re: I'm of the opinion that Stoops leaves UK at the end of this season

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I don't think Stoops will leave UK this year, but he should listen to Nebraska if they call.

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At this point in time, I'm not sure Nebraska is a better job. At least not head and shoulders above UK or anyone in the SEC other than Vanderbilt.

It's been a LOOONG time (in football years) since Nebraska has been relevant, and as of now it seems like a destination where coaching careers go to die. Plus Nebraska has to recruit from very far away places for skill position talent, and those recruits weren't alive to remember Nebraska being a blueblood anymore.

The right coach at Nebraska could get it turned back around over several years, but that's the case with numerous programs out there. Their history as a blueblood is too far in the mirror to say that it helps that program with anything anymore, they might as well be any other Midwestern football program.

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I'm mentioned this on the rant, and other UK fans think I'm nuts.

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I only think it's nuts because he has compared UK to Iowa (his Alma mater) for being patient with coaches. Most of the bigger jobs do not have patience, see: Nebraska, Auburn

He's safer at UK.
That said if he wants to win a championship he'll probably have to go elsewhere but some people don't seem to jump for bigger openings even taking that into account, see: Matt Campbell, Pat Fitzgerald(?), etc.

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Most of the bigger jobs do not have patience, see: Nebraska, Auburn

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Nebraska absolutely has patience, Frost had 4 losing seasons and they let him start a 5th.

Harsin had 1.5 bad seasons at Auburn and they canned him.

2.5 and was last in the SEC in recruiting at Auburn. A place where there is more talent 1 hour from campus than 99.9% of schools in the country. And no one wants the tard Stoops. Dude has the #2 QB on Mel's board and looks completely lost. Losing the USCe at this point in his tenure is grounds to be fired.

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At this point in his career, he should have his roster set to weather these type events.

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He should have starting level talent at 3rd string? no kid that good is gonna sit there
He had a decent backup and he bailed.

So, we got the short end of stick, it happens. Stoops is still the winningest coach in UK history and has given us multiple seasons that are our best since the 70s, so no I would not say he is wasting talent. Nor would I say he is mismanaging the roster

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I am glad you are happy. Please keep him.

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I hope we do. My point was is he's not as bad as you were making him out to be

Mark Stoops has as many 10 win seasons in his 9 years at Kentucky as the entire program did before he showed up

Mark Stoops had 4 straight winning seasons before the Covid seasons- that had happened twice since Kentucky joined the SEC

He’s a good coach. Acting otherwise is dumb.

I would like Stoops at AU, but if not, I hope he stays at KY. People don't give him enough credit for winning there. He is a solid coach who runs a solid program.

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