Throughout a football season, every group will deal with misfortune. Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops believed his 2022 Cats fell a little brief in handling that misfortune sometimes.
During fall camp, Stoops and his group have actually been dealing with methods to get rid of that unavoidable misfortune. The UK head coach discussed that, and his function in assisting the group handle those scenarios, after Saturday’s skirmish.
“I think we all have to take a good look at yourself, year-to-year, I’ve never pretended to put it all on any one group,” Stoops said. “Ultimately, I have to get that out of them. I have to do a better job and I’ve just got to put my foot down and demand it out of them and the coaches do and the players ultimately will.”
Stoops believes that this point of focus is being received by the group.
“I do think they got that message,” Stoops said. “We’ve been more consistent. We haven’t been perfect but I like their attitude and I like their work ethic and I like the energy. At times, I felt like I fell short in that area (last season). I’ve got to get it out of them.”
With 2 weeks up until the very first video game, versus Ball State on September 2, there are still some locations that the Cats are dealing with enhancing.
“There has still been some pre-snap things,” Stoops said. “We just have try to be as perfect as we can. Turnovers and ball security has been relatively good and that needs to stay. But there’s still be some pre-snap penalties and some things of that nature. We’ve just got to be cleaner and not beat ourselves.”
As camp has actually advanced, Stoops has actually seen his group enhance in lots of locations. With that initially video game quick approaching, the UK head coach likes where his group stands.
“Just the demeanor of the team. I like where they’re at,” Stoops said. “There in a good place, united, committed. If we can stay there and stay hungry and continue to get better. If we can stay in that mindset, we’ll be alright.”
The Cats hope that all of the operate in the preseason will pay advantages throughout the 2023 season. While it’s challenging to duplicate the misfortune that will come throughout the season, Stoops and his staff hope that the focus on negative scenarios throughout fall practice will equate into much better performance and consistency throughout negative times when the season begins.
