[Redneck]

Hey Mr. Red. We love you and your service to the Tiger football program. Thanks in advance. However two months in the saddle does not make anybody a rodeo cowboy. Any level of college play does not qualify someone to play in the NFL nor coach along side Vince L. and Lou H. A better prerequisite would be to learn about people. It is most difficult to do this at an early age. You ask for some names,let me throw out a few oldies but goodies. Try the likes of Walter Brugh, Bill Decker, Jim Wheeler, Paul Sheets
Ronnie Wells,Milton Preston and come to the sideline Friday night to see many more. Again we love you to death. Your drive can lend greatly to the program but please look around at what is happening.

I can tell ya one thing, when I got to Pikeville College they laughed at me when I was tryin to block usin the ole "flipper" that I was taught from the time I was in 2nd grade. That stuff don't cut it now days. I think the world of all those you named, but their techniques are outdated. Somebody brought up Craig Ratliff and how many years he played high school football. What in the world does that have to do with havin football knowledge. Charlie Weiss never played football, and I'm sure there are many, many more great coaches out there who never played. Would you have played if you were 6'9" and had a mid 90's fastball, not to mention a darn good basketball player. Yea, that's alot different then bein 6'0" and a decent basketball or baseball player, thinkin your gonna go to UK and be a basketball star like so many kids these days think. Just because Craig didn't play football in high school doesn't mean he doesn't know anything about football. He's actually pretty knowledgable.