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A bye week kind of question - How likely is Mark Stoops?

miamicanephins said:
Stoops is my guy right now. Will be watching close the rest of the season. Here is UK's schedule,

Sat, Sep 4vsUL MonroeUL MonroeW45-10 1-0 (0-0)Levis 367Rodriguez Jr. 125Ali 136
Sat, Sep 11vsMissouriMissouriW35-28 2-0 (1-0)Levis 179Rodriguez Jr. 198Robinson 101
Sat, Sep 18vsChattanoogaChattanoogaW28-23 3-0 (1-0)Levis 254Rodriguez Jr. 46Robinson 111
Sat, Sep 25@South CarolinaSouth CarolinaW16-10 4-0 (2-0)Levis 102Rodriguez Jr. 144Robinson 65
Sat, Oct 2vsFlorida10 FloridaW20-13 5-0 (3-0)Levis 87Rodriguez Jr. 99Robinson 65
DATEOPPONENTTIMETVtickets
Sat, Oct 9vsLSULSU7:30 PM
Tickets as low as $88
Sat, Oct 16@Georgia2 Georgia3:30 PMCBSTickets as low as $151
Sat, Oct 30@Mississippi StateMississippi StateTBDTickets as low as $10
Sat, Nov 6vsTennesseeTennesseeTBDTickets as low as $63
Sat, Nov 13@VanderbiltVanderbiltTBDTickets as low as $7
Sat, Nov 20vsNew Mexico StateNew Mexico StateTBDTickets as low as $13
Sat, Nov 27@LouisvilleLouisville
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Looking at that’s schedule I think they can definitely get 9-10 wins
 
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SCarolina Ibis said:
I don't hate Stoops, but he's not who I want. Especially if the hiring process is a joke.

If they wait to fire Manny until the season is over to save money, OR announce they're keeping Blake after firing Manny, I 100% think Stoops is the guy they go after. Waiting proves they're still being cheap and keeping BJ means they don't care who the coach is. If that's the case I think Blake pretends to interview a few coaches he's not going to hire before immediately giving the job to Stoops, because his buyout is low. BJ will be able to say Stoops knows how to win in the SEC blah blah blah. We'll run a 1995 run heavy offense, win 8 or 9 games every year until he retires and they'll be happy with that.

And until proven otherwise, this is what I'm expecting.
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95 really wasn't run heavy...we had over 2,000yds recieving...
 
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PBJFanatic said:
I can tell you with confidence that buyout in not an issue at the levels reported, and neither will be his salary (likely $6-7M a year).
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Not saying we can’t afford it, I question if the admin will want to spend it. If they’re willing to go to $7mil a year…I’d be impressed.
 
Goulds Cane said:
Besides coaching here 20 years ago, why would he come here? In 2021, what is the benefit of Miami over Kentucky?
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Two major advantages: recruiting base and the ACC Coastal v. the SEC East. Gives a huge opportunity for success that he will never have at UK. 10 wins is maxing out there. Win 10 here and you are in the mix.
 
423Hurricane said:
He’d probably have a better opportunity at championships at the U than KY. Would that be enough incentive for him to come here is my question.
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klineski96 said:
He's currently 54 - 50 overall.

Is he an average coach or is he simply coaching in tough conference? :unsure:
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He had to start with what he was given. He’s won 3 straight bowl games, including a Citrus Bowl win over Penn State, with basically what is probably the equivalent of a top 5-6 ACC team.

At Miami, he would start with a lot more talent than he did with Kentucky, and play teams with less talent.

Whether it’s him or someone else, just give me someone with organizational leadership and who can get the most out of his players.
 
filmcane said:
I hope he's being given serious consideration. He's not the **** hire like Mario or Lane, but he very well might be the best long term solution.

Whether it's Mark or someone else, we will eventually end up with a real coach and a few years after he improves the team, CFB nation will agree that Miami is an automatic 10 win, annual top 10-15.

Succeeding at UM, which at this point is defined by winning the Coastal and posting 10 wins a season, is not "rocket surgery" we've just had coaches make it seem that way.
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Not singling you out, but I've heard other people say similar things...

Why is Mario any "sexier" of a hire than Mark Stoops? That doesn't compute for me.

Maybe it's because I don't live in South Florida anymore, but I can tell you nobody in the rest of America gives a **** about Mario Cristobal. They don't think badly of him, he's just another coach of an above-average team. If Miami hired him, the rest of America would shrug.
 
Goulds Cane said:
Besides coaching here 20 years ago, why would he come here? In 2021, what is the benefit of Miami over Kentucky?
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It doesn’t matter what he does at UK, he’ll always be the second most important coach. Also I think he realizes this is his ceiling there, since he flirted big tim with FSU. Plus he has to play UF and UGA every year. Who is even close to that on Miami’s schedule?
 
miamicanephins said:
Stoops is my guy right now. Will be watching close the rest of the season. Here is UK's schedule,

Sat, Sep 4vsUL MonroeUL MonroeW45-10 1-0 (0-0)Levis 367Rodriguez Jr. 125Ali 136
Sat, Sep 11vsMissouriMissouriW35-28 2-0 (1-0)Levis 179Rodriguez Jr. 198Robinson 101
Sat, Sep 18vsChattanoogaChattanoogaW28-23 3-0 (1-0)Levis 254Rodriguez Jr. 46Robinson 111
Sat, Sep 25@South CarolinaSouth CarolinaW16-10 4-0 (2-0)Levis 102Rodriguez Jr. 144Robinson 65
Sat, Oct 2vsFlorida10 FloridaW20-13 5-0 (3-0)Levis 87Rodriguez Jr. 99Robinson 65
DATEOPPONENTTIMETVtickets
Sat, Oct 9vsLSULSU7:30 PM
Tickets as low as $88
Sat, Oct 16@Georgia2 Georgia3:30 PMCBSTickets as low as $151
Sat, Oct 30@Mississippi StateMississippi StateTBDTickets as low as $10
Sat, Nov 6vsTennesseeTennesseeTBDTickets as low as $63
Sat, Nov 13@VanderbiltVanderbiltTBDTickets as low as $7
Sat, Nov 20vsNew Mexico StateNew Mexico StateTBDTickets as low as $13
Sat, Nov 27@LouisvilleLouisville
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No reason they don’t win 10 games. 11 wouldn’t surprise me. The real test is how they matchup with UGA at the start of that game.
 
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