Rich Brooks
Rich Brooks
Richard Llewellyn "Rich" Brooksis a retired American football player and coach. He was the head coach at the University of Oregon from 1977 to 1994, the National Football League's St. Louis Rams from 1995 to 1996, and the University of Kentucky from 2003 to 2009...
people players program rampant rumors trying turn understand walk
There have been rampant rumors that I will resign. That ain't happening. I am not going to walk out on the players or the program. We are trying to turn this thing around. Some people don't understand what you have to do to turn a program around.
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We learned a lesson in turning a close game into a rout. All you've got to do is turn the ball over.
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There are some rumors out there that I'm going to resign at some point, ... Well, that ain't happening, OK? I'm not going to walk out on the players that I recruited and this program that I'm trying to turn around.
consistent continuity given implement nice oregon plan reaffirm time turned worked
The continuity there is what turned Oregon into a consistent winner. It was nice to see that and reaffirm that we actually did know what we were doing, we did have a plan that worked and were given the time to implement that.
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The last six years I was (at Oregon), we were a very good football team, and since then they have only had one losing season, ... The continuity there is what turned Oregon into a consistent winner. It was nice to see that and reaffirm that we actually did know what we were doing. We did have a plan that worked and were given the time to implement that.
games momentum start turned winning
The momentum will really get going when we start winning games. I think we've turned the corner, but we've got to get to the straightaway and accelerate.
game passing suffering
The passing game is suffering because we're not getting the play we need from the receivers.
education hard kids performing players quality stress work
We always stress to the kids to work hard in the classroom. We want our players to get a quality education as well as performing on the field.
against defense run stopping third
We've got to be better stopping the run. Our defense against the run and on third down was atrocious. That has to improve.
rampant rumors
There have been rampant rumors that I will resign,
committed corey darned dedication excited guy guys help join josh kentucky leadership physical process recruiting spoke staying touch
You have to be excited about a guy like Micah Johnson. Not only his physical abilities, but his leadership and his dedication in the recruiting process to help us by staying in touch and contacting other recruits. Two guys he spoke to long before he committed to us and he kind of wanted to see if they would join him at Kentucky were Josh Minton and Corey Peters, and darned if they're not all here.
agreed minor
I don't think he would've agreed to it if he wouldn't come out and play more than a minor role.
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We got all the guys committed and we got the jelly doughnut in Corey Peters.
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Vanderbilt and us are in probably the toughest six-team division (SEC East) in college football. It makes it very difficult to have a breakthrough year. Stanford, by and large, doesn't have as large a hill to climb.