[laker20]

What made Brooks successful was a good run of talented players. I was there when they got beat at home by Ohio University. Yes the Bobcats. Everybody in the state wanted to fire. Brooks. But Barnhart stuck with him.

After that and given some time things turned around. It's hard to judge people in just one or two seasons. But I guess not if you are already looking for reasons to fail.

That's the thing. This isn't the typical 1-2 season. Joker has been the recruiter for several years. So if the talent isn't there who do you blame. He was the coach in waiting for multiple years. So, he's had time to have his ducks in a row. I thought he was the guy for the job, and I agree that loosing the three athletes that we did was huge, but who do you blame when Joker has been the one responsible for this for multiple years.

Compare it to basketball, what kind of athletes did Billy G leave for Cal? What did Cal do, he went and recruited the best athletes. A coach with the right clout can do that. It's not like anyone expected him to go and win 8 or 9 games, but his performance as UK coach based on where the program was when he took over was a serious let down by any reasonable standard. I'd think that if any of us were to have the same track record in the jobs we have, we would fully expect to be fired.