Just a rumor but I heard the kickers and long snappers didn't get along and it was kind of a take sided thing amongst the rest of the locker room
Will We Ever Know Who Divided the 2015 Locker Room?
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The OP pointed a lot of things that all could be true and contributed to the problem, BUT I don't think they were necessarily plotted conscious things people did intentionally. Some were just natural like the supposed divide between Towles guys and Barkers. Friends just migrate to friends and don't necessarily do so because they hate or despise the other. Still the result can be the same.
I think Villes note above says a lot about WHY it played out the way it did. I'm sure Dawson didn't mean to create a fraction in how he treated Patrick but being a young coach he didn't recognize that being too chummy with any of his guys probably wasn't a good thing because he forgot to keep a level of discipline and formality that is needed in football. Same can be said of Stoops and the rest of the staff in general and I think that was the biggest problem. The breakdown arose out of a lack of leadership not from anyone intentionally trying to stick to somebody else IMO.
Not only is our team on the lower rung, there are cliques on that rung. Yeah, sure, we got room for that. I grow ever more respectful of Rich Brooks and how he jelled his teams.
Brooks had the respect of the players. I remember after Trevethan (sp) had his break out game. At the press conference, one of the reporters pointed out that coach Brooks had mispronounced Trevethan's name, and asked if he was going to correct the coach. He replied that there was no way that he would correct coach Brooks, but he might consider changing his name.
That's respect.
The facts are none of us have any idea what exactly went on in the UK locker room. We can discuss and conjecture days on end yet never have a clear idea about the team's internal issues. That said, why is it important for us to know? These type issues exist everywhere in our society. We are all part of human nature.
IMO, we should move forward and hope the one factor needed most surfaces: team leadership. I have hope Drew Barker and Kash Daniel become team leaders over the next years. They, for instance, can do more to bring unity to the team than all our coaches combined.
IMO, we should move forward and hope the one factor needed most surfaces: team leadership. I have hope Drew Barker and Kash Daniel become team leaders over the next years. They, for instance, can do more to bring unity to the team than all our coaches combined.
Could you ever imagine a player throwing the ball into the stands with Brooks as coach like what happened during the last game this year? Brooks would have ripped that player a new one if that happened under him, and the players knew it too. As a matter of fact, I can't imagine our players dancing during TV timeouts, pre game warm ups , nor during kick offs like what goes on now. I couldn't get by with that in high school football.
I want to know the "divide" has ended.
I want to know that our veterans are providing leadership.
I want to know that our coaching staff will instill discipline in every player.
I want to know that our players have learned from their mistakes.
I want to know that the entire team will work their tail off to improve.
I want to know that everyone in the program wants to end our history of mediocrity.
I want to KNOW that all of the above is attainable!!!
I want to know that our veterans are providing leadership.
I want to know that our coaching staff will instill discipline in every player.
I want to know that our players have learned from their mistakes.
I want to know that the entire team will work their tail off to improve.
I want to know that everyone in the program wants to end our history of mediocrity.
I want to KNOW that all of the above is attainable!!!