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re: Does everyone think I'm overreacting?
Posted on 9/26/17 at 2:34 pm to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 9/26/17 at 2:34 pm to kywildcatfanone
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So, am I overreacting?
It is a concern.
Now... having watched the South Carolina game y'all took the air out of the ball and smothered them late in the game.
That is a playing the odds sort of thing and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Not taking the air out of the ball can lead to what happened to A&M this year against UCLA.
Being lost on defense and clock management... Would you like a seat at the table Arkansas has been sitting at for several years? That is coaching.
We've gotten much better at not being completely lost on defense this year... our defense still sucks, but at least they tend to be sucking with what we called.
If these issues prove to be the thing stopping you from taking that next step forward then it might be time to bite the bullet and realize Stoops has taken you as far as he can take you.
Which is not a slight on Stoops mind you. Not every coach is going to win you 9-10 games in the SEC. The question is who do you get to replace him?
Ken Hatfield won 10 games for us his last year but his relationship was so poisonous with our AD that he left for Clemons without ever visiting that school.
Our next coach won 3 games his first season and was fired after losing to the Citadel in the first game of his next season. Do not fire your HC unless you have someone lined up that you are sure is a better fit. Because it can get a lot worse.
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Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:29 pm to Arksulli
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If these issues prove to be the thing stopping you from taking that next step forward then it might be time to bite the bullet and realize Stoops has taken you as far as he can take you.
Which is not a slight on Stoops mind you. Not every coach is going to win you 9-10 games in the SEC. The question is who do you get to replace him?
Ken Hatfield won 10 games for us his last year but his relationship was so poisonous with our AD that he left for Clemons without ever visiting that school.
Our next coach won 3 games his first season and was fired after losing to the Citadel in the first game of his next season. Do not fire your HC unless you have someone lined up that you are sure is a better fit. Because it can get a lot worse.
Thanks for all of this.
I don't want UK to fire Stoops at all, but I am concerned that his in game management isn't getting better, and feel like that for some coaches they have weaknesses they can't overcome, and this is one for him, and apparently everyone wearing headsets.
It's not like this is the first time this has happened, you can almost point to something in every game where a coaching blunder occurred. No one is perfect, but this pattern is indeed troubling, and it does make me wonder if he can get us to another level.
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