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Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 09-06-2008, 08:57 PM:

Maybe not officially a tongue lashing, but he's scolding the fans for booing Hartline when he started teh second half. I guess I wasn't paying any attention to the fans when the second half started.

NO reason to boo, especially at teh players who are giving it their best on every play.

I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR FANS HAVE A LITTLE MORE CLASS THAN TO BOO OUR OWN PLAYERS!!!

Posted by prophet (Member # 2089) on 09-06-2008, 09:52 PM:

Not that I approve of booing of the home team but -- as Coach alluded to at the end of his post-game comments -- I believe the boos were directed toward the coaching decision and not toward Hartline.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-07-2008, 01:45 AM:

I agree prophet most every Kentucky fan will never boo a player. I would hope that fans would also have the decency not to boo coachs ethier but past transgressions has ruined my hope..

Posted by boomdaddy (Member # 2644) on 09-07-2008, 06:32 AM:

You don't boo your home team. With that said, Uzelac, during the Curry era, was the eexception to the rule.

UK was beating an inferior team by a comfortable margin. That is exactly the time to switch players around. Fans are a trip.

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 09-07-2008, 08:20 AM:

I vaguely remember the shameful booing of Sharay Thomas a few years back when he entered a game. Of course, each and every person who booed claimed he was really booing Coach Smith.

After reading the dozens of posts decrying Thomas' abilities over the years, I had my doubts then, and I have my doubts now.

We must recognize that when the national media refers to Kentucky fans as 'over the top bumppkins', there are some fans that fit that description (the old "kernel of truth"). Those fans were undoubtedly booing the coaches decision because they didn't like Hartline.

Nuanced? Perhaps. But I doubt young Michael took it that way.

[ 09-07-2008, 08:21 AM: Message edited by: Tiptree ]

Posted by bayer (Member # 462) on 09-07-2008, 12:15 PM:

If the player (in this case Harline) is coming on the field, it's a lame excuse to say the fans are booing the coaching decision.

Coach Brooks is 100% right on this. The fans need to have more respect for their own team and cut that crap out. These coaches have worked too hard to get the quality of players we have now to give anyone fodder to use against us in recruiting.

Posted by KyCat (Member # 146) on 09-07-2008, 08:23 PM:

It is ridiculous to try to claim you were booing the coach in this circumstance and not the player. If your logic is you were booing the coach for his decision to play a particular player, then you are booing that player.

Posted by Brandon (Member # 108) on 09-08-2008, 07:03 AM:

I remember several years ago when the fans booed Pookie Jones when he was having a tough day on the field. I never felt so ashamed of the Kentucky fans as I did that day. I told one guy that was booing Pookie that if he was able to do a better job then he would be out thee instead of Pookie. Since he's not, I guess he couldn't do a better job so he should shut the F up.

He did.

The players don't recognize the difference between booing the coaches and booing them. And even if they could, do you think the players are going to feel inspired knowing that "at least they're not booing me."

My feeling is that if you feel like you have to boo the team, stay home and do it from there.

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 09-08-2008, 10:44 AM:

I've never in all of my days as a fan of any sport ever boo'd a player or coach for anyreason.

The only time I've ever boo'd during a sporting event was when an official made, what was in my opinion, a bad call!! Then I've showed my displeasure.

Or maybe one time when I felt Spurrier was running the score up on somebody back when he was coaching at FL!