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Never seen anything remotely close to the recruiting job Stein is doing right now for Kentucky football !!

6 (..... + .... !?!?!??) 4 star hits and snaggin' players away from the likes of Clemson and UGA ! c'MON....Is this for real ? Wiping the 50+ year sleep from my eyes!

From my perspective, the problem with Kentucky has primarily resided in the fact that we could put together a roster with starters that could compete within our conference, but we couldn't get enough good players for the second and third string to be able to last thru the attrition on a season of SEC football. In short - not enough quality of players overall, and not enough quality in depth.

In steps Stein and it is glaringly obvious he is really doing great in recruiting and connecting with the young players. I absolutely love this.

I spoke to my lifelong best friend - a Vol fan, and told him They should be hating on Kentucky already. Why ? Getting a player like Lance Heard thru the portal ( hence, no longer with UT) and now you've got this :

Kentucky basketball has been poached on for recruits by Barnes and company for years, getting players we thought we would get, and used to - did. And it levelled the playing field between UK and UT. Now, we're doing to Tennessee in football, what UT has been doing to UK in basketball recruiting / portal.

What's good for the goose ....

My Vol fan friend didn't even know the state of the Vols football recruiting this off season.... Which shocked me, he always has....

It's the dawning of a new era for Kentucky football.

Hallelujah !


PS - another thought thats been migrating thru my grey matter is on specifically this upcoming year....

My feeling is that Stein has instantly made the UK offense look like it can really hang well with the defenses in the SEC. My concern was that the defense would have to play above their pay grade to hang with the powerful SEC offenses they will face, and that is where the success or failure of this yeaqr will hinge....

Well, Stein is making big waves THIS YEAR in shoring up the defense and getting us into a legit area of strong competition against SEC offenses.

THAT is big to me, if my feeling is right. A signing like this is only proof that we may even be better than the most optimistic projections for us THIS YEAR !

Just a special time to have an ear to the ground and a place to talk about it.

The off season of hope continues.

Go Big Blue ! ( sorry for the rambling, long post, just happy to have something great and positive to say about UK football !)

If you look at the Rivals rating solely, we have nine 4* guys. I hate the composite rating, especially with ESPN included and they’ve sucked for a long time. Also, 247 only has two of our guys rated 4* which shows the disparity in the rating services.

 

[Vek96]

Stein is crushing it. Shows what an elite personality can do when recruiting. Wish we had more of that in some of our other major sports within the university.

I told everyone that would listen when Stoops was fired, that Stein would kill it here. I’m anti Barnhart. I think he’s sucked most of his time here, but, he got this one right.

Stoops, all things considered, actually sucked here. He had all the advantages that no other UK Football coach before him had, and never even got to an SEC Championship game. His offenses were mostly embarrassing. He had 13 seasons here, and despite the upgrades to facilities, tons of money into the recruiting budget, had a losing SEC record, and was getting the **** kicked out of him lately by less tenured coaches.

And Marrow was the most overhyped, overrated recruiter in history. That lazy, fat piece of **** got more kudos for being mediocre than any assistant in history.

And I say this with all due respect.

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

I told everyone that would listen when Stoops was fired, that Stein would kill it here. I’m anti Barnhart. I think he’s sucked most of his time here, but, he got this one right.

Stoops, all things considered, actually sucked here. He had all the advantages that no other UK Football coach before him had, and never even got to an SEC Championship game. His offenses were mostly embarrassing. He had 13 seasons here, and despite the upgrades to facilities, tons of money into the recruiting budget, had a losing SEC record, and was getting the **** kicked out of him lately by less tenured coaches.

And Marrow was the most overhyped, overrated recruiter in history. That lazy, fat piece of **** got more kudos for being mediocre than any assistant in history.

And I say this with all due respect.

Say what you wish but that was an utter lack of respect. Stoops did have two 10 win seasons and was the first UK coach with a career on field winning record here since Blanton Collier.

 

[mdluk1]

 

[Vek96]

Say what you wish but that was an utter lack of respect. Stoops did have two 10 win seasons and was the first UK coach with a career on field winning record here since Blanton Collier.

Just stop. Pay attention to what I said. Stoops had advantages that no other UK Football head Coach ever had. Football was an afterthought until Stoops was hired. And quit with the 2 10 win seasons. Those two seasons were extremely weak by SEC standards. Each of those 10 win seasons, when you break them down, consisted of 4 cupcakes, and winnin bowl games against mostly disinterested teams. He never beat Georgia. He never got to an SEC Championship game. You do realize in that same time frame, freaking Missouri played in 2 SEC Title games.

You‘re a solid poster, but Stoops was a really bad coach. Really bad.

Stoops was 1-18 against top ten opponents. With all of the time, and resources he had here, that’s unacceptable. He was terrible.

 

[scratchycat3]

Beating Georgia and Clemson for a recruit to play at Kentucky. “ everyone wants to play for will stien “ I’m starting to believe it more and more . What Else could you want if he picks Kentucky over Georgia who went back to back national championships and has one of the best defenses in the country every year with lots of nfl talent. I love that he’s a CAT!

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

Just stop. Pay attention to what I said. Stoops had advantages that no other UK Football head Coach ever had. Football was an afterthought until Stoops was hired. And quit with the 2 10 win seasons. Those two seasons were extremely weak by SEC standards. Each of those 10 win seasons, when you break them down, consisted of 4 cupcakes, and winnin bowl games against mostly disinterested teams. He never beat Georgia. He never got to an SEC Championship game. You do realize in that same time frame, freaking Missouri played in 2 SEC Title games.

You‘re a solid poster, but Stoops was a really bad coach. Really bad.

Stoops was 1-18 against top ten opponents. With all of the time, and resources he had here, that’s unacceptable. He was terrible.

The support thing has some truth but is overplayed imo. Even with somewhat improved support our support still remained near the bottom of the SEC. Trying to discount our two best seasons in almost 50 years is unnecessary and sad. We only played 6 conference games most years and occasionally 7 never more ('56 and '57 being the only exception) all the way up until 1992 so the schedule claim is also overblown imo . Every schedule Stoops played ranked above the national D1 average and were rated pretty much on standard with what we have played for decades. We did have an extra game on the schedule (which started in '06) but we had only won as many as 9 twice with only 3 additional 8 win seasons since 1952.

Can we just be happy with what Stein is doing and look forward without the need to disparage the former coach?

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[Vek96]

The support thing has some truth but is overplayed. Even with somewhat improved support our support still remained near the bottom of the SEC. Trying to discount our two best seasons in almost 50 years is pathetic. We only played 6 conference games most years and occasionally 7 never more ('56 and '57 being the only exception) all the way up until 1992 so the schedule claim is also overblown. Every schedule Stoops played ranked above the national D1 average and were rated pretty much on standard with what we have played for decades. We did have an extra game on the schedule (which started in '06) but we had only won as many as 9 twice with only 3 additional 8 win seasons since 1952.

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Again, stop trying to compare Kentucig football history when Stoops was hired. Why do you not understand this? None of the previous coaches had any support whatsoever. Stoops was handed everything, and he failed miserably. He sucked. Jesus Christ man. Do I have to point out how he was 1-18 against top ten teams? He never took a team to the SEC title game. He got his *** kicked in his 13th season by the likes of Vandy, Tennessee, and Louisville. He never beat Chumlee at Tennessee. He never beat Georgia. Dude was paid top ten money his last 7 years at Kentucky, yet never won a GD thing. Quit being delusional. He sucked.

Missed assignments. Zero control over his players. Passing game was always embarrassing.

Stein has accomplished more in 4 months than Stoops did in 13 years here.

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

Again, stop trying to compare Kentucig football history when Stoops was hired. Why do you not understand this? None of the previous coaches had any support whatsoever. Stoops was handed everything, and he failed miserably. He sucked. Jesus Christ man. Do I have to point out how he was 1-18 against top ten teams? He never took a team to the SEC title game. He got his *** kicked in his 13th season by the likes of Vandy, Tennessee, and Louisville. He never beat Chumlee at Tennessee. He never beat Georgia. Dude was paid top ten money his last 7 years at Kentucky, yet never won a GD thing. Quit being delusional. He sucked.

Missed assignments. Zero control over his players. Passing game was always embarrassing.

Stein has accomplished more in 4 months than Stoops did in 13 years here.

You are exaggerating about the support. It was not always as weak as you imply and it didn't become as great as you imply. Considerable investment was made to facilities during the Mumme era for one example. Kentucky has not had a remotely close to respectable record against the top ten in many decades and has never sniffed the SEC title game. Curci had the only team on that level since 1950 and that was in 1977. What is with the need to disparage Stoops? We have a new coach and the future is currently looking bright.

Just one win against the top 10 looks inaccurate to me. I'm seeing where he beat #10 Florida in 2021, #9 U6 in 2023, and #6 Ole Miss in 2024.

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[The Nightman2]

Again, stop trying to compare Kentucig football history when Stoops was hired. Why do you not understand this? None of the previous coaches had any support whatsoever. Stoops was handed everything, and he failed miserably. He sucked. Jesus Christ man. Do I have to point out how he was 1-18 against top ten teams? He never took a team to the SEC title game. He got his *** kicked in his 13th season by the likes of Vandy, Tennessee, and Louisville. He never beat Chumlee at Tennessee. He never beat Georgia. Dude was paid top ten money his last 7 years at Kentucky, yet never won a GD thing. Quit being delusional. He sucked.

Missed assignments. Zero control over his players. Passing game was always embarrassing.

Stein has accomplished more in 4 months than Stoops did in 13 years here.

You're still an idiot. Who do you think got some of these donors to support UK football ? Stoops is the one eho got the Crafts on board. And you weren't pulling for Stein to get the job you wanted Kliff Kingsbury