Kentucky Wildcats high on Jayson Tatum’s list

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The internet has apparently named a front-runner for the vacant Kentucky Wildcats vacant offensive coordinator position. And that seems to be Miami Hurricanes coordinator James Coley. Remember that Coley, who coached with Mark Stoops at FSU, was very close to coming with Stoops to Kentucky. And apparently that has the rumor mill buzzing.\

Apparently, that is just a rumor as no job offers have gone out, at least publicly.

I would not expect any offers to be out right now for the Kentucky Wildcats position.  We should see more of a movement towards that by the end of the week.  Mark Stoops has a big decision to make moving forward:  To Air Raid or Not to Air Raid?  

"Moving forward, Stoops has some big questions to answer. Will UK stay in the “Air Raid” school for a new coordinator? Would more of a pro-style attack better fit the skills of incumbent Kentucky quarterback Patrick Towles? The advantages of staying with a pass-oriented spread system are obvious. UK and Stoops are deep into their third year spent recruiting for that system. If Stoops plans to keep his remaining offensive assistants on staff, all except tight ends coach Vince Marrow are “Air Raid” guys. Yet there are some arguments for Kentucky going to a more of a conventional attack. In his first year as Kentucky’s starting QB, Towles had a better year statistically (see accompanying box) than either Andre’ Woodson (2005) or Mike Hartline (2008) had in their redshirt sophomore seasons as first-time starters. Those two went on to become a good quarterback (Hartline) and a very good QB (Woodson) at UK."