The House of Blue

Classy post, OP. Everybody knows Joker is gone so there's no need to continue piling on. Joker helped provide us with some of our best days since Bear Bryant. He'll always be a wildcat.

I agree with your post. We all wanted Joker to succeed and have a great career here. Nothing would be better than for one of UKs own to further the progression that was made under Brooks. Should his career at UK end i also wish him nothing but success in whatever he chooses to do!

Thanks for beating UT! And I mean that... I hope Joker moves on to bigger and better things in life.

UNTILL UK PUTS MILLIONS INTO THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM IT WILL BE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEC PERIOD. LOVED JOKER AND I THINK HE SHOULKD ALWAYS BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM IN SOME TYPE OF WAY. BUT A HEAD COACHING JOB Was way above him right now.

UK FB has been in demise since Bear left, the question is will Joker be this year's sacrificial lamb. He cares more about this program than anyone who wants his head. He has taken all the cruel, insensitive, hateful, and threatening criticism from largely uninformed people who probably never even attended UK, and has accepted it graciously and in stride. All the while he has tried to shelter his young and impressionable kids from all the distractions and tried to keep them focused on playing football. It has not worked for Joker and would not work for anyone else. Joker has not made excuses and has not blamed anyone. One thing I can say...Joker cut his teeth as a first time head coach at one of the worst college head coaching jobs in the country. His handling of this entire situation and all of its complications will not go unnoticed by the people in the know. Joker, if he goes, will be a winner in this whole fiasco.

I don't know one person who was ever rooting against Joker to succeed. He was popular as a player, assistant coach, and coordinator.

As far as appreciation, I can't say I appreciated the way he took a program that was on steady ground to its knees. No, he has not made a lot of excuses to the public and that is admirable.

He knew he was way over his head and needed help, but was too stubborn to ask the right people for the help. He and Mitch burned the bridge with Rich Brooks and that was one of Joker's biggest downfalls. Rich could have "coached" him through many of his mistakes.

If I give the keys of my car to my son and he wrecks it, I am not going to tell him how much I appreciate him.

If you can't have feelings for a guy who loves and played his heart out for UK,hen you have serious internal problems. It may be the inevitable, but it still makes me feel somewhat sick inside. The guy really had good intentions, and I want everyone that plays for the Big Blue to have happy successful lives. Joker certainly has not been happy about how things have gone down. I wish him all the best...................................as far as Bozich goes, if there is a depth lower than hell i am sure he will succeed in landing there after he sucks in in his last breath. MR.IU loathes UK every bit as much as Bitterbobknight.

Thank you Joker. I really appreciate what you tried to accomplish here. I woud wish you the best and would like to see you succeed as an OC or HC somewhere. Thanks for beating UT!

Thank you, Joker. For your time and blood/sweat/tears for this university. You're an outstanding person, and a class act. I wish you luck in your future endeavors. Good luck.

Thanks Joker for all of the time, effort and commitment you have put into UK. Rarely does a person have so many years invested into a program. We know you care deeply for the University and it's football program. Thanks for being a person of character and instilling that into the program and players.