Media Days: KENTUCKY
The coach is Joker Phillips.
- Biggest difference between being Coach In Waiting and the actual head coach: "The hard-core decisions and being responsible for those hard-core decisions."
- He's talking about hiring assistants. Same ol'. He wants recruiters, teachers and guys who "have the juice." He wants passion and enthusiasm.
- On trying to recruit South Carolina, which UK has been doing for a while now: ``Absolutely. We cannot stop going into South Carolina. We have guys from South Carolina, which makes it easier to recruit guys in South Carolina."
- On offense, where it's headed in the college game: ``I see it staying about the same. In the high schools, you're seeing more athletic quarterbacks. There's not as many pro-style guys."
- On Tee Martin as an assistant: "The No. 1 thing is that he understands Facebook."
- He then praised Martin for being able to relate with players quite well considering his age. ``He is not that far removed from winning a national championship."
- "We are the only (SEC) team with a head coach that's undefeated."
- On monitoring his own players' Facebook pages: "We don't want them to put anything out there that's going to embarrass them."
- On what he learned from Rich Brooks: "Best advice was: Don't listen to the noise. It's the media. It's the fan. You just have to go about your business. We do speak periodically. In some of those fishing holes where he is in Oregon, he can't get service."
- "Joker" is not his real name. It's Joe. His grandfather bestowed that name upon Joker.
- That's a wrap.
posted by Jay G. Tate at
3:21 PM
36 Comments:
Media Day substance!
The Joker is Wild!
Payback in Lexington. I'm going.
No whammies! No whammies!
Oops! That's Press Your Luck, not Joker's Wild. Still...no whammies!
Are you sure that's Joker and not Charlie Strong?
i hope we give 'em a reverse UK v AU basketball beatdown.
as long as the offense shows up for more than one drive, we'll be golden.
he wants 'juice'?
i thought he was a midnight toker.
have there been any batman sightings?
I'M BATMAN!!!!!!!!
the current staff must be severely lacking in potassium and vitamin c.
I'm Spartacus.
Joker likes "hard-core".
the dark knight batman or the campy 60s batman?
I think "The Juice" has used up all his eligibility, plus those prison shackles probably affect his mobility.
Saban brings up pimps, so Joker counters with hard-core. There is a real dual going on here.
"We cannot stop going into South Carolina. We have guys from South Carolina, which makes it easier to recruit guys in South Carolina."
Does he get a bundle of money every time he says South Carolina?
South Carolina is the new Southern California, the hip place to be.
Not going to recruit in KY? Basketball players only?
cape hatteras is where its at baby!!!
That record won't take long to break.
Tee Martin was essentially hired because of Facebook? Am I reading that right?
Joker is saying some peculiar things up there today. Or maybe it's just me.
knowing facebook makes you a good coach? Guess I'll be excellent then!!
tee also understands how to get money from boosters without causing a stink. could bammer ever tolerate a ut qb on their staff?
That would be North Carolina:)
Is this one of the weirdest media days?.......
as long as it is not in kentucky.
Don't listen to the noise.
Jay you are doing an excellent job of culling the best quotes from a boring job.
A queston for the Chiz: How did knowledge of Facebook influence you staff hiring decisions?
Another Chiz question: Saban likes pimps. Joker likes hard-core. What do you like?
Tee Martin likes Recruits and UT Non-Boosters Who Give Him Cash
Must leave the fun....y'all behave!
Coach Meyer, what is the biggest thing you are going to miss about Dooley's predecessor?
Chip I've got thecostume n accessories of the 60s Batman but the attitude of the Dark Knight. U dig?
New thread UPZ.
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