The House of Blue

Mariucci will never, ever even consider the Kentucky job. He's a west coast guy, and if he goes to the college game he'll stay out there somewhere. Kentucky will not be on his 'wish list' of jobs.

It doesn't matter who the UK admin hires after Joker is gone, it'll just be more of the same. The UK admin, the UK president, the UKAA......... not one of them, individually or collectively, give two squats about Kentucky ever having a consistently decent football program. It's sad to say, I hate saying it, but it's just the way it is.

Let's just face facts.........Kentucky is almost never, ever going to be even remotely competitive in football in the SEC. Yeah, there will be that rare occasion where in spite of themselves, the admin, the UKAA & the UK president that we'll have a good team, and it will only be for a season or two at most, and then it'll be back to what we've had the last 3 years That's how it has always been, and that's how it's mostly going to be.

What would you guys think about Randy Shannon? I dont know too much about him,such as background and lineage etc..Any thoughts?

I realize it's a long shot, but as the ole' saying goes... "money talks".

The kind of coach we go after next, as well as, the kind of money we offer, will speak volumes for how serious our Admin is about UK football... and how serious they are about turning our program around. Only time will tell... and most likely, a very short time.

That made me laugh.

We still won't get Mariucci to even answer the telephone if Mitch was to call him.
Honestly, I have no earthly idea who we could get to come clean up this train wreck at this point, and I'm pretty sure no top flight, big name coach would even give us a second thought after they looked at their caller ID when the phone rings.
We are in the same exact spot we were in in the last year of the Curry regime, only this time it only took 3 years to run the wheels off the cart.
By the end of this season we will OFFICIALLY be the joke of the SEC in football.

+1 ^^^

Very nice post. Time for it to end imo.

Exactly the same reason that every coach that has built a name for themselves would not come here to risk it at this football program. I have no idea why people think we have a shot at guys like Gruden or even Bobby Petrino for that matter. Why come here when there is already a program somewhere else that in not a laughing stock in need of a coach. We will get rid of Joker, get another Joker type and in three years be ready to tear it down and start over again...

Uh no, fans are everywhere and ours care about UK football so regardless of what they say at least they are engaged. The problem is in the structure of the deal at UK where the football program does not have control over the money they generate. For UK to hire a coach they have to put a lot of money on the table for the coach and staff and control over a significant amount of the money they generate. No one of substance is coming to UK and have Mitch Barnhart gut his program to the point where, well, where we are now.

UK already has put alot of money on the table for coaches. I don't know why that keeps coming up. Joker makes 1.7 million + staff salaries. not far from most programs in the SEC. Now I don't know any state University that lets the HC of the football team control the football revenue. I've never researched it but, I would find it hard to believe. Money isn't an issue as has been stated on several occasions.

Personally, I don't think you can have both flagship sports be elite for an extended period of time. take a look around the country at the elite football programs and their basketball programs.
(Bama, Oregon, LSU, etc... all excel at fb, bb not so much.) There is a few the a pretty good at both but more are one or the other. I don't know why you can't be elite in both but, it appears that way.

We are likely to be at best the 3rd, if not 4th SEC school looking to replace a couch. Arkansas is certain. Then there's Auburn and Tennessee that could both be looking at change. I just don't see an established coach coming here for money alone. And we'd be down the list for coaches dying for an SEC job. Plus there would need to be written assurance from the administration of a new found commitment to the program.
So that leaves an established coach with baggage. UK won't do that. Or an up and coming young guy with something to prove. But that would be a huge risk if he fails. His career would go in the dumper and likely never recover. That would leave a journeyman guy or some FCS guy. Either way it's a risk.
This will not change until the university makes effort to fix the problems. I love this school. I've bled out for years watching this thing start to show signs of progress only to see it bottom out again. We love the school, the athletes....but it's like being the parent of an ugly baby. Nobody else sees it the way we do. We need a UK grad AD and president. School pride needs to be a bigger factor in administrative decisions.