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Cats_2010

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Like I said I'll take friendly wagers and I will come eat my crow if I'm wrong.

Am I in the wrong for believing in this team and this staff when they have given me reason to over the last 4 games in which we have gone 3-1 an held the #1 team in the nation to their season low in points and dominated TWO SEC teams? When is the last time that TE]

Completely dominated? We won both games by a single touchdown and Vandy had a real chance to force OT? Rewatch our game with Florida, that is getting completely dominated...smdh
 

carolinacat

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Good grief. He wouldn't be at Louisville if we had hired him. And Johnson wasn't brought here to preserve Hoak's redshirt. This is a desperate coaching staff. If they thought Hoak was better than Johnson then Hoak would be playing. And don't even try to discredit Petrino when it comes to Jackson. Petrino is running a completely different offense than he had ever run before in order to maximize his greatest asset. And it's working spectacularly. Most coaches can't/won't do that.
Please take your undying adulation for Petrino to the UL board. He's not here , nor will he ever be here.
 

Kooky Kats_anon

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Only a damn fool would pass on him to hire Mark Stoops.
You rang?

 

DACats86

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I am an old long time poster. I have seen lots of bad football. Many of you are more interested in a coaching search than seeing any improvement in this team. Let's evaluate at the end of the season and cheer them on for now. Honestly, it would be good to shut this board down for a while.
 

reflaine

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Good grief. He wouldn't be at Louisville if we had hired him. And Johnson wasn't brought here to preserve Hoak's redshirt. This is a desperate coaching staff. If they thought Hoak was better than Johnson then Hoak would be playing. And don't even try to discredit Petrino when it comes to Jackson. Petrino is running a completely different offense than he had ever run before in order to maximize his greatest asset. And it's working spectacularly. Most coaches can't/won't do that.
Yeah you sold me, as he hasn't got the track record of leaving places as soon as something better comes available. Guess he is truly a changed man and loyal to his school, bosses, and players.

Guy hasn't stayed anywhere long, and you think he wouldnt leave Kentucky to go to back to Louisville or anywhere else seen as a better job? Believe it or not Kentucky is not his dream job like some people make it out to be.
 
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Soupbean

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If we'd have hired Bobby Petrino four years ago it wouldn't be septic. Unless you hate winning football games and watching your QB win the Heisman Trophy.
Yea Kyle Bolin and Reggie Bonnafan were lighting it up last year. Bobby is a very good play caller but Lamar Jackson didn't need his to win the Heisman other than finally making the decision to play him.
 
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shutzhund

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It absolutely amazes me to see the overwhelming negativity on this board filled with posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to build and maintain a good SEC football program. I love the fact that our fanbase wants us go for 8-10 wins year in and year out but it just doesn't happen like that overnight. Yes we should have beat Southern Miss and yes we should have played Florida better than we did. BUT, since that game, the obvious amount of improvement this team has shown is so apparent the Three Blind Mice could spot it. Stoops has taken over the playcalling on defense and nothing short of a miracle has happened on that side of the ball. HUGE improvements. Holding South Carolina and Vandy like they did is impressive and so is Holding Bama to their season low....

Now all of those people who were calling for Barker's head are the same people calling for Johnson's head... Give me a break, these kids are young and in their first of Gran's system. There are going to be some Kinks. We have a tremendous running game and an O-Line that has been consistently improving.

This team is obviously improving and obviously fighting for Stoops and Staff. Stoops is our coach and I fully support him and this team. We WILL get to 6, hell maybe even 7 wins this season still and if I am wrong I will come eat my crow with no excuses. Have some faith guys and gals. We are 2-2 in SEC play with a real shot of going at least 4-4 and our team is improving every week. GO CATS!!!


Generally speaking these are not UK fans. They are internet creeps with minuscule knowledge of football or life. They are neither clever or intelligent with IQs below body temp. Normal people don't act that way.
 

Blue Decade

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It absolutely amazes me to see the overwhelming negativity on this board filled with posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to build and maintain a good SEC football program. I love the fact that our fanbase wants us go for 8-10 wins year in and year out but it just doesn't happen like that overnight. Yes we should have beat Southern Miss and yes we should have played Florida better than we did. BUT, since that game, the obvious amount of improvement this team has shown is so apparent the Three Blind Mice could spot it. Stoops has taken over the playcalling on defense and nothing short of a miracle has happened on that side of the ball. HUGE improvements. Holding South Carolina and Vandy like they did is impressive and so is Holding Bama to their season low....

Now all of those people who were calling for Barker's head are the same people calling for Johnson's head... Give me a break, these kids are young and in their first of Gran's system. There are going to be some Kinks. We have a tremendous running game and an O-Line that has been consistently improving.

This team is obviously improving and obviously fighting for Stoops and Staff. Stoops is our coach and I fully support him and this team. We WILL get to 6, hell maybe even 7 wins this season still and if I am wrong I will come eat my crow with no excuses. Have some faith guys and gals. We are 2-2 in SEC play with a real shot of going at least 4-4 and our team is improving every week. GO CATS!!!
All along, I have predicted 4-5 wins this year, and I am still thinking that way. The rest of what you say is true. The part you left out is that some of our fans are negative and mean every week, win or lose. We won the football game. But if you look at this board this morning, you would think we just lost. People who "know next to nothing about football", as you put it, are posting "overwhelming negativity" on an open access chat board. It seems compulsive behavior, so you just have to assume it is a metaphor for their own state of mind over the years.
 

jlock7614

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If we'd have hired Bobby Petrino four years ago it wouldn't be septic. Unless you hate winning football games and watching your QB win the Heisman Trophy.

This statement is so false it's not funny. Petrino has no history of building anything anywhere. He was handed a solid program at UL, an even better situation at Arkansas, and an even better situation at UL when he returned. I can guarantee you he would have struggled if he came to UK four years ago. Don't get me wrong he is a great coach and has probably the best offensive mind in college football but like anything in life timing is important and Bobby has had perfect timing with every coaching job he has taken.
Say what you will about Mark, and trust me I want him to succeed here, if he doesn't make it and a change has to be made Stoops has helped to get this program back up to speed. Don't know if Petrino would have got the backing to get the new facilities built and I don't think he could have recruited at the same level Stoops has.
 
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I'd rather lose every game and shut down the program than have Petrino as coach . I got what I wanted when we passed on him and not for a second have I regretted that .


This is the only ethical stance on having Petrino as a coach. The man is a philandering cad, a common human failing, but still one that should warrant scrutiny for a man who is tasked with leading young men. More serious is the fact that he kept his mistress on the Arkansas payroll, effectively using tax dollars to subsidize his affair, and then lied to the police to cover up that fact. That latter two actions are not mere moral failings, they are legal ones as well. If you or I had done the same, we would have gone to jail and been permanently driven from public life. You would never accept your local school hiring a criminal that weaseled his way out of charges. Why would a football coach--a man paid far more money--be held to a lesser standard? As it is now, Kentucky residents have to live with the shame that our tax dollars are paying for the lavish lifestyle of a common criminal. That fact alone is nauseating; if he were at UK it would be downright infuriating.

If your counterargument (or rather, excuse) for his employment begins with "everyone does it" or "if you want to win in college football", then there is no need arguing with you. Such intellectual positions indicate a broken moral compass, one that places success in a game above basic ethical considerations. The relationships between the American psyche and organized sports may be diseased, but that doesn't mean that you and I are duty bound to feed the tumor just because it may benefit our team.
 
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DelkBowl

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The sunshine plumper S do realize we CANNOT beat any good teams out there right?
 

AMJ_13

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The sunshine plumper S do realize we CANNOT beat any good teams out there right?

Who did you expect to beat OTHER than So. Miss coming into this season that we haven't beat? Everyone was expecting 5-7 wins and progress. That is exactly what we are getting. If we beat UT or UGA would you be happy or would you just say they're terrible too?
 

BlueRunner11

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Who did you expect to beat OTHER than So. Miss coming into this season that we haven't beat? Everyone was expecting 5-7 wins and progress. That is exactly what we are getting. If we beat UT or UGA would you be happy or would you just say they're terrible too?

5 wins is progress?
 
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Shavers48

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Wake up, our HC isn't our QB coach
wake up, UK will never be zip w/o a QB and the only time the teams ever been worth a damn is when it had a well developed one. so why hire a guy who can't make that happen. asinine.

and thank you pumpers for the long list of excuses why we haven't had one under this coach.
 
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Mike237

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It absolutely amazes me to see the overwhelming negativity on this board filled with posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to build and maintain a good SEC football program. I love the fact that our fanbase wants us go for 8-10 wins year in and year out but it just doesn't happen like that overnight. Yes we should have beat Southern Miss and yes we should have played Florida better than we did. BUT, since that game, the obvious amount of improvement this team has shown is so apparent the Three Blind Mice could spot it. Stoops has taken over the playcalling on defense and nothing short of a miracle has happened on that side of the ball. HUGE improvements. Holding South Carolina and Vandy like they did is impressive and so is Holding Bama to their season low....

Now all of those people who were calling for Barker's head are the same people calling for Johnson's head... Give me a break, these kids are young and in their first of Gran's system. There are going to be some Kinks. We have a tremendous running game and an O-Line that has been consistently improving.

This team is obviously improving and obviously fighting for Stoops and Staff. Stoops is our coach and I fully support him and thisWell said! I agree! team. We WILL get to 6, hell maybe even 7 wins this season still and if I am wrong I will come eat my crow with no excuses. Have some faith guys and gals. We are 2-2 in SEC play with a real shot of going at least 4-4 and our team is improving every week. GO CATS!!!
Well said! I agree with you! For those of you who want an instance success, you can cheer for that team up the road (Louisville) and all the baggage that goes with them!
 
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Blue Decade

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The sunshine plumper S do realize we CANNOT beat any good teams out there right?
This is a typical Wildcat Lair post these days. Basically this guy is suggesting the school could save a lot of time and money by forfeiting every game in which we aren't favored.
 
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SmokinGun9

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It absolutely amazes me to see the overwhelming negativity on this board filled with posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to build and maintain a good SEC football program. I love the fact that our fanbase wants us go for 8-10 wins year in and year out but it just doesn't happen like that overnight. Yes we should have beat Southern Miss and yes we should have played Florida better than we did. BUT, since that game, the obvious amount of improvement this team has shown is so apparent the Three Blind Mice could spot it. Stoops has taken over the playcalling on defense and nothing short of a miracle has happened on that side of the ball. HUGE improvements. Holding South Carolina and Vandy like they did is impressive and so is Holding Bama to their season low....

Now all of those people who were calling for Barker's head are the same people calling for Johnson's head... Give me a break, these kids are young and in their first of Gran's system. There are going to be some Kinks. We have a tremendous running game and an O-Line that has been consistently improving.

This team is obviously improving and obviously fighting for Stoops and Staff. Stoops is our coach and I fully support him and this team. We WILL get to 6, hell maybe even 7 wins this season still and if I am wrong I will come eat my crow with no excuses. Have some faith guys and gals. We are 2-2 in SEC play with a real shot of going at least 4-4 and our team is improving every week. GO CATS!!!

Amen, this might be the worst Board in Division 1 sports for fair weather, hateful, and basically dumb posters. I believe half of them are U of L posters.
 

CoachR35

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Did you expect 8-10 wins this season??? Because I sure as heck didn't... I expected 6-7 wins and an improving team for a breakout year next year of 8-9. We are on track for that IMO.
Personally, I thought we would have a five-win season, with fingers crossed for that elusive sixth. The run game has improved and the defense is getting better. With that being said, I find it hard to believe we will get six wins this year while only throwing for 50 yards a game, even against the worst SEC defenses. Meaning we probably end the season 5-7, which is status quo for this coaching staff. That doesn't make me a hater and doesn't mean I wont pull like hell for them every game the rest of the way. It's just how I see the current reality of our program.
 
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sluggercatfan

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It absolutely amazes me to see the overwhelming negativity on this board filled with posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to build and maintain a good SEC football program. I love the fact that our fanbase wants us go for 8-10 wins year in and year out but it just doesn't happen like that overnight. Yes we should have beat Southern Miss and yes we should have played Florida better than we did. BUT, since that game, the obvious amount of improvement this team has shown is so apparent the Three Blind Mice could spot it. Stoops has taken over the playcalling on defense and nothing short of a miracle has happened on that side of the ball. HUGE improvements. Holding South Carolina and Vandy like they did is impressive and so is Holding Bama to their season low....

Now all of those people who were calling for Barker's head are the same people calling for Johnson's head... Give me a break, these kids are young and in their first of Gran's system. There are going to be some Kinks. We have a tremendous running game and an O-Line that has been consistently improving.

This team is obviously improving and obviously fighting for Stoops and Staff. Stoops is our coach and I fully support him and this team. We WILL get to 6, hell maybe even 7 wins this season still and if I am wrong I will come eat my crow with no excuses. Have some faith guys and gals. We are 2-2 in SEC play with a real shot of going at least 4-4 and our team is improving every week. GO CATS!!!
NO, it is guys like you that amaze me! Unless you haven't noticed, BOTH Vandy and SC have awful(just like UK) offenses and we struggled to be them both. Here is the deal ...unless MS has a transformation and adopts a 2016 offensive philosophy he will not win at UK.
 
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sluggercatfan

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I knew that was the source and debated posting it . You're best bet is to become a UL fan if Petrino is the coach you've always wanted because you're going to remain miserable otherwise . I'd rather lose every game and shut down the program than have Petrino as coach . I got what I wanted when we passed on him and not for a second have I regretted that .
You talk about others, really? Read your post again. It is people like you and your ilk along with this ad that keeps this program from moving to a different level.
 
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sluggercatfan

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I just love how these new posters pop up to tell us all how our lack of success, is due to us just being bad fans. Mitch, and all your sunshine pumpers can pound fricken sand. Beat a Sec team with a pulse, and then I'll be fully on board. Seriously, I'm happy that our players won, but spare me the transparent moral lectures on fandom, just because we expect a higher standard to be met. We beat stinkin Vandy at home, and some of you Stoops nut huggers thinks that gives you the moral pedestal to start pointing fingers. Pfft.
This xxxxxxxxxx...these are the "problem" people in this program
 

CHAMPCAT11

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This team could honestly start rolling.
We have won 3 of 4 with the lone loss coming at #1.
We have a bye week before playing a poor Miss St team in Ky.
We then go to Mizzou who is having a losing season.
We then come home and play a Georgia team that has lost 2 straight and could very well lose a 3rd at South Carolina tomorrow.
Then a rival gm at UT.
Home for cake v AP.
Another Rivalry game at UL.
We could run the table.

Your "run the table" comment was sarcastic, correct ?
 
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It absolutely amazes me to see the overwhelming negativity on this board filled with posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to build and maintain a good SEC football program. I love the fact that our fanbase wants us go for 8-10 wins year in and year out but it just doesn't happen like that overnight. Yes we should have beat Southern Miss and yes we should have played Florida better than we did. BUT, since that game, the obvious amount of improvement this team has shown is so apparent the Three Blind Mice could spot it. Stoops has taken over the playcalling on defense and nothing short of a miracle has happened on that side of the ball. HUGE improvements. Holding South Carolina and Vandy like they did is impressive and so is Holding Bama to their season low....

Now all of those people who were calling for Barker's head are the same people calling for Johnson's head... Give me a break, these kids are young and in their first of Gran's system. There are going to be some Kinks. We have a tremendous running game and an O-Line that has been consistently improving.

This team is obviously improving and obviously fighting for Stoops and Staff. Stoops is our coach and I fully support him and this team. We WILL get to 6, hell maybe even 7 wins this season still and if I am wrong I will come eat my crow with no excuses. Have some faith guys and gals. We are 2-2 in SEC play with a real shot of going at least 4-4 and our team is improving every week. GO CATS!!!

- "overwhelming negativity"...the fact that we have a board that is busy despite 60 years of mediocre or less than mediocre football is a testament to this fan base and their undying devotion.

- "...posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to maintain a good SEC football program"...maybe every one of us is a mouth breather that'd be hard pressed to chew bubble gum and tie our shoes at the same time, but over the years we've seen about 6-8 other schools build and maintain programs in the conference. Heck even Vandy had a brief little run, and a couple lower-mid tier Big 12 teams came in and did well for a stretch. More scary than the fact that fans don't know football and how to build a program, is the fact that those people getting paid big money and actually responsible for building a football program don't seem to know what to do, and it's been that way for decades. To add salt to the wound, we've seen our rival step right into a P5 conference and become a player on the national scene in a relatively short amount of time.

-"...all those people calling for Barker's head..."...good grief...a large majority of this fan base crowned him the second coming before he set foot on campus and beat the drums for him to play...yeah, when you lose to SMU, barely advance the ball in a blow out at florida, folks are going to have some issues...

there is no candy coating the fact that things were looking grim for the first half of this season.

Sure we're .500 now, and things seem to at least be a bit more manageable from here on out with getting 3 more wins out of the the last 6 games not being out of the realm of possibility.

If this were year 1 or 2, I'd agree that people need to simmer down, but this is year 4 and to start it we were looking at a potential disaster.

Anything less than 6 wins is a step backwards, and plenty of reason to be negative.
 

CHAMPCAT11

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Who did you expect to beat OTHER than So. Miss coming into this season that we haven't beat? Everyone was expecting 5-7 wins and progress. That is exactly what we are getting. If we beat UT or UGA would you be happy or would you just say they're terrible too?

Not trying to fight but chances of us beating UT and UGA are slim to none. I feel your pain when I read your posts but I just can't agree with them. I go to the games and watch them on TV so trust me when I say that I pull for them every game. That doesn't mean that I'm blind because I still have to agree that we should be way more competitive in year four.
 
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heidiho99

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Come see me at the end of the season. I don't know what of any kind of friendly wagers we can make on it but I'd be willing to bet just about anything on it.
Lolololol....u are delusional...I can't take $ from a person who might be borderline "nuts"....but I HOPE u are right
 
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maverick1rw

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It absolutely amazes me to see the overwhelming negativity on this board filled with posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to build and maintain a good SEC football program. I love the fact that our fanbase wants us go for 8-10 wins year in and year out but it just doesn't happen like that overnight. Yes we should have beat Southern Miss and yes we should have played Florida better than we did. BUT, since that game, the obvious amount of improvement this team has shown is so apparent the Three Blind Mice could spot it. Stoops has taken over the playcalling on defense and nothing short of a miracle has happened on that side of the ball. HUGE improvements. Holding South Carolina and Vandy like they did is impressive and so is Holding Bama to their season low....

Now all of those people who were calling for Barker's head are the same people calling for Johnson's head... Give me a break, these kids are young and in their first of Gran's system. There are going to be some Kinks. We have a tremendous running game and an O-Line that has been consistently improving.

This team is obviously improving and obviously fighting for Stoops and Staff. Stoops is our coach and I fully support him and this team. We WILL get to 6, hell maybe even 7 wins this season still and if I am wrong I will come eat my crow with no excuses. Have some faith guys and gals. We are 2-2 in SEC play with a real shot of going at least 4-4 and our team is improving every week. GO CATS!!!

You see a lot of emotions on this board, people are emotionally invested and even Stoops has said he is not where he would like to be. As for calling out players heads thats just juvenile thats the coaches responsibility to handle. As far as Stoops on the defensive side, why did it take him 4 years to see Elliot was not getting the job done ?

Holding onto a VANDY win at home after being up like we were is part of the problem, what happened to the offense ? Thats where I become frustrated in year 4.

I agree we are seeing some improvements but not enough in year 4 IMO.
 

BIGBLUEQ

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Is all the sunshine pumpers going to cry cause the real football fans know the truth and reality of situation. Dont cry cause alot of us,are telling the truth!! What are some of you going to run to mommy and say" buckkiller said we have qb issues mommy" buckkiller said Petrino is a better coach then Stoops mommy" " mommy buckkilerr said that mitch dont know how to hire a coach mommy" buckkiller is mean mommy he dont support our poor lil team mommy like he should mommy" mommy tell buckkiller to shut up mommy"

Nah, I'd just say buckkiller is a pansy, that doesn't know Jack shat about football, just wants to be a miserable bastard that wishes others to wallow in his misery with him. So get over your dumbass self.

If you can't see improvement in this team, you are blind as hell.
 

sluggercatfan

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The folk saying it's no big woop to beat Vanderbilt were saying last week after they played Florida close that vandy would win.

And then we won so the story changed so they can cry some more.

Some people aren't happy unless they're unhappy and will be goddamned if everybody else doesn't share in their misery.

This team is exponentially better than it was the second half of the first game and the Florida nonsense. Once Stoops took over the defense and cut the power to Eliot's headset, the defense has been better than anybody anticipated coming into the season. The run game is getting better all the time, and if Barker can come back from his injury, we'll have a deep threat again.

I like where we're headed. I like my team.
I LOVE my team , just don't see this team getting there going forward unless the offense can start helping out...must get to that 30ppg plateau going forward
 

willievic

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It absolutely amazes me to see the overwhelming negativity on this board filled with posters who know next to nothing about football or what it takes to build and maintain a good SEC football program. I love the fact that our fanbase wants us go for 8-10 wins year in and year out but it just doesn't happen like that overnight. Yes we should have beat Southern Miss and yes we should have played Florida better than we did. BUT, since that game, the obvious amount of improvement this team has shown is so apparent the Three Blind Mice could spot it. Stoops has taken over the playcalling on defense and nothing short of a miracle has happened on that side of the ball. HUGE improvements. Holding South Carolina and Vandy like they did is impressive and so is Holding Bama to their season low....

Now all of those people who were calling for Barker's head are the same people calling for Johnson's head... Give me a break, these kids are young and in their first of Gran's system. There are going to be some Kinks. We have a tremendous running game and an O-Line that has been consistently improving.

This team is obviously improving and obviously fighting for Stoops and Staff. Stoops is our coach and I fully support him and this team. We WILL get to 6, hell maybe even 7 wins this season still and if I am wrong I will come eat my crow with no excuses. Have some faith guys and gals. We are 2-2 in SEC play with a real shot of going at least 4-4 and our team is improving every week. GO CATS!!!

AMJ, I hope your right, but I doubt we will get to 7. It's not the fans fault that Stoops didn't like the system of Dawson. Why didn't he hire Gran to start with. I think most fans support Coach Stoops, but we also expect him to produce, which he hasn't so far. All of us want success, and if he can't get it, we want him out of here. Were tired of excuses, and inability to produce. He's getting a lot of money to build a winner, and this is his 4th year, his recruits, and so far he hasn't lived up to most fans expectations. Oh, by the way, do you want salt and pepper with your Crow.

OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
 
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BlueVelvetFog

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This is the only ethical stance on having Petrino as a coach. The man is a philandering cad, a common human failing, but still one that should warrant scrutiny for a man who is tasked with leading young men. More serious is the fact that he kept his mistress on the Arkansas payroll, effectively using tax dollars to subsidize his affair, and then lied to the police to cover up that fact. That latter two actions are not mere moral failings, they are legal ones as well. If you or I had done the same, we would have gone to jail and been permanently driven from public life. You would never accept your local school hiring a criminal that weaseled his way out of charges. Why would a football coach--a man paid far more money--be held to a lesser standard? As it is now, Kentucky residents have to live with the shame that our tax dollars are paying for the lavish lifestyle of a common criminal. That fact alone is nauseating; if he were at UK it would be downright infuriating.

If your counterargument (or rather, excuse) for his employment begins with "everyone does it" or "if you want to win in college football", then there is no need arguing with you. Such intellectual positions indicate a broken moral compass, one that places success in a game above basic ethical considerations. The relationships between the American psyche and organized sports may be diseased, but that doesn't mean that you and I are duty bound to feed the tumor just because it may benefit our team.
Plus every snap Jackson is taking could well be vacated at seasons end
 
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