UK Announces No New Job for Mitch

UKGrad24

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Mitch getting shamed by the governor publicly for the world to see front page ESPN is way better than any portal news I could have ever expected
Listen man, p*rn is not needed for me. That write up, the governor finally sounding off, has made me so complete in this moment in time there are not words to describe it. He blitzed these people. And I can admit I’m not a party guy but I’ve never voted in that direction. But I might have to break that streak for the first time.

Mot nationally but you get it.
 

rick64

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go away gtfo GIF
 

TTTblue24

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Maybe they’ll give him a microwave as a parting gift, for those too young to understand this reference then it was Mitch calling us “microwave” fans during the joker years. If I recall correctly, there were microwaves all at or around commonwealth the very next game lol.
 
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UK_fan_41102

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Mitch has himself to blame for it too. If he had hired a better coach for basketball, no one would be up in arms. 22-14, several blow outs, recruiting in a mess, people are going to focus on the root of the problem. If UK had hired someone like May and went 30-6, won the SEC, and made the Final 4, people are too excited with the results to even care about the AD.
 

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you just know behind the scenes he is salty as hell about this

just lost out on a $1m a year retirement plan while hanging out on campus riding around in a golf cart.

Mitch though he was much more beloved than he really was. Like Cal, he's finding out the list isn't as long as he thought it was of people fighting to keep him.
 

CRZ4UK

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The fact that UK caved this quickly shows how corrupt this position was. Mitch has been a blight on UK athletics.
Exactly what I said. I told my wife caving that quickly probably means one of 2 things.
JMI will just find a way to funnel him money under the table over the next few years for signing that 10 year death deal or ……
Bashear said “ cancel it or I’ll investigate everything. They surely didn’t want that.
 
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fisherscatfan

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1 down, Alabama president to go. I knew Kentucky brass wouldn’t just sit on this kind of crap long. Clearing out.

if you go back to the Stein pressure, you can clearly see the President and Mitch knew it was over. They tried to pull this crap and run into the retirement seat. Mitch wanted 2 more years - denied. Mitch ran to the corrupt seat - denied. President wants to go another 2 years and ? - DENIED B*****.
Not to derail but what was the Stein pressure? Thanks.
 
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24Catman

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Fantastic news! Honestly, it’s about time. After all the ridiculous lifetime contracts Mitch threw out (which only produced mediocre results), I’m glad he’s not getting a contract to retire into an overpaid, posh, made up position. The only thing worse than the position itself is the excuse given from the president as to why it’s not going to happen now.
 
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Excellent news!

That he rolled so quickly after public announcement suggests things maybe worse than are being disclosed at UK.

What are the administration and Trustees up to there? I hope they all have fiduciary insurance.

Deuces Mitch, now to get your mentee hires out of administration and get competent leadership in place to turn the athletic department and Men’s basketball program around.
 

-UKGrad93-

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@UKGrad24 understands and knows. Mitch has been terrible for this University. He knows as well as I, his character is questionable, and always has been. If you’ve ever interacted with him, you feel it. Guy is a narcissist and fully believes he is above accountability. He’s held us back in so many ways, and finally at least he gets a smack. Eli is just as bad. Only thing Eli has ever done halfway right is hire a descent company to improve student housing.
Sounds exactly like a director that I had at a previous job.
 

TheApostleSaulSmith

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Exactly what I said. I told my wife caving that quickly probably means one of 2 things.
JMI will just find a way to funnel him money under the table over the next few years for signing that 10 year death deal or ……
Bashear said “ cancel it or I’ll investigate everything. They surely didn’t want that.
Mitch can't defend himself too much publicly bc the more he does that, the more attention will fall on his role in the swim team scandal
He'd be smart to just leave town