3.) Strong is 52 years old. He doesn't have too much time to be completely rebuilding programs from the ground up. Why leave a program that still has lots of room to grow, for a program that may currently be at the same, or even a lower level?

 

I would have never guessed that. I assumed he was probably 42 or 43.

Jurich has said time and time again, the only people he can't compete with in terms of money is the NFL. What are the pro's of leaving Louisville for another college program, that he doesn't already have?

 

I've never heard Strong's name mentioned when it comes to the NFL. Do you think that would ever be an interest of his?

I just dont see Charlie leaving for just any job. I think only certain jobs he would leave for Notre Dame, Miami, Florida State, LSU, Florida......

 

Has to be a top tier team.

 

Agree, agree, agree, he wants to be in the south.

Some things that might weigh in to a school that would match or slightly exceed the deal he has with Louisville:

 

Florida Schools (i.e., Miami, Florida, Florida State): Stronger recruiting base (pun intended)

 

Arkansas: Going back closer to home (he grew up there), coaching in the SEC, getting the Walton endowment if Bielema falters.

 

Texas schools: Tradition, recruiting base, etc.

No where close to what it used to be...really dropped of for athletics after "Bud" passed away...schools stills gets a lot of money but I don't think athletics get's as much as they once did.

1.) Louisville will always be a basketball school, it's in Kentucky. But the difference in passion between the two sports isn't that great IMO. An example would be Texas. Huge football school, nobody even cares that they play basketball. The spectrum is nowhere near that broad at Louisville.

 

2.) They obviously aren't Alabama or LSU, but doubting the passion towards the football program is a little silly at this point in time, IMO.

 

3.) Strong is 52 years old. He doesn't have too much time to be completely rebuilding programs from the ground up. Why leave a program that still has lots of room to grow, for a program that may currently be at the same, or even a lower level?

I think the difference is Louisville fans are passionate when Louisville is good. Look at the attendance for 2009. By the end of the year they couldn't fill half of Papa Johns. In contrast look at Tennessee last year. They went 5-7 and still averaged 90,000 for home games.

I think the difference is Louisville fans are passionate when Louisville is good. Look at the attendance for 2009. By the end of the year they couldn't fill half of Papa Johns. In contrast look at Tennessee last year. They went 5-7 and still averaged 90,000 for home games.

 

While I disagree with not supporting the athletes during those times, the fans were upset with how quickly Kragthorpe had destroyed the program, and they made a statement. I was at every one of those games, start to finish, but I can easily admit the poor attendance numbers bothered me.

Agree, agree, agree, he wants to be in the south.

 

Did he tell you that?

While I disagree with not supporting the athletes during those times, the fans were upset with how quickly Kragthorpe had destroyed the program, and they made a statement. I was at every one of those games, start to finish, but I can easily admit the poor attendance numbers bothered me.

 

I was there too, though the only times in my life I've ever left a Louisville game early were during the Kragthorpe era. I think a lot of Louisville fans were not happy that he was brought back for even his third year and made a conscious effort to demonstrate to Jurich, Ramsey and the Trustees that keeping Kragthorpe around for so much as another moment was unacceptable.

 

If Louisville was losing but at least interesting to watch, it may have been slightly different. There were certainly some very middling John L. Smith teams that were just good enough to eke out a bottom-tier bowl games but they were putting up 38 points in any losing effort. Kragthorpe's brand of football was just mind-numbingly awful.

Based on that how can you support bring Petrino back? Weren't we lead to believe that the down turn under Krag was due to the condition Petrino left the program?

I just dont see Charlie leaving for just any job. I think only certain jobs he would leave for Notre Dame, Miami, Florida State, LSU, Florida......

 

Has to be a top tier team.

 

I expect Florida to be looking in the next couple of years.

 

Did he tell you that?

 

Shhh

Based on that how can you support bring Petrino back? Weren't we lead to believe that the down turn under Krag was due to the condition Petrino left the program?

 

Kragthorpe was a terrible head coach. The year after the Orange Bowl victory, with virtually the same team, Louisville went 6-6 and missed a bowl game. Petrino probably could have run a tighter ship when it came to keeping players on the straight and narrow off the field, but the Louisville program suffered like it did because Kragthorpe was in over his head.

If Miles or Saban decided to give the NFL a go (again in Saban's case), and Bama or LSU came calling does anyone really think he'd say no?

Based on that how can you support bring Petrino back? Weren't we lead to believe that the down turn under Krag was due to the condition Petrino left the program?

 

Petrino's not a nice dude, but partly because of that his players didn't screw up. The problem was that Kragthorpe didn't know how to control those guys like Petrino could. Things started falling apart almost immediately.

 

I also don't believe anything like what happened at Arkansas will happen again. Petrino's problem while he was at Louisville was never what he was getting up to while he was outside the office, it was that he hated having to be away from the office and his desire to move on to the next bigger and better thing was what kept him there. So be it. If he feels like he can turn the Louisville job into a job at a top-five program, let him have at it... it'll keep him focused.

If Miles or Saban decided to give the NFL a go (again in Saban's case), and Bama or LSU came calling does anyone really think he'd say no?

 

Would they ask him?