Breaking: Mitch Barnhart to retire

[JimboBBN]

Legit! Glorious day to be a Cats fan!

 

[HogCoyote]

Oh HAPPY DAY!

 

[Damage_inc]

He will be replaced with a clone.

 

[KYWC36]

according to Thamel, Mitch is retiring

 

[KYWC36]

He will be replaced with a clone.

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...

 

[theBlues]

Good riddance Mitch!

 

[MidseasonTweak]

This day keeps getting better

 

[kywildcat1021979]

HELL YES HELL YES HELL YES..... THERE IS A GOD..... IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY...

 

[MidseasonTweak]

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...

LOL

 

[CatBearPig]

He’ll mess it up somehow

 

[Farsight Clone]

 

[jedwar]

 

[KYWC36]

 

[theGspot_rivals175609]

 

[theGspot_rivals175609]

Can he take Pope with him when he leaves?

 

[RoyKent]

Much like Cal, Mitch did a lot of good at UK but the time is right for him to depart.

 

[JimboBBN]

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...

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.

 

[Farsight Clone]

 

[SamePooter]

Wait he don’t get to hire the next AD? Right? lol

 

[Farsight Clone]

@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

 

[kywildcat1021979]

 

[Moopyj]

Legit! Glorious day to be a Cats fan!

Hire tom jurich

 

[kywildcat1021979]

Wait he don’t get to hire the next AD? Right? lol

Let's hope there isn't an AD in waiting...

 

[ChicagoCat90]

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...

Enjoy your retirement, Mitch!

 

[Damage_inc]

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...

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.

 

[JimboBBN]

@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

Fast fingers when excited my good man!

 

[Pygmy Sasquatch]

AMF

 

[MegaBlue05]

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.

 

[RunninRichie]

Legit! Glorious day to be a Cats fan!

 

[Farsight Clone]

 

[phyrekat01]

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...

You forgot Joker, BCG, Cal and Stoops ridiculous contracts.
But go ahead and crow about the volleyball and rifle teams, you shill.

 

[SamePooter]

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.

 

[KatFanInFlorida]

Hope he doesn’t give any lifetime contracts on the way out

 

[Cats4321]

Don't toy with my emotions

 

[rick64]

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.

 

[Bowfreak.]

He was a good man. He was good for the university for a time. It was time for him to go.

 

[RunninRichie]

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...

-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.

 

[tcurtis75]

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.

Probably gonna be Hill or Peevey who has done a pretty god job at DePaul.

 

[RunninRichie]

Probably gonna be Hill or Peevey who has done a pretty god job at DePaul.

Peevey has been terrible at DePaul.

 

[Anon497454]

I thought he was scheduled to step down in June anyway. So it will just be sooner, like next week?