and if he takes a step back, then he needs to dealt with. there is no way we should regress! our roster has basically no turnover!
OK, somebody defend this....
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I respect that I really do. I want it bad too, but my momma always instilled if it's good it's worth waiting for!
Look Stoops gives us no schematic advantage.. he doesn't seem like a great motivator
Best he can ever do is 6 wins @ UK
Best he can ever do is 6 wins @ UK
Yes it is a known fact that the SEC is down. But UK has been down longer and has proven to be progressing in the right direction. Even though most of the wins came against down teams. In the past UK would have found a way to give the games away.
i promise you, im not saying this to be a dick. we are all fed up with losing football for 30 years, our feelings are the same on that. but this program is getting better, that's clear as can be. after 30 years of mostly misery, if you cant see that and find some happiness in whats being built then you're likely never going to be happy. dont misunderstand, its not all cinnamon oatmeal. the florida game may have been a low point in my fandom. but when you look at the big picture, things are getting better. i feel bad that a long suffering fan such as yourself cant see that. have a happy sunday.
"In the past UK would have found a way to give games away" …ok, Otis last year, So Miss, GA this year.
Vandy this year, USC this year, MSU this year, Mizzou this year. all games we could have easily lost or laid down, but we won!
Yea I meant to put like GA this year. But point is we managed to pull out more than we have gave away. Its a step in turn right direction remember you have to crawl before you can walk.
If you are only going to be happy at 12-0, you need to move on. I don't know how old you are, but I am old. I'm seeing the only real progress in this program that I've seen since the early 70's. We are building a real SEC team from the bottom up, and that takes time, real time, not 3-4 years. I hope you finally give up and move on before we get there, because I don't want you to be the one my son turns to hug in the stands when we win a national championship.
I said it earlier man... I'm not gonna do that and cheer against my team. And I'm not trying to get out of it, I sincerely can't bet against my team and end up with a part of me wanting them to lose.
I will do this for yall that wanted the action. If we win more than 4 next year, I won't post on the FB board for an entire year. Y'all hate my posts, so I'm sure everyone will love that
I agree with you. Except the part about only progress since the 70s. There was progress made in the Brooks era. Brooks and company had this program headed in the right direction. Just to turnaround and have the Joker debacle.
The argument I would make and others who are watching more than the scoreboard, is 4 or 5 wins next year won't be a step back. Were extremely poor on fundamentals and Xs and Os, poorly coached, poorly motivated, and took advantage of the most down schedule well likely ever see in the SEC.
We wouldn't beat USCe today and Miss. St would be a tough win. Next year, those both swing to loses, candy and Mizzou are still probably wins. Next year.
AP would lose to the top 10-15 HS teams in the country.
Indeed. Honestly I don't think Stoops can ever win more than 8 but that's part of the process of building a program up. Before Stoops came here who would have seen that Kentucky could offer anything? Crap facilities, low tier stadium, fanbase that doesn't show up, terrible recruiting base, etc. Additionally, as "good" as Mitch Barnhart has been as an OVERALL AD he seems to only hire "classy" people. I don't think UK will ever see a coach that isn't classy in Mitch's eyes. We can complain about all of these factors but they are true and until MB leaves or retires we have to deal with what we have.
Stoops could pull a rabbit out of the hat as he continues to learn how to be a HC butb based off of what I have seen I'm thinking he won't be an elite coach but stranger things have happened. What I can say that I'm excited about: Stoops got the new facilities this program needed. Stoops got us to .500 in SEC play which in previous "down" years would never have happened. Stoops proved that you can recruit to a school like this. If he continues the streak of bowl games but cannot succeed past that then we hire a coach with real HC experience and swing for the fences once MB leaves/retires.
It's all about stepping stones and unless Jim Harbaugh walks through the door the whole "how can you all accept this losing mentality?" isn't going anywhere. Jim Harbaugh would laugh at a job like this. Bobby Petrino wanted the job but MB wouldn't interview due to his track record (and you can cry about it all you want but it's irrelevant)--and BP's current success is due to Lamar Jackson which would not have ended up at UK anyways. I can only hope that Stoops will not regress next year so that we can go to another bowl and continue to try and make this somewhat of a desirable place to coach and play at. If we do this, then we can have those 9, 10, or 11 win seasons.
No one in the country is any good. Are their any good teams in the NFL outside of the Patriots? I don't think you really understand. How many years have you been watching UK football? You do understand that Saban isn't coming here right? Stoops showed some progress this sason, he will be back next season, You may as well enjoy it and see what happens, or not, you can carry on being miserable, up to you.
I think the start to the game was Stoops giving the cry baby media and fans what they ask about all week; will so and so get playing time, will we get to see what Wright can do at QB, BLAA, BLAA, BLAA. Sometimes we just need to let the coaches coach!
again, you may be confusing change in results with change in ability. improved results can be because you improve or your competitors get worse, or some of both. you have an opinion on what it is. enjoy your opinion. leave facts to the experts
And you think it's fact that the team hasn't gotten better this year?
Haven't done Facebook in years, goofball. Any comment on your fellow Liberals needing cry rooms and crayons? LOL, what a bunch of clowns.
I think they are better at some things and not any better at others. but that's an opinion.
Went to Mizzou game...people$$$$$ there are totally pissed at the admin. for giving in to all the PC BS that went on there last year. That program is a mess right now. Great folks though, really nice to us... Watched Vandy-Miss game last night and they looked really good. Hope they can beat the filthy organs next week.
He already said that "anything" doesn't mean "anything." ;-)
PS - many on here need to learn how to respectfully debate because once you start throwing insults out there, you lose credibility of being mature enough to debate with good points. Nobody is going to listen to you and your side if you insult them... just sayin'....
Lastly, some on here are walking a fine line; not because of your opinion, but because of how you are expressing it. Clean it up, felas.
Just for the record, how do you see the schedule as being tougher next season, we are trading Bama for Ole Miss, Austin Peay for EKU and New Mexico St. for Eastern Michigan. We get UF, Ewe Tee, Mizzou, Ole Miss and UL at home. So I would say that schedule stacks up better than this years for a successful run in the conference again.