Why are people blaming the fans for this?

[LowCountryCat]

Sorry, meant real people not named Barney...still waiting.

Keep moving those goalposts. Buh-bye, waste.

 

[Kats23]

You are the one who cant back up his statements....weak!

There have been several posters who said the fans' defeatist attitude plays into the reason the program has failed. This was before the season but it has been said. Last week a poster blamed the loss partially on the fans for leaving early and not cheering when Southern Miss was running over us like a D1AA team. Said the players can feed off the energy.

Also, last season, fans were saying the fans would run a good coach like Stoops out the door bc the expectations were too high. That he just needs time. its a minority, but they are out there.

 

[Dallas-Wild]

There have been several posters who said the fans' defeatist attitude plays into the reason the program has failed. This was before the season but it has been said. Last week a poster blamed the loss partially on the fans for leaving early and not cheering when Southern Miss was running over us like a D1AA team. Said the players can feed off the energy.

Also, last season, fans were saying the fans would run a good coach like Stoops out the door bc the expectations were too high. That he just needs time. its a minority, but they are out there.

Thank you!

 

[brianpoe]

Fans are part of the equation IMO. I blame our culture that is based on our history. So, I blame;
- Players
- Coaches
- UK Administration
- State legislature
- City of Lexington
- AD
- Media
- Students
- Fans
- Basketball

I see no quick fix. To fix UK football is at least a 10-15 year project, maybe more, since you probably need a whole new generation to grow up with a different mindset on what to expect from UK football. You cannot fix 50 years of inaptitude that's situated in the spine of the commonwealth with quick fix coaching changes. It's a long term project. It is what it is.

This has nothing to do with the hardcore fans that frequent this and other boards or fans that go to games, it's the rest of the "fans" that's the problem.
As an example, how many times have the lack of students in the student section been discussed? UK students don't go to games, they go home for the Weekend. If we could get the students to care about football, that would be a good start. Students are the fans our players interact with daily, and if they don't care, what does that do with our players mentality?

What a whiny cop out.

How about just do what perennial loser Vandy did...

Hire a good coach.

Media, the mayor, the politicians, the fans, basketball have zero to do with incompetence of the football staff.

Brooks had back to back to back quality seasons with this same list of excuses.

These snowflake needing a safe space excuses are comical.

 

[VikingsCat]

Do your own search. It shouldn't be hard, they're all over this board for the last three years.

Some are also all over twitter, twee

What a whiny cop out.

How about just do what perennial loser Vandy did...

Hire a good coach.

Media, the mayor, the politicians, the fans, basketball have zero to do with incompetence of the football staff.

Brooks had back to back to back quality seasons with this same list of excuses.

These snowflake needing a safe space excuses are comical.

Off course they do. Just look at our history. Cannot remember the year, but I think it was either the last year's of Bryant or during his successors tenure. Politicians/ Administrators made the coaches focus on only recruiting local players. It was the beginning of the dark ages for UK football.

Look back at Curry. The year before he came to UK he went 10-1 at Bama, won the SEC and became coach of the year. By all standards he should have been a veryear good coach. He came to UK, did terrible for 6 years and quit coaching for over a decade.
Other coaches over the years have done the same, meaning no success at UK, but been successful other places. How come? If its not a culture thing?

I'm just saying there is no quick fix for UK football, it's a project that will take time.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Anyone know?

We're convenient scapegoats. It's all our fault.

 

[Mike-D]

what a microwave fanbase. this is all part of the process. we all knew it would get worse before it got better, and here we are crying on the internet. mitch has a plan put in place. this is phase 1 of a phase 5 rebuild. you're either on board or you're in the microwave.

 

[brianpoe]

Some are also all over twitter, twee

Off course they do. Just look at our history. Cannot remember the year, but I think it was either the last year's of Bryant or during his successors tenure. Politicians/ Administrators made the coaches focus on only recruiting local players. It was the beginning of the dark ages for UK football.

Look back at Curry. The year before he came to UK he went 10-1 at Bama, won the SEC and became coach of the year. By all standards he should have been a veryear good coach. He came to UK, did terrible for 6 years and quit coaching for over a decade.
Other coaches over the years have done the same, meaning no success at UK, but been successful other places. How come? If its not a culture thing?

I'm just saying there is no quick fix for UK football, it's a project that will take time.

Explain Franklin at Vandy?

A good coach can do wonders, this fanbase always provides a ton of support for a new coach, other than CRB and that is because MB screwed it up so bad.

1950's history has no bearing on today. Just my opinion.

 

[ScrewDuke1]

Sunshine pumpers are blaming us good fans. That's for sure

Yup. I'm generally an optimistic guy myself, but I also live in reality. Some folks choose to delude themselves.

 

[ScrewDuke1]

When did this occur to you to ask? Must have been a slow day.

For one the poster above you did.

And the fans were blamed during the CBS broadcast.