The House of Blue

nice articles, especially the one by Forbes. Should be sitting down with Petrino as we speak and coming to an agreement. Nothing to lose and everything to gain. Go get him immediately Mitch before someone else does.

You guys do understand that it's not just on Mitch. Is BP really interested? Is he just using UK to get the other schools calling?

I understand that he might be playing poker with some other schools on this, but if money is no object, then why don't we roll the dice?

In our case, being one of the lowliest football teams in the land at this time, I think the reward would be greater than the risk.

The only things we have to very careful about is ensuring the contract has clauses for any possible embarrasing situation BP might get himself involved in if he hasn't truly learned his lesson. Oh, and a $10 million dollar buyout if he's hoping to stepping stone his way back to a greener pasture.

I personally hope he learned his lesson, now has humility, and is looking to turn UK into the greener pasture he might otherwise want to move to.

Nobody will hire him without a huge buyout clause. Arkansas had one, so will anyone else that hires him.

I think it's entirely possible, if not probable, that Petrino (or his agent) orchestrated this to some degree to get Auburn/Tennessee to jump into the fray with a little more vigor.

This needs to be done, like YESTERDAY.

Ya know, I agree. Would not surprise me at all.
In fact, I agree with a lot of things I read on CP. My problem is I love UK football and sometimes what I agree with changes daily.
I want to WIN.
Hell, I live in Louisville. I absolutely HATE UofL and everything to do with them. I personally can't stand that dog turd Petrino. I can't stand orange and UT. I have never wanted Fulmer.

What I do want is for UK to have a winning football team.
I have sat throught so many sorry years and games it is hard to count. I'm real tired of losing. Real tired of being the butt of jokes by terrible ESPN announcers that shouldn't be announcing PeeWee football, let alone major college on TV.

I've been mad, embarrassed and then apathetic over the past 3 years. At this point I almost don't care about a coach not having scruples and being a little bit of a POS.
Don't cheat, don't be a total jerk, just WIN.

Was never on the Petrino or Fulmer bandwagon but if that is that it takes for us to get 3-5 years of GREAT football before they would bail and move on, then so be it.
We really have nothing to lose.
We're rock bottom now.

Bring on Petrino.
I want to win.

Go Cats!

Well, point being is that I don't care any more. Petrino, Fulmer, whomever. I want to win and I want to win now.
The right coach can do that.
No more experiments.
I've been through my "45 years of hell" in watching UK football.
Even a fleeting "five years or so of heaven" would be nice even if it may be short lived.
Go Cats!

The problem is that Mitch is mentally unable to separate his personal wishes vs what's best for the UK FB program.

Before the BP's dad broke silence about his interest...It was very unlikely Petrino would even get a look from UK about the job. Now...After all this broke & fans are in an uproar...Mitch is in a VERY sticky situation.

Option A: He can either hire Petrino, knowing he'd have 1 foot out the door...And take the heat for hiring a "slimy" character that's left his last 3 jobs in not-so-nice ways...And hang his job on the line that BP will not screw the pooch....

Option B: He doesn't give Petrino a look & goes another way w/o even talking too him about the job...Allowing BP to do what BP does...potentially at TENN or AUB or even back at UofL (if Chally leaves this yr)...It will come back to bite Mitch in the nuts!!! It will be exponentially worse if Mitch's guy struggles out the gate w/ the transistion to the SEC...The BBN would go balistc & would justifiably be calling for Mitch's head!

So, Don't be surprised when it's option C:...It'll be leaked that UK offered the job & BP turned it down w/o much explanation. Mitch will offer him a deal that no one in their right mind would accept...And then act like he tried to get BP to UK, but no deal could be reached...All as a ruse, an attempt to provide himself cover for not hiring BP & justify going in a different direction from the obvious home run hire!

You know what the worst part is...Either way, UK will be looking for another coach in 3yrs...Just instead of having to replace Petrino, after he's turned UK a 10 game winner & moves on to TX (when Mack Brown retires)..They'll still be be looking for another guy that can turn a 3-9/5-7 UK team into a 10 game winner.

Sleepy I'll ask again? What college football team has Petrino left in less than 4 years. I'l also give you two names that have hopped from job to job and are considered to be some of the best in the their business. Nick Saban and Larry Brown.