The House of Blue

The coaching staff has said that EJ suffers from real lapses in confidence in his own ability and thus it affects his performance both in games and practices. They've had a really difficult time getting him to overcome the mental ups and downs of the sport.

I wondered the same. He looked great against you know that one team and then he did nothing the rest of the year. We need him to be consistent. You are getting your school paid. Come out and give maximum effort and believe that you can help. We're not asking for ALL SEC caliber season. Just be solid and catch the ball when it comes your way.

He struggled with some drops even after the Louisville game.

Roark was benched and relegated to special teams after his bout with drops and only returned to the field later in the year.

He was basically benched after the Central Michigan game and was not a part of the game plan again until he broke out with 13 catches vs. Miss. State and then seven against Ole Miss. We even had a story after the Ole Miss game detailing the return from being benched, where both Joker Phillips and Tee Martin openly discussed him being benched for the most part and forced to earn his way back on offense through practice and special teams.

"It says a lot about Matt because he did get yanked in a couple of games..he went on special teams and went about his business." Joker Phillips said.

Fields, after Roark was benched against CMU, had the following games:

UL: 7-57
UF: 2-16
LSU: 1-16

He participated against USCe and J'ville State prior to Roark returning to the starting lineup, but didn't have any catches.

So: Roark is the starter, gets benched against CMU. Proceeds to catch 10 passes in the next 5 games coming off the bench. Fields, in the same time span, catches 10 passes, including 7 against UL, 2 against UF, and 1 against LSU. He participates in every single game after that point, even after Roark is given the starting job after catching 13 against MSU, but does not record another caught pass.

So can we finally stop with the myth that Fields "never saw the field" after the UL game?

Seriously, does absolutely everything have to be turned into a conspiracy to keep the superstars sidelined?

Fields was the second best receiver for UK against UL and caught a few more passes in the next couple of games. Roark caught 13 passes against MSU and earned his starting spot back. Now there's some sort of coaching/quarterback agenda against Fields to hold him down, in a season where the team was desperate for playmakers?

Good grief, no wonder so many people are miserable. They are constantly jumping at shadows.

Facts are facts, we didn't have many receivers shine last year overall. Fields played in 9 games according to the stats, and I doubt unless he is your kid and you never went to the bathroom or concession stand, that you can be sure that he only had 6 passes thrown his way. You can't stand on the stats of one game and expect to keep a starting wr position. If he did have 6 passes thrown to him, he only caught 3 more after the ul game, so Fields had his problems last year, as did Roark did early. I guess my question is how many bad receivers can you keep in the game while they learn to catch a ball thrown right to them?

Fields is listed on the participation chart for every game of the season save Vanderbilt and Tennessee.

Here's a handy link for your reference: http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2011-2012/teamstat.html

I have pointed out the catches he made after you initially claimed that he "never saw the field" after the UL game.

Now that your statements have been discredited and proven factually incorrect, you've gone into a backpedal that Caffey can envy.

Instead of "never seeing the field" now Fields is being held back because the QB and coaches managed to scheme away from him and refuse to throw the ball to a clear superstar who caught 7 passes against UL one time for about 8 YPC.

Ridiculous. EJ could very well have a good season if he improves a few things. I certainly hope he does. Maybe he'll break out, catch 10 TDs, and be All-SEC. But to act like he's some proven game-changer who, but for the ignorance of the coaches, would have had a monster season last year is just inane.

I would also add that Roark was a tough dude and probally the best blocker of the WRs. If you must decide between recievers that are all dropping the ball you go with the tough one, that played with a lot of heart, that is a good blocker, that has paid his dues on the special teams.

I believe that Roark also proved he was some what a leader by what he did in the UT game.

Roark was a tough motivated football player that probally was not a great WR but I would have welcomed him on my team.

He had very few oppertunites after he dropped a few passes. And I also said it could have been his own fault for not getting open if you had taken the time to read my post instead of throwing a hissy fit. It also could of been the fault of the QB for locking onto certain receivers and not going through his progressions.

Joker stated in his transcripts that we have 7 8 wr that they trust can make plays this year. im assuming he means king collins robinson fields cunningham legree sweat boyd. fields will get his reps in practice if he is consistently making plays joker will kick him off the team so a spy dosnt see him and out jokers true identity coach charlie strong dum da dum dum.