The House of Blue

9 million? Really? You could hire a hc and coordinators plus assistants for 6 to 6.5 million. Just like basketball if you hire a coach kids wanna play for they will come. Ohio is very fertile recruiting grounds a top notch coach could break into Ohio. Then maybe keep top ranked kids instate. Pull a few from the south and then you could have something going. Plus with the money the sec TV contracts bring in money Shouldn't be a problem. So take your excuses somewhere else. Its that mentality that holds this program back. Don't except mediocrity anymore.

If your feelings get hurt cause someone is too positive or too negative on a message board then you need to step away from it and do something else.

My real life has enough things in it that I have to take serious. This isn't one of them.

Those that think that some big name coach is going to come in on a white charger and UK football is going to be happy ever after are the most delusional fans on this site.

Unless the underlying problems that infest UK football are addressed no coach will ever be able to win big here without cheating.

It took UK 50 plus years to reach its deserved status as a graveyard of coaches and IMO no quick fix is in the cards. It is going to take great effort over many years to turn the UK football program around with some good luck with lower rated recruits turning out better than anticipated, a perfect storm of support by the powers that be and some help from the football Gods.

OK jeffries, you are right Joker was an assistant for 4 of those bowl games. But, he was the head man for the streak busters UT (26 years long), USC (10 years long), and Spurrier (I don't even remember, but in the teens).

I would fit in Matt's Group 2. Joker has some clear deficincies so far. Last year the offense was terrible. I think youth at the playmaker positions and let's face it Tee Martin were big problems. This year Joker adjusted, let Pat Washington have a lot of say in the structure in the offense and things improved. First two weeks of this year the defense has been really bad. Joker, to his credit, has basically said publicly we are going to go to more 4-3 and simplify because we are too young on that side of the ball. His DC doesn't like it, but Joker has said simplify and put the 11 best guys on the field. Will that make a big improvement, time will tell. There is still a lot of work to do.

This is very accurate. Although I stay in the middle, "Group 1" is significantly more guilty of ruining the discussion on the boards than "Group 3"

They are the first to make personal attacks against other posters and start the name calling that makes me want to just turn off my computer.

So basically a lot of people just needs to grow up and quit being jerks. If someone says something you don't like just ignore it and move on.

BlueGhost - can't win every battle. Sometimes you have to agree to disagree and move on and not get nasty or rude about it. Not saying you do, just saying in general. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but when their opinions get personal about players that is where I take a stance. Unless they want to post by their real name and not a user name and hide behind it running their mouths and man up for the remarks they make that are rude and nasty I will call it out. There is a limit. These are young 18 - 22 year olds who deserve better from their own so called "fans".

I never said you personally were the problem. It's the people that attack and accuse anyone who does criticize any facit of the problem.

I have never once come out and attacked anyone on here because I didn't like what they said in regards to UK football. I argue with them, I make my point, but I don't attack.

On the flip side, there are several, who go out of their way to nitpick my post and find something negative about it so they can attack me.

Instead of argiung their perspective, they take their ball and go home, by trying to paint me as some sort of Joker hater, or LOD, or whatever tag they decide to use at the moment.

I'll admit, I'm emotional and very critical at times about the program when I think it is waranted, but that doesn't mean I don't love UK. In fact, I think it may be a testament to the fact that I do actually care about my program enough that mediocrity does not satisfy me.

It can happen. The question is who's the big name coach and where is the guy that can get him to come here. I'm not seeing either.

#1 - Take your caps lock off, screaming is frowned upon in this establishment.

And yes, that could happen. Depends on the coach.

I don't mind "honest" discussion about the program. I myself have been critical of Joker and am on record saying that our program has to show progress this year for him to keep his job.

What my main issue is the 3 or 4 wildly negative and wildly un-informed posters who drive a constant agenda. I will never back down from a situation in which I am trying to bring truth to the discussion. Interestingly enough, most of the misinformed posters seem to be more uninformed and the athletic department and it's funding and the improvements to the football facilities more than anything else.

Agree with that. I saw a thread the other day about the attendance. Many blamed the economy. I just slapped my head. I guess they didn't notice the economy didn't seem to be affecting Florida, Notre Dame, and on and on and on. If UK was in the top 10 it would be packed and then some every game. Economy has nothing to do with it. It's all about the unacceptable product on the field. imo

If this team goes 6-6 then we have our coach. Then next year I think expectations would be high and so would fan morale. So season tickets would sale better.