Breaking: Mitch Barnhart to retire
- Thread starter JimboBBN
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we should be so lucky, the lack of knowledge about the AD role on this board or Mitch's actually success is astounding- yea yea I know... Billy, Pope, cant hire, no NIL, blah blah...
HELL YES HELL YES HELL YES..... THERE IS A GOD..... IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY...
Can he take Pope with him when he leaves?
Much like Cal, Mitch did a lot of good at UK but the time is right for him to depart.
No way. Some of his hires and their contracts have been out of this world bad. We need someone that is willing to adapt to the new college landscape. Not some good ol boy in waiting.
Wait he don’t get to hire the next AD? Right? lol
@JimboBBN You son of a lmao. You beat me to the post. Like you beat me to the Vandy game thread 
Keep on the good work man
Keep on the good work man
Hire tom jurich
Let's hope there isn't an AD in waiting...
Enjoy your retirement, Mitch!
I actually think Mitch is one of the best AD's in the country overall. He's well respected in his profession and did a lot of good things here.
Multiple things can be true at once. He had some massive blunders along the way too. He's definitely a horrible negotiator and he allowed a couple agents to back the program into a corner. Billy was a disaster, his relationship with Cal was a disaster, the stoops and cal contracts were very bad for the programs, the jury is still out on Pope but it's looking like a rash hire. This whole JMI thing has pretty bad optics as well. These are all events that will captivate any fanbase,
I do suspect he will be replaced by an understudy so I hope everyone is ready for that.
Fast fingers when excited my good man!@JimboBBN You son of a lmao. You beat me to the post. Like you beat me to the Vandy game thread
Keep on the good work man
Good move. Mitch has held us back from moving into the new era.
For those of you dying to get rid of Pope, this MIGHT (key word) help as the new AD might give Pope a short leash and look to replace him with “his/her guy”
Flip side is UK could hire a Mitch sycophant as a replacement and the status quo will continue.
Personally, I am not a change coaches every couple years guy, nor do I believe we can just go “select” any living coach because “this is Kentucky.” But to each their own.
For those of you dying to get rid of Pope, this MIGHT (key word) help as the new AD might give Pope a short leash and look to replace him with “his/her guy”
Flip side is UK could hire a Mitch sycophant as a replacement and the status quo will continue.
Personally, I am not a change coaches every couple years guy, nor do I believe we can just go “select” any living coach because “this is Kentucky.” But to each their own.
You forgot Joker, BCG, Cal and Stoops ridiculous contracts.
But go ahead and crow about the volleyball and rifle teams, you shill.
Well it seems unanimous. If the board and many other UK fans are close to 100%celebrating… it wasn’t time.. it was past time.
Hope he doesn’t give any lifetime contracts on the way out
Now the question becomes what does UK do now. Do they promote Marc Hill? Do they do a big job search? Will Dr Capilouto make the hire or will it be by committee? Dr Capilouto is 76 years old, how much longer will he be around.
He was a good man. He was good for the university for a time. It was time for him to go.
-Calipari lifetime contract
-Stoop's contract
-Swim team scandal
-Joker Phillips
-BCG
-Mark Pope
-JMI
-Dragging feet when NIL first started
-Destroying our logos and uniforms/brand, not just for basketball, either.
I mean hey, the rifle team was good, and Volleyball got a title. And IIRC, women's basketball was pretty good, I guess.
Probably gonna be Hill or Peevey who has done a pretty god job at DePaul.
Peevey has been terrible at DePaul.
