Hog Run

President Capilouto, Your statement yesterday was a day late, a dollar short, and filled with meaningless platitudes. Kentucky fans are tired of empty rhetoric. We will no longer accept mere bowl eligibility as the benchmark for success. Until the fan base and donor base collectively raise our expectations and refuse to celebrate mediocrity, this administration will continue to tolerate it. That cycle ends now. 1a. Hire a top market and proven GM! 1. Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart must be held fully accountable for negotiating and extending one of the worst coaching contracts in college football. Paying top-7 money to a consistently sub-.500 SEC coach for the remainder of his career (and beyond) was an indefensible decision that has already cost this program tens of millions of dollars in buyouts, lost revenue, and diminished donor confidence. 2. Any CEO or senior executive in the private sector who committed a blunder of this magnitude would be terminated. The same standard must apply here. Continued employment without consequence sends the message that incompetence at the highest levels of Kentucky Athletics is acceptable. It is not. 3. Allow the incoming Athletic Director (if one is actually coming) to make the next head-coaching hire without interference. Do not let Barnhart anywhere near the process. 4. Your repeated claims about Kroger Field being “one of the best environments in college football” and Kentucky being “positioned for success” ring hollow to anyone who has watched the product on the field for the past decade. The results, attendance trends, and donor fatigue prove the fan base no longer believes the talking points. 5. Kentucky remains embarrassingly behind on NIL strategy and infrastructure — coupled with an incompetent coach; another primary reason the roster eroded so quickly under the previous staff. Being reactive instead of proactive has already cost us a competitive edge we may never regain under current leadership. I have been a 15 Club member since its inception and have contributed to multiple NIL initiatives. Two years ago I stopped and will not resume-until this administration demonstrates competence, oversight, and real accountability at the top. My contributions are modest compared to major donors, but when thousands of supporters reach the same breaking point, the financial impact becomes material very quickly. We no longer demand that Kentucky is a basketball school only, (which is not even this at the moment) but in a state with no professional sports, football is our flagship opportunity to deliver consistent, competitive entertainment to the Commonwealth. The culture has shifted. Mediocrity is no longer tolerable, and fans will no longer fund it without pushback. We are willing to pay top dollar for elite performance. We are not willing to pay top dollar for zero accountability. Stop being last to the table on every major issue facing college athletics. The time for excuses is over!

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Cal made it to the SEC championship game in year two. Kentucky fans are absolutely SICK to their stomachs