The House of Blue

Really you believe that?!? We werent getting minced meat coming in, what we were getting is what we were investing. Brooks and Joker did ok with what they had. We have more dudes in the NFL now at one time than I can remember. THE Athletic Dept has now seen we need to put money in to compete (I mean Vandy was spending more on fb than us embarasing). Thats what we have now more money to pay for a better overall coaching staff. Thankfully one with some buzz to it.

Not really but there was a walkon that we just picked up that was a 2/3 star that had offers from Western Michigan. That's pretty close.

I do feel that recruiting improved under Joker in some ways but Stoops has stepped it up a other notch.

He might have been talking just about linemen. Which we don't have alot of in the NFL.

and how is what you say different from what i said. believe me though if you didnt have the money you wouldnt have the upgraded coaching staff with a plan. look at the massive amount of money USC has infused in their program the last few years. Therre is no reason we cant be right with them. But we wer'nt going to get there without investment.

Again in college football circles, people involved with college football, not us, know Joker as a great recruiter. The shit situation he was in the last couple of years who would come to UK i wouldnt. I am not saying Stoops isnt doing a good job it is great i love it, but there was no commitment to football at UK under Joker. We may be a top dog in basketball, but with all the conference unstability i believe the powers to be at UK finally realized it's football not basketball that turns the world and they finally decide to jump on. BTW, staff has as much to do with recruiting as anything and Joker's staff was horrible, but again the lowest paid staff in the SEC produced the last class in the SEC, BUT 40ish nationally is not so bad.

Those guys in the "football circles" need to come see us. We don't need their opinion we had three long years of his recruiting to tell us all we need to know.

You just dont get it. If Stoops came in with the same commitment from the University that Joker had(meaning money). He couldnt have gotten the coaches he did, these top guys wouldnt have come for the money they where paying Joker's coaches and a head coach is only as good as his assistants. Dont get me wrong, again I am excited as the next guy with this new staff!!!! I have lived and died Big Blue football for 40 years and cant wait for next season. All I am saying blame for the last few years goes on the administrations back for not backing our football team. Joker brought some good players in under bad circumstances unfortunatley not enough. It's the whole staff man the guys teaching the big uglies on both sides of the ball that make the difference. Shoot look what happened to Bowden at FSU when everyone took all his assistants away the guys that came in couldnt replace the quality he lost and the team sufferred even getting good recruits. Mack Brown is the same way now. This conferance realingment thing made the administration change their ways or we would have been left farther behind. Let's look forward instead of bemoaning the past

Joker just didn't have it point blank period. And he couldn't get the guys to come work for him that Stoops has. He doesn't have the connections. But lets let it go. We've got the man we've always needed now.