The House of Blue

The reason that we have so little talent and depth is a result of Joker Phillips' roster management. One of the main reasons we have so many injuries is due to playing kids who are not mature enough to play at this level. Name a part of the program that is improving. Recruiting? That is highly debatable. The guy makes questionable coaching decisions, is a bad manager, and is a very negative public relations figure. Has he had some bad luck? Absolutely, but luck is not why this program is failing. Outside of a complete resurrection over the next 3 games either you fire him or next year's attendance is going to look like a Texas high school program.

Not sure but senior classes are small at a lot of schools, even good ones. Louisville has 9 seniors, Alabama 7 or 8.

The upperclassmen we do have are solid contributors: Williamson, Rumph, Cobble, Wyndam, Ukwu, Benton, Neloms and Rice on the defensive side of the ball and Warford, Smith, Mitchell, King, McCaskill, Fields, Robinson, Sanders and Boyd on the offensive side.. The problem is we don't have enough experience in positions that are neccessary to succeed in the SEC and that's at LB, QB, Secondary and in the OL.. Those are all positions that are very tough to play as a freshman or sophomore.

Darrell, most of the time I agree with you, but your point on how can you fire Joker is really weak. Joker was out coached and out prepared by Strong in the UL game. He was again out coached by Taggart. That was before injuries began to take their toll. Jokers team never looked prepared and are always playing from behind. You also fail to remember that UK has not scored in the first quarter of a game in almost 2 years. He went out and hired Rick Minter who now makes Steve Brown's defenses look good. You also have to factor in that Joker has totally lost the fan base. To continue to ignore the proof on the field is just insane. I fully supported keeping Joker until this season has shown the same pattern as his first two. This ship is sinking and is in need of new leadership.

Benton, Ukwu, wyndham are a huge reason why our defense is not good at all.

Go back and watch the miss state game tape. They threw at benton all day long and abused the hell out of him.

I agree......partly. I do believe that we need to part ways with Joker. I don't believe that the UL game was due to "being out coached and outprepared." Were we? Yes, but it goes beyond that. We had guys, like Simpson, that were liabilities on the field.....but they were the best we had at their positions so we had to play them. McDuffen at WKU was another example. He made the wrong read on a goaline play, took Avery out of the play, and let the RB walk into the endzone. In that instance (and many others) it's not bad coaching, it's playing guys with little-to-no experience.

Don't get me wrong though. There is still plenty of evidence of poor coaching.....enough to warrant dismissal? Yes. And you are right, there was plenty to see before the injuries starting to snowball. And there is a pattern that is seen over the last 2.5 yrs.

I wouldn't be hard on Minter though. Last yr we had absolutely no offense, no special teams, a weak secondary, and a poor d-line. And given the fact that they were on the field way too much and had poor depth, they played fairly well. This yr he doesn't have the players to play. Saban would have a hard time fielding a good defense us. (I'm not saying that Minter is Saban) I don't feel that Minter is a great DC, but he's much better than Brown.

After your Minter/Brown comment in your post, I totally agree with your last few sentences.

How can we fire him???

Kentucky has become the worst team in the BCS, by far. Our team plays uninspired, unprepared, and most players show no development. The stadium is half full (maybe), and analysts make fun of UK on a daily basis.

That's not all because a couple QB's sprained an ankle.

I'm still surprised he hasn't been fired yet. If any of us did our jobs as poorly as Joker has, we would be fired on the spot. He is a complete Joke, and the more he sticks around the more I dislike him. Just knowing what he has done to any progress our football team had finally built up.

Heard from a pretty good source that Fulmer would be interested in the head coaching job at UK. And he and Chavis are extremely tight, the DC currently at LSU. Not saying I hope Joker is gone or that he stays, just sayin...

Thanks for you polite response. I wasn't writing for you but can you point out what you feel in this post is in error. I would appreciate your effort.