I love you man, but this football. I can't just ignore stuff. It's my favorite game in this f'ed up world.
in fairness, UK is probably a top 75, maybe top 50 program.
Sure. After the last 20 years, maybe UK could be considered between top 75 all time. Top 50 at times and consistently from 2006-2023.
Our coach is paid Top 10.
... and has to be If were going to be competitive. It's UK Football. Bama can pay less and still draw the best HC.
If they want to get better like they did from 2013-2023, thats what you do. You pay your coach and incentivize his contract. The problem was not disincentivizing the same contract if the team didnt meet the same criteria. When we didnt reach 7 wins, it should've reduced his buyout total and contractual years.
We're where we are now because we won games and went to bowls. We're not scraping the bowl for recruits because we won. The problem is we won with a different style than weve gotten OCs and OL coaches to run since 2021.
That is why people are fed up with Stoops.
That would be arguable if they didnt want him fired from the day he was hired. It would be arguable if they gave him credit for the success he HAS had. It would be arguable if they werent also angry that he considered leaving for A&M, and would consider leaving for any other P5 conference school.
Combine that and his flirtation with TA&M a few years ago, out of the blue ...
"...Out of the blue..."?!
Have you been on UK sports message boards related to football the last 12 years? Just curious
and the combo of overpaid, underperforming and unwilling to stay here and be loyal
... if you expect loyalty, you must first be loyal. There has been a large enough, vocal % of the fanbase that have never ceased to call for or desire his firing. Loyalty to football coaches is not a strong suit of ours.
If people were loyal and supportive, they'd have a right to be disappointed. They've been neither. That's why they're so POed he was considering A&M.
Make up your ******* minds. Do you want him to leave or do you want him to stay? If you want what's best for UKFB, you'd ******* support the coach and talk about how great he is. It's the best shot you have at success on the field, and the best shot at him leaving.
How does NO ONE get that?
makes it understandable why people are ready to see him leave.
With all due respect
"Ready..." ?
That's pretty hilarious... They wanted him to go coach Iowa or be fired in 2018 before we won 10 games with a QB about which they were similarly nasty and unappreciative. Turned on him the next couple seasons AGAIN, then briefly got real quiet in 2021. "Ready..." gtfoh with that nonsense
I wish his contract said ... whereever UK ends up on Sagarin rating, then your pay will be no higher than anyone above you. I know ... impossible to make legal,
I wish lint balls were bitcoins. See, I can do that, too. It's not impossible to make legal. It's just not how the world works. No one is signing that contract. Teams don't win titles every year. Significant players get hurt. This isn't the WNBA where it's funded by one of the most watched former sports in the world. It's UK FB in the SEC.
but would certainly motivate the behavior fans demand.
We can all b***** & moan about the contract that got us to FINISH 12th in the country in 2018, and finish 18th in 2021.
It looks good to the negs who dont know **** about FB to virtue-signal over a contract signed a while before that. If we're worried about what they think, it really is for the best. Idgaf what ignorant people think.