Their portal finds worked out. It’s a crap shoot and they rolled a 7.
Yes, he is.
Kentucky isn't even good. Mark Stoops is the most overrated coach in college football.
It really probably is that simple. That and a little luck.
He's there dan mullen. He's figured out how to win 7-8-9 games for a long time at a place no one else really could. He's not someone I go after to win at a bigger school, but hes dang good at what he does at where hes at.
Their portal finds included an offensive coordinator. The portal finds fit the new scheme. The portal finds wouldn’t start for the SEC teams they’ve beaten. They put 40 on Alabama not by luck. Go up and read my article I posted.
Bingo.Quote from Tim Beck from the article. I’ve been saying this forever because we’re not far off from Vandy with regards the the rest of the SEC. He changed his offense approach and philosophy this year.
Beck says,
"We dont want to be like everybody else," Beck says. "We don’t want to run the same exact plays as everybody else, we feel like we have to be a little bit different. To turn things around here I think it’s extremely important to be different." Beck has embraced that reality as he's made an effort to overhaul Vanderbilt's offense…”
Tim Beck knows Vanderbilt offense needs to be different
Tim Beck explains his offensive philosophy.vanderbilt.rivals.com
Most Stat fans, especially on this board haven’t embraced the same reality yet. To be different also can include the other side of the ball that has been forgotten as well. This is the reason Leach hired Arnett. Leach said it was because his 3-3-5 at the time was different. Leach said it was essentially like him but on the other side of the ball. Leach understood the reality and embraced it.
Pavia wouldn’t start for Alabama or Kentucky this year. However he is perfect for their new offensive coordinator and scheme this year. In the same way Chris Relf wouldn’t have started for anyone we beat. But Mullen that year, ran the same approach or basically fundamentally similar to the way in which Vandy has gone. That is to be different. Be tough and different when you’re the underdog. Otherwise you have no chance.
They also had the same offensive coordinator as Vandy has now too.
Vanderbilt does not have better players than their opponents. At least, not thought to be at the time of signing. What I'm saying is, NIL is not what is causing this.
Reminds me of talking to my wife ha. You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge. It just takes some people longer to see and accept the truth. Then there are others who are just retarded, so we pray for them.
It goes pretty deep with our people. I mean you won't find 20% of our fans that acknowledge how incredibly STUPID it was to change our primary athletics logo way from the primary school logo. I'm not talking about the helmets, uniforms, baseball hats, merch, whatever, those can change, vary, stay the same, etc. I'm talking about the primary, visible logo - that is seen on the side of the stadiums, 50-yard line, midcourt, on websites, on TV next to the score, etc. Just a fundamental misstep on all counts and NOBODY will acknowledge this. People want us to pick a logo and stick with it. Well, we did, for 25 years. And promptly went straight back to our previous, unsuccessful ways.
Kill has won in a lot of places that were all uphill battles. If he was healthy, I would have wanted him for our head coach. Lebby seems to be figuring out but Kill is awesome.
I’d also argue that Vandy doesn’t have to worry about the bigger schools wanting and buying there offensive players as much as we do. That’s also a big plus in going with an against the norm offense. Our approach translates to what most everyone else is doing, thus, we will have more guys looking around or we’ll have to pony up much more than Vandy to keep our good guys on offense. In the same way if NIL transfer portal was a thing back when we had Relf ect, not one SEC school would be trying to buy him from us. So if you don’t have the same pocket book as everyone else, you best find a way to succeed with a scheme that doesn’t translate to the same as what others are doing except with more money to spend.
If Vandy WANTS to do that, they can probably pour more money in than any school in the SEC that doesn't have Texas in its name.
He's talking about Stoops at Kentucky, not Lea. Stoops has absolutely been very Mullen-like.
For the record. Mullen at MSU - 7.7 wins per season. Stoops at Kentucky - 6.9 wins per season (probably slightly less after this year). So, Stoops = Mullen lite.
Does this take into account that Kentucky and stoops has always had to play Louisville. A quality program in the OOC schedule that Mullen was never made to play?
