The House of Blue

I don't even think he tries. . . haha

Can you fix your damn message board so a brotha can get in? Its not my fault your board doesnt have the capability to sustain my awesomeness. Lol.

I really hate that for whatever damn reason i can't get on. You want me on that board. You need me on that board.

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Take Lamar Dawson from Boyle Co, His family is very close to me and This kid would neaver ever have came to UK no matter if the Bear was coaching here from the dead. He had some huge personal reasons to leave this state and to get as far away as poss and he did. People gave Joker and Smith hell for it and that is because they had no clue what the reasons were that he did not come to UK. As we do not know the reasons why any kid would not come to UK. But yet it is the coaches fault that he did not get them. ??????

If you know Lamar at all then you know he only considered UK for his family. As i mentioned earlier, Lamar wanted to get out of ky. He wanted to have a special college exp. as well as an opportunity to play on Sundays...again for his family, although it has always been his dream. Lamar made a great decision (a decision that most fathers would have made as well sending him to USC) and as you said is as happy as he has ever been. He's a great guy and deserves the best.

What tWitt said was what i was tryin to say (he just worded it much better lol) that its about bringing in the best kids possible to make UK a contender and consistent winner. Who the hell cares whatvstate they are from as long as they are players. Imo opinion FL and GA just happen to be the best possible places to do so.

Not sure why he only considered us because of family. We had been having some solid success and Lamar would have been a key cog in improving the program even more. Not to menion our success with LB's. We've put 2 star LB's in the NFL starting for some good young defenses. I can't even imagine having Lamar, Guy, Trevathan, Williamson and Dupree on the same field. And this year it would have been an even better version of Dupree, Williamson, Lamar. Would have been a damn good unit to go along with several studs at DT. OH WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN!!!

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Well anyway UK will always be a huge dissssss because the state of KY can only produce such players 1 to 3 times per yr. With Fla does it 60 to 80 times per yr. And how many does Fla, Miami and Fla st loose to out of state schools. ????? But it does not mattttttttteeeeerrrrrr because they land 15 to 20 of them each yr lol the rest can go where ever.

Love big blue like no other, but the truth is the truth. I have season tkts to SC just to watch UK every other yr down here in basketball and football.

What is this one reason you speak of? Be careful, because while you might speculate about the situation, this is one of the few that I actually know something about.

I only ask because I am curious on how you plan to use Jacob to prove your agenda.

When the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence, kids from KY are going to climb over the fence! KY fans bragging about not renewing tickets, bemoaning players, coaches, ADs, facilities, style of play and on and on...is like an irrigation system for the grass on the other side of the fence. Whether you like it or not KY kids are well in tune with this.

To be clear, I have beat the drum as long as I have been on this site that the key is recruiting and getting the best players possible and that I strongly believe that is in the deep south (LA, MS, AL, GA, FL and to a lesser extent, SC), not in KY. As I have always said, if we are deciding between 2 comparable players (with respect to measurables and stats), one from KY and one from GA/FL/AL, I will take the deep south kid 90% of the time b/c they have competed against a higher level of competition and odds are they have received better coaching from an early age.

My point earlier in this thread is that in the years when there are several BCS-caliber recruits in KY, it is important for a program to get most of them instead of trying to find (and get) equally good players in another state. I 100% agree with others who say we cannot try to make a living in the SEC off players from KY. There simply aren't enough SEC quality in KY.

I have no problem with guys leaving the state for elite programs like tOSU, Bama, So Cal, etc., but we can't sit back and be okay with losing the state's better players to UL, Arkansas, Illinois, or other mid-tier BCS programs. That should never be acceptable unless the kid (a) has a family tie to that program, or (b) simply wants to get away from KY for college. There needs to be more of a concerted effort by UK to make sure that damn near every in-state kid perceives it as the cool thing to do to stay home and play for UK if given the chance. Obviously winning helps that, but it also takes a lot of effort from UK beyond simply recruiting the players. Perception is key.

Nope its the 4082nd thread about how many people know Lamar Dawson

Thanks for the update.