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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-24-2012, 04:48 PM:

Here is the latest news on a new coach.

For the first time since he fired football coach Joker Phillips with two years left on his contract, Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart answered questions about what lies ahead for Kentucky football after UK lost 37-17 to Tennessee here Saturday.

“The goal is to continue to build on the foundation that Joker’s put in place … the young talent that we’ve got, the respect and the accountability that he’s gained in the locker room for the way we conduct our business,” said
Barnhart during a four-minute session with media members. “Those are the things that we want to build upon and we’ve been working at it, and we will work our way through that process … we’ll let you know when we get done.

“It is a good job. People are excited about the opportunity to coach in our league and to coach at the University of Kentucky, and we’ll continue to work at that. That’s sort of where we are. That’s about the update we have.”

Barnhart said no one has been offered the job and that he has no timetable for naming a replacement. He also would not reveal if he had anyone helping him with the search process.

“We don’t have a timetable. Like I said, we’ll respect the process and we’ll continue to work our way through it. And we’ve been working at it since we made the change a couple weeks ago,” Barnhart said. “The players have been great through the whole process. The coaching staff’s been wonderful through the process. Joker is class as class can be. He has been an amazing, amazing guy which hasn’t changed at all.

“He’s just exactly what he’d expect … he expects our players to conduct themselves in a certain way and he’s been an absolute example of how to do that. I respect him very, very much and on a day where we close our season down, that’s about where I’ll leave it with you today.

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