These guys are competitors and love to be challenged. These type A personalities often get bored with situations and move on to the next challenge. It is how he climbed to where he is now... I know it does not make total sense and a lot more variables are at hand, but it is just how it works.

 

I don't think Strong fits into the typical type A personality group. He's a bit awkward and not nearly as polished as guys like Brian Kelly or Urban Meyer. And he didn't exactly climb to the top as much as he sat still and waited for his turn for nearly two decades.

 

I just don't see him as a "climber" like they guys you are talking about in the type A group...

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?

 

We have seen it all the time with really good college coaches who build programs up and could compete with the best at those programs. However they still end up leaving say when one of the top traditional colleges come calling. I agree that he probably shouldn't leave because UL could pay him as much, but I bet he would still if the right team came along. I don't know if they would go after him, but a potential top job that could be open after this season IMO is USC. Which I know his ties are more in the Florida area, however all coaches grow up having dreams to. Which coaches probably would say they dream of coaching at schools like USC, Notre Dame, Alabama, etc. not Louisville. However that shows how good of a program UL has going because it would take a very top notch traditional football program to possibly get him to leave.

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.

 

I can't remember what side you were on. However I do remember the majority of the UL fans on here backing Jurich and that hire even after that horrible first season, and saying what Woodsrider said.

 

I can't remember what side you were on. However I do remember the majority of the UL fans on here backing Jurich and that hire even after that horrible first season, and saying what Woodsrider said.

 

I think I was the only one in the "Keep Kragthorpe" Camp.

I can't remember what side you were on. However I do remember the majority of the UL fans on here backing Jurich and that hire even after that horrible first season, and saying what Woodsrider said.

 

You can't fire the guy after one year, but there was no excuse for that kind of drop off.

I think I was the only one in the "Keep Kragthorpe" Camp.

 

He would still be around if you were AD.

 

I think I was the only one in the "Keep Kragthorpe" Camp.

 

I was too.....I really liked him as a person....he's a good man.

I was too.....I really liked him as a person....he's a good man.

 

I remember you wanting to keep him. It bothered me. :lol2:

Kragthorpe was like being hit with NCAA probation. He dismissed 46 guys from the program.

 

His recruiting was awful. He recruited sub par talent. He was a great guy and I enjoyed the converstations I had with him. But he was not ready for a program like UL.

I do think that sometimes Louisville fans are in a bit of denial about the very real possibility that a bigger name school swoops in and hires Strong away. Not saying that's a bad thing, as seeing coaches like Petrino, Strong, etc. get a start at Louisville and use it as a springboard to bigger platforms will mean that they can attract another coach who'll step in and continue winning without missing a beat.

 

When UK hired Stoops, I was talking with my Dad, whose held UK season tickets for my entire lifetime, and I said, "I hope he's gone and hired away by another school in under 5 years, that means he's won here and done things to make a bigger program want him."

I don't see Strong going anywhere; I think Jurich will do everything to keep him.

I don't see Strong going anywhere; I think Jurich will do everything to keep him.

 

But on the flip side, some AD with his job on the line in a big conference will do everything to hire him away.

 

Auburn fired their coach less than 3 years after he'd won a BCS title. It's win and win now in college football, or your job might not be safe. Other schools have resources too.

 

I won't think the sky is falling on Louisville's program if he leaves for another job, they've had him and Petrino, so something in their selection process works more often than not.

But on the flip side, some AD with his job on the line in a big conference will do everything to hire him away.

 

Auburn fired their coach less than 3 years after he'd won a BCS title. It's win and win now in college football, or your job might not be safe. Other schools have resources too.

 

I won't think the sky is falling on Louisville's program if he leaves for another job, they've had him and Petrino, so something in their selection process works more often than not.

 

I am very confident in the fact that money will not be a reason Strong leaves Louisville. Yes there are many other contributing factors when a coach decides where he wants to be, but at the end of the day, it's about the money. Moving back into a major conference next season at a University where he already gets any and everything he wants, the deal would have to almost be ridiculous for him to leave. Chucks girls are in school here, and from everything I've heard his family loves it here. (I know that wouldn't necessarily keep them here, but it doesn't hurt.) He speaks highly of the opportunity Jurich gave him with the position initially, and how much it means to him. THAT kind of thing is what builds lasting relationships. You can call it denial if you want, but as of now the writing on the wall says Strong is here for a while.

I am very confident in the fact that money will not be a reason Strong leaves Louisville. Yes there are many other contributing factors when a coach decides where he wants to be, but at the end of the day, it's about the money. Moving back into a major conference next season at a University where he already gets any and everything he wants, the deal would have to almost be ridiculous for him to leave. Chucks girls are in school here, and from everything I've heard his family loves it here. (I know that wouldn't necessarily keep them here, but it doesn't hurt.) He speaks highly of the opportunity Jurich gave him with the position initially, and how much it means to him. THAT kind of thing is what builds lasting relationships. You can call it denial if you want, but as of now the writing on the wall says Strong is here for a while.

 

 

Very fair and accurate points. I hadn't thought of it that way in all honesty. Very solid argument.

 

Very, very minor point, but one thing I may question on the loyalty to his first opportunity is how he might consider following Spurrier if South Carolina offered him post Spurrier's retirement. He and Joker were assistant on Lou Holtz's staff there, and I could see it falling into the "loyalty" part.

Very fair and accurate points. I hadn't thought of it that way in all honesty. Very solid argument.

 

Very, very minor point, but one thing I may question on the loyalty to his first opportunity is how he might consider following Spurrier if South Carolina offered him post Spurrier's retirement. He and Joker were assistant on Lou Holtz's staff there, and I could see it falling into the "loyalty" part.

 

I could buy into that angle. I'll be honest, part of my stance is me being selfish. I want to keep him as long as possible. But I think the information at hand is a pretty solid base on why he'd stick around. Schools will come knocking every year. We'll see I guess.