Another reason to worry, Coach Mac demoted Kelvin Taylor to THIRD STRING. Yelling OK but really? Plus this ain't the Kentucky of old. Not to mention, they will be angry for losing that game last year and they have the home field advantage. Maybe second string but go against them with a freshman starting? Not to mention whose the QB.
I happen to believe this may well be the kind of "tough medicine" the Coach HAS to force on them to change the mindset and regain balance and control on this collection of dysfunctional individuals if it is EVER to once more truly be a "team".
And he's been employing just this approach for sometime, btw: Notice how our best WR, Robinson, is listed third on the depth chart? Same deal. Taylor's got ALL the skills, talent, potential, but he continues to "pussyfoot" around back there, elude nothing but his own potential--and meanwhile, as E- points out, at RB at least we have some hungry, MEGA talented young guys chompin' at the bit to get carries, begim to learn and shine out there. The Scarlet kid especially is "THIS close" to taking Taylor's spot for real, just based on drive, talent and the flashes of sheer natural instinct we've already begun to see. Kelvin better smarten up FAST, react to his seeming "demotion" with humility and determination, begin to SHOW what he's got DURING plays, in every carry...the show boating, dancing arpund behind the line of scrimmage, the overall sense of "I'm the guy now"-entitlement, that has got to go. Don't know where it started (gotta believe its got his dad shakin' his head back home!), but on a team where a lot fewer-than-we're-used-to uber-talent have all mainly continued to underachieve, he may be the biggest let down of all so far. Here's hoping he turns it around, is a LEADER BY EXAMPLE rest of the way. If he goes into " sulk mode", like has tended to happen with guys last few seasons, I'd support Mac sittin' him entirely. Who we are, what we can and WILL eventually BE has to be put ahead of wins'n'losses now--If ever there was a time for it, and a time when he could and SHOULD see it that way, it is here and now, THIS season. And that's what I think Coach Mac is doing, both overtly and covertly.