FB: STOOPS GETS A JOB
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I thought Lexington was home, hell he made enough money to retired years ago.
Suddenly, Sark will start kicking field goals on 4th and 1.
38 million isn’t enough. He had to return to work 
Mitch Barnhart is so dumb that even his new job pay doesn’t offset what we owe him. In every deal I’ve ever seen a head coach get they always offset what they are owed if they get a new gig coaching and are contractually obligated to actually look. Worst AD ever.
He always wanted to coach in Texas. I guess the boosters didn't get in the way this time.
To each their own, but damn, if I had a “buyout” like his coming my way over time, there’s a ZERO percent chance I’d be taking a time wasting job like this one! Dude is set for life off the interest alone, but no, no, he’d rather be the “special assistant” to another rich guy, instead of living life to the absolute fullest!
Money is one h*** of a drug to some people I guess
Money is one h*** of a drug to some people I guess
My money was on UGA. Him and Kirby being pretty good buds and so old school.
Not surprised though. Inevitable he was going to get snatched up. Was the longest tenured SEC coach. Someone was going to want that on their staff.
Programs in the hunt for SEC titles and playoffs do it all the time. Gobble up recently fired HCs.
Not surprised though. Inevitable he was going to get snatched up. Was the longest tenured SEC coach. Someone was going to want that on their staff.
Programs in the hunt for SEC titles and playoffs do it all the time. Gobble up recently fired HCs.
Mitch Barnhart gave that guy a contract better than 95% of head coaches in the game. No hyperbole, Mitch is the worst AD that I’ve ever heard of without question. It’s hard to fathom how bad the guy is at this. But it’s mainly because he values a lot of sht above winning, he’s a narcissistic clown who thinks he is the university of Kentucky and wants it to reflect his thoughts of who he is. Textbook narcissist.
If I could change one thing about my life, I would have gotten into coaching when I was young. You only need to have a little bit of success one time, and you are set for life with a job no matter how bad you fail in the future.
Has nothing to do with the money if I had to guess. He just loves football. He gets to travel, teach, and be around the game he loves, and he has no financial worries. If I were a billionaire and got offered a UK basketball special assistant job, I would still take it.To each their own, but damn, if I had a “buyout” like his coming my way over time, there’s a ZERO percent chance I’d be taking a time wasting job like this one! Dude is set for life off the interest alone, but no, no, he’d rather be the “special assistant” to another rich guy, instead of living life to the absolute fullest!
Money is one h*** of a drug to some people I guess
Yea its crazy his contract let's him work as a coach again and not subtract from the buyout he got, like most other buyouts. Thats on Mitch I guess.
Agreed....yet UK just sits there and let's him stay on as AD with more unreal one sided contracts not in UK's interest.
Positioning to get a HC gig at Texas one day. Win for us as that will mean a collapse of an SEC giant.
Some guys just need to feel employed. TX probably not paying him much since he gets $6M a year from UK.38 million isn’t enough. He had to return to work
I’ve got no issues with Stoops anymore. I wish him the best as long as he remains respectful to Kentucky.
Yep. I hold a special place in my heart for all ex-UK coaches. I’ll think of a funny anecdote from a long forgotten press conference or smile briefly at an old KECU commercial and for a brief moment I’ll remember who they were. “Oh yea I remember Scott Rigot.
Good times”!”
But Stoops has screwed that up and now he’s dead to me.
Glad he's far away from Lexington and he's rich while doing it. Wish he would've took his boy Mitch with him!
He's not ready to retire from football. He's going to use this to try and get another head coaching job. Just like other guys with Nick Saban
Sark is smart to bring more defensive minded coaches onto his staff. He tried it with Gary Patterson after GP left TCU. Patterson served as an off-field analyst at UT during the 2022 season (then took the 2023 season off before spending six months as a consultant at Baylor before the 2024 season). Will be interesting if Stoops fades away like GP, or ends up as a HC again. Might get to see him coaching some Tuesday night MACtion in the future!
I’m sure he’s working for peanuts, since he’s getting $8mil from UK. Why wouldn’t Texas bring him in. While I never thought he was a good HC he was a good DC
A special assistant is probably going to fetch a 100 Gs. Maybe more.
Especially someone with CMS experience. Also, the fact he’s getting multi millions from UK, he’s not working for less than a nice little jingle in the pocket.
I mean Sark’s office secretary is probably making 75-100 jingles.
Overall no issues. Dude’s life is football. It’s hard to quit something that you’ve done your entire adult life.
What did everyone expect?! He’s just going to hang around the town and state that wanted him gone?!
We don’t want you to coach here but we want you to hang around with us! That’s crazy.
CMS will be an assistant and maybe even coordinator again in the not so distant future. Good for him.
Just like Joker. Still out there coaching. Great. Dude is a good position coach and coordinator.
Why quit the thing you love doing just because you aren’t head man/boss?
Especially someone with CMS experience. Also, the fact he’s getting multi millions from UK, he’s not working for less than a nice little jingle in the pocket.
I mean Sark’s office secretary is probably making 75-100 jingles.
Overall no issues. Dude’s life is football. It’s hard to quit something that you’ve done your entire adult life.
What did everyone expect?! He’s just going to hang around the town and state that wanted him gone?!
We don’t want you to coach here but we want you to hang around with us! That’s crazy.
CMS will be an assistant and maybe even coordinator again in the not so distant future. Good for him.
Just like Joker. Still out there coaching. Great. Dude is a good position coach and coordinator.
Why quit the thing you love doing just because you aren’t head man/boss?