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posted 05-15-2016 10:48 AM
University of Kentucky women’s basketball coach Matthew Mitchell took additional measures Friday to try to pull his program out of what he termed “a state of confusion.”
Mitchell, who met with the media on April 27 to try to explain the upheaval in UK Hoops, tried a different approach Friday, when he posted a letter to fans on Twitter titled Matthew Mitchell: What I Have Learned.
Amid tremendous success on the court in recent seasons, including a 25-8 record in 2015-16, Mitchell’s Kentucky program has come unraveled off the floor by seven player departures and three assistant coaches leaving since the start of last season. Two top recruits also have pulled out in recent weeks.
Much as he did in his public comments in April, the UK coach placed the responsibility for the departures on his inability to hold together a coaching staff and communicate his vision. Mitchell has gone through eight assistants in the past three seasons.
Feeling the heat of speculation about what singular event might have led to such an unusual mass exodus, Mitchell sought to calm those fears in Friday’s letter.
“Our players, their parents, our staff and our administration are determined to make this program better than ever,” Mitchell wrote. “We will not give in to negativity. We will not be discouraged by rumors of some scandal that does not exist. We will stay laser-focused on building our roster for 2016-17, diligently planning and organizing for a great summer of growth and communicating all of the positive realities that exist at Kentucky. I have never been more determined to get our program to the top. We will get there!”
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