Thank you "bud".....pitino and football...great that Towels comes from the "Jim Bunning" lineage..."so what!"....I liked the kid...but JLO and Gino came from Highlands, and became successful without lineage!
Thank you "bud".....pitino and football...great that Towels comes from the "Jim Bunning" lineage..."so what!"....I liked the kid...but JLO and Gino came from Highlands, and became successful without lineage!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.
You should also think about the politics. I have nothing against Patrick Towles but given who is family is, I am betting there was a lot of pressure on the coaching staff to get him to starter status. Towles was inconsistent and took too long to get rid of the football and our offensive line wasn't stout enough to buy him time (again because they had to play youth because there was nothing recruited by the prior staff.
In any event I think it will be very interesting. Reports out of Boston College are that Towles might not win the job. I wish nothing bad for the kid....I know he loves UK and dreamed of being the MAN here. Sometimes things just don't work out like we want them to.
Some on here are relentless on Stoops and his animated sidelines and want to compare how he coaches to the nations best coaches in established programs. He has to be animated, he has to fight the officials and give that reputation...for far too long Kentucky football has been the whipping boy of the conference....wouldn't want old Kentucky to mess up the big SEC Championship game by knocking someone off there aren't supposed to....remember Florida 2 years ago and the clock?
He has to show these young kids that he is a fighter for them. Should he lose his mind and allow to cost him....NO! I know he has done that, but that is also the job of the assistant coaches to keep their man's mind in the game (Cal loses his mind at times now doesn't he?).
Do you remember Rick Pitino those first few years when we were on probation? How many games did he get thrown out of? Games he knew he couldn't win? You can't do that in football and survive because the season is too short.
I am seeing all the right things out of the entire staff. I am seeing size and speed on the field and depth building at most positions. Do you know the toughest position to recruit in all of college football? I'll help you out DT. That is why the good ones are coveted and picked very early in the NFL drafts.
Sorry for the rant but I wanted to keep Brooks in mid-season year 3 when most wanted him fired. I saw the best talent and numbers be it young talent that Kentucky had had in a long time. I see the same thing happening now. Saturday will be a big indicator but I expect a dominate run game that controls the clock and keeps their all-star QB off the field as much as possible. Go CATS....I will go on the record that Stoops is my man....you can all ridicule me later if I am wrong
By the way, that's a FACT!!!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.
You should also think about the politics. I have nothing against Patrick Towles but given who is family is, I am betting there was a lot of pressure on the coaching staff to get him to starter status. Towles was inconsistent and took too long to get rid of the football and our offensive line wasn't stout enough to buy him time (again because they had to play youth because there was nothing recruited by the prior staff.
In any event I think it will be very interesting. Reports out of Boston College are that Towles might not win the job. I wish nothing bad for the kid....I know he loves UK and dreamed of being the MAN here. Sometimes things just don't work out like we want them to.
Some on here are relentless on Stoops and his animated sidelines and want to compare how he coaches to the nations best coaches in established programs. He has to be animated, he has to fight the officials and give that reputation...for far too long Kentucky football has been the whipping boy of the conference....wouldn't want old Kentucky to mess up the big SEC Championship game by knocking someone off there aren't supposed to....remember Florida 2 years ago and the clock?
He has to show these young kids that he is a fighter for them. Should he lose his mind and allow to cost him....NO! I know he has done that, but that is also the job of the assistant coaches to keep their man's mind in the game (Cal loses his mind at times now doesn't he?).
Do you remember Rick Pitino those first few years when we were on probation? How many games did he get thrown out of? Games he knew he couldn't win? You can't do that in football and survive because the season is too short.
I am seeing all the right things out of the entire staff. I am seeing size and speed on the field and depth building at most positions. Do you know the toughest position to recruit in all of college football? I'll help you out DT. That is why the good ones are coveted and picked very early in the NFL drafts.
Sorry for the rant but I wanted to keep Brooks in mid-season year 3 when most wanted him fired. I saw the best talent and numbers be it young talent that Kentucky had had in a long time. I see the same thing happening now. Saturday will be a big indicator but I expect a dominate run game that controls the clock and keeps their all-star QB off the field as much as possible. Go CATS....I will go on the record that Stoops is my man....you can all ridicule me later if I am wrong
OK....I respect that....we're just long suffering "please be sustainable" football fans...my apologiesABSOLUTELY NOT! If he had a bad 2017, not make a bowl, then he would probably be gone.
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!