The House of Blue

There are a lot of reasons UK was 2-10 last year. The biggest reason was the staff. They repeatedly put players in position to fail. You want one example? Wyndham being asked to cover a RB one on one in coverage with NOBODY deep. And they did it multiple times a game.

Yeah, I think 5 wins is a reasonable expectation with 6 being very possible, depending on how healthy we stay.. 7 wins would be awesome, but, at the very peak of expectations.. 8 wins is a pipe dream, imo..

I do think the 4-3 D works better for this team as I see the DL possibly being one of the teams strengths with the addition of Smith, Bell, Hyde to go along with Rumph, Cobble, Johnson and Coleman and I think we'll add another piece, with possibilities of Lauren Jackson, Toby Johnson, Ben Bradley. Any of those 3 would boost the DL trmendously. I could see Dupree at DE, as well, but adding another DE and keeping him at LB would be the best situation possible.

I think we'll be okay at LB, but, just an injury or 2 away from being very thin there. Williamson, Henderson, Rancifer should all be solid players, and possibly Dupree if not moved, but, our depth of Simpson, Brause, Forrest isn't the greatest. Not fast enough for the SEC game on an every down basis. Would love to add 1 more quality LB to the mix, say a George Williams, Stanley Higgins or De'Niro Laster.

I know our secondary was a weak point last year and we were extremely young, but, if you look at all the young guys that got quality experience, baptism by fire, so to speak, you'd have to think there would be improvement there. A healthy Faulkner and a qualified Caffey would be a big boost in and of itself. Glen was one of only a few 4 star quality players on the team and Marcus was supposedely our #1 CB coming into last year. In addition the staff has alot of offers out to some highly ranked kids at that position and I feel certain we'll add a couple more to the mix, so, I think this could be a stronger area than most think. Of course, adding the Alexander twins would be huge, but, I'd settle for Hytchye and Willis and for McClain to stay commited. Everyone of those guys are capable of contributing early and even replacing the current starters.