Towles Is Transferring
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our wide receiver's don't have enough speed. Stoops doesn't put enough emphasis on speed in recruiting
So it really doesn't matter which QB we have in there, They'll be forced to throw into coverage because the wide out can't get separation often enough
So it really doesn't matter which QB we have in there, They'll be forced to throw into coverage because the wide out can't get separation often enough
I can tell you're a man's man. Big tough grizzly of a man I'm sure. The only BS is in your post.
PT knows his ONLY chance at the next level is to xfer to a program where he can start and play under competent coaching. Duke was mentioned.....a year under Coach Cutts playing winning P5 FB with a passable line, WRs and RBs would put PT in the discussion for the draft. He has zero chance of getting nfl buzz staying at uk with the schedule and coaching disfunction.....even if he were to start every game.
Will be very interested to follow this. Have no idea how this will play out or if there will be interest in Gainesville. He for sure has the measurables of a Mcelwain quarterback and could fill the potential quarteback void that will exist at Florida for 2016.
No matter what system Patrick Towles plays in he will never be a big time QB prospect due to his inability to adjust. Kid just does not have it between the ears to be an "IT" kind of QB.
I hate to see Towles leave this way, but only he can make that decision. I think it is a case of frustration more than anything else. I believe if he had stuck it out, he would have been the starter next year. He has handled this situation
very well. In a lot of cases like this frustration by family members and close friends tend to lead them in this direction. I hope the best for him where ever he goes. jmho
very well. In a lot of cases like this frustration by family members and close friends tend to lead them in this direction. I hope the best for him where ever he goes. jmho
Good lord....Juice, Timmons, Badet? Those guys can run. Baker is a slow boat and Bone is hard to call but he's so tall. UK has recruited WR just fine.
No. Some guy named Scottie Montgomery coaches QBs. Whoever he is. Looked up Sanders...he's with FSU. Didn't know that. Liked him.
I was never bothered one bit by his hair . Of course I used to rock a mullet back in the day . Seriously though , I think he is a class kid . I hope he makes a wise decision and goes to a place with an offense he can thrive in . I always thought he was giving us his best .
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Yeah you go play on his team and follow him. He is not going to win you any games.
I mean the kid bails out after another end of year skid that he factored in heavily. His team blows a 21 point lead against arch rival and day after instead of letting things settle for a day or so, he decides to take his GD ball and go where he can play. He is given reins to play QB for 3 years, fans are needing a boost.
Good ole Patrick bales out the first day that FB season ends. You damn right I don't care where he goes. This is bush league and pretty shameful. He could have waited until semester and let a lot of raw feelings die down.
He wanted to cause a stir because they sit his butt which they should have due to his play. He was given every opportunity. I like the kid and in a perfect world he would finish up next year as starter etc.. but don't care what or where he goes. He could have done this in 2-3 weeks. Just a take my ball and run home.
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They sure can. The only problem is that UK needs a few more receivers with some jets & ball skills, IMHO. Losing Blue to graduation hurt a lot more than many realize.
Pat being the good born and bred UK football fan that he is knows how to find the EXIT...
In all seriousness there has to be more to it...
DB didn't do anything to solidify his position...hell, they put Pat in at the end in hopes of some sort of last hoorah...If DB is the guy, you let him rip it until the end and go down guns blazing with him...
Something is afoul somewhere...
Offense from top to bottom regressed this year...there's wasn't a play maker to be found...I mean even the worst teams usually have one guy that they can go to and rely on for a play here and there...and that isn't totally on Dawson, it's on the assistants responsible for coaching and developing the other guys as well as the players who are responsible for stepping up and making plays...
I mean what happened to the TE...he showed some ability a couple times and then we never heard from him again...
What happened to Bone and Baker...those two are too big and athletic to not make some plays...Bone was mismatched had a huge advantage in size on the corner yesterday and it wasn't exploited...
...Johnson busted on to the scene last year and looked like he was on he way to being the primary scoring threat, 2 TDs?!?!
something has gone awry...
In all seriousness there has to be more to it...
DB didn't do anything to solidify his position...hell, they put Pat in at the end in hopes of some sort of last hoorah...If DB is the guy, you let him rip it until the end and go down guns blazing with him...
Something is afoul somewhere...
Offense from top to bottom regressed this year...there's wasn't a play maker to be found...I mean even the worst teams usually have one guy that they can go to and rely on for a play here and there...and that isn't totally on Dawson, it's on the assistants responsible for coaching and developing the other guys as well as the players who are responsible for stepping up and making plays...
I mean what happened to the TE...he showed some ability a couple times and then we never heard from him again...
What happened to Bone and Baker...those two are too big and athletic to not make some plays...Bone was mismatched had a huge advantage in size on the corner yesterday and it wasn't exploited...
...Johnson busted on to the scene last year and looked like he was on he way to being the primary scoring threat, 2 TDs?!?!
something has gone awry...
Stoops recruits the fastest available I would think, Every coach is looking for the same thing. There is just so many out there, however I have seen excellent receivers that wasn't blessed with speed. but had good hands and knew how to run their routes.
Even the fast receivers can be neutralized by fast defensive backs. Either way a speedy WR is good to have.
I agree. Besides Boom, & occasionally JoJo, who were the consistent playmakers? That was the biggest problem, IMHO.
Conrad showed flashes, but he was only a true freshman. He is also more of a possession receiver than a big play guy, and he was much too valuable as a blocker to consistently send out on routes.
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Good luck to Pattie Ice wherever he lands. Hopefully, it will lead to being drafted.
The timeline for PT in 2015 from the boards is a great one
July-Aug- Towles is an NFL QB in the making.
Sept-Nov- Towles is terrible. The team doesn't respect him
Nov(Towels announces transfer) Fans ran off the next great UK QB. He'll show us.
Come on. He's not a good QB. There's a dumpster fire going on in UK's lockeroom. He wants out. But I know if he does make it as a starter in his next stop, he'll have one good game against a nobody and there will be a thread saying "see told you."
July-Aug- Towles is an NFL QB in the making.
Sept-Nov- Towles is terrible. The team doesn't respect him
Nov(Towels announces transfer) Fans ran off the next great UK QB. He'll show us.
Come on. He's not a good QB. There's a dumpster fire going on in UK's lockeroom. He wants out. But I know if he does make it as a starter in his next stop, he'll have one good game against a nobody and there will be a thread saying "see told you."
I think PT may be well served by a transfer if he can find a team that needs a QB and has a line that can give him max time to survey the field and throw. This move could have positive implications for his pro career. In any case Towles was a great representative for Kentucky off the field.
The bad thing about Towles on these message boards is there is a significant segment that supports Towles and treated fair minded posters as if their POV was an attack on Towles personally. That usually made matters worse insofar as posters having to defend a valid POV backed with game statistics that are hard to argue against.
I hope PT the very best and that he finds success. I hope the very same thing for Barker. I want the Kentucky QB to be successful no matter what his name is!
The bad thing about Towles on these message boards is there is a significant segment that supports Towles and treated fair minded posters as if their POV was an attack on Towles personally. That usually made matters worse insofar as posters having to defend a valid POV backed with game statistics that are hard to argue against.
I hope PT the very best and that he finds success. I hope the very same thing for Barker. I want the Kentucky QB to be successful no matter what his name is!
You wore a mullet, then you lose all credibility to judge hair...Just kidding, I wish the best for the kid too.
sounds like the make up of this team is not very tough. Things get a little testy, opponent hits you in the mouth even though you have a 21 point lead, we roll up and take it. Blame the fans. Actually the team needs a shot of toughness injected. Get hit back and we fold like a cheap tent.
Psyche is pretty fragile and I think it starts with player leadership and toughness. Zilch
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Hmmm. There has been plenty of negative personal attacks on Towles, not only on the threads today about him transferring, but all year. Maybe you didn't personally attack him, but there are plenty who have.
Furthermore, the POV you keep alluding to was a bunch of fans clamoring for Barker since the UF loss and as we see in yesterday's performance, he was the 2nd string QB for a damn reason.
Imagine if Towles went 6-22 and -1 passing yards in the 2nd half.......our fans would burn down Commonwealth Stadium.
You sound like a little league dad ...blaming a young man that's doing what's best for him...you are Bush.
Anyone who is bad mouthing Patrick Towles for wanting to leave should be ashamed of themselves. The kid gave his heart and should to UK and quite frankly, stuck around a lot longer than a lot of people thought he would. I wish him luck wherever he goes and will follow his progress. Towles has to look out for his own future and his own best interest. Most of the problems he and Barker faced this year weren't their own faults. Prople complain about Patrick getting happy feet or locking on to one receiver or making bad throws. Well, it's very difficult to go through progressions when you don't have time to do that. when you have SEC level defenders destroying your offensive line and only giving you very few seconds to make a decision, you're going to struggle. I've said all along that Barker and Towles are the same guy if you throw them out there behind the offensive line we put on the field. That very much proved to be true. Until we fix that glaring problem, we won't see much improvement from Barker either.
Good luck to Towles, I wish him all the best and thank him for his time here.
Good luck to Towles, I wish him all the best and thank him for his time here.
Boulder Cat I had the same hopes as you....but it became apparent early in the season, we just didn't have the strength in the trenches to take on the better programs in the SEC. Our skill players are OK, but until we can win the LOS with regularity, we're in deep do-do.
I said I would like to have seen Barker play as early as ULL. People on this board mistakenly read that to mean I wanted Towles benched. They just decided to attack with misrepresentation of my opinion. That happened to more posters than just myself. I also said the whole hair thing was absurd.
That is exactly what I'm talking about. People couldn't even have a fair and valid opinion on here unless it masked Towles poor play. If they wanted to see Barker get some reps, well naturally that was because they hated Towles.
I myself think what I saw from Barker is a very inexperience QB being used in hopes of salvaging a season without a RB to balance the attack. In other words I have a much better idea of what Towles can or can't do than what I have of Barker. I think that makes me pretty normal if people are honest and not trying to do to Barker what they declare was done to Towles. It's really kind of dumb when you think about it.
Again the kid was given 3 years to be starter. Name another QB that was given this amount of time.
I mean we blow a 21 point loss, we have lost every meaningful game in 2 years in October-November, blow a chance at Vandy, lose to our arch rival.
This 3 year starter who was given every chance until the 10th game of his 3 years decides to announce to the world he is transferring after the biggest loss and blown lead, 1 freaking day. He couldn't wait until things died down. No he is trying to make a point to say I was treated badly. Give me a break, This is why we are losing. Guys like this. We need some toughness and leaders.
I hope the kid is healthy and has a great life, I have said it would be perfect scenario for him to start next year and finish up. He chose not to do it, maybe Stoops told him they were going with Barker.
I mean we blow a 21 point loss, we have lost every meaningful game in 2 years in October-November, blow a chance at Vandy, lose to our arch rival.
This 3 year starter who was given every chance until the 10th game of his 3 years decides to announce to the world he is transferring after the biggest loss and blown lead, 1 freaking day. He couldn't wait until things died down. No he is trying to make a point to say I was treated badly. Give me a break, This is why we are losing. Guys like this. We need some toughness and leaders.
I hope the kid is healthy and has a great life, I have said it would be perfect scenario for him to start next year and finish up. He chose not to do it, maybe Stoops told him they were going with Barker.