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Dan Dakich Reporting Jeff Brohm to Louisville

We have weapons on offense RIGHT NOW. And we don't take advantage.

What makes you think that anything will change?
It will change when we get some experience at the Quarterback position and I think next year with Wilson have a year experience and the game slowing down for him he we will be awesome. He’s just a puppy right now man, but he’s looking like he going to grow into a really big dog. I’m talking pit bull mix with German shepherd. Lol. 2019 SEC East Champions, 2020 SEC Champions AND National Champions. Yes Sir. Go Cats.
 
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Brohm to UL would be better than a number of guys out there not being mentioned for some reason.

I'll take on Brohm's offense and recruitment in "Da Ville" over Kendall Briles' offense and his access to Texas pipelines.

I'll take Brohm over Mike Bobo. Remember the offenses that guy had. He only tore up the SEC with Stafford, Murray and a number of top-tier WRs and RBs.

Cards don't seem interested in Jim McElwain...good...

Mike Yurchich out of Oklahoma St...yeah, no thanks. Don't want any part of that offense.

No talk of Lane Kiffin...people think P's a QB and Heisman whisperer...Lane has forgotten more club members that he's coached than most coaches will sniff in a career...

Mike Leach...yeah he's got a pretty sweet gig going, but how about that scenario? The real air raid horn, not the Neal Brown bicycle horn version, sounding in the bluegrass out of "Da Ville".

If I'm Leach, I would at least entertain the notion just to make the never Leachers and MB sweat just a little...
 
Nice...No I'm not a Female, and i'm not "scared" of Brohm, just stating facts that he could cause us problems with in-state recruiting. "Nervous" does not equate to "scared", it just means we might have to face the prospects of losing our best recruit to those cheating bastards.
You didn’t say your nervous though. You said bad,bad,bad for Ky and won’t even let us in Louisville. The way you were describing it was, we should just quit if they get him. I do understand the jest of what your trying to say about the recruits at a few schools out there, but we’ve been doing pretty good if you ask me. Haha, I’ll agree that that they will keep a lot of local kids , but, there is a lot of blue mixed in over on that side of the state also. We will get ours and one bad game this year hasn’t changed nothing. We are the up an comers, the Kentucky Wildcats!! It has started and can’t be turned off now. Enjoy the ride with us.
 
The key is to simply stop playing them. They are a sub-regional university, someone who should--even when things are rolling--be on par with Cincinnati, Tulsa, or Memphis. We are the flagship university of the state of Kentucky. Every time we play them, we stoop (no pun intended) to their level and elevate them to ours. We gain nothing from such an arrangement and they gain everything--even if we win. The fact that we play them every year is moronic.

Ohio State doesn't play Cincy.
Oklahoma doesn't play Tulsa.
Tennessee doesn't play Memphis.
LSU doesn't play Tulane.
Why the hell do we play UofL?


Agreed, however It’s unfortunate that a sub-regional university has had more football success than us along with pretty much owning us head to head the last several years
 
mitch's hand was pretty well forced on everything good he has done for UK football, the strike, losing 15,000 season ticket holders, tens of millions in donations, AND the tremendous influx of SEC money, mainly due to OTHER teams football investment didn't leave him a lot of choice. He couldn't spend $40,000,000 a year on the rifle team.

AND there was a tremendous influx of money from donations (Forty million Football center ALL from donations, AFTER football had money invested in it), the penny pinching set football back about a decade, TWO two win seasons quite a hole. to dig out of..


We’ve lost “tens of millions” in donations? When ?
 
Louisville wasn't in the ACC until very recently. We should have never played them in the first place. It benefited their program. We should not have done anything for their benefit, ever. You are probably right that, at this point, it would not damage them to drop the series, and it would make us like chicken shit. I'd drop it, anyway.
We need to beat them 10 yrs straight. Then drop them citing that we're looking to improve the schedule. Haha.
 
We’ve lost “tens of millions” in donations? When ?

From the time of the LONG RUNNING thread on here where tons of football fans said they would like to donate to UK FOOTBALL but wouldn't give a dime as long as mitch was in charge of spending it. Then when UK finally got off their butt and actually did something they raised FORTY MILLION, all from donations, for the new football center. How much do you think the FIFTEEN THOUSAND fans that gave up their season tickets donated while giving up their season tickets AND while UK was going through consecutive TWO win seasons.

Can anyone bring that thread up again?

Pay attention.
 
Had to “Show Ignored Content” to see what / who you were responding to. My suspicions were suspicions were confirmed....

We have some serious agenda posters who just won’t quit.

Why would I quit when I am right? Quit making mitch out to be a football hero when he drove the program into the ground and I will stop posting the FACTS. Do you want to TRY to dispute the FACTS in my post? How many of the 15,000 season ticket holders have re-upped, when we have the best team since Curci cheated.

Do you want me to post the rest of the long list for you again, rather not, it is really long and pretty disgusting, and someone finally did notice how many millions we were throwing away and did something about it..
 
Serious question. Brohm is a Petrino protégé, correct? So Petrino has ONE losing season and they sh*tcan him. Look, Petrino with all his moral and personality shortcomings, is one of the better offensive minds in college football, albeit he has a history of letting his defenses decline through poor recruiting after a few years. Other than being a younger version of Bobby, how is Brohm any different? Everyone here is buying the hype, that Brohm is going to be a huge trade-up. I just don't see it. Seems like they are spending a buttload of money they don't have to get another version of Petrino, who they just ran off. Is he Petrino 3.0, or am I missing something? I mean he's 5-5 at Purdue, and some of you are acting like he's Bear Byrant. :popcorn:
How is Brohm different than BP? CHARACTER. BP was on a short leash after TJ was gone.
 
Well that’s because there is always a few dummys that can’t tell the truth to save their life’s. Lol. Of course we know he can recruit and he’s a good coach. I’d hate to see them get him because he’s one the the top younger coaches on the rise, in the game right now. He’s putting together a pretty good group in Purdue right now though so maybe he stays. I doubt it though. He’ll be at Louisville before long anyway, so may as well get started. . Damn it!!! Not scared one bit of him though. He will do a fine job there but the University Of Kentucky Wildcats are getting ready to become a Powerhouse Football Program. Louisville being good , will only help us move on up the rankings when we beat the feathers off them dirty birds!!! Wooooohoooo. Go cats.
Not scoring 12 ppg we're not!!
 
A thread of scaredy Cats replies. How long does it take to turn a program around? If Brohm even goes to U6, is he the kinda of coach that can turn a program around in short time?
UK just needs to keep doing what they have been doing and we will be alright against U6 for several years.
That doesn't mean he can't still beat us. Look at what UT did to us with their first year coach and that dumpster fire.
 
Not scoring 12 ppg we're not!!
Haha. I hear you Slugger, I know you see us improving in that department next year. Surly!! I do! I think after this year and all off season for Terry Wilson, he will look like a completely different player. He is soo close to getting IT, I think anyway. This experience is invaluable and you can’t put a price on it. But, If not him, whoever it may be, some other Juco kid , grad transfer, transfer, new guy or someone already there, it will be a lot different next year. Just can’t win next year with the team we will have, without more scoring. If Wilson improves, like almost all our players have the last few years, after their first year playing, we’re going to be really good.
 
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It will change when we get some experience at the Quarterback position and I think next year with Wilson have a year experience and the game slowing down for him he we will be awesome. He’s just a puppy right now man, but he’s looking like he going to grow into a really big dog. I’m talking pit bull mix with German shepherd. Lol. 2019 SEC East Champions, 2020 SEC Champions AND National Champions. Yes Sir. Go Cats.
Not unless he changes his offensive philisophy he's not!!
 
Haha. I hear you Slugger, I know you see us improving in that department next year. Surly!! I do! I think after this year and all off season for Terry Wilson, he will look like a completely different player. He is soo close to getting IT, I think anyway. This experience is invaluable and you can’t put a price on it. But, If not him, whoever it may be, some other Juco kid , grad transfer, transfer, new guy or someone already there, it will be a lot different next year. Just can’t win next year with the team we will have, without more scoring. If Wilson improves, like almost all our players have the last few years, after their first year playing, we’re going to be really good.
Wish I felt the way you do, but I just don't think Stoops will ever get over his "fear" of running a high octane offense.
 
That doesn't mean he can't still beat us. Look at what UT did to us with their first year coach and that dumpster fire.
We beat that same team 8-9 out of 10 times if we play them. Every single team, excluding maybe one that I shan’t name. Hehe, Sounds like ‘an a Rama’!!, Has a bad game occasionally and as bad as I wanted to go undefeated and make the playoffs this year , we just wasn’t there yet. Anyway, positivity is a lifestyle choice, and can really make a difference in ones world. We’re on the way though bud. It’s just different now. It really is. Believe to achieve. My cousin asked me when he got the job, “what do I consider a good job, and how long will it take him to have a good team?” I said , give him time to get going, but just be competitive and build us into a respectable program. But I said if he’s here ten years it better be because he has us playing for Championships, I honestly didn’t think we would be where we are now but once anyone sees some success we want more. Lol. Thing is, now that we’ve seen that UK can compete in the SEC, there no more room for excuses. Sorry. I write a book every time I post something. Lol. GO CATS
 
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Guys I’ve got to hit the bed but , it’s not too bad right now. We have a group of young men that are going to play the rest of this season like their hair is on fire. Lol. They really are the best bunch of kids we could have ever asked for to be playing for us. We are lucky to be Ky fans right now because this is the start of something special that our Grandkids will take for granted. We are on our way and have been getting a little bit better every year and everyone on the team has tried to be better than the guys they’ve replaced. I just know that we have the right HeadCoach to lead this team and, yeah it’s took him a little while to learn, ‘on the job Head Coaching’, but he’s done a fantastic job and I’m proud as I can be of our program right now. I’m sure Coach Stoops knows that a few things will need to be fixed after the season. Hard to make major changes this late. He made improvements every year so far and he’ll do it this year also. Anyway let’s go support these guys Saturday and win out. So glad I was born a Ky Wildcat!! You guys a great rest of the evening and tomorrow.
 
Yeah, but I’m still not sure that Louisville is a better job than Purdue.
Had to “Show Ignored Content” to see what / who you were responding to. My suspicions were suspicions were confirmed....

We have some serious agenda posters who just won’t quit.[/QUOTE
Best decision I made on this board. Know exactly who it is. He is so full of BS I'm surprised it dosent come out of his eyes.
Kev I'm not saying it is, but they're not that far apart.
 
Haha. I hear you Slugger, I know you see us improving in that department next year. Surly!! I do! I think after this year and all off season for Terry Wilson, he will look like a completely different player. He is soo close to getting IT, I think anyway. This experience is invaluable and you can’t put a price on it. But, If not him, whoever it may be, some other Juco kid , grad transfer, transfer, new guy or someone already there, it will be a lot different next year. Just can’t win next year with the team we will have, without more scoring. If Wilson improves, like almost all our players have the last few years, after their first year playing, we’re going to be really good.

Nah,he thinks the only chance we will ever have of improving is to fire Stoops.

From two wins to nine wins (I believe) in seven years, I will take it. He is building the team the right way, steady improvement and better reserves, AND with a lot of the players outperforming their ratings. Losing one player like Young on offense or Paschal on defense would have killed us in the past. AND probably had a big effect this year.

Compared to Thug U we are just getting started, they have their tradition, much better in state talent, 100,000 seat stadium, AND they have a history of cheating. Look at the recruiting rankings for the past four years, in 2015 UK 35th to FIFTH, in 2016 28th to 15th, in 2017 26th to 15th, and 2018 30th to 20th. They have had five five stars to our one (injured) and four 6.0s to our zero,, total four stars they have had 41, with 10 of them being 5.9s to our three being 5.9s, and of our three only McCall has taken a snap yet, (JC OL and Richardson 5.9s, now a 5.8 no plays for us yet), we have had a total of 13 four stars to their 41. And having four of our top commits out this year (Young 5 star, 5.9 JC OL gone, never played, Richardson 5.9, and Paschal), out of 14 we probably have close to the defections they have had in top rated players, about 30%.

Then, the all important position, QB, they had a 6.0 recruit in his third year in a P5 program that had a very good game and we had a JC transfer in his first year.

The FACT is they had a LOT more raw talent and for ONE game put it all together-----probably because they were playing us, AND we obliged with a very poor effort, overconfident I'm sure, with no reason to be.. We can hope they will settle back in the mud and we decide to play again.

Football is a very unpredictable game, but raw talent DOES have a big effect MOST of the time.

FAAAR Stoops
 
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Yes, I pointed the character issues out. Coaching wise, is he any better than Petrino? Bobby wasn't fired for moral infractions. He was fired for having a bad season.

I still think having a bad season after your sugar daddy is gone would be very tempting if I got $14,000,000 for it, AND have a lot of people think you are going to be the OC at Bama or head coach somewhere else. Transfer U's recruiting advantages are going to take a nosedive with jurich gone, with some increase IF they get a decent (both ways) coach. jurich's coaches loved him for a reason.

Take a year off, ride your motorcycle without everyone trying to see who is hanging around your waist, jurich is gone.

Dang, I can't help it, I can't stop taking cheap shots, especially when they are deserved.
 
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A thread of scaredy Cats replies. How long does it take to turn a program around? If Brohm even goes to U6, is he the kinda of coach that can turn a program around in short time?
UK just needs to keep doing what they have been doing and we will be alright against U6 for several years.

A) I’m not worried as a kentucky fan. We’ve been doing better and improving while losing instate recruits.

Secondly, he went to Purdue and won a bowl game 1 year removed from a 2 win season. Then blew out Ohio state this year with a freshman star. So I’d say the answer to your question is yes, he can turn a program around in one year.

With the momentum we’ve gained with the good season, I don’t expect any of their success to cost us any of ours. Right now, we’re going for Ohio recruits, which wont choose Louisville over us if they’re already turning down offers for Ohio state. They can go to Louisville and Florida for theirs. Even if they improve, we should still battle them for the states best football school.
 
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A thread of scaredy Cats replies. How long does it take to turn a program around? If Brohm even goes to U6, is he the kinda of coach that can turn a program around in short time?
UK just needs to keep doing what they have been doing and we will be alright against U6 for several years.
You mean how they kicked our ass last year when we fell apart at the end of the season like it appears we are doing now? Keep doing what we are doing? Hmmmm
 
Brohm is also recruiting Ohio and Michigan.

Exactly!
Point being just because Jeff Brohm is at Louisville doesn’t mean Kentucky is gonna just lay down and start losing or that he is gonna somehow sweep in and get all the talent that Kentucky is getting even in Ohio. Not gonna happen. Stoops still has a lot more connections to Ohio and UK is still in the SEC which the ACC will never be. Relax. This program will get better and better.
 
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Looking at the East next year I think a couple teams will take big steps back, Missouri and Vandy, both have to replace successful multiple year starters at QB. I think UK takes a small step back because of the lost starters on D and the likihood of BS26 leaving early. I think UF, UT, SC and UGA improve because of who is returning. UF and Carolina lose some OL, but the rest of the offense is coming back. UGA and UT return almost everyone on O. Swift is one of the better backs in the conference when healthy, msyne the besgt when taking in his receiving skills. UK will have a hard time replacing the losses on D, Allen is a decade type player, Edwards has been good for a long time, Carolina will hapve an improve secondary, and a young but talentged DL, UT's secondary will be improved,UGA will return 11 of top 12 DBs but the loss is one of the country's best but overall will likely return 19 of top 22 players on D
 
Wish I felt the way you do, but I just don't think Stoops will ever get over his "fear" of running a high octane offense.
His FIRST priority will be to find a qb...he and his brother know a little thing or two about that position. Hell, they will probably will do great with Pass.

Pass was born to be a QB.

We need to recruit a QB with the last name Throw.
 
This is what lots of schools do that Kentucky doesn't do. As soon as there is a problem (Petrino going 2-8, losing players, not recruiting) they cut the cord and don't worry about buyouts etc, because they know that getting a good coach that builds up the program and wins games is the quickest way to make that money back.

Meanwhile, MB and Kentucky hang on to a coach (Joker) that everyone already knows can't hack it. And whats worse, MB and Kentucky hang on to that coach to the point of no return. What is happening at UL can be salvaged, theyre not too far gone. They are a couple of years removed from playing in big time bowls, having a heisman trophy winner, etc. So instead of allowing that to all be for not by hanging on to a coach that is going nowhere........boom, they cut ties and move on. And look what the reward is....Jeff Brohm, the hottest coach in the country.

Look, we're having an amazing year. We're staring 9-3 right dead in the eyes, but how confident is everyone about the future? We have an offense that features at least 3 players that will play on Sundays in Conrad, Benny, and Bowden and yet our play calling is as unimaginative as anything I've ever seen.

UL isn't waiting around to watch their football program get to a level that is beyond any fixing. Theyre addressing the problem right now. Whether its right or wrong, and whether it works out or doesn't, theyre not leaving it to chance. I'm afraid its going to work out well for them.

I fear that this post is dead on. Louisville is an absolute dumpster fire right now. They are envisioning and planning on a program that wins at least 8 every year with the potential to win 10'regular season games. Ky has decided to play it safe with a coach who consistently wins anywhere from 5-7 games a year with maybe a 8 or 9 win season sprinkled in once in a while. The Brohm experiment might not live up to the expectations but this Stoops era is written in stone.
 
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