The House of Blue

"This could be the most important hire in UK football history."

That's the same thing I was saying about the post Brooks era! I really thought we were in the best position UK had ever been in to take the next step and make a big hire. I was unhappy w/ the CIW, not because I disliked Joker, but because I thought, he wasn’t ready, and we were missing the chance to make the kind of hire that could truly revolutionize UK football and make us a viable SEC program.

Once Joker was hired, I got behind him and hoped that I was wrong. Like many of us have said, the best thing that could happen to UK would be we end up with a great coach that is also a hometown guy, and plans on making a career out of it. At this point though, it looks like that’s not gonna happen. One thing intriguing about a possible Petrino hire is I could forsee him retaining some of our current coaches, and I don’t think that would necessarily be a bad thing, as long as he wasn’t doing it against his will.

New coach talk, though likely inevitable, is a little premature at this point. For now, despite those on here who think otherwise, I’ll continue to hope against all odds that Joker manages to turn it around and have a winning season.

That's right. Forget about UF, UT, UGA, USCe, Vandy. They have no relevance to UK's situation. Until someone like Z wants to use it against Joker and the program. Wow!!!

You made our point. It is a combination of both economy and product on the field. That's what we have been saying! It's not just the product on the field but the economy as well! A few of you guys just want to point the finger at Joker and Co, and nothing else. So we have to keep reminding you that other schools are down in attendance as well. Good lord!

You use one school to fit your agenda. Go check the other schools that were posted in the thread earlier. Nice try though.

Also UL is a pretty damn good team. To say they're barely above suck level is to lose all credibility in your comments.

What are you 12? You lose? Again you use one school. Grow up! UL also started off in the top 25. That's really suck level! And you also have to remember they don't have as many season tickests as other schools because of the smaller stadium. Give it a break.

Alot of mags had UL in the top 25 early on not just polls. If you don't think everyone can't tell your trying to say it's all Joker and co. fault season ticket sales are down and it's only happening at UK thent we should end this discussion?

I agree that W/L's have played a big part in decline in ticket sales. But to say the economy hasn't is wrong IMO. It's happening to a lot of schools. People who just might have wanted to support the team or do the usual tailgating and have been hit hard with the down economy had some tough choices to make.

What's funny is pretty much everyone has agreed that the poor quality of the product on the field is the main reason for slow ticket sales, with a little extra help from a poor economy, yet we're still arguing? Anyone see the irony here? I wonder what's causing the argument to go on?

Sometimes, I wonder if those who accuse everyone of being agenda posters, and Joker haters have ever attended a game? I mean, if they are so close to jump on others who they percieve as negative on the internet, what the heck do they do when such negativity is all around them in person?

I don't know about you guys, but I've sat in almost every section, upper and lower level, between the 30 and the 50 on each side for the last 10 years, and every single game, regardless of my seats, there are people screaming "fire Joker!!!"every other play, and that's not even close to the worst of it. Of course, since about halfway through last year, a lot of those people stopped showing, simply because, a LOT of people stopped showing.

Whatever the case, those who act like everything is all hunky dory have either never been to a game, or don’t have the guts to voice their message board opinions in person.

I'm not baiting at all. Maybe my comment was a little snarky, but it was in response to people on here accusing others of being "AGENDA POSTERS" That kind of crap just needs to stop. Argue the point, not what you imagine as someones reasoning behind their post and everything will be okay.

Economy is a poor excuse for declining ticket sales. Anyone who uses that as a crutch, do you contend the 10% decline in ticket sales from 2010 to 2011 would have been less if the economy was going good? And the 20% decline from 2011 to 2012 would have been less had the economy been going good?

Funny how a many of you havent picked up on Mitch's newest excuse he rolled out last week...that we were not scoring enough points. Not that we played badly, or that we lost more than we won, but just our simpleton fanbase did not see enough points going up on the scoreboard.

Thanks for the apology. If i did lie about something I certainly didn't mean to and i apologize if this happened. Anyway lets just agree to disagree. Have a good one.