BBN Tonight host Keith Farmer believes this could almost be like a contract year for junior receiver Dane Key and other UK juniors. (Vicky Graff Photo)
WLEX-TV sports director and BBN Tonight host Keith Farmer has been “super impressed” from what he has seen and heard about new UK football offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan.
“His resting heart rate has to be so low and that is how I imagine him being on game day but he brings a toughness with him. He is a very smart guy and I see him getting his points across in a great way,” Farmer said.
“Everything I have seen from where he has been he has success and I expect nothing but that here. He certainly has got weapons on offense.”
He does and UK players seem confident in what he’s done after former offensive coordinator Liam Coen left for the NFL again a few months ago.
“There could have been guys jump in the (transfer) portal and say they were not doing this again with another offensive coordinator,” Farmer said. “Barion Brown, Dane Key are just juniors and are on their third offensive coordinator. But they are sticking with it and showing their loyalty and love of Kentucky football.
“The first chance they had to meet Bush they were all impressed as well by him and seemed very comfortable with him as the offensive coordinator.”
Farmer thinks juniors like Brown, Key and defensive lineman Deone Walker could “drive” the Cats next season.
“You have to think there are juniors on this team who think they have a chance to go pro maybe after this year, so this is kind of like a contract year for them,” he said. “They will want to show the NFL scouts what they can do and that extra drive from very talented players could really pay off for this team.”
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This will be an exciting year for fans to watch football with Hamden as OC and basketball with Pope as new HC. Both are extremely bright and intense men with a passion for what they do. It will be fun to watch how each of them will implement their offensive systems.
I think Hamdan ends up being better than Coen. I didn’t want Coen back after he left the first time. He had his chance when he went to the Super Bowl champions Rams and couldn’t get it done. He basically was ran out of LA and one of his best friends was the head coach. He was put into the drivers seat and crashed the car. I’m very happy with who we have I think he has more of a college mind and he knows how to get the best out of what he has.