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Originally Posted by
Dawgology
We talk about how bad the Arnett hire was but honestly, if you think about it, the worst hire and what set all of this in motion was hiring John Cohen as AD. Terrible hire and we are still feeling it?s impact in n our athletic program.
This is the post of the thread. Hiring Cohen was lazy. If we had actually found a young Byrne type of hire no telling where we would be now.
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Originally Posted by
Quaoarsking
I hope the big secret is that Will Rogers has decided to go to Western Kentucky instead of Washington. Because that would actually be pretty awesome to see what kind of video game numbers he could put up there.
Hahahahahahaha.
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Originally Posted by
msstate7
Total offense...
2022 wku - 7th nationally
2022 state - 62nd nationally
2023 wku - 54th nationally
2023 state - 103rd nationally
The drop in rank was pretty close - wku dropped 47 spots and we dropped 41 spots
Did WKU return 4 OL, QB, RB, and multiple WR like we did? I honestly don't know but seems relevant to the point.
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Originally Posted by
Homedawg
Will got 7 figures to go to Washington plus some deferred $. He ain't going to wku for peanuts when he can go to u w.
That's amazing. Good for Will. But wow that's not money well spent imo
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
That's amazing. Good for Will. But wow that's not money well spent imo
You need to reevaluate your decision making paradigm bro. That ain’t what that’s about.
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
Did WKU return 4 OL, QB, RB, and multiple WR like we did? I honestly don't know but seems relevant to the point.
https://athlonsports.com/college-foo...on-talent-2023
We only returned 11 starters on both sides of the ball. Lost Dillon to Washington and RaRa to Georgia. Then completely changed the direction of the offense- to which our QB and WR's bitched and pouted about it all season.
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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Originally Posted by
Coursesuper
You need to reevaluate your decision making paradigm bro. That ain’t what that’s about.
I'm confused. Them paying him 7 figures wasn't about football?
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
I'm confused. Them paying him 7 figures wasn't about football?
Will Rodgers has nothing to do with what I’ve heard.
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Originally Posted by
Coach34
https://athlonsports.com/college-foo...on-talent-2023
We only returned 11 starters on both sides of the ball. Lost Dillon to Washington and RaRa to Georgia. Then completely changed the direction of the offense- to which our QB and WR's bitched and pouted about it all season.
We returned 4 OL, a qb, and marks. All starters. That's 6. Then Tulu, walley, Robinson, Thomas. That's WR off the top of my head. Even the link you pasted says 7 of those 11 starters were on offense, 4 on defense.
We returned 7 on offense plus other WR who played a ton in 2022. Not sure if WK did same or not.
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Originally Posted by
Coursesuper
Will has nothing to do with what I’ve heard.
Then I'm very confused.
Home said Will is getting 7 figures to go to Washington. I said good for him but that's not mo wh well spent. And you're saying will going to Washington for 7 figures has nothing to do with will?
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
We returned 4 OL, a qb, and marks. All starters. That's 6. Then Tulu, walley, Robinson, Thomas. That's WR off the top of my head. Even the link you pasted says 7 of those 11 starters were on offense, 4 on defense.
We returned 7 on offense plus other WR who played a ton in 2022. Not sure if WK did same or not.
I think you should pay more attention to the changing offense angle... we did drastically and wku did not. 7 returning AR starters may not mean very much when you going to a completely different offense. How many TEs did we even have on the roster?
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
Then I'm very confused.
Home said Will is getting 7 figures to go to Washington. I said good for him but that's not mo wh well spent. And you're saying will going to Washington for 7 figures has nothing to do with will?
I didn’t say that brother. Just be patient all will come out when the time is right. There will be many heads explode if what I have heard comes to pass. You have the wrong Will bro.
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Originally Posted by
msstate7
I think you should pay more attention to the changing offense angle... we did drastically and wku did not. 7 returning AR starters may not mean very much when you going to a completely different offense. How many TEs did we even have on the roster?
But that's the whole point. We chose to make that change with a senior AR roster coming back. As opposed to keeping hollingshead and running the AR. I thought that was the whole debate, whether that route would have been better than Barbay. Maybe I misunderstood.
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
But that's the whole point. We chose to make that change with a senior AR roster coming back. As opposed to keeping hollingshead and running the AR. I thought that was the whole debate, whether that route would have been better than Barbay. Maybe I misunderstood.
My premise was hollinshead underperformed equally (or maybe more) than barbay all things considered
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Originally Posted by
Coursesuper
I didn’t say that brother. Just be patient all will come out when the time is right. There will be many heads explode if what I have heard comes to pass. You have the wrong Will bro.
You're right, I'm lost. So homedawg saying will got 7 figures to go to Washington means another will, not will rogers.
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Originally Posted by
msstate7
My premise was hollinshead underperformed equally (or maybe more) than barbay all things considered
Ok.Well I don't know how many returning OL and weapons he inherited at WK so I can't speak to that. I do feel confident our offense would have been better with him than Barbay though.
But m glad we have lebby now either way
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Things around the page have been slow the last couple days. This thread was clearly created for clicks. Kudos
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
You're right, I'm lost. So homedawg saying will got 7 figures to go to Washington means another will, not will rogers.
You are thinking way too hard bro. Just let it happen. It’s like golf when you try to hard it goes downhill.
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
We returned 4 OL, a qb, and marks. All starters. That's 6. Then Tulu, walley, Robinson, Thomas. That's WR off the top of my head. Even the link you pasted says 7 of those 11 starters were on offense, 4 on defense.
We returned 7 on offense plus other WR who played a ton in 2022. Not sure if WK did same or not.
Conference USA Football 2023 Predictions
1. Western Kentucky
With all of the membership changes in Conference USA for 2023, this isn't an easy league to project. However, it's hard to pick against the Hilltoppers at No. 1. Even with a new play-caller (Drew Hollingshead), don't expect WKU's high-powered offense to miss a beat with quarterback Austin Reed and receiver Malachi Corley returning. There are holes to fill on defense with only four starters returning, and this unit will miss Juwuan Jones and Brodric Martin up front, along with defensive back Kahlef Hailassie. Edge rusher JaQues Evans is one of the conference's top returning defenders.
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12-22-2023, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
You're right, I'm lost. So homedawg saying will got 7 figures to go to Washington means another will, not will rogers.
Home said will is getting paid 7 figures to go to Washington. You said that's amazing, good for Will, but that's not money well spent. Then, the thread spiraled out control.
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