Kragthorpe leaving Tulsa?

by **PonyPride** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:12 pm

ESPN just reported (quoting "a source") that Tulsa head coach Steve Kragthorpe is believed to be a candidate for the North Carolina job. The network also quoted an NFL scout as saying he'd "be surprised" if Kragthorpe is in Tulsa next year.

by **Captain E J Smith** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:25 pm

Why can't we be so lucky??

by **J.T.supporta** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:32 pm

I wonder if he'll schedule future CUSA teams if he goes to UNC.

by **Pony in Dawg Land** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:34 pm

i'm ignorant of how scheduling works. does the head coach have much pull? watching unc makes me think smu would have a decent shot.

by **J.T.supporta** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:37 pm

The coaches have a lot of the decision making but it all ends back with the schools Athletic Department. It's all about time, distance, and money.

by **KnuckleStang** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:53 pm

I've also heard Kragthorpe's name attached to the N.C. State job, should Amato get hosed at years end.

by **Pony in Dawg Land** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:14 pm

Thanks J.T. I've always wanted SMU to schedule more teams like UNC, Duke, Uconn, etc. because 1.) it gives us more of a national presence and 2.) it gives us a chance to beat a team from a BCS conference. I guess Baylor is our best chance right now athough we'll have to wait till next season.

by **Charleston Pony** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:48 am

plenty of schools will be courting Kragthorpe; he's done a great job at turning Tulsa's football program around

by **LakeHighlandsPony** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:56 am

Poor Tulsa always gets screwed. Everytime they get a decent coach and start winning they bolt.

by **jtstang** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:09 pm

LakeHighlandsPony wrote:Everytime they get a decent coach and start winning...

Yeah, poor Tulsa. SMU should be so unlucky as to get a decent coach and start winning occasionally.

by **PhirePhilBennett** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:18 pm

I wouldn't take that ride if I were you Steve.

by **Dement-ed** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:39 pm

You wouldn't leave Tulsa, Okla., for Chapel Hill, N.C.?
I'd make that move even if Carolina WASN'T in the ACC. That's a great school in a gorgeous part of the country.
And it IS in the ACC.

by **PhirePhilBennett** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:36 pm

Dement-ed wrote:You wouldn't leave Tulsa, Okla., for Chapel Hill, N.C.?
I'd make that move even if Carolina WASN'T in the ACC. That's a great school in a gorgeous part of the country.
And it IS in the ACC.

If you are a football coach, I wouldn't go to UNC, no. He will have better opportunities than that. If he were barely a name from North Texas or UL-La or something, then sure...but he is a proven commodity at Tulsa now. He will get better opportunities.

You have to consider the future potential to have your football coaching aspirations drown into futility...UNC is just such a place (are they going to beat a re-surgent Clemson, Miami, VaTech, FSU, GaTech, etc etc etc? No, never.)

I'm sure Lexington, Kentucky is nice, too. As is Durham, NC. Wanna go there and compete with Basketball?

I was thinking that stealing Krag for SMU would be a good coup...he would be able to recruit better at SMU than Tulsa...(Not that SMU is the better oportunity that I was previously talking about..just a side comment).

by **Ponymon** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:35 pm

PonyPride wrote:ESPN just reported (quoting "a source") that Tulsa head coach Steve Kragthorpe is believed to be a candidate for the North Carolina job. The network also quoted an NFL scout as saying he'd "be surprised" if Kragthorpe is in Tulsa next year.

If he bolts, I wonder how many of Tulsa's recruits will stay committed? :wink:

by **J.T.supporta** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:44 pm

What is so wrong with UNC? Mack Brown was able to come out of UNC as a better coach and was able to win at UNC. Look where Mack is now.

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