Will Stein praises Kenny Minchey's adaptability

Dead Cat Bounce

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Stein reeling me in like
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If Indiana can keep their coach we should be able to keep ours.

Two vastly different situations. Cignetti is at the end of his career and making a fortune.

It would take a significantly better program to pull him imo. If we're winning so much hes getting a cant refuse off from a program of that caliber, he more than did his job here.
 

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Debbie Downer's take. If Stein does well here he's gone.
Ehh, I dunno, with the way the college football landscape has changed.

Mostly, I honestly think it just boils down to the behind the scenes stuff we never hear about. How is his relationship with the boosters, AD, administration.....fan support, etc.

Plus the obvious: he's a UK fan by birth. Who amongst us on here, if given the opportunity, would t want to take UK to the mountaintop, and once there, keep us there?

It really boils down to the individual and their personal motivations. If it were me, and I had all those things right here at UK, Id be locked in for life. That's just how I am. The grass isn't always greener.

However, if UK doesn't give me the support I need to be successful (ie Coach Brooks and the fold out chairs/projection screen corner at Nutter for recruiting) that sh*t is gonna get old quick. My UK fandom will only go so far. At a certain point I'd want a better job.
 

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Ehh, I dunno, with the way the college football landscape has changed.

Mostly, I honestly think it just boils down to the behind the scenes stuff we never hear about. How is his relationship with the boosters, AD, administration.....fan support, etc.

Plus the obvious: he's a UK fan by birth. Who amongst us on here, if given the opportunity, would t want to take UK to the mountaintop, and once there, keep us there?

It really boils down to the individual and their personal motivations. If it were me, and I had all those things right here at UK, Id be locked in for life. That's just how I am. The grass isn't always greener.

However, if UK doesn't give me the support I need to be successful (ie Coach Brooks and the fold out chairs/projection screen corner at Nutter for recruiting) that sh*t is gonna get old quick. My UK fandom will only go so far. At a certain point I'd want a better job.
I believe UK learned their lesson. UK will back up the brinks truck and succeed for a great coach.
 
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If Stein re-energizes UK football with exciting offensive guru football and wins lots of games. There's no big football school that wants some of that. You're right. It was stupid.

Sigh. You're missing the point. He's not leaving. He grew up a UK fan. It's HIS dream school. His parents have season tickets. If he wins big, they'll build a statue of him here.
 
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wildcatdon

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If Stein re-energizes UK football with exciting offensive guru football and wins lots of games. There's no big football school that wants some of that. You're right. It was stupid.
At least you admit it. The big schools already have their coaches. If he succeeds in a big way here why go anywhere? This is his home. Dad played here and his family had season tickets forever. No reason to leave at all.
 

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I'll say this ... even though this is only the beginning of Stein's era here ..

I am super hyped for the upcoming season, like none before in my 50+ years of following Kentucky football.

Year one : 6 wins, 7 ??? I am hoping it's something over the 4.5 or 5.5 people are seemingly going with for us this year..... So Ill go with a modest 6 wins, somehow.

Year 2 ? 8 wins ? More ? I have faith Stein will make a huge splash come year 2 or 3.

We shall see.

Go Big Blue !
 
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