I just don’t see the draw when he’s already having succes in the sec at a school he built from the bottom. I don’t think he has hit his peek yet.
It is almost certain that he has. Part of that is the simple reality of his recruiting situation. He has two traditional powers to the north and the whole SEC to the south. Just not a good situation to be in. The second and worse problem in that respect is that you had to know that UT, UF, and UGA weren't going to stay down forever. They pour too much into their programs. Those three programs being healthy doesn't leave much room for UK to truly contend for the East. That might be a bitter pill but unless UK fans suddenly support the kinds of investments being made by these other programs... he's not only hit his peak... he's headed for a descent.
This is literally the first year he has had more than one skill guy that they can go to on any play.
No it isn't. In fact he had more last year. Ali and Robinson at WR. Rodriguez and crew at RB. The OL was light years ahead. The fairly lofty expectations for Levis were based on what he did with the guys around him last year. Last year was the best UK team I have seen in my life time. This year's team cannot run the ball. It doesn't protect the QB well. The D is neither as talented or as effective. That's not to say they are a terrible team... but they aren't as good as they were last year.
He’s just now getting better recruits. Is that not obvious to see?
Well. No. Is he recruiting "better"? Marginally. But he isn't going to get the talent year in, year out to build a championship roster unless he's incredible at finding 3* gems. He's been great at developing players. He has built good teams around a few exceptional players. But a "great" year for UK in recruiting is when they rank in the top half of the SEC. The 2022 class was an anomaly. UK finished 5th in the SEC and had their first top 25 class in a long time. But typically they finish in the bottom 3rd. This year they would almost have to finish with all 4* players to climb into the top half of the SEC. That's highly unlikely. The On3 and 247 composites both have UK with 3 4*, 11 3*, and no 5*. If you were in the ACC or Big 10 then that's a pretty solid class. In the SEC... it puts you 10th or lower.
How is pointing out the realistic difficulties of UK's football program "hate"? A few years ago Mizzou won the East a couple of times. I live in MO and tried to warn their fans that their "success" was more the failure of UF, UGA, and UT all at once.... an extreme anomaly. UK would need the same thing to win the East. It seems to be heading in the other direction now for UT and UGA and maybe UF.
or saying Tennessee owns them from history but without bias and just purely football Stoops has done an amazing job in every aspect.
Stoops has done a very, very good job. There is a ceiling on UK in football due to recruiting and commitment.
Kentucky is a tough team In the sec. I just don’t see goin to Wisconsin or somewhere like that exciting for Stoops at all.
At Wisconsin, he could take teams similar to the ones he's produced at UK and win his division almost every year. They're divided into East and West. The West is weak and ripe for the picking. Roll through that division then you get into the playoffs with one loss even if you lose a competitive championship game vs OSU/Mich/PSU.
Go to a program with a decent winning history and risk not living up to expectations or stay at program that was literally the worst in the sec and have them competing towards the top of the sec every year.
Their not competing "towards the top" and their prospects are even worse in the coming years. That's not "hate". That's reality. Wisconsin has a good history AND he has the talent to get them back to where they expect to be. That's just one. What could he do with the talent available within a 3 hour drive of Maryland or Va Tech? UCLA? How about a Texas school? He could absolutely take a group of 5 program in Florida and make the expanded playoff routinely if he chose to do that.
I just don’t see why anyone would want to leave.
Personally, he may not. No one here can speak to what motivates him in that regard. Coaching wise, he's a capable coach who has better opportunities to win games and championships elsewhere.
Then like most of y’all on here y’all don’t think he is a good coach so who in the sec would snatch him up that is above Kentucky or level. I don’t see Tennessee auburn a&m ole miss Georgia Bama lsu Florida ms st paying stoops a boat load of money to leave Kentucky
I think he's a very good coach in limited situation. I am frankly surprised he wasn't more of a candidate for UT and some of the others. A&M isn't going to buy a mule even though their show horse can't pull a plow. If Stoops keeps beating UF... don't be surprised if they come calling. Honestly, his coaching ability with all that Florida talent would be scary.
