Louisville falls to Connecticut for third straight year
by Mike Rutherford on Oct 18, 2009 10:28 AM EDT
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Hey, it's Mike...whatever.
Steve Kragthorpe is now 4-12 in the Big East in three years where the conference hasn't been that good.
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Welcome to the indifferent side, Mike
Wasting less and less time commenting on this team is the first step to recovery… Godspeed.
by CardinalEmpire.com on Oct 18, 2009 10:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
In 2007, I was angry.
In 2008, I found this mess comical.
In 2009, I don’t care.
Thanks, Steve.
by Whacker77 on Oct 18, 2009 11:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm still at barganing
I’ll take a 2-10 season if it means no more krags.
by dlpfis79 on Oct 18, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I must concur
at least while Krag is here. I am absolutely uninterested in his mediocrity and refuse to blow my hard earned cash in these dire economic times only to walk out of Cardinal Stadium more depressed on a weekly basis.
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by LORD KAYOSS on Oct 19, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A sad note
The UConn BD who stripped Powell near the goal line was knifed at an on campus party last night and died at the hospital. Makes losing a game seem less important.
by cbcard on Oct 18, 2009 3:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I see a pattern forming...
Let’s see… 0 – 3 against Kentucky, 0 – 3 against U Conn. Betting on going 0 – 3 against WVa, USF and Cincy. I see a pattern forming…
Ugh…
Grog
"There is no OFF position to the genius switch" - D. Letterman
by GrogInOhio on Oct 18, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry
but I blame Jurich. Not for hiring K, necessarily. I think that was in large part an effort to keep Brohm around for his Sr. year. But for not firing this loser long before he dragged a rising program back to oblivion. This lies 100% at Jurich’s feet. Sorry, I know many love the guy for what he’s done for Louisville athletics overall. Fair enough. But he has no excuse for allowing this farce of a coach to continue this long. One season, sure. 2? Huh? Now 3? WTF? From the pinnacle of a BCS conference to oblivion. Nice.
by CardsFanTX on Oct 18, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa whoa whoa...
You’re not giving Koach nearly enough credit.
We beat USF last year.
by Adamjd86 on Oct 18, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would like to reiterate...
that three of those four Big East wins came in year one. That’s progress folks.
by CARD_G6 on Oct 18, 2009 5:26 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Top to Bottom in less than 3 years...
…need I say more?
by JustCards on Oct 18, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
70 percent saints/30 percent sinners
Most division one college football programs are made up of a 70 saints/30 sinners mix. St. Steve wants 100% saints. Here is a news flash…. having all saints can’t win football games. You need that junkyard dog that is willing to deliver the blow. Sure you need to ride him like a 10 cent mule to make him go to class and be in at bedcheck. Sure he does not like to squat heavy, but on Saturday he hits running backs and wide receivers into next week. Kragthorpe ran off his sinners (21 to be exact) that would have given him a chance at closing the deal in close games. That is his first failure. He ran off 21 of Petrino’s “finds” that could have delivered when the chips were down.
His second failure is his view that coaches need one day off with their families. As Howard Schnellenberger told me when he hired me…." if you want to be a family man go sell insurance, if you want to be a college football coach this job comes first. Any illusion to that fact and it has been nice meeting you." Total commitment to coaching that is what wins games. Your wife can raise the kids, and you can do what you can when you are home and not breaking down film, recruiting, or making sure your players are doing the things they need to do to make winning a possibility. If you coach, you have 108 nephews and your players at the position you coach are your kids, they deserve your undivided attention.
His third failure is not leaving Mike Cassidy’s defense alone in 2007. Mike Cassidy asked Krags to leave his defense alone in 2007. Krags did not. He forced Cassidy to change the entire package. The same Mike Cassidy package that lost 3 games (none blow outs) in 26 games. It wasn’t broken so why did Krags need to fix it? Because kids did not know where to line up on defense Krags brave new defensive system we lost to UK, Utah, and Syracuse in ’07. How can anyone forget Johnson uncovered at the end of the UK game streaking down the sideline after Woodson hit him. A 9-3 season not 6-6 would have helped recruiting immensely, and last year and this year would not have occured.
These are just 3 sins, there are many more I am sure you all can come up with.
I also have reached the point where another U of L game does not excite me. When I coached for Schnell I crouched on the sidelines and yelled the entire game for the o and d lines(that is where the games are won) I cheered their successes, encouraged them after missed opportunities. Since the time I have left coaching until this year I watched every game on my feet yelling, moving around, the same agitated person I always was on game day. Now thanks to Krags I sit in my lazy boy expecting a loss, and if they do well I am suprised. Krags has sucked the life out of my U of L football fanship.
Things won’t get much better if we hire Tuberville. Tubs defense is great but if you only score 14 points a game you don’t win much. Do a little research and look at Auburn without Petrino running the “O” the point totals are dismal at best. We need offense, speed, and southeastern recruiting. Tubs will get us 2 of the 3.
There has to be a better choice out there.
Just some random thoughts……
by Squat Parallel or Don't on Oct 18, 2009 6:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great Post. I’d like Schnells to be our offensive coordinator. I know…I’m crazy.
by AlohaJace on Oct 18, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Defense change
I knew that defensive package change was a horrible choice. Especially since he waited until after spring practice that year to make the change. At the spring game that year, the defense was flying all over the field and looked faster than I had ever seen them. Fast forward to the fall and all of a sudden kids can’t line up properly. Half are in one defense and half are in another and it snowballed from there…uncertainly, poor tackling, loss of confidence. Kragthorpe has made some very poor decision during his coaching tenure here, and I know that’s a gross understatment.
The crazy thing is that he’s probably a good head coach, for small mid-major schools like Tulsa, UAB, and the like. He needs to take a job out west somewhere in the WAC. That’s his best fit.
by JMC1 on Oct 18, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We all know L'ville
has never had a defense loaded with 4 and 5 star talent but I can’t remember them losing as many games b/c they weren’t prepared as they have over the last 2.5 seasons. And the frequency/timing of dumb penalties hasn’t helped. Did the defensive scheme change in 07 affect recruiting indirectly due to the losses? Maybe. As an outsider, it appears more likely that its just the 2 and 3 star talent that UofL has always recruited wasn’t developed by Krags revolving door staff the way it was with Petrino and J.L.Smith. Either way, we can all agree that its time for a change.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Oct 19, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Life after Krags
One of Krags’ castoffs ran for 59 yards, 9.8 yds/carry, as the Nationally ranked Ga Tech team defeated, not just an FCS team, but a nationally ranked Va Tech team…
I am glad Mr. Allen was able to escape this debacle.
by cardinNO on Oct 19, 2009 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
maybe when PJCS looks like a ghost town on Saturdays because no one wants to waste their time or money watching a football team with an incompatant clown shoe at the helm Jurich will fire the bum.
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ Okinawa, Japan
by The White Mandingo on Oct 18, 2009 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yo, Coach Kragthorpe, I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish your last season, but Ron Cooper was one of the worst Louisville football coaches of all time…
by UL is my hot hot sex on Oct 19, 2009 1:51 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
2 Defensive Ends and One very good DB....
Right now we have 2 former DE’s and one very good DB making great contributions in the NFL. You can watch Elvis Dumerville and Okoye and Kerry Rhoades each Sunday make a difference for their teams. Lets not forget the monster in the middle McCune he made some plays on Sunday as well. We have always had 2-3 5 stars and 1-2 4 stars on defense for the Cards under Petrino. Not the case now. Back to the drawing board.
by Squat Parallel or Don't on Oct 19, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
William Gay also contributing on Sundays
not a pro-bowler (yet at least) but he’s starting for a pretty solid defense in Pittsburgh
by Ben Go CARDS on Oct 19, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nervous
William Gay used to make me a nervous wreck. One play the kid would look like the best DB in human history. The next, he’d get beat for a 45 yard TD. GLAD to see him doing well in the NFL and not giving me more gray hair at U of L.
Grog
"There is no OFF position to the genius switch" - D. Letterman
by GrogInOhio on Oct 19, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i live in Pittsburgh
and William Gay is easily the most unnoticed player on the defense, which is good for him I think. I was always a fan of his, but i agree he would make me (and you) a nervous wreck. i think a lot of that was Petrino’s defense. He almost always put the CB on an island in single coverage, so it was either a good defensive play by our DB or a big play for the opposing offense. But it worked because in those days, people would need to score 50+ to beat us. Now, looks like they just show up for the second half to beat us.
by Ben Go CARDS on Oct 19, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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