Meanwhile, Missouri won the sec east twice with an 11 and 12 win season, then won another ny6 bowl then followed it up with a 10 win season with a completely different coach. Missouri isnt a hotbed of talent. The sec school that no one accepts as an sec school.
And yet no one at Mizzou is discrediting any of that success. So weird that they aren't tearing up the record books and calling those years "a fluke."
Why, in football terms, do you think they had initial success in the SEC?
I dont expect uk football to be elite,
Thats very gracious. Do you accept that we won 10 games in 2 different seasons under this coach? Just curious.
but in over a decade Stoops is still having trouble getting the correct number of players on the field, etc.
Yes. Discipline has been our weakness. We also lose key players to discipline issues almost every single year. Not to mention our backing into halftime and squandering opportunities that wind up making games close when they shouldn't be. Playing not to lose has cost us.
We have lost infinite (lol) games by complete nonsense that were winnable.
Not according to most of the negs. That's what is hilarious. They talk **** about the team all off season. Say to everyone that will listen that we're not going to win an SEC game. Then they whine when we're competitive but lose. There's no other place like this.
It would be one thing to lose to Ole miss on some shootout play...but its not acceptable going into half with the worst managed minute I've ever seen, the lack of discipline, blowing 3 timeouts...then a qb keeper on 3rd and 9 in the 2nd half.
There are ZERO acceptable losses. None. I don't care if we lose by 70 or by 1. They are all losses. They all suck.
Are there worse ways to lose? Sure.
It's pretty clear that Stoops is NEVER going to learn how to manage the clock. It's pretty clear he doesn't understand that HIS lack OF DISCIPLINE is affecting the teams lack of discipline. It's pretty clear that he is easily sold when it comes to OCs. Other than the running game, he has no idea what is going on or needs to on that side of the ball.
Hamdan was NOT the choice to make, but may have been the only option. This IS NOT a destination job for OCs. That's why so many coaches (particularly OCs) laugh when they talk about the UK job.
Either Stoops is too stubborn to fix or too lazy to fix the issues that have plagued his time as HC. Don't know which. Maybe he's just tired of being here. Again, I don't know. But if he fixed those issues, the formula for balanced offense with the BBWall, and a dual threat QB would've worked. He's just never been disciplined enough to stick with what was working.
It sucks, but I would rather he had fixed them than go the direction we have, which on offense is BACKWARDS in terms of the SEC. Now other teams are doing what worked for us, but doing it better than we did.
