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My plea about no Krag
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:41 pm
by Hoop Fan
please no. Its not the right time and place. We need a face and name. Krag would have been great 5 years ago, or maybe even at the end of last season, but that ship has sailed. I would much rather have an unproven Applewhite. Turner Gill would be better than Krag or Apple. We gotta have a name brand coach this time whether they have won at the major college level or not. I would also rather hire Venables or Pellini than Krags. You have something to sell there.
We cannot hire Kragthorpe no matter how good of a guy or coach he really is.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:48 pm
by jtstang
We must hire Chan Gailey. I saw him riding a tandem around White Rock yesterday with Orsini. Chan's the man.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:51 pm
by Hoop Fan
jtstang wrote:We must hire Chan Gailey. I saw him riding a tandem around White Rock yesterday with Orsini. Chan's the man.
the only good part about that is The Ticket could revive the Fake Chan Gailey. That dog'll hunt.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:52 pm
by jtstang
Imagine the accolades which would come SMU's way from the fake Jerry Jones if we hired a former Cowboy coach.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:55 pm
by Hoop Fan
good mornin to you. I hope you enjoyed that Super Bowl...I hope you enjoyed it very much. good morning to you.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:10 pm
by jtstang
From ESPN's Pat Forde:
Coaching Chaos: Louisville Dept.
Rumors started running late last week that Steve Kragthorpe (9) could be one-and-done at Louisville of his own volition, beating a hasty retreat to Conference USA bottom feeder SMU (10). Sources told The Dash that SMU is interested in Kragthorpe, who made a name for himself turning Tulsa into a mid-major power. The question is whether Kragthorpe, who has significant Texas ties, has reciprocal interest.
Initial indications were that Kragthorpe wanted to stay at Louisville, but a source Monday termed it "50-50" whether he'd jump if the SMU job were offered. At the very least, his first season with the Cardinals has been turbulent enough to conceivably make a man reconsider his career move up the food chain.
A preseason top 10 team, Louisville has spiraled to 5-6, bottoming out with a 55-17 loss at South Florida on Saturday that was the Cardinals' worst defeat in 20 years. Nobody saw that coming with the skill-position arsenal Louisville returned from its 2006 Orange Bowl champions. But then again, nobody foresaw a defensive collapse and massive off-field turmoil.
Kragthorpe has suspended and/or dismissed several players this season. Sources say he inherited a host of problems that former coach Bobby Petrino (11) minimized, managed or swept under the rug while compiling a 41-9 record in four seasons.
He also inherited half of Petrino's old staff in an arranged marriage that was encouraged by athletic director Tom Jurich (12). Given the way that's turned out, expect a complete staff overhaul in the offseason.
But the biggest disappointment for Kragthorpe might be the seemingly disproportionate fan outrage directed his way. A fan base that appears to have forgotten that Louisville was 1-10 a decade ago has criticized Kragthorpe relentlessly since early in the season, and a good number of them believe two seasons is at least one too many.
"If he rides this thing out, he's one tough guy," said one source close to the program.
Jurich is squarely in Kragthorpe's corner, which has to help. In fact, Jurich has staked so much of his career to Kragthorpe that he might be a flight risk himself if his coach decides to leave after one year. Jurich had been contacted earlier this year about replacing the retiring Dave Hart at Florida State (13) and Paul Dee at Miami (14).
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/ ... d=tab1pos2
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:28 pm
by Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex
Hoop Fan wrote:jtstang wrote:We must hire Chan Gailey. I saw him riding a tandem around White Rock yesterday with Orsini. Chan's the man.
the only good part about that is The Ticket could revive the Fake Chan Gailey. That dog'll hunt.
Instead of Cowboy Chan, they could call him Mustang Chan.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:09 pm
by mustang91
Getting back to Hoop Fans orginal post about Kragthorpe. Recently a search committee member said to me, "Kragthorpe could be a great hire, while at Tulsa he took a lot recruits from Bennett and he won a Confrence USA championship." Blah, Blah, Blah!!!! It's obvious to me that Todd Graham took a lot of recruits from us, he was his main recruiter in Dallas. Let's face it Graham can recruit circles around us currently. I believe Graham was with Kragthorpe since 2003, could they have had the same success without Graham's recruiting? I also just don't get Kragthorpe as a "big splash hire." One positive note, it's seems from what I have been told is that Orsini has his man and the search committe will just be rubber stamping who he wants. Let's hope "his man" is not Kragthorpe!!!!