The House of Blue

I know my opinion will be chastised by some, but I am a very conservative person, who concentrates on problem solving using my head instead of my heart. I believe this thing can be handled in a way to give Joker the very best shot possible, because I truly believe it is the most direct path to where everyone wants to get to. I believe the USCjr AD in his statements made available by another poster. I truly believe Mitch wants what we all want but knows it will not happen overnight or with just a new hire. To position this program to where it has the best chance to succeed, an integrated approach is what is needed. I have thought about this to a great degree. If this makes me hilariously delusional then so be it. I tend to believe it makes me wise, patient, and mature. I do not believe in hope and change.

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I actually agree with you. We won't be able to see what Joker will really be able to do for another 4-5 years, if even then. Kentucky football has been in such a hole for such a long period of time that any movement to the top 25, in an capacity, is going to take years, if not decades. And there will be steps backward along the way.

My personal opinion is that we should give Joker a good shot at it, not 3 years. My minimum expectation was 6-7, but I'm realistic in that it probably won't happen. My other opinion is that if we don't give Joker his full shot and fire him after this year that we should absolutely do everything we can to hire Bobby Petrino.

They also have a national title- 1964.

I see what you're saying, JHB. I don't know if I agree with you- I would call Arky middle of the road between us and Bama. I would give us more if a similar situation to Missouri or Mississippi State, just judging over my lifetime of watching. I do think that Arky is closer to us than they are to Bama though, so it's not an awful comparison.

I'm all for bringing in Petrino at this point. My only worry is that he'll be offered better jobs. I'd say Dooley is probably out at UT. Will they offer Petrino? The Auburn job might be opening as well. Would Petrino want to go back to the West though. As long as Saban and Miles are in place Auburn will be playing 3rd fiddle in their own division. I have no doubts that Petrino at UK or UT could elevate the programs to compete with UF, USC and UGA. At UT he could probably even surpass them. I'm sure he wants to continue coaching in the SEC. But can we beat out UT for his services? At this point I'm probably gonna have to say no especially with Barnhart as AD.

But none of your examples had sex with their hires. Its good to know who are the sluts on here. lol

I both agree with Suchy and that it won't happen. As to Minter, I'm waiting to see. Last year, the defense improved a lot over the course of the year. So far this year, it's awful. I'll give him a chance to turn things around the rest of this year.

Can't win the Kentucky Derby with a pony. Talent is really deficient on the defensive side of the ball. Some promising young players, but our LB's are really struggling, and the dline has not developed physically like it should have. I cut the dline a little bit of slack because, bad LB's really make the dline look worse. If they are eating up blocks but the LB's are unable for whatever reason to fill the gap, fight off blockers, and make the tackle less than 7 yds down the field, people scream at the dline. Their main job is gap control, and to eat as many blocks as possible to keep the LB's free.