Step into his New Balances. You are 51 year old Kentucky Head Football Coach, Mark Stoops and your team, after 6 long years, doesn’t suck anymore. You’re a Stoops, coaching royalty, and you’re in the prime of your career and on the up and up with a great season (by Kentucky standards at least). How likely are you to stay at Kentucky longer than you have to?
Surely you owe the university some loyalty right? They didn’t fire you when you lost 10 games, or 7….or 7 again. And your best season up until now has been 1 game over .