Mike Stoops

[Matt Dillon]

I saw some speculation, on Twitter, that coach Stoops may be bringing brother Mike on board to replace coach Hood. If true, I'm not so sure this is a good idea.

[UK39]

I'm not sure if he was involved with recruiting at Bama but I'm not a fan of this hire. I would have preferred Gasparato who just went from Appy St. to Army.

[Old School]

I don’t care which of his brothers it is, it’s a bad idea. Nepotism causes problems, period. If he’s such a good coach, he’d have a job he wanted elsewhere right now. I hope UK doesn’t indulge the same sort of foolishness that was part of the recent disaster at UL. No one at any public institution of any sort ought to have any relative anywhere in their chain of command, period. Doing otherwise invites problems with fairness, objectivity, bias, etc., and guarantees issues with how non-relatives are treated vs. relatives.

I will be severely disappointed in the university and head coach if this comes to pass. And I think it is more likely than not that difficult and ugly problems will result at some point.

[Los Gatos]

I saw some speculation, on Twitter, that coach Stoops may be bringing brother Mike on board to replace coach Hood. If true, I'm not so sure this is a good idea.

I think it is a very bad idea. Would think the same if he wanted to bring in his brother Bob.

[Uncle Dave]

I agree with the esteemed posters above. The ONLY positive is if White gets poached Mike could be a convenient replacement. Still don't like the sound of it.

[Matt Dillon]

I agree with the esteemed posters above. The ONLY positive is if White gets poached Mike could be a convenient replacement. Still don't like the sound of it.

To be quite honest, I don't believe he would be the person to replace coach White, or any of UK's coaches for that matter.

[Spiritof96]

Who cares?

He was fine when he worked for Bob.

[Matt Dillon]

I agree with the others who have a problem with this. In my opinion, it's asking for trouble.

[SBCatMan]

Add my name to the list of those who hopes this does not happen. Nepotism is one obvious reason. The fact that he has a terrible track record is another. I do not like this at all.

[Bourbonman]

I say hire the most qualified individual for the job that can work within the framework of the team. I don’t care about the sex, race, family relationships, etc, etc. If the hiring manager in charge is competent and and is willing to manage the dynamics brought with any hire, then let that person do their job. Putting barriers up may limit the potential.

[Los Gatos]

I say hire the most qualified individual for the job that can work within the framework of the team. I don’t care about the sex, race, family relationships, etc, etc. If the hiring manager in charge is competent and and is willing to manage the dynamics brought with any hire, then let that person do their job. Putting barriers up may limit the potential.

Ah, but the problem does not arise if the relative is competent.

[Spiritof96]

Just win baby...

[Lighthouse]

If Bob is hired and he makes one mistake and CS stands up for his Coach, which he has done before. The fact that this coach is his brother could cause a riff among fans even if CS was right.

[Spiritof96]

If Bob is hired and he makes one mistake and CS stands up for his Coach, which he has done before. The fact that this coach is his brother could cause a riff among fans even if CS was right.

That's a fan problem. I don't disagree that such a thing might happen. Stoops needs to do what is best for him and by extension the program.

[Matt Dillon]

I'm more concerned that it might cause discord among the coaching staff rather than the fan base.