Folks, where to begin? The transfer portal officially closed for new entrants at midnight, but somehow, Mark Pope‘s roster build isn’t even the top story from around the world of Kentucky after a wild Tuesday.
To be candid for a moment, my wife isn’t the most plugged-in person when it comes to news in the local sports world. It’s kind of nice to be able to inform her of the chaos in my world from time to time. She serves as a barometer for news. If she’s heard about it, it’s a big deal. Yesterday’s statement from Andy Beshear hit Mrs. Roush’s newswire because holy moly, this is not something you see every day. The full statement:
“I am losing confidence and growing increasingly concerned with the management and decision-making at the University of Kentucky,” Governor Beshear’s statement says. “My concerns include the creation of a new $1 million job that has no defined duties and the announcement that the new dean of law was the only candidate not recommended by law school faculty. I’ve been told that, despite previously saying that the dean must be approved by UK’s Board of Trustees, the university has shifted and now states that approval is not needed. I worry that these actions are related to certain donors pushing partisan and undue outside influence onto the university. I hope students, faculty, trustees and the community attend this week’s board meetings and ask the tough questions that should be answered.”…