[honestjchsfan]

Brooks was a great coach. What kept him from moving UK forward was the lack of a financial commitment from the administration. He couldn't competitively recruit against the likes of the rest of the SEC. If you want to win consistently, you have to be able to recruit. Now the administration is backing the football program. A big time investment has been made to upgrade Commonwealth Stadium to one of the nicest stadiums in the country. The program will finally have a recruiting room, that Brooks begged for.

I think Stoops will get the job done. This is a job that he wanted. I don't think he realized just how bad this job was until he got here, but with the way he and his staff are recruiting you can only be excited. I don't think any other staff could've come on and landed a recruiting class as good as this 2014 class is at the moment.

If your expectations are for more than 4 wins next year then you're crazy. I'm guessing 3-4 wins next season and hopefully a shot at a bowl in 2015. That's realistic expectations for this program.

I agree with your point about the lack of financial commitment. When Jerry Claiborne was coach at UK he had many 5 or 6 win seasons and it seemed he was always playing UT for a chance to go to a bowl game. UK would always lose a few starters by the time they got to UT. UT's superior depth was their major advantage VS UK. I think Stoops has a plan to improve UK's rooster from top to bottom and is recruiting the type of players needed to do this. I disagree with your expectations for next season. With the number of returning starters and the incoming transfers along with the incoming freshmen UK should be much improved next season and there is no reason why they should not be able to win 5 or 6 games. The key to winning those games will be better play at QB. I honestly think that by the middle of next season we will see a very good UK defensive unit.