This guy is ridiculous. His head would explode if the Football program where to become successful. I am sick of his hate of UK Football.
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This guy is ridiculous. His head would explode if the Football program where to become successful. I am sick of his hate of UK Football.
Matt is very limited as a college sports radio host. However, over the years, he has cultivated some pretty good contacts and his biggest contributions to sports journalism has been often being first to announce certain news, both good or bad. JMO
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OMG the guy is unbelievably ignorant when it comes to football. He just said that we won 8 games two seasons in a row and then were put on probation. Uh no, that's not correct Matty boy 2006 and 2007 when Rich Brooks won 8 games in a row back to back we were off probation.
He really said that? Not doubting you, just shocked really?
Not today. He basically said that we should accept 6 or 7 wins and be happy. Folks wanting or expecting more are unrealistic. That kind of mindset is what has held UK football back for decades.I don't listen to Jones but as I said on another thread, I think KSR plays a huge role in setting unrealistic expectations for football fans and then often leads the charge against the program when it comes up short of those expectations
I've tried to listen on iheart radio to the show, but honestly I just couldn't take it.
Deleted iheart radio off my iphone just was a waste of time.
We shouldn't ever expect more than 5-6 wins per season. This pos drives me up a wall.Just curious as to what brought this on. I haven't been listening so did he say something on the radio today?
absolutely he said that. A caller had contended that KSR had a loser mentality when it comes to football and Matt responded with " We won 8 games two seasons in a row and we were on probation" The caller correctly informed him that was under Brooks and we were off probation by then but "typical" Matt was talking over the guy for him to hear it.
don't doubt it but you look at the KSR website regularly and you see what I am talking aboutNot today. He basically said that we should accept 6 or 7 wins and be happy. Folks wanting or expecting more are unrealistic. That kind of mindset is what has held UK football back for decades.
It's not that he wants people to accept 6 or 7 wins annually. It's what he wants the ceiling to be for UK Football.Not today. He basically said that we should accept 6 or 7 wins and be happy. Folks wanting or expecting more are unrealistic. That kind of mindset is what has held UK football back for decades.
It's not that he wants people to accept 6 or 7 wins annually. It's what he wants the ceiling to be for UK Football.
It's not that he wants people to accept 6 or 7 wins annually. It's what he wants the ceiling to be for UK Football.
I'm not saying he said that on KSR. I don't listen to KSR but once a year when he has the football coaches and Mingione on in the summer. But you do get the sense that he doesn't want football to take the light off BBall. I love everything UK too. I hold season tix for Football/Baseball/SoftballIf I'm reading this right, and again I stopped listening long ago now.
Do you think he doesn't want the football to succeed because it would take light off UK BBall?
Hell I love BOTH with an unbridled passion, plus UK Baseball and what ever UK is participating in.
Then why does he constantly degrade the program? Shouldn't he be pushing positivity towards if it affects his bottom line?His show is much more popular when football is good. You guys are ridiculous.
Maybe he was thinking of 1976 & 1977, but then again Matt Jones doesn't exactly strike me as a student of UK football history.OMG the guy is unbelievably ignorant when it comes to football. He just said that we won 8 games two seasons in a row and then were put on probation. Uh no, that's not correct Matty boy 2006 and 2007 when Rich Brooks won 8 games in a row back to back we were off probation.
Maybe he was thinking of 1976 & 1977, but then again Matt Jones doesn't exactly strike me as a student of UK football history.
Yeah, I was driving and flipped over to the show around the end of it. The caller was making the point that the fans should expect 8 wins as an average and that past history shouldn't dictate the future or those expectations. Jones kept saying football has always been poor and therefore would always be poor and told the caller that expecting an average of 8 wins per season was dumb. He even painted the caller into a corner asking which teams should UK expect to beat every year, not on average or every other year...his question to the caller was what teams should UK essentially expect to beat in perpetuity, which was an ignorant angle to try to make a point.
Exasperated the caller kept trying to reason that the past is the past and that future expectations should be more...I think I heard him call Jones a dumbass as he hung up.
Main point I took from the exchange was that Jones was arguing that UK football would never be more than a 5-7 win team. Wow, and that's the supposed UK mouthpiece? What a joke.
I went to listen to the live show this morning at Shilo's Steak House in London. I don't know if it was cut out, but the caller called Matt a dumbass at the very end. Everyone in the room laughed and Matt did too.absolutely he said that. A caller had contended that KSR had a loser mentality when it comes to football and Matt responded with " We won 8 games two seasons in a row and we were on probation" The caller correctly informed him that was under Brooks and we were off probation by then but "typical" Matt was talking over the guy for him to hear it.
That's the truth.Everyones head would explode if Kentucky became good at football.
Thanks for the summary. Now I won't have to listen since that's probably the totality of sports coverage on the show for today.Yeah, I was driving and flipped over to the show around the end of it. The caller was making the point that the fans should expect 8 wins as an average and that past history shouldn't dictate the future or those expectations. Jones kept saying football has always been poor and therefore would always be poor and told the caller that expecting an average of 8 wins per season was dumb. He even painted the caller into a corner asking which teams should UK expect to beat every year, not on average or every other year...his question to the caller was what teams should UK essentially expect to beat in perpetuity, which was an ignorant angle to try to make a point.
Exasperated the caller kept trying to reason that the past is the past and that future expectations should be more...I think I heard him call Jones a dumbass as he hung up.
Main point I took from the exchange was that Jones was arguing that UK football would never be more than a 5-7 win team. Wow, and that's the supposed UK mouthpiece? What a joke.
I went to listen to the live show this morning at Shilo's Steak House in London. I don't know if it was cut out, but the caller called Matt a dumbass at the very end. Everyone in the room laughed and Matt did too.
I don't agree with Matt about his football take, but I also don't believe he doesn't want the football program to be successful.
Maybe Matt will pull a Trump and come out and say "just kidding, I misspoke".
I wouldn't say the "administration and fan base didn't care". Matt brought up a good point today when he said football didn't matter as much 25 years ago in financial terms.Thanks for the summary. Now I won't have to listen since that's probably the totality of sports coverage on the show for today.
No question his position is absolutely absurd. UK has won less than 8 games for 60 years because for 55 of those 60 years we had an administration and fan base that simply didn't care. There is no logical reason why we can't win 6 to 7 games even in bad years and 8+ in really good years. We've just chose not to do so.
And I'm really glad to see the caller point out that past results do not indicate future expectations. That's always bad logic and it's the type of bad logic that Matt's been prone to over the years.
Would or wouldn't......who knows anymore.I’ve heard Matt say before that winning in football would mean more $$$$ for his show . We win more, ppl would call in, rating increase. I can’t see any reason from a business standpoint why Matt would want a ceiling on wins.
WoodWould or wouldn't......who knows anymore.
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