I still say Tuberville is nothing more than a flat tire, but he’s better than the current train wreck. After having Gruden dangled in front of my eyes for a week, Tuberville seems, right now, like a let down.

He’s definitely a solid defensive coach, but Louisville made a name for itself with offense. I would hate to become a program that wins almost exclusively with defense. I prefer a program that makes its name with offense. Stil, a winner’s a winner.

Try as I might, I just can’t convince myself to like the idea of Tuberville as our coach. I know I will be in the minority, but that’s how I feel.

I’m a fan of guys who have proven capable of doing more with less, and the reason is, simply, we just have less to work with at Louisville. I don’t like it, and to some extent we can improve ourselves, but we’re never going to have the resources that the top teams from other BCS conferences have. We make a lot of money here, and our facilities are top notch, but the fact is KY doesn’t produce enough talent to sustain even one great program. With some of that talent leaving for UK, we have to go to other states and compete with OSU, Fla, Auburn, and Bama to get kids. I know we got Whitehead, but I just don’t think we’re going to win many of those battles. Those kids have their dream schools, and not many of them are going to choose Louisville when they can play in the SEC. I guess the point is, unless Tuberville can recruit on the level he did at Auburn, I’m not sure he’s the kind of guy who can maximize the resources we have here. He had a few great years at Auburn, but he also had access to amazing talent that I’m not sure he can get here. The same goes for Gruden. He had some great years, but he had a lot of average years too. In the NFL talent is spread pretty evenly, so I’m not sold on the idea that he can win with less talent. Both are great coaches, but this is a different kind of situation. We can win big here, but it takes a coach who can pick out overlooked kids and make them better while capitalizing on the smaller pool of great talent in our backyard. John L and BP were great at that, but I don’t know if Gruden or Tuberville would have the same ability.