December 3, 200916 yr Um, wow. UK fans may not be the craziest in the state. IMO, they are givin' a pass for now!
December 3, 200916 yr Are you trying to say it didn't? I was there for two instances. Not saying that at all. Edited December 3, 200916 yr by LCPATS
December 3, 200916 yr Maybe because few were ever hamstrung so badly by their boss, only for him to admit he was horribly wrong....then given less time to overcome that hurdle. Now, I differ from Rockmom in that I felt he had to be fired at this point. But, not because of lack of my confidence in his ability to turn the program around for good....but because of selfish fans, who don't understand what it takes to become a great program for years and years......and they are who pay the bills. If Kragthorpe stayed, the bills would be hard to pay.....now they won't. Does it hurt U of L in the long run? Only time will tell, but in the meantime, the U of L fanbase has embarrassed me like I never thought they could. Amen! (Except the part about firin him.)
December 3, 200916 yr The bottom line is that Kragthorpe went 15-21 in three years. He didn't make a bowl game. He lost 3 straight to UK and and Uconn. He lost 2 out of 3 to Syracuse. His recruiting was subpar (even for UofL standards), the team showed zero percent of improvement from year 1 to year 3. If anything it regressed every year, hence the 4-8 record this year. The team was an absolute disaster from and x's and o's persepective. If you can't admit that (which is all that really matters) then your fooling yourself. The guy won 1 Big East game each of the last two years. That's just unaccpetable. As for Jurich. Who really cares. He's the boss, if he isn't satisfied with what he hired, he as the right to fire the guy. That's life people. If you fail at your job, you lose your job. No matter what the circumstances were/are, Kragthorpe was hired to mange them, and he didn't. Even if this is TJ's fault, he's not gonna fire himself for it. All that being said, he may be the greatest guy ever, and really care about the kids. But he FAILED at winning games, and thats how you're measured in the coaching business. :thumb: Apparently I missed the memo that coaches should keep their jobs based on morals and good intentions.
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