Here's what I would have liked to hear Coach Stoops say in his interview right after the game:
"We are obviously a very flawed team in terms of football fundamentals. We can't tackle, we can't cover receivers, we can't pressure the QB, we can't get off blocks and are blocked too easily. We can't block, we can't pass with accuracy, we can't catch the football, we can't get open, we can't take care of the football.
Our schemes are too complex.
We don't play with any enthusiasm or sense of urgency. As players and coaches we are complacent and entitled. We are mentally and physically a weak football team.
We clearly wasted much of Fall camp on schemes and spent too little time on football fundamentals and conditioning."
[A LITTLE HONEST SELF-ASSESSMENT NEVER HURTS!!!!!]
"Starting tomorrow (Sunday) at 7:00 am that all changes. We will practice for 2 hours exclusively on blocking and tackling.
We will practice again at 11:00 am for 2 hours and focus on simplifying our schemes.
We will practice again at 3:00 pm for 2 hours focusing on conditioning. We will find out who really wants to play football at UK.
We will practice again at 7:00 pm for 2 hours focusing on the entire gamut of football fundamentals.
We will implement a curfew of 10:00 pm for the remainder of the season, with no exceptions, unless announced otherwise. We will issue each team member and each coach a football which they will be required to carry at all times, no exceptions and no excuses for players or coaches.
We will post a new depth chart on Monday based on our observations of Sunday's practices and have a light 2 hour practice to focus on perfecting our simplified schemes.
We will have a 3 hour scrimmage on Wednesday, 1s vs 1s, 2s vs 2s, 3s vs 3s, to see if we've accomplished anything and make any necessary revisions to the depth chart..
We will take Thursday off except for position meetings to review the results of the scrimmage and review the depth chart for Saturday.
We will install the game plan for Saturday's game on Friday.
This will be our modus operandi for the remainder of the season.
Those players and coaches who find this schedule or the curfew or the requirement to carry a football at all times as too burdensome or too harsh can clean out their lockers and find another place to play or coach. We will give such players and coaches their unconditional release."
"We are obviously a very flawed team in terms of football fundamentals. We can't tackle, we can't cover receivers, we can't pressure the QB, we can't get off blocks and are blocked too easily. We can't block, we can't pass with accuracy, we can't catch the football, we can't get open, we can't take care of the football.
Our schemes are too complex.
We don't play with any enthusiasm or sense of urgency. As players and coaches we are complacent and entitled. We are mentally and physically a weak football team.
We clearly wasted much of Fall camp on schemes and spent too little time on football fundamentals and conditioning."
[A LITTLE HONEST SELF-ASSESSMENT NEVER HURTS!!!!!]
"Starting tomorrow (Sunday) at 7:00 am that all changes. We will practice for 2 hours exclusively on blocking and tackling.
We will practice again at 11:00 am for 2 hours and focus on simplifying our schemes.
We will practice again at 3:00 pm for 2 hours focusing on conditioning. We will find out who really wants to play football at UK.
We will practice again at 7:00 pm for 2 hours focusing on the entire gamut of football fundamentals.
We will implement a curfew of 10:00 pm for the remainder of the season, with no exceptions, unless announced otherwise. We will issue each team member and each coach a football which they will be required to carry at all times, no exceptions and no excuses for players or coaches.
We will post a new depth chart on Monday based on our observations of Sunday's practices and have a light 2 hour practice to focus on perfecting our simplified schemes.
We will have a 3 hour scrimmage on Wednesday, 1s vs 1s, 2s vs 2s, 3s vs 3s, to see if we've accomplished anything and make any necessary revisions to the depth chart..
We will take Thursday off except for position meetings to review the results of the scrimmage and review the depth chart for Saturday.
We will install the game plan for Saturday's game on Friday.
This will be our modus operandi for the remainder of the season.
Those players and coaches who find this schedule or the curfew or the requirement to carry a football at all times as too burdensome or too harsh can clean out their lockers and find another place to play or coach. We will give such players and coaches their unconditional release."
