Should there be a statue of Rich Brooks built?
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For what? Honestly, loved the guy as a coach, but it's silly to think that he coached his way into a statue. Laughable, actually.
Rich Brooks went 38-48 at Kentucky, never beat Florida or Tennessee, never went to a bigger bowl than the Music City Bowl, and you wanna build a statue after him?
Are those the standards that Kentucky wants to aspire to? Anyone who coaches for 7 years, is 10 games below .500, and happens to win a couple of mediocre bowls (lets face it, it's not even a New Year's EVE bowl game) gets a statue?
Rhavicc is right. What exactly did he do? Did he win some bowl games, yes. Did he temporarily improve the perception of the program, yes. But as soon as he left it all crumbled down. In fact his last season was a losing season at 6-7. Flash in the pan, nothing more. But hey, we can always brag to recruits that a guy who went 10 games under .500 got a statue. Maybe if they score double-digit touchdowns during their UK careers they'll get one too.
Are those the standards that Kentucky wants to aspire to? Anyone who coaches for 7 years, is 10 games below .500, and happens to win a couple of mediocre bowls (lets face it, it's not even a New Year's EVE bowl game) gets a statue?
Rhavicc is right. What exactly did he do? Did he win some bowl games, yes. Did he temporarily improve the perception of the program, yes. But as soon as he left it all crumbled down. In fact his last season was a losing season at 6-7. Flash in the pan, nothing more. But hey, we can always brag to recruits that a guy who went 10 games under .500 got a statue. Maybe if they score double-digit touchdowns during their UK careers they'll get one too.
Babe Parelli., Bob Gain, Art Still, Lou Michaels - even Randall Cobb - would seem far better choices.
If we turn around the program to something it's never been.....for example let's say that Stoops turns out to be our Bobby Bowden. Takes us to national prominence for decades upon decades.....then on Stoops' statue I may place a small plaque describing how the program revolutionized into relevance. This may include a sentence or two of Brooks.
No.
If they want to built a statue build it of Paul Bear Bryant who coached us to a national championship. Why those running the program over the years never embraced the legacy of Bryant is beyond me. people will say "well no one associates The Bear with Kentucky" yea that's right becasue we never laid claim to him, instead we named the football field after a basketball player.
If they want to built a statue build it of Paul Bear Bryant who coached us to a national championship. Why those running the program over the years never embraced the legacy of Bryant is beyond me. people will say "well no one associates The Bear with Kentucky" yea that's right becasue we never laid claim to him, instead we named the football field after a basketball player.
I was going to mention a statue for Bryant, but wasn't sure if maybe there was one. Have always lived many hours from Lex so seldom get to Commonwealth. Use to live in Georgia for years...was married to a gal from Bama...her family were all Bama fans and boosters....traveled many times to Alabama for business and talked football with many a Bama and Auburn fan.....amazing how many folks had no idea that Bear coached at UK.
UK's already made a mockery of CWS by naming the field after Newton, lets just take it one step further and build a statue to one of the other basketball-only ADs like Lancaster, Hagan or Ivy who kept football in the Dark Ages for so long. Pigeons need a new place to ****.
Wouldn't mind naming the recruiting room after him. Or maybe the practice facility.
Naming the recruiting room after him would make sense as stated above. Brooks worked hard to get that thing built...along with all the other upgrades, and broke the ice so that they were able to happen. The only way he should get a syatur would be if we created an area with statues of all of our best coaches....kinda tough to judge him on his overall record. Woulda been over .500 if he hadnt had to completely rebuild after probation. We owe the guy a lot and if the next hire hadnt been bungled, we would be looking at Brooks as the coach who layed the foundation for a newly successful program...you cant blame brooks for what happened before and after he left.
Hell, if you are going to take the low road why not name it after the AD that tried to keep it in the dark ages for a full decade, mitch memorial field. And sorry, football wasn't nearly as important during most of our earlier ADs reigns and definitely not the money maker it is now.
Maybe even add Bear Bryant and possibly George Blanda (UK guy in Pro Football Hall of Fame might qualify him) and put those statues spaced out along the exterior entrances to Commonwealth. Give quite a bit of class to the stadium surroundings. But, like him as much as I do, Brooks doesn't get a statue, must have been sarcasm by OP.
If Oregon hadn't built on what he did there after he left, but rather slipped back down to where they were prior to his time there (as happened here), they wouldn't have named their field after him. And there is no statue there. why on earth should there be one here?!?
Nah......let's have a coach that sticks for twenty years and turns the program into one where seven wins is what we can expect, not get giddy about.
You took my thunder. I was working my down and was going to say the same thing, but you win any way. I have only followed UK football, real close since the late 70's.
I'm a huge Brooks fans...I wished he would have stayed a few more years...at least 3 more...
...but absolutely not...
mostly because he didn't accomplish enough...and because I don't think college coaches should have statues built...in fact, I don't think any body should be immortalized like that...but that's a long rant for another day...
...but absolutely not...
mostly because he didn't accomplish enough...and because I don't think college coaches should have statues built...in fact, I don't think any body should be immortalized like that...but that's a long rant for another day...