What offseason changes would please you?
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Some of the fans getting their act together so they quit trying to discourage our commits from coming here.
That would be my first choice. Make them associate head coach/defensive coordinator. I'd also like to see a couple more changes. We need a dedicated special teams coach and someone that is good with working with quarterbacks. I'd like some new line coaches as well.
I am more worried about what recruits have seen on the field than anything people are saying on message boards. Can you seriously blame recruits from having second thoughts about coming here after having two straight seasons ending the way they did? Now having a couple highly rated players already announcing they are transferring and more likely to follow. Stoops better bring in some assistants that can help keep the players here and the commits committed.
Blaming the fans? How many years have they sold out CWS? I've had tickets 18'years. UK is 93-135 during that time. Mind to tell me how that's my fault?
I think Stoops needs an older and experienced former head coach on the staff that can help him with the in-game decisions. I think this coach needs to be in the booth relaying to the staff what he is seeing from both the offense and defense and can help in making in-game adjustments. Butch Jones did this at TN and it helped them as the season went on.....
I also think Stoops needs to look at a designated Special Teams Coordinator and possibly a QB coach.....
I also think Stoops needs to look at a designated Special Teams Coordinator and possibly a QB coach.....
I for one think if our fans would make an effort to discuss football without using all their misplaced passion it would help. All year long I said Barker should be getting some reps, that other teams with very,very good QB's do that very thing. I argued that it was a prudent thing to do in order to prepare the entire team. I observed how that idea was used for every other position on the Kentucky team but QB. Although I never said Towles should be benched I was usually met with fans on here labeling me a Patrick Towles hater. A emotional reaction void of any attempt to discuss football and totally wrong.
I suspect this either/or mindset became an ugly issue that festered in the locker room.
That is how a fan-base becomes divided and I'm sure it has some effect on the team. How much I don't know but the only thing posters on this board can control is themselves and what they post. To this day I do not know who is the better QB on Kentucky's team, but I do know who had the most experience and who did not. I know when Barker was given his first meaningful minutes our season hung in the balance. I also know on a discussion board passion often makes little to no room for understanding still I think it's important to remember a unified fan-base is more attractive than a squabbling fan-base. Especially if that unity is based on respect for others.
I suspect this either/or mindset became an ugly issue that festered in the locker room.
That is how a fan-base becomes divided and I'm sure it has some effect on the team. How much I don't know but the only thing posters on this board can control is themselves and what they post. To this day I do not know who is the better QB on Kentucky's team, but I do know who had the most experience and who did not. I know when Barker was given his first meaningful minutes our season hung in the balance. I also know on a discussion board passion often makes little to no room for understanding still I think it's important to remember a unified fan-base is more attractive than a squabbling fan-base. Especially if that unity is based on respect for others.
I agree except I think Stoops needs to stay on the sideline and Elliot needs to go up in the booth.
If they are ignorant enough to let a message board influence their decision they are probably too stupid to learn the playbook
letting freshmen become soph. sophs, become jrs,jrs become sr.,we are a very young team.
Coaches are young also,,if any changes are made we do need some older coaches.h
Coaches are young also,,if any changes are made we do need some older coaches.h
NEW
Defensive Coordinator
Defensive Line Coach
Offensive Line Coach
HIRE
Special Teams Coordinator
Quarterback Coach
These are a must but I wouldn't oppose more changes. I'm not completely sold on Tommy Mainord.
Defensive Coordinator
Defensive Line Coach
Offensive Line Coach
HIRE
Special Teams Coordinator
Quarterback Coach
These are a must but I wouldn't oppose more changes. I'm not completely sold on Tommy Mainord.
A coach with prior HC experience who is now an assistant was almost surely a failed HC. Why would you want someone who failed trying to help someone who is failing? That's like getting someone who failed algebra help tutor someone who is failing algebra.
Make room for a ST coach. Probably have to fire Buh, who seems to have done well with OLB's, but not enough to keep him over a ST coach.
Demote Elliot to LBs coach, and let Stoops take over as DC/playcaller. Other option is to fire Elliot, making room for the ST coach, and put Buh over all LBs. But Elliot seems to by a good recruiter; so I prefer the demotion.
Stoops to delegate all offensive and ST responsibilities to the coordinators. Hes micromanaging too much, and its leaving him stretched thin on gameday resulting in coaching mistakes I dont think would happen otherwise.
On offense, we need to have an identity. Something we do well, or reasonably well. We shouldnt look like we want to be a power running team one series, an air raid the next, then a read option the next. Its ridiculous. Conform our offense to our personnel and stick with it.
Demote Elliot to LBs coach, and let Stoops take over as DC/playcaller. Other option is to fire Elliot, making room for the ST coach, and put Buh over all LBs. But Elliot seems to by a good recruiter; so I prefer the demotion.
Stoops to delegate all offensive and ST responsibilities to the coordinators. Hes micromanaging too much, and its leaving him stretched thin on gameday resulting in coaching mistakes I dont think would happen otherwise.
On offense, we need to have an identity. Something we do well, or reasonably well. We shouldnt look like we want to be a power running team one series, an air raid the next, then a read option the next. Its ridiculous. Conform our offense to our personnel and stick with it.
The Air Raid Offense....you know, is when we score a HUGE TD and that Awesome Siren goes off, sending the crowd into a frenzy
Fire Stoops and the entire staff. Hire a proven winning coach instead of the same ole crap like we have endured since the bear left....excluding a couple
Recruit a five star QB and start him day one instead of the red shirt crap we have seen.
Side note: I don't care if the new coach drinks alcohol, smokes pot, screws strippers or his staff. As long as he is a proven winning coach. That's all I want. Someone with balls!!!!!
Recruit a five star QB and start him day one instead of the red shirt crap we have seen.
Side note: I don't care if the new coach drinks alcohol, smokes pot, screws strippers or his staff. As long as he is a proven winning coach. That's all I want. Someone with balls!!!!!
LOL, of course it isn't THE reason they choose a school, but it surely IS a factor. The father of one of our best frosh has made some great posts on here, probably doesn't want to get involved in this quagmire now, but I would bet that a lot of parents do a lot of research on boards like this to see what is happening and if the coach they like is even likely to be there when they get there. Wondering if their coach that a lot of fans label as totally inept that they committed to play for will survive is maybe an even bigger factor than the fan base in their decision.
And no, I don't think we will lose a lot of our commits, facilities and a GREAT State University in the best conference, LOTS of things to like about UK besides football------and the fans were one of our best attributes and a lot of them are the same fans labeled as the BEST in basketball, I hate to see it going downhill.
Well, you probably won't have to travel very far to find someone that fills all of your qualifications, although I'm not sure if some of the things he has done was due to a lot of balls or just plain stupidity.
Who should we tell we are taking their five star QB away from them, Bama, Clemson, Southern Cal, ND, there aren't enough to go around like it is, you know.
Ansley has one foot out the door, Pelini takes that spot and be co-DC and coach DBs. I don't see how you can add Coley unless you just replace Dawson.
Replace Eliot and schlarmann, choose an offense and stick to it, go 4-3 and Stoops, get out of the way. Also get a st coach.
I think we'll lose another offensive position coach like we are Anlsey. Do the same thing with Coley as you would Pelini.
For myself, I'll be relieved if we can just keep what we already have.
No impact transfers, outside of the one that is already going to happen (Towles).
No significant losses in the recruiting class.
No losing Ansley.
Anything like getting Pelini would be great, but I'm not counting on it. I just hope things don't get any worse.
No impact transfers, outside of the one that is already going to happen (Towles).
No significant losses in the recruiting class.
No losing Ansley.
Anything like getting Pelini would be great, but I'm not counting on it. I just hope things don't get any worse.
I agree with this. Moreover, I've watched Jones a little at CMU and quite a bit at Cincy, and now a lot at UT. He was my choice for UKs coach. He had 6 yrs of prior head coaching experience before UT, and still has made mistakes while coaching UT. We need to keep this in mind when thinking about Stoops.
Everyone makes mistakes. But stoops takes this whole making mistakes thing to new levels. He is a very inept coach saying it nicely. As for topic. Dawson gotta go horrible play caller I would argue he's one of the worst all day everyday. Schlarman gotta go. Some changes need to happen. But with stoops at coach I think he's just going to be nice and let friendships get in the way of success and all these assistants regardless of how bad they are won't get fired. Stoops isn't going to get paid less the worse he performs. And I feel like he's the kind of guy to choose loyalty to friends over success. And since Barnhart told stoops he doesn't need to make changes, then he definitely won't. No reason Dawson should call another play. But stoops makes a lot of head scratching decisions so why believe Dawson is going anywhere? Same reason we ended up with a ton of assistants and coordinators with zero experience in their new roles. Stoops is kind of clueless you all. I want him to succeed. But there's no experience in this staff. So it's almost inevitable we fail til they're fired.
^We were referring to on field mistakes. For which, Stoops has made about an average amount of mistakes for a HC of only a few yrs. Not more and certainly not less. The problem is that our team is bad.....which magnifies every on-field decision ten fold.