We didn't have the facilities when he first got here. There was the "promise" though. Just like there was with Brooks. Yet, he didn't recruit better. Facilities alone don't recruit kids. To say Stoops has no hand in better recruits is just awful and proves your hatred of him.
You make it sound so simple. I wonder why so many good DCs have trouble against it. [winking] This is not the thread to discuss it but maybe the notion of playing "assignment defense" works best against the old Veer and Wishbone type options which all "option action" flowed to the same side and that one play was probably 75% - 80% (maybe more) of those teams offense?
Saying stoops has proved nothing is idiotic. He has proven hes a damn good recruiter. Sure he has to improve as a coach, but saying hes proved nothing is nonsense, unless recruiting is nothing to you.
Wowwwwww. You're crazy man. When stoops got here the second here arrived facilities were on the way. Just amazing how you credit all of his recruiting success to him. No matter who we hired. Was going to bring in the best recruits we've ever had due to the top notch facilities we had coming. If you don't believe that if you believe it's just stoops doing his damn thing then you're hopeless. Had Brooks had these facilities. I guarantee he would've been bringing in better recruits than stoops. Because he was winning without the facilities. There was no commitment to facilities when Brooks was here so he wasn't able to tell recruits that. There was already a commitment to facilities when stoops was here so he was able to use it as a HUGE advantage in recruiting. The facilities he had compared to the previous coaches gave him no choice but to bring in the best recruits we've had.
We were coaching the DE to watch the ball. As apposed to telling him go after someone. DEFINITELY hampered our ability to stop the read option. You act as if every team had the same amount of trouble in stopping that play as we did. Seriously? No man we were as bad as it gets in the entire country. Maybe as bad AS IVE EVER SEEN. In stopping that play. You can't be serious? And yes it is that simple. Did you see any adjustments to our read option defense (or any adjustment on offense and defense at any point during any game last season?) when obviously what we were doing wasn't working? We don't make adjustments during the game. And once the other teams adjusts they take advantage and we continue to do nothing to adjust to the oppositions adjustments.
What about "ironically, to the west of us, "that school", (like Nevada)...." We should have won, 2 years in a row....basketball we have their number...(not escorts or p*rnh*b) but football....granted they get players on parole...
I'll shut up...my step children's father bleeds red....I keep my mouth shut...they love love UK!!! He sooo hates it!
Also. Remember what you said in regards to there being a rift in the locker room last season? You said. Maybe not word for word, but something along the lines of. That it is a FACT that there's no rift in the locker room because stoops is a take no crap coach who would never allow that. And you went on and on to people who were talking about said rift saying it was a silly topic because it's untrue and that you had 'sources' in on the situation who confirmed there was 'no rift'. You kept replying to people's posts saying there is no rift stoops wouldn't allow such a thing. Like a week later it was confirmed that there was a rift in the locker room. It's stuff like that in which proves you're just a big hardcore homer with not a realistic bone in your body in regards to stoops and UK football.
Dude. You are the king of making crap up. I never said I know for a fact. I said, according to JRs sources. He, IMO, is the best at getting info. But as with anyone who is human, he was wrong that time. His sources apparently didn't want things to get worse. So again, I put my trust in those close to the situation and have proven to be trust worthy. Not some message board know it all.
First, you are wrong about the Joker reference. I supported him through the midway point of his last year. Then, I just couldn't anymore. I wanted him to work out because if successful thought he would never leave and we could have long term success.
Dude - why haven't you put a certain poster on your Ignore List?
I try to be open to everyone's opinion. But some on here are becoming ridiculous.
I'm not reading all of this post because i feel like the more of your post I read the dumber I get. But no man stoops hasn't proven anything. That's where I stopped reading. you said he's proven a lot of things and he honestly hasn't proven anything. And the facilities that we spent millions on (we spent those millions to bring in better recruits)
Idk. Maybe it's good to hear a realistic fan sometimes as apposed to all these sunshine pumping stoops is a proven HC posters that flood the boards. Find one incorrect statement I have made. Was the 5-14 in last 19'games without a win over a winning team an incorrect statement? Or am I speaking the truth. Eh. Whatever.
Again, stats don't always tell the story. Small minded people can only see the end result. They don't comprehend all the little details that go into being successful. Sometimes, those little details take time to change and isn't instant.
The guy finally has some depth. He inherited nothing. In as tough of a conference as we are in you gotta have depth. Not saying we are going to be world beaters but Brooks built up depth and had nice success. If they can get some wins and a shocking win they will have a lot to sell and keep building. Think about it we have filled holes with JUCO guys in the interim and most all have developed and helped the program. That tells me they know what they need and can develop players. I don't get what happened last year with what looked like a team split but I think these guys are behind Barker. Jury is out on the front 7 but my money is on this staff making them competitive and keeping us in games.
Stoops is getting that opportunity. And then some. Stoops has a contract that all but guarantees him at least 5 years. IIRC Brooks was on pretty thin ice going into an absolute make or break Year 4. But it worked out great (perhaps Barnhart's best football decision) and led to a nice 4 year bowl run by the "old" man. The 4 consecutive winning seasons were the most since a guy named Bryant coached the team.
Bud it isn't sympathy. It is FACT. I will grant you we need a winning season 6-6 from a recruiting standpoint. He has had 2 full classes, the first class was a scramble.
