JOKER PHILLIPS RUMORS
TEARS OF A CLOWN
Joker Phillips continues social media hijinks
Members of the Florida Gators coaching staff are continuing with their ridiculous tweets in an attempt to lure recruits to Gainesville. All of them are accompanied with the hashtag, #comeplayforthejoker. We’ve seen Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholsen’s Joker, we’ve seen a Kentucky Derby race horse, and even Harry Potter. Now we have the Jokers band. Sigh: From what we understand...
Joker Phillips has quickly become the most interesting coach to follow on Twitter
Former Kentucky Wildcats head coach and current Florida Gators wide receivers coach Joker Phillips has quickly surpassed both Les Miles and Hugh Freeze as the most interesting follow on social media.
Why?
Here’s some of the stuff Phillips has been sharing with the world.
You can give Phillips a follow @jokerphillips, and if you’re into weird pictures of the Joker in...
Joker Phillips is recruiting hard with Photoshop and Instagram
Joker Phillips is back on his Instagram account with photoshops done by either him or an intern to “#ComePlayWRForTheJoker”. The photoshops are kind of weird (as you can see) but recruits will either love it or hate it. He is using a character from the movie The Dark Knight and portraying himself as such. It’s a little weird that the former Kentucky Head Coach and now Wide...
...IT'S ABOUT THE MESSAGE
Joker Phillips evokes Batman's Joker to recruit
College football coaches work hard with recruiting, and they will use every tactic possible in order to attract them to their program. We already saw how new NC State’s Drew Hughes was stepping out of his comfort zone with his interesting hand written letters while trying to sound like a teenager. Then there is Joker Phillips of the Florida Gators. The new wide receiver coach for...
Joker Phillips’ creepy tweet made creepier by Heath Ledger/Joker photoshop (pic)
Joker Phillips, who was fired by the Kentucky Wildcats on Nov. 4 but caught on as the wide receivers coach for the Florida Gators, sent out a tweet on Wednesday that is about as odd a thing that one likely will ever see tweeted by a football coach. Phillips, making the connection that he shares a nickname with the most heinous and mischievous of all Batman villains, made a creepy...
Winning culture drew Joker Phillips to Gators
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Joker Phillips wants to win again. He needs to win again.Wins were difficult to come by the last couple of seasons for Phillips as head coach at Kentucky.
In 2010, the Kentucky graduate became the first coach in school history to take the Wildcats to a bowl game in his first season. Over the next two seasons the Wildcats won only seven games, including a 2-10 record...
Via Fox Sports Florida
December 04, 2012
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Possible replacements for Joker Phillips
The first domino in the college football coaching carousel fell on Sunday, as Joker Phillips was fired at Kentucky. Phillips led the Wildcats to a...
Phillips unable to take UK to next level
Joker Phillips used to run. It wasnt until he walked that he saw things as they really were.
We once spoke about the strolls that he took around Lexington with his wife Leslie. When he ran, there were things he rarely noticed houses, trees things that came into focus on those walks.
It was on one of those walks that Phillips got the call that he would be replacing Rich Brooks...
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November 04, 2012
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Kentucky fires Phillips as coach
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky has fired football coach Joker Phillips, a day after an embarrassing loss to Vanderbilt. Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart announced Phillips' dismissal Sunday in an open letter on the athletic department's web site. The Wildcats lost their eighth straight game on Saturday, a 40-0 home loss to Vanderbilt. It was their worst loss to the Commodores...
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November 04, 2012
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MOVING ON
Kentucky fires Joker Phillips
Kentucky is toting a 1-9 record this season and has not won a game in the SEC, and as a result head coach Joker Phillips has been fired.
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