Yet he managed to win 5 games with the 6th most difficult schedule and conference in all of college FB.
LOL, he beat a Auburn team that quit, a Florida team with no head coach, a decent TENNESSEE TECH team. 3 cupcakes+ 2 teams that quit. What a beast.
I disagree with this sentiment. When teams are losing, there's typically going to be a dip in recruiting. There is a lot of young talent on the team, though the incoming recruiting class was absolutely substandard, but the main reason for that was that he was on the hot seat. This staff seems to be much more recruiting focused and with a history of bringing in talent above UK's typical avg, so we will see how many players they keep and who they are able to snare in the portal.
To be fair, even though I'm not a moral victory guy, I think looking at competitiveness in both wins and losses can be taken into consideration when it comes to talent potential. With that in mind, the was also very competitive against Ole Miss and Texas.
I don't buy we had zero talent either. We had decent talent. And some spots we didnt. Coaching was always the issue under Stoops. But pumping that Stoops won 5 games is hilarious. Look who he beat.
So I guess when those teams beat us, they downplayed the win?
My guess is that, yeah, fans of opposing teams do kind of downplay the win. For example, last year, when the Florida fanbase wanted Napier's head, I doubt the few remaining supporters were using the win against Kentucky as Exhibit 1 for the case to keep him.
This guy won a total of four games against SEC teams that finished above .500 in his 13 year career. His entire career has been based off of beating bad teams.
4-1 vs Florida in last 5 years. I suppose they were all bad Florida teams even those that were ranked. Easy to dismiss what Stoops accomplished at UK. Last 6 coaches at UK without back to back winning seasons. Multi 10 win seasons. Broke 31 winning streak vs Florida. Remember the 0-10-1 season? How about the 50-0 halftime leads by Florida. Or the 8 straight bowl games? UIK FB has sucked since the Bear was run off. Stoops did more for UKFB than any coach in UK history. I know, haven't missed a game since the Bear's last season. But haters going to hate just like you and several other haters here. Hope the next coach as much success as Stoops had but I doubt he will. Doubt UK will have a 6 win season in the next 5 years. I'm not buying the hype, much like Pope until I see results.
I just told you that they were bad teams. You get hung up on the name or the ranking they may have had at the time. I'm telling you how they finished which shows the composite of the team for that season.
And Florida were all loaded with many , many more 5* player than UK ever dreamed about. Just proves my point about Stoops with much less talent to work with. Thanks.
