Mark Stoops

[Golsen82]

Complaining that Vanderbilt has better NIL than Kentucky and a better support system in the SEC.

 

[Ispyin]

Complaining or confessing


That’s an indictment of his ad, his boosters, and himself.

Vandy head coach only just got there 2020. What has stoops been doing before then?

 

[305407cane]

Mark stoops should be the next basketball coach if he wants support

 

[Torocane]

Didn't he almost get a big job this offseason and backed out to return to Kentucky?
I can't remember what school it was

 

[JHallCanes]

He showed Ken doll balls in their game against UGA

 

[CaneFan79]

Didn't he almost get a big job this offseason and backed out to return to Kentucky?
I can't remember what school it was

I can't either, but he needs to read up on Bear Bryant:

https://sports.yahoo.com/bear-bryant-kentucky-remembering-alabama-120300013.html

Why did Bear Bryant leave Kentucky?​

The legendary coach opted to leave Kentucky after the 1953 season primarily because he felt Kentucky would always be seen as a "basketball school," despite his efforts in revolutionizing the football program.

After a college basketball point-shaving scandal in which Kentucky was implicated canceled the Wildcats' 1952-53 season, coach Adolph Rupp coached the 1953-54 Kentucky men’s basketball team to a perfect 25-0 record. But the unwanted publicity surrounding the scandal could not escape even Bryant, despite being the football coach.

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“Paul and his family love the state of Kentucky, the Bluegrass area, and the university,” Courier Journal sports editor Earl Ruby wrote in the Feb. 5, 1954 edition. “But Paul is leaving for a job that pays him less money and will afford him less chance for outside income. Paul has been extremely unhappy since the basketball scandals rocked the nation and centered unsavory attention on Kentucky.

"In addition to this deplorable state of affairs, Paul has come to realize that the University of Kentucky is governed by basketball, at the expense of football. This and the scandal brought him to the decision that he never could achieve here the success he wants and feels will be his in football.”

 

[pyhooya]

Didn't he almost get a big job this offseason and backed out to return to Kentucky?
I can't remember what school it was

Texas A&M

 

[dycane]

Complaining that Vanderbilt has better NIL than Kentucky and a better support system in the SEC.

Which is smart. I would do the same.

 

[786Cane]

Didn't he almost get a big job this offseason and backed out to return to Kentucky?
I can't remember what school it was

A2M

 

[Echtcane]

Sounds like he's ready to leave at the first decent offer.

 

[Mnhurricane]

Nice to not have a coach who is looking to point the finger to shift away blame of an ugly loss

 

[Torocane]

Sounds like he's ready to leave at the first decent offer.

He should've taken Texas A&M...I don't think he will ever get better than that one.

 

[Echtcane]

He should've taken Texas A&M...I don't think he will ever get better than that one.

Did he back out, or did they?

 

[Torocane]

Did he back out, or did they?

Great point.

 

[Alex Del Piero]

Did he back out, or did they?

They backed out after a semi-public outrage from the fanbase and the fact that the AD (who is at Ohio State now) closed the deal with Stoops without some big boosters consent.

 

[Echtcane]

I did a little searching. Some say it was the A&M regents and $$ boosters who vetoed the AD's choice.
https://www.si.com/college/2023/11/27/texas-am-vetoed-hiring-mark-stoops-kentucky-head-coach

Stoops has done very well for the most part at KY, but he may be seen as too conservative & boring offensively to lead a program with real championship expectations. Still, I think he wants out and will get at least something decent.

 

[Empirical Cane]

Complaining that Vanderbilt has better NIL than Kentucky and a better support system in the SEC.

Vandy has SMU-like $$$$$$$$.

They just have chosen to not get serious about deploying and matching the funds with support from the Administration.

 

[GirthQuake]

Stoops also has a sweet gig at Kentucky. I need to look it up but everytime he’s bowl eligible he gets an extension on his contract. I’ve never seen something cfb structured like that.

 

[Kn[]_[]ckles3o5]

Sounds like he's ready to leave at the first decent offer.

Hope he comes available whenever Guidry inevitably leaves and by that time we have usurped Bama as the place for fired HCs to rehab their careers.

 

[nycane]

stoops is a great defensive coach, he is stubborn on offense. he got comfortable at a place with low exceptions which makes me question is hunger but he is someone I wouldnt be surprised if UF and FSU looked at. UF fans might not like that tho because they want points on offense and could care less about defense.