhile and go to a new place he hadn’t worn out yet with his style. I think he returns someday like Joe B and becomes pretty universally loved again. The 5 bad seasons will fade eventually and he will be remembered for the final 4’s, title, and runner up plus all our NBA success.
 

sk73

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Feb 16, 2013
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I think he was just done, it’s not fun going to work while everyone around you is miserable and not excited anymore. He had to leave the state for awhile and go to a new place he hadn’t worn out yet with his style. I think he returns someday like Joe B and becomes pretty universally loved again. The 5 bad seasons will fade eventually and he will be remembered for the final 4’s, title, and runner up plus all our NBA success.
Pope deserves the Honeymoon period. If Cal had been here last year, with the same players and the same record, the season would have been considered bad. Just imagine the outcry if a Pitino or Tubby brought a team into Rupp and whipped us like Cal and Arkansas did last year.
 
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*Fox2Monk*

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Pope deserves the Honeymoon period. If Cal had been here last year, with the same players and the same record, the season would have been considered bad. Just imagine the outcry if a Pitino or Tubby brought a team into Rupp and whipped us like Cal and Arkansas did last year.
That was definitely a terrible game. You could tell Cal had all the guys ready to play. They were all comfortable at Rupp because A lot of them played here. He knew how to coach here I just think it meant more to him.
 

yoshukai

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Dec 21, 2002
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I had someone close to me tell me he thinks Cal violated his contract on purpose saving us the money to have to buy him out. Im gonna start going with that to brighten my view of Cal and the good he did here.
Lmao. And Barnhart had the breach of contract papers delivered to his house by unicorns. Cal could have just accepted the Arkansas job and there would have been no buyout to pay. But whatever makes you feel better.lol
 

yoshukai

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I think he was just done, it’s not fun going to work while everyone around you is miserable and not excited anymore. He had to leave the state for awhile and go to a new place he hadn’t worn out yet with his style. I think he returns someday like Joe B and becomes pretty universally loved again. The 5 bad seasons will fade eventually and he will be remembered for the final 4’s, title, and runner up plus all our NBA success.
“Our nba success “ means zilch to me . If people didn’t mention it on here I wouldn’t even know about it.
 

bbncal02

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I had someone close to me tell me he thinks Cal violated his contract on purpose saving us the money to have to buy him out. Im gonna start going with that to brighten my view of Cal and the good he did here.

I think he was thinking "Ha! I'll do this an Mitch will be like "No! Don't go!" And then Mitch called Cal's bluff.

Sadly, days before we saw him and Mitch acting as if they liked each other. So, while I give 10 BILLION points for Mitch telling Cal "See ya then" He loses 20 Billion for brining the numpty back anyway.

Mitch has done some decent stuff here. But the FB and BB contracts for Stoops and Cal would've have gotten him fired anywhere else in all likelihood. Especially Stoops. Awful AWFUL contract.
 

kfwa

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Oct 12, 2014
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Stoops realizes its over her just like Cal, he just doesn't have any options like Cal did. Stoops will take a 70% pay cut at his next gig, but while my original post is in jest, Barnhart will just ride out another bad year with Stoops, and potentially two - the revenue for football won't change, just the NIL money
 
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