Just rewatched the game.....some thoughts.

[BlueRaider22]

-We left them too much hope. You have got to make plays when you have opportunity. If you don't then your opponent will have hope. You must crush all hope. A routine punt should not be blocked. McClain has to make that INT. Barker has to learn to throw it away or take the sack.....don't risk fumble. If you're a coach you have to remain aggressive until all hope has been drained.

-the fans were not much help. I'm currently watching Texas/ND. Texas blew a 17 pt lead. And even though ND had jumped ahead the Texas crowd was going bananas. They were so loud it caught my attention.....so I went back to my DVR to watch the UK crowd in the game......crickets.

Now I certainly can understand the defeatist attitudes from the decades of losing football but believe it or not the players can draw energy from the crowd.....or get it sapped from them. Just as the crowd can draw from the team.

-Barker got rattled after the fumble. Afterwards he was slow on some reads. Through the ball short inside on the INT. On a 3rd/long USM sent a full out blitz....Barker just tucked into a ball and took the sack.....had he had the confidence he did in the first half he would've bought 1-2 more seconds with his legs and dumped it off to Boom. He started to flip balls to guys instead of squaring up to throw.

Now, certainly he doesn't have much experience.....nor did the OL do any favors....but I'll be interested to see how he bounces back. Will it carry over to Florida?

-This game is on the coaches. You have a superior team. You have a nice lead. Blowing this game is on the coaches. No points scored at all in the 2nd half. And defensive adjustment?

 

[LadyCaytIL]

wow. I'd rather cut my toe off than rewatch that game. Its less painful

 

[JC CATS]

I could rewatch 1st half but i have to go with St Louis here

 

[Woodrow24]

-We left them too much hope. You have got to make plays when you have opportunity. If you don't then your opponent will have hope. You must crush all hope. A routine punt should not be blocked. McClain has to make that INT. Barker has to learn to throw it away or take the sack.....don't risk fumble. If you're a coach you have to remain aggressive until all hope has been drained.

-the fans were not much help. I'm currently watching Texas/ND. Texas blew a 17 pt lead. And even though ND had jumped ahead the Texas crowd was going bananas. They were so loud it caught my attention.....so I went back to my DVR to watch the UK crowd in the game......crickets.

Now I certainly can understand the defeatist attitudes from the decades of losing football but believe it or not the players can draw energy from the crowd.....or get it sapped from them. Just as the crowd can draw from the team.

-Barker got rattled after the fumble. Afterwards he was slow on some reads. Through the ball short inside on the INT. On a 3rd/long USM sent a full out blitz....Barker just tucked into a ball and took the sack.....had he had the confidence he did in the first half he would've bought 1-2 more seconds with his legs and dumped it off to Boom. He started to flip balls to guys instead of squaring up to throw.

Now, certainly he doesn't have much experience.....nor did the OL do any favors....but I'll be interested to see how he bounces back. Will it carry over to Florida?

-This game is on the coaches. You have a superior team. You have a nice lead. Blowing this game is on the coaches. No points scored at all in the 2nd half. And defensive adjustment?

Something I seen during the game that I didn't like was that I thought that Love was slow reacting to the football at times. I would have given Kash a chance to see what he could do.

 

[STUCKNBIG10]

Barker is way too slow in all aspects of his game. At KY, you don't have the luxury of sitting behind a wall of 5-star offensive linemen like you would at a place like Alabama. This is one reason why I favored Towles over Barker last year. Barker would win the flag football game, but Towles could make plays with his legs and that's necessary at UK.

 

[uSmBacker]

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-This game is on the coaches. You have a superior team. You have a nice lead. Blowing this game is on the coaches. No points scored at all in the 2nd half. And defensive adjustment?

Geez fella. Your "superior team"??

 

[LadyCaytIL]

Geez fella. Your "superior team"??

he meant in talent. and Yes UK is superior in high school rankings
Yes you beat us like a drum now eff off prick

 

[BlueRaider22]

Something I seen during the game that I didn't like was that I thought that Love was slow reacting to the football at times. I would have given Kash a chance to see what he could do.

Agreed. We had issues along much of the front 7. Sometimes the DL would do a good job but the LBs would blow it. Sometimes it was the other way around. And sometimes it was both. I do think that many of these will get better.....but will they do it in time to save the season?

 

[carolinacat]

Blue Raider, good post...agree with most everything you pointed out, with the exception of UK having a "superior team." USM was a tough opponent who could upset other teams in the SEC...they were on par with us talent wise and better on the D Line.

This was a perfect storm of blown opportunities.

 

[BigBlueTuckian]

Barker needs to learn to handle both success and failure. He has the talent. Does he have the IT factor between the ears though?

 

[crazyqx83_rivals88013]

Geez fella. Your "superior team"??

Leave. Our inept coach reversed what was working and squandered away a game we should have embarrassed you all.

ANY other coach in thr country and we win the game 56-17.

 

[BlueRaider22]

Blue Raider, good post...agree with most everything you pointed out, with the exception of UK having a "superior team." USM was a tough opponent who could upset other teams in the SEC...they were on par with us talent wise and better on the D Line.

This was a perfect storm of blown opportunities.

Don't get me wrong, USM is no cupcake. But as Wildcat-in-STL mentioned we have superior talent at almost every position. And you could see the difference when we were up 35-10. If we would've displayed a killer instinct and stepped on their throat the game would've been won 63-20.

 

[Mr Schwump]

Blue Raider, good post...agree with most everything you pointed out, with the exception of UK having a "superior team." USM was a tough opponent who could upset other teams in the SEC...they were on par with us talent wise and better on the D Line.

This was a perfect storm of blown opportunities.

Agree with your "perfect storm of blown opportunities." Unfortunately that's happening far too often.

 

[Adolph Rollingover]

https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578144133980160
https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578113070985216
https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578017155620865

 

[Mr Schwump]

https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578144133980160
https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578113070985216
https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578017155620865

Was Walker's first real playing time, hope he learns. One thing for sure...he'll be seeing enough of it in coming weeks.

Was that Meadows who couldn't block his man in the 5 in the box thing?

Thanks for this.

 

[K_TIME]

https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578144133980160
https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578113070985216
https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578017155620865

THis guys is the best at showing what UK coaching and player breakdowns are!

1. Gran is going to run a ton of rub routes at UK and if Barker's accuracy and decision making are as keen as they were in HS when he got so highly rated...UK will be tough to deal with in short passing game.
2. UK's is so bad fundamentally on defensive front 7...it's almost a lost cause with Elliot...the run play in these clips were the same play over and over again. Our OLB cna't set an edge or react for squat.

 

[Soupbean]

Barker is way too slow in all aspects of his game. At KY, you don't have the luxury of sitting behind a wall of 5-star offensive linemen like you would at a place like Alabama. This is one reason why I favored Towles over Barker last year. Barker would win the flag football game, but Towles could make plays with his legs and that's necessary at UK.

Wow. The guy played maybe a perfect first half and used his feet and timely reaction to make a lot of those plays. Was commenting on how impressed I was that he not only used his feet to buy time but regrouped with poise to find receivers. Barker got a little rattled in the second half but had few chances to get his rhythm back, but he WAS NOT the reason we got beat. Again go back and look at the first half tape, the kid literally made no bad throws or plays. That is a positive going forward.

 

[BlueRaider22]

Agree with your "perfect storm of blown opportunities." Unfortunately that's happening far too often.

Agreed. It's like the coaches and subsequently the players lack the killer instinct. Instead of the opening monologue in Patton mindset...."we're gonna attack all day, attack all night, attack tomorrow morning. We're gonna use their entrails to grease our tanks. If we are not victorious let no man come back alive...." ....its "hey, we're up 35-10 approaching halftime. Let's run the clock down and let off the gas."

 

[Mr Schwump]

Agreed. It's like the coaches and subsequently the players lack the killer instinct. Instead of the opening monologue in Patton mindset...."we're gonna attack all day, attack all night, attack tomorrow morning. We're gonna use their entrails to grease our tanks. If we are not victorious let no man come back alive...." ....its "hey, we're up 35-10 approaching halftime. Let's run the clock down and let off the gas."

Saw Patton not long ago, that opening speech made me want to reenlist. Alas, they have no need for a 70 year old.

 

[wildcatindc]

-We left them too much hope. You have got to make plays when you have opportunity. If you don't then your opponent will have hope. You must crush all hope. A routine punt should not be blocked. McClain has to make that INT. Barker has to learn to throw it away or take the sack.....don't risk fumble. If you're a coach you have to remain aggressive until all hope has been drained.

-the fans were not much help. I'm currently watching Texas/ND. Texas blew a 17 pt lead. And even though ND had jumped ahead the Texas crowd was going bananas. They were so loud it caught my attention.....so I went back to my DVR to watch the UK crowd in the game......crickets.

Now I certainly can understand the defeatist attitudes from the decades of losing football but believe it or not the players can draw energy from the crowd.....or get it sapped from them. Just as the crowd can draw from the team.

-Barker got rattled after the fumble. Afterwards he was slow on some reads. Through the ball short inside on the INT. On a 3rd/long USM sent a full out blitz....Barker just tucked into a ball and took the sack.....had he had the confidence he did in the first half he would've bought 1-2 more seconds with his legs and dumped it off to Boom. He started to flip balls to guys instead of squaring up to throw.

Now, certainly he doesn't have much experience.....nor did the OL do any favors....but I'll be interested to see how he bounces back. Will it carry over to Florida?

-This game is on the coaches. You have a superior team. You have a nice lead. Blowing this game is on the coaches. No points scored at all in the 2nd half. And defensive adjustment?

Are you really comparing the crowd at Texas Notre Dame to UK USM? Really? Texas was playing toe to toe with a top 10 team plus they average over 90k fans a year and have an unparalleled tradition compared to UK. UK was losing to an inferior CUSA opponent. No comparison.

 

[Intern]

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-the fans were not much help. I'm currently watching Texas/ND. Texas blew a 17 pt lead. And even though ND had jumped ahead the Texas crowd was going bananas. They were so loud it caught my attention.....so I went back to my DVR to watch the UK crowd in the game......crickets.

You mean the tradition-rich, football-crazy fans at UT were louder during the primetime showdown with an iconic, top 10 opponent than the fans of a perennial doormat watching its exiled OC systematically rip apart the school that's still paying him that also just doubled-down on "program changing" facilities/braintrust and increased ticket prices? Huh.

 

[law1127]

I've finally come to terms with recruiting rankings for football are not the only requisite for success . Instead it's coaching , schemes, and the toughness ,junkyard mentality that will tilt the field in the less talented teams,i.e. , Wisconsin ,Somiss, Boise st. Our players are not coached up in toughness ,either physically or mentally . Dancing on the sidelines while we get our asses handed to us in the second half. Maybe they need to switch from football to music majors!

 

[TBCat]

https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578144133980160
https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578113070985216
https://twitter.com/greenwelltodd/status/772578017155620865

What the hell was going on with that running play of ours. I didn't even notice that live because I was too busy cursing. It looked like the run was going to the wrong hole. If Jo Jo wen off left guard instead of right guard he might have scored. Nobody blocked the bottom DE. The right tackle tried to block down on the DT, he of course wiffed which he and Myers did most of the night. That gave USM the numbers advantage on that side of the LOS. We had the edge on the left side but it looks like Jo Jo wasn't running through that hole.

This to me looks like we still aren't on the same page. That and our right side of the line needs a severe upgrade.

 

[Adolph Rollingover]

What the hell was going on with that running play of ours. I didn't even notice that live because I was too busy cursing. It looked like the run was going to the wrong hole. If Jo Jo wen off left guard instead of right guard he might have scored. Nobody blocked the bottom DE. The right tackle tried to block down on the DT, he of course wiffed which he and Myers did most of the night. That gave USM the numbers advantage on that side of the LOS. We had the edge on the left side but it looks like Jo Jo wasn't running through that hole.

This to me looks like we still aren't on the same page. That and our right side of the line needs a severe upgrade.

Its an inside zone read with a predetermined give to the RB. So, in essence we have 5 to block 4 and still get tackled for a loss. USM was able to do this most of the game. If a D can defend the run box with 5, it is going to be a tough night for the O.
The running back will press to the line of scrimmage forcing the linebackers to commit to their run fit, he then "one cut bang, bend or bounce depending on his read"

 

[ukalum1988]

Agreed. It's like the coaches and subsequently the players lack the killer instinct. Instead of the opening monologue in Patton mindset...."we're gonna attack all day, attack all night, attack tomorrow morning. We're gonna use their entrails to grease our tanks. If we are not victorious let no man come back alive...." ....its "hey, we're up 35-10 approaching halftime. Let's run the clock down and let off the gas."

"Sir, sometimes the men don't when you're acting and when you're not."

"It's not important for them to know-it's only important for me to know!"

 

[JW PRPcoach]

Jo Jo isn't this type of runner IMO
Boom is a great fit for this style, hopefully Snell can complement Boom.

 

[Adolph Rollingover]

Jo Jo isn't this type of runner IMO
Boom is a great fit for this style, hopefully Snell can complement Boom.

I agree. Good RB but not a good zone running back.

 

[KY1WING]

Agreed. It's like the coaches and subsequently the players lack the killer instinct. Instead of the opening monologue in Patton mindset...."we're gonna attack all day, attack all night, attack tomorrow morning. We're gonna use their entrails to grease our tanks. If we are not victorious let no man come back alive...." ....its "hey, we're up 35-10 approaching halftime. Let's run the clock down and let off the gas."

No it's more like Dory in "Finding Nemo"

"Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming."

"Just work harder. Just work harder."

 

[TTU/UK fan]

Lets clear one thing up. Texas was playing #10 ND for an upset. Uk was playing a sunbelt team they should beat. The crowd had every right to be shocked and mad. Blaming the crowd is hilarious. We are going to play in hostile enviornments like the Swamp but you want to bring up the crowd for not helping them beat a Sun Belt team at home. No just no. In year 4 we should be beating Sub Belt teams without a crowd.

 

[BlueRaider22]

Lets clear one thing up. Texas was playing #10 ND for an upset. Uk was playing a sunbelt team they should beat. The crowd had every right to be shocked and mad. Blaming the crowd is hilarious. We are going to play in hostile enviornments like the Swamp but you want to bring up the crowd for not helping them beat a Sun Belt team at home. No just no. In year 4 we should be beating Sub Belt teams without a crowd.

I'm not blaming the crowd. There is 100 reasons why we lost. I highlighted a few aspects that haven't been brought up a lot in other conversations. One is the crowd.

Texas was up 17 pts....and then let ND take the lead. The crowd never waivered. We were up on USM.....then allowed them to take the lead. The crowd waivered. There is a comparison to be made there.

And, yes, we should be beating CUSA teams w/o a crowd.

 

[ClockCalamity]

Barker needs to learn to handle both success and failure. He has the talent. Does he have the IT factor between the ears though?

Very Towles-esque... He's more accurate than Towles, but possibly just as weak minded. Time will tell, but it sure appeared that way in game one.