Realistic Look at Coaching Options
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Good guy or not (there's mixed reviews about how great of a guy he is and ppl I respect say he's a d!ck), no one truly cares about our rifle, badminton or cheer-leading trophies. Sure, they are a nice cherry on the top but ONLY if the revenue sports are doing well.
FB has been a trainwreck under father Mitch and it would have gotten him fired at any other SEC school that took FB seriously. His entire tenure has been one big FB clusterf#$k with a single decent run under Brooks. In typical Barney fashion, he fumbled that momentum away with a knee-jerk CIW title given to Joker and practically ran Brooks out of town by promising upgrades and not delivering.
He had a chance to show he was serious about winning and just like his handling of the Calipari situation when Tubby left, he was more worried about what his church buddies would think than hire the homerun, slamdunk coach.
The good news is that Louisville winning like they are, with a coach we could have easily had, while Stoop is pooping the bed, has put immense pressure on Brainfart. He knows that he has to fire Stoops if it doesn't turn around this year (something at the begging of the year he thought was not a worry) and that he has to make a big splash or his job becomes unbearable.
So maybe he'll do the right thing if Stoops is canned and move out of the way to let people who know FB hire the best coach available, regardless of warts.
What I watt is for Stoops to succeed. The only real hire would be Briles. should he move om, if we are serious about football.
If all the dancing around him about moral, etc. were true, about Briles, then he would be on the receiving end of a rainfall of civil suits, He is not.
His critics are the same ones salivating over the false rumors about Stoops.
If all the dancing around him about moral, etc. were true, about Briles, then he would be on the receiving end of a rainfall of civil suits, He is not.
His critics are the same ones salivating over the false rumors about Stoops.
Stoops will be here and he needs time. It's like a football player when they start out in 3rd grade and eventually grow into that stud in high school. Be patient and positive.
What gives you that impression?
Most of the stud high school football players were the the ones who were considerably faster and were much better catching and throwing than their peer group when they were younger (like say 3rd grade).
No...Leach..Brown..Briles..Brohm in that order
Just want to see Coach Stoops succeed, and frankly, as much as I've resented the Coach Brooks run off and Joker Phillips fiasco, if Coach Stoops does succeed, I am happy with Mitch. I'm ready to give the both of them at least through the end of 2017 to prove out.
In Barney's eyes, Briles is Lucifer and I am sure he can line up a few on the BOT to nod their heads in agreement. We have very little real chance of fixing this mess.
The root of the problem, for football, is the administration that seems content to let things run themselves. They tolerate Barney for some unknown reason. Probably they just don't care or know what to do.
Boards are generally inefficient secondary to the loudest voice usually prevailing. They are more concerned withe the supposed prestige of the position that they don't want to rock the boat by proposing anything innovative or non pc.
Successful in their businesses but ineffectual when put in the same board room together.
Barney is like Johnson Grass that they allow to grow and eventually destroys the lawn.
Boards are generally inefficient secondary to the loudest voice usually prevailing. They are more concerned withe the supposed prestige of the position that they don't want to rock the boat by proposing anything innovative or non pc.
Successful in their businesses but ineffectual when put in the same board room together.
Barney is like Johnson Grass that they allow to grow and eventually destroys the lawn.
We could go 7-5 this year (no, i'm not predicting it, just making a point) and folks on here would still be calling for Stoops' and MB's heads. I question if some even get enjoyment out of watching the Cats play or if they only watch to find something else to ***** about.
You are being way to dramatic here, with all due respect. I 'm one of many on here who thinks MS is in over his head, but if this team goes 7-5 then MS has earned his keep for next year for sure. Now, lets just hope that MB dosen't go and make another crazy deal. A lot of season left to be played and a great opportunity for this team and let's just hope they can take advantage of it, but under MS this been the case before and haven't gotten it done...GO CATS! !
You deserve a medal. Good for you.
Everyone give this man a round of applause. We're gonna get this done the right way, one way or another. Louisville is a laughing stock. Just check the rankings.
Potentially, but we still have a multi-page thread debating who we should hire after Stoops has completely turned the defense around and the team is legitimately looking better. It's not that far of a stretch to imaging my scenario playing out.
Oh, it is clear from some comments that certain people have no intention of letting up, no matter the results and evidence to the contrary, barring a run to the SEC title game... and some would then let any ensuing rout at the hands of the Tide stoke their fire again.
Many "casual" fans are more invested in a coaching search than they are in seeing improvement in the program. It's more exciting to them than football (the game) is, and distracts them until their chosen "real sport" begins...
Jesus christ this is dumb. Point to me the number of seasons where we went 7-5 and people still wanted to fire the coach. Seriously just point to one of them. It's far more likely the reverse being true. There are some on this board that will be just fine with Stoops even if he never wins a game. Those are the ones that are killing this program.
Thank you for getting my point. I was in no way saying that this squad is going 7-5. I was pointing it that for some on here it won't matter what this team does, they will ***** and moan and want MS/MB gone (at least based on how people continue to complain). People can deny it, but there are people in this thread/on this forum that will not be happy as long as MS/MB are around.
Based on how people continue to call for other coaches/to fire MB despite us going 3-1 and winning a couple conference games (even if they were ugly), I can easily see people still wanting MS/MB gone if the team somehow finished 7-5.
No, I wasn't saying we would go 7-5. And yes, I'm fully aware how often that happens. Can you please construe how what I said meant that I would be fine with Stoops if he never won another game?
I'll give you a hint. You can't.
"There are some on this board that will be just fine with Stoops even if he never wins a game." WRONG
"Those are the ones that are killing this program." WRONG AGAIN
But you are right about one thing......"Jesus christ this is dumb"..........
I don't think there are ANY mature, knowledgeable fans -- not one -- who will want Coach Stoops gone if we finish 7-5 this year.
I agree with you. Unfortunately message boards/radio show callers tend to have some vocal, immature fans that can make the rest look bad.
Agree 100%. I'm also in the camp that this conversation should be tabled for a little while. CMS has this team making positive strides at the moment. I'm happy to sit quiet about the heat of his seat to see if he can go 6-6. He's safe if he wins 5. He's doing well if he wins 6.
How about we go 7-5 first? If these people do exist it will be easy to call them out.
Otherwise it is just more hyperbole preventing civil discussion.
I, for one, still stand by Coach Stoops.
Anyone on the fence, I'm begging you to stay on board.
Anyone on the fence, I'm begging you to stay on board.
Brown.. Leach .. Brohm.. would love Leach not sure Barney would pull trigger.
I don't really believe the part about calling for Stoops and MB's head .
I enjoy reading these fantasy posts. While it is great to speculate et al, your coach is CMS. And, he will be back in 2017.
We missed big opportunities with Leach and Petrino. Just have to go with what we are stuck with. If Stoops doesn't work out then MB needs to hit the door with him. No way do you miss out on two "can't miss" coaches and keep your job.
this is such an embarrassing Thread when Stoops is doing well right now.
Some of you are insufferable....beyond miserable people.
Some of you are insufferable....beyond miserable people.