[honestjchsfan]

I will give Brooks credits on some recruits that was just over looked, that turned out to be great college players. The part I don't understand about people calling Brooks a great coach is all the mediocrity, no SEC championships, never playing in a championship game, never being revalent. I was season ticket holder from Curry to Joker. Beating L S U was probably the greatest game ever at Comonwealth. I just though he never took it to the next level where I thought we was going to win every time we took the field. I may have seen to much bad football,but for me to call someone a good coach they have to be revalent, and to be a great coach you have to play for Championships.

Brooks had Kentucky ranked in the Top 10 with wins over two top 10 ranked teams #9 UL and #1 LSU. Brooks beat every team in the SEC west but Alabama and scared the crap out of a #2 ranked Alabama team in 17 to 14 game in Tuscaloosa! Brooks wasn't always the luckiest guy he lost 3 overtime games at Kentucky and 2 of them were to UT! If he would have got those 2 wins over UT the UK program probably moves to the level we all want to see. The 2009 season is the year that Rich Brooks had targeted to win the SEC EAST. He has Cobb, Matthews, Connor, Lock and 4 SR O-linemen and the Best DB in the SEC in Trevard Lindley. Before the season starts Brook's best DE fails a drug test and is kicked off the team, Lindley gets hurt and is never ever the same, Lock also gets hurt and misses a bunch of time. Starting QB gets hurt too. The 2009 team beat Auburn and UGA on the road starting a freshmen QB! The very next year Auburn wins the national title! Also some UK fans don't realize how great D. Lock was, he long jumped over 26ft which is very close to world class and he was always faster than Randle Cobb ! Lock's back up that year Alphonso Smith has made a NFL team every year since he left UK! You can't say Rich Brooks is a bad coach because he didn't play for titles while at UK! That 2009 UK football team was loaded with talent and finished 3-5 in the SEC! Dude the football Gods have a major problem with Kentucky football and that's a fact jack!