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JHB4UK

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He fired Eddie, & Eddie did his best to try and get another OC job. When that never worked out Stoops was glad to bring him back for off the field role.
 
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trueblujr

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screwduke1 said:
I dont think Stoops took offense as seriously as he did the defense. The hiring of Coen shows that hes changed in that regard though thankfully.
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Well up until the past three or 4 years our defense wasn’t elite enough to merit having a quick strike offense. We needed a heavy dose of ground and pound from the offense and Long sustained drives to keep the defense rested.
Now we have an elite, top 20 level defense with some depth. We can now open things up and have reasonable expectations that the defense will be steadfast to the point of bailing the offense out when they falter.
 
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Snarks

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Father Torque said:
Eddie drastically changed his entire offensive scheme in the middle of the season and ran the new one successfully. I don't know that I've ever seen a better job by an offensive coordinator ever. Course it also helped that you couldn't tackle Bowden in a phone booth.

Eddie got stuck with a run heavy offense because of the Drew Barker injury and some really bad luck recruiting QBs, but I still say he's one of the better OC's UK has ever had.
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Is that you Eddie?

Gran was one of the most uncreative OCs I’ve ever seen.
 
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Cefiro said:
Is that you Eddie?

Gran was one of the most uncreative OCs I’ve ever seen.
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Nothing I say is going to convince you, but I watched Drew Barker throw for 323 yards and four TDs in a half before he broke his back and I saw Lynn Bowden run the option to perfection and they were both coached by the same guy.
 
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Grumpyolddawg

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jeffries123 said:
Eddie is as good a run game coordinator as there is. Due to whatever reasons his passing game just couldn’t take off here. What’s crazy is Cincinnati threw it all over the place with him at the helm.
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To be fair where was the QB for him to throw it all over the field? He never had anyone like WL, his QBs were not good passers, he adjusted to his strengths. Now he may be the reason a good passer didn't come to UK, but he was very good at adapting to the strength of his players.
 
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Grumpyolddawg said:
To be fair where was the QB for him to throw it all over the field? He never had anyone like WL, his QBs were not good passers, he adjusted to his strengths. Now he may be the reason a good passer didn't come to UK, but he was very good at adapting to the strength of his players.
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I agree 100% When he was let go his WR and QB room was not up to par. I think a lot of that can be attributed to how he played to his strengths. The run game was his bread and butter and gave us the best chance to win. Other teams used that against us in recruiting.
 
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drbubba

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Whenever Lynn Bowden's football career ends, he should try acting. He could co-star with Kevin Hart and the Rock. He could play bad cop with Duane Johmson as good cop and Kevim Hart in the middle. Film titled Aw, hell naw!
 
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