The House of Blue

WTF... I just want a new coach. I really don't give a damn who it is at this point.

Kirby Smart and Mark Stoops have been the top of my list personally, above Butch Davis. Willie Taggart has only proved he can win in the Sun Belt....we might as well keep Joker to take a chance on him. I would be skeptical about Leach also. Smart Stoops and Davis should be the top 3 right now.

Bro u keep posting ur going to be the most up voted person of all time +1

On the Willie T thing, how long would it take for him to get his power running system up and going with the roster we have in place?
We have 4 damn good running backs IMHO but we have 2 qbs in Max and PT that can throw it all over the field +1 thats coming in next yr. And alot of very good wideouts with Yancey coming in next yr. Will we have ro reset totally or not?

Sorry bro I read it wrong. But u sound like me i want a defensive minded coach

Okay I hope i can put this in a post without sounding bad but i will give it a shot.

If you will notice a Defensive minded coach pay attention to every aspect of the game form Special teams Offence & penalties, because if someone leaves his defence it a bad position he is pissed.

With a Offensive coach he just seems to worry about Offence and points thinks no matter what he will be fine and be able to score.

Thats just how i see it, watch a Oregon & a Bama game if the Oregon team messes up on D chip is like dont worry we will out score them. If the same play happens in a Bama game Saben is pissed cause they put his D in a bad spot. IMO defensive coach pay alot closer detail to every part of the game and thats what we need at this point, IMO

Ok, how about this: Andy Ludwig OC at San Diego State. SDSU has had good success with its offense and Ludwig is an offensive genius. They have scored a ton of points except in 1 game.

My personal favorites are Butch Jones, and Sonny Dykes followed by Hudspeth. However as a fan I realize that my knowledge of these coaches and others is very limited. Therefore I would feel a lot more comfortable if they would form a search committee composed of former UK players like Dermonte Dawson, Tim Couch, Jeff Van Nolte and others that really understand the business and know what to look for in a potentially successful coach. I trust their judgment a lot more than my own or for that matter Mitch Barnhart's.

That model seemed to work fairly well with the last basketball head coach selection.

A committee like that could get appointed for show, and that's not a big deal. Maybe a bit of a time waster.

But if there's a committee like that really searching for a coach, then that's a problem. Mitch can make lists just like we can--only with a lot more knowledge and insight. He knows who he can work with and who he can't and I'm sure he's already put feelers out to his top picks.

However deep that list is, if we're in the process of truly canvassing the nation for a coach who's accomplishments have not already put him on the candidate's list, we're in bigger trouble than we might imagine. I'm not saying that this is not the case--we might well be in that kind of shape where nobody much wants the job.

I think the coaching hire this time is a game of dominos. The best candidates are going to wait on some of the better jobs. Not all of them will get there and there could be some very enticing leftovers, but it's not going to be a case of picking your man and going after him.

The danger with a defensive-minded coach, however, is that they can often be conservative on offense to such an extent that their offense does not aggressively attack the opponent. I've seen it happen plenty before.

A defensive-minded coach can help your team appear to be more competitive because of their focus on strong defense and ball control on offense but it just means that you are losing games 7-6 or 14-10 instead of 35-28 with an offensive-minded coach.

For a coach to be successful at Kentucky, they have to be excellent judges of talent (to find players with SEC potential that others may have overlooked) and good developers of that talent so that more of their players reach that potential than not. And they need to instill a disciplined work ethic in their teams so that they will get the most out of the players that those players can give. Give me that guy and I don't care whether he is offensive or defensive-minded; I don't care whether he is flashy or boring.

Damn, been telling my kids and inlaws the EXACT same thing, Get people who CARE and have a vested interest in UK football to form a committee. Feel better about that because I have ZERO faith in Mitch to get this done.
One other name I would add as person who has vested interest in UK is Howard Schnellenberger. Add him to the above and get the best we can for the money. I have complete confidence that the above would get it done.
Go Cats!