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Thanks for hiring Rick minter

  • Imagine Steve brown calling plays on that last Tennessee drive? Prevent after prevent and taylor Wyndham guarding da'rick Rodgers.

    Even though Steve brown still left his mark by coaching the worst corners in sec history minter brought the heat and mixed it up enough to give us a shot with a glaring issue in the secondary.

    I look for a nice leap from the secondary next year with Dixon, Faulkner, rice, & others with a new db coach.

    There is reason for hope if we can get rid of nord, smith, and brown.

    hoptownukfan

  • hoptownukfan said...

    Imagine Steve brown calling plays on that last Tennessee drive? Prevent after prevent and taylor Wyndham guarding da'rick Rodgers.

    Even though Steve brown still left his mark by coaching the worst corners in sec history minter brought the heat and mixed it up enough to give us a shot with a glaring issue in the secondary.

    I look for a nice leap from the secondary next year with Dixon, Faulkner, rice, & others with a new db coach.

    There is reason for hope if we can get rid of nord, smith, and brown.

    thumbsup

    Whitaker568

  • hoptownukfan said...

    Imagine Steve brown calling plays on that last Tennessee drive? Prevent after prevent and taylor Wyndham guarding da'rick Rodgers.

    Even though Steve brown still left his mark by coaching the worst corners in sec history minter brought the heat and mixed it up enough to give us a shot with a glaring issue in the secondary.

    I look for a nice leap from the secondary next year with Dixon, Faulkner, rice, & others with a new db coach.

    There is reason for hope if we can get rid of nord, smith, and brown.

    i think Smith has done well with the LBs. i agree with everything else though. the Defense has played quite well all year except @vandy

    nbtoppers2

  • nbtoppers2 said...

    i think Smith has done well with the LBs. i agree with everything else though. the Defense has played quite well all year except @vandy

    Defense was ok this year. Db's were miserable.

    Smith has done ok.
    He is dead weight recruiting and
    Has had one foot out the door for three years. He wanted the western job and the Murray state job and tried like heck to get them. He just isn't much of a recruiter and that's what we need.

    Nord is a decent coach but he is awful as a special teams coach.

    hoptownukfan

  • I have stated this numerous times, but for Db coach I want one of the following: Taver Johnson, Kerry Coombs, Ron Zook, or Anthony Midget.

    Taver will be out unless Urban keeps him at OSU. I don't think Coombs will go anywhere as he wants to be UCinn's HC eventually. Zook will be out a job and was an DB coach when not a HC or DC. Any of those three gives us an instant boost in recruiting.

    If we strike out on any of those guys than give Midget a call. He is a young high engery guy with recruiting ties in Georgia and Florida. Also can help Nord out as he also doubles as ST coach. Joker swung for the fences with Shannon last year, so he needs to go for it again. Give one of those guys the Co-DC title and a raise if that is what it takes to get one of them.

    Big Creek Cat

  • hoptownukfan said...

    Nord is a decent coach but he is awful as a special teams coach.

    Does anyone know the total number of return yards for the season on punt returns? I agree that Nord is horrible as a special teams coach. He better pull in some big time recruits to justify keeping him on the staff.

    bruce122767

  • Last I heard it was 2 yards.

    bigbluerules

  • Rick Smith is a damn good linebacker coach and a good recruiter. This has been debated multiple times and he has brought in a lot of players.

    zcats

  • Really can't complain about the LB's. Danny T and Guy? Hell even Dupree played a hell of a game today. Think there is a lot of talent there with some young LB's.

    bigbluerules

  • They key to the Minter defense is having lock down corners that can allow you to single cover the opponents 1 or 2 receiver. When you have dependable corners it frees you up to do a lot more with your safeties and linebackers in your blitz and dog packages.

    We don't have that type of corner right now but we faced a quarterback that had some severe accuracy problems today which sort of serves the same purpose. Accordingly, we were able to put in some better blitz packages today and left their receivers in single coverage more often. Thats when you get the big pressures, sacks, hurries, knock downs and shut down a passing game like we saw today.

    This game will serve as a glimpse into the future, if we can develop real SEC caliber lock down corners you will see some exceptional play like this from this defense in the future.

    "Ignorance is constricted awareness" - Deepak Chopra

    Deeeefense

  • I really like Rick Minter and I have no problem with keeping Smith. He is a good LB coach and a decent recruiter. Perhaps Nord should move over to RB coach cause he hasn't done that well as a ST or TE coach here at UK. His RB's at ul were dynamite.

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    Stoopified!

    cobbycobb

  • HIRE RON ZOOK! lol

    Jared Bonshire

  • Just thought I would see what it felt like to be a Mike Leach fan.

    Jared Bonshire

  • I'd love to have zook as our ST coach and recruiting coordinator. He is a phenom on the trail.

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    cobbycobb

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  • zcats said...

    Rick Smith is a damn good linebacker coach and a good recruiter. This has been debated multiple times and he has brought in a lot of players.

    Chuck Smith, maybe?

    Keep Calm & Stoops On..

    _Mike_

  • Brown has to go.

    ukfit

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