Last Nights Scrimmage.
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I got a message from someone last night who is close to the program that said "literally just watched the most hyped practice ever"
So - does your source think this impromptu practice and follow-up tweet-storm from the players was staged for public consumption? Or - does he/she think the staff was genuinely concerned about how things were going? Just curious.
I'm not sure what to think - as long as the coaching staff and players are ready to play on Sept 5, whatever works is fine with me.
He sent it to me 17 hours ago in a DM on twitter I don't why he would lie to me about it.
I just want people to sit and think for a moment how silly it sounds -- to stage the events of a practice -- use up one of your two-a-day practice days (which are valuable), and risk injuring your players for "public consumption". It's hilarious to me that some people on this board think that a practice is fake because it was described as a phenomenal practice, and probably the best one that many of them have had at UK. Do I think that maybe a couple of players posted on Twitter to echo the sentiment that they had such an outstanding practice? Yeah. But some people are believing that coaches sat down and said "okay guys, we're going to tell everybody on Twitter that this was an amazing practice", as a PR move. That's ignorant. It makes no sense whatsoever.
I think some people are reading this wrong. I think he is saying the players were hyped up, not the practice was all "hype". Maybe I'm reading it wrong
I've found a lot of ignorant stuff that doesn't seem to make much sense on these forums.
I actually agree with you. I was trying to understand what TheKyKid's source was actually saying. Dorkmeister's post clarified my thinking regarding the "hyped" nature of the practice. Someone else last night on another thread was implying that the practice was a staged event.
I think it's great that they had a great practice. Hopefully this will this will look at as a turning point for the team in the 2015 and maybe even for the program down the road.
Coming back for a night practice isn't a waste, no matter how well it got the players attention--or not. We have a few night games on the schedule so one, or some, practices under the lights is a definite need.
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Late in August, the best coaches in the business do the best coaching. We have a sore, beat up team. Several starters are out with injuries, and several inexperienced players are filling in for them. In a number of cases, personnel decisions have recently been made, so that players just found out how their competitions or their redshirts have been decided by the coaches. For these reasons, this was a time when a letdown was predictable. Stoops saw it happen yesterday morning and used it to his advantage last night. It wasn't a PR move. It was a great coaching move to motivate his players, and it seems to have worked.
The UK football team went into the darkness last night and saw the light.
Last night will go down as a watershed event in the history of UK football. Fifty years of demons were exorcized by Coach Stoops and the players under the lights. Strap up boys and enjoy the ride, a new era has began and the noise you heard was the center of power in the SEC shifted many miles toward Lexington last night!!
I'll wait until I see the product on the field to declare it a watershed moment, but it's a big step forward. You gotta wonder how many past coaches were like ok - we'll let them eat ice cream and rest up then we'll go hard on Monday. The fact these guys thought they gave all they had and then had to come back and were inspired to give EVEN MORE is what it's all about. You can beat teams with talent but heart goes a long way too. Hopefully they found that heart and determination to want to give more than they even thought they could. That's what great coaches do, they get their team to find that next gear that most teams never find.
Also I'm not sure if starters were really injured or if they held these guys out to see what the 2 and 3 deep guys could do. Probably a little dinged up but I'd guess those starters would play if it was a game day.
Also I'm not sure if starters were really injured or if they held these guys out to see what the 2 and 3 deep guys could do. Probably a little dinged up but I'd guess those starters would play if it was a game day.
