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bigsam2 said...

Injuries and attrition are part of D1 football. All schools face it. Are we young? Absolutely! Do these guys show flashes of ability, yes they do. The problem I have is back to the front office. Total lack of leadership!!! Joker has for years been who these players run to when yelled at by others. He from my viewpoint needs to make these upperclassmen toe the line or move on period. They have been slapped on the hand and made to sit in time out but not been really held accountable because he wants to be there friend. How about poor Morgan Newton. He could have been one of the best tight ends in recent years, but, was never moved to that position until recently(to a slot receiver). But those in charge allowed him to stay in a position he was ill equipped to play at this level.

But leadership does not end in the football office. To allow the AD and the UKAA to have a pass is not justified. It is time to make wholesale changes and move forward. Once again we find ourselves starting over due to the ineptness of leadership not only from the aforementioned but our Board of Trustees as well. If basketball is to be the status quo then dome over Commonwealth and create a 70,000 seat basketball facility, drop football and move on!

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footballcat65 said...

I've been a Joker supporter but can not do it anymore. Saturday showed me that Towles should have been #2 from the get go. He's the same type of QB as Smith while Jalen is not. (This is not a knock on Jalen) Why would you want to try to run two different types of offenses if you don't have to. I honestly believe if Towles would have been taking #2 snaps all along his chance of injury would have been greatly decreased. Sorry for the long answer but no Joker shouldn't get another year IMO.

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hoptownukfan said...

A single coach can't recruit "every" player. The fact of the matter is that Joker was responsible with most of our high profile recruits the last few eyars. The problem is that he didn't have as much time to recruit because he was the coordinator. Couple that with the fact that over half of our staff under brooks spent little to no time on the recruiting trail and you have the mess we see in our top two classes right now.

All that to say, we have the talent on the roster to beat western.

Joker dug his own grave by falling short against Ole miss, Miss. State and Tennessee his first year.

If we had won 2/3 of those games we likely play in a new years day bowl game. If we had done that we are all talking about how much great young talent we have right now and how we are lookign good for next year.

Instead, we flopped in those 3 games and Joker's first year was a massive disapointment.

I had hoped joker could stick around because this IS his dream job. But the bottom line is that it just isn't working out. When he gets to 8 losses Barnhart should do the deed.