“It’s the way we’re wired I guess. What are you going to do next?” Stoops said shortly after the 2019 Kentucky football team took the field for the first time this spring.
“Don’t get me wrong, you’ve seen the postgame celebrations. Those are fun, but they’re short-lived,” he said. “I’m never going to take that for granted. I try to enjoy it, appreciate the coaches and players, I tell them that all the time, but then it’s what are we going to do next? How are we going to improve? That’s really where your attention needs to be.