The House of Blue

If true UT wouldnt take no for an answer and paid a king's ransom. While Mitch is being told no and moving on...by our "Home Run" targets.

The rich get richer and UK hiring a WAC coach grows more and more likely....

Like Butch Jones.

Gosh I hope not. Talk about a HR...

I'm reporting she is figgin' hot.

Let em have Gruden..He has no college experience and no recruiting experience..Whole different ballgame from the NFL.. After Grudens Super Bowl with Tampa and Dungys players, he proceeded to go 6 straight years without a single playoff win and thus, got canned.. His Oakland stint had also gone south and he was canned in that job, as well.. Personally, I like Gruden and he's a big name, but, I don't think he's gonna go into UT and take over against coaches like Spurrier, Richt, Muschamp, Saben, Miles, etc, who have a much better grasp of the SEC and recruiting.. He's an upgrade to Dooley, but, there's no way he goes into UT and immediately starts winning 5-6 SEC games a year, especially when they'll likely lose there QB and top 2 WRs and RB, which is about 90% of there offense.. Now, if they give him 5-6 years, I think he may can get to that point, but, I trully feel there will be some disgruntled fans before then and with his background, likely a conflict or 2 with the administration.. also, I see him giving this a try for a couple of years and then bolt back to the NFL and UT will be back at square 1..

You are so wrong that man can walk into a kids house and get instant repect. Every kid knows that man. He would be a great hire where ever he went. your post is so wrong in so many ways.

He is instant respect from his players.

Once again, deville..you prove you have more football sense than 99% of these posters. Anyone thinking Gruden would not win at Ut is silly. Guys won super bowls..had Oakland on the verge..Kids and more importantly..thier fathers..know the name Jon Gruden..instant recruits..instant respect..guy knows what it takes to play and win in the NFL..its laughable how some on here just have to be negative..or bash for no reason other than to bash..or say Butch Jones is a homerun hire..imgetting sick of saying this...BJ is 21-14 at UC..1-2 in bowls at UC and CMich..what friggin secret do these guys know that has BJ coming here..to Uk..and doing as good..or better? If you want a 21-14 record..in the big east..which translates to mabye 14-21 in the SEC..OMFG...period....................................................................period..........................PERIOD! Deville..ups and kudos, you, my friend..at least understand football!

Hopefully, we'll get a chance to see how great he is at UT..

Well since no one answered the post where the Erin tweet was false, I take it that its just another MADE UP rumor.

Well lets see how many bowl games did UK go to in a row. B4 Mitch was here how many did UK make it too in the past 30 yrs. Mitch is doing his best with what he has to work with.

Look this is a basketball state from highschool on up.

The state puts out so few highschool players each yr that can play in the SEC.

UK will always be behind for that reason.

If UK wants to spend around 7 to 8 mill for a coach and his staff and then spend 200 mill plus on the rpogram then yes it may take a step forward. AND THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE PERIOD.
FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR IT.

Thats a ridiculous post. I'm the first to put the heat on Mitch related to getting this hire right and frankly I believe that if you don't have a successful football program as an SEC school then you are a failure but he's clearly done some good things and like Dville mentioned it wasn't long ago we were experiencing some of the best times in UK footballs history and that was due to a hire he made coming off of probation. Have some freakin perspective.