Jurich's Patented Non-stick Coach Replacement List
by UL is my hot hot sex on Oct 3, 2009 5:33 PM EDT
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PrintLike your favorite ESPNU commercials, the calls for Kragthorpe's head have become repetitive and low-brow--and therefore, wildly amusing. After a long string of unanswered coaching miscues and the ensuing wordplay in which fans take turns warping Kragthorpe's name into a verb or adjective, Louisville's Championship Contender and Coaching Prestige ratings on EA Sports' NCAA Football franchise have successively tumbled from "Excellent" to "Kragtastic" over the last 3 years. I'm not saying this is the time during the season to call for a coaching change, I'm just wondering who's on the list.
Below is an unscientific and completely unresearched guess at Jurich's List to replace the Head Coach for Louisville Football, which is rumored to be hand-written on the back of a Arturo Fuente "Hemingway" cigar wrapper, nestled deep inside Jurich's walk-in humidor.
Current Job: SEC Football Analyst for ESPN, Assistant Hedge Fund Manager
Highlights: Won 6 consecutive games versus bitter in-state rival Alabama; record during last 5 seasons at Auburn: 9-6 vs. Top 10 teams including 5-2 against Top 5; coached Auburn to 13-0 season and won both the Walter Camp and Paul Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Awards in 2004; linked to the infamous "jetgate" incident in which Auburn boosters and AD staff contacted then-Louisville coach Bobby Petrino about replacing Tuberville just prior to the Auburn-Alabama game in 2003; after leaving Auburn in 2008, said he wanted to take a year off from coaching.
Author's opinion: Widely considered the best available head coach option for Louisville and I agree; solid recruiting ties in the south, well-respected "character" guy, and most importantly he was nicknamed "The Riverboat Gambler" at Ole Miss in the 90s for his agressive playcalling. Awesome.
2. Phil Fulmer
Current Job: Partner at an Investment Firm, part-time CFB analyst for CBS
Highlights: Spent 20 years on coaching staff at Tennessee; won first-ever BCS National Championship Game and honored as Home Depot Coach of the Year in 1998; the wheels started falling off during the 2005 season: word got out that he helped rat out SEC rival Alabama for violations and UT went on to finish that season 5-6 after being ranked 3rd pre-season; consented to resign after finishing the 2008 season after enduring considerable pressure from fans and then promptly lost to 26-point underdog Wyoming the next week.
Author's opinion: He's a great recruiter that could do some damage if he had the same talent from Tennessee in the Big East but for no specific reason, I just don't like him that much. After it was revealed in 2005 that he was one of the "secret witnesses" that ratted out the Crimson Tide program for violations, he was too scared to show up at SEC Media Days in Alabama...not impressed.
3. Bud Foster
Current Job: Def Coordinator at Virginia Tech
Highlights: Spent last 20+ years on defensive coaching staff at Virginia Tech; won the 2006 Frank Broyles Award (Best assistant coach in college football).
Author's opinion: No head coaching experience but he's been one of the best defensive minds in college football for several years at Virginia Tech. I think his personality would be well-accepted but fans want a big name--someone proven at head coach--and Jurich may have to give them what they want if he hopes to fill the seats at the newly expanded stadium; has marginal ties to the state of Kentucky--born in Somerset; former player and asst coach at Murray State.
Others:
Turner Gill (Head Coach at Univ of Buffalo)
Willie Martinez (Def Coord at Georgia)
Perfect Brownie Pan (Strength Coach, USC)
Charlie Strong (Def Coord at Florida)
Jon Tenuta (Def Coord at Notre Dame)
Chime in with anyone not listed and state the reason why you think they are on Jurich's list (or why they should be).
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I hope to the sweet baby Jeebus it's not Phil Fulmer
by cardscott5 on Oct 3, 2009 5:37 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Anyone but Krag!
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ Okinawa, Japan
by The White Mandingo on Oct 3, 2009 5:45 PM EDT reply actions
Ron English?
0 and 4 at Eastern Michigan head coach, but made our crappy defense better quickly
think he'd come back?
I think we missed our window with English and Turner Gil
by UL is my hot hot sex on Oct 3, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Shanahan
Jurich and Shanahan are best friends. While Shanahan may be mostly out of the question (not entirely, but mostly), someone affiliated with Shanahan or someone he recommends to Jurich would be a strong candidate.
Gus Malzhan
We’ve had success with 1-term Auburn OCs. He also did really well at Tusla. Wait.
Anyway, I would vote for Charlie Strong. I know there would always be a risk an SEC school would hire him as a head coach, but there have been plenty of openings the last few years and he didn’t get them.
I say no on Fulmer. Tuberville would be better of the two, but his offense stagnated over the last few years at Auburn. If he could recruit like he did at Auburn, we would dominate the Big East with defense.
ahhh, the recruiting--I personally thinkTuberville could do that,
and we would dominate the Big East like u said.
And he could hire a hot new O coach if needed
We have Pitino for BBall—now we need his “Schnellenberger”
I like Malzhan
Somebody with an exciting offense. Look at what he’s done at Auburn so far. This seems like the type of “up and coming” coach Jurich wants to hire. Like a Petrino. But would he just leave us for an SEC job or the NFL as soon as he sees some success at UofL? Well, i’d take that over what we’ve seen from the last 3 years.
I’m afraid that Tuberville was just recruiting well because it’s a SEC school. I don’t know if it’s going to carry over to success at Louisville.
DocCardsFan
The 'Ville, KY
I agree
I like Malzhan too. I’d love to see that type of offense here.
by Cool Hand Cards on Oct 3, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Jon Gruden...
Is there any chance? Would we want him if he would come?
I would take him.
Sadly I don’t know how much of a chance there is there but I’d be willing to bet it’s razor slim.
We play to win the game
Why isn’t Big Herm on the list?!
because he was a shitty coach?
maybe he could have the Carroll effect where his rah rah won games though
Skip Holtz and Will Muschamp
I doubt either have any interest in being the head coach here, but you never know
JIM HARBAUGH
1. If you have any doubt, please watch the current NFL Films feature on the family on the NFL Network.
2. His entire family is in the eastern half of the U.S.
3. He’s proven to be a great coach.
Atherton
Not the guy, the high school. Jurich will go with the head coach there to make us want to bring back Kragthorpel
Hire John and Jay Gruden just like Bobby and Paul Petrino
Best fit Super Bowl Champ Former Head Coach and former U of L Record Setting Alum QB and a 4 time Arena Bowl Champion Head Coach-But Jurich wasn’t here when we were glad to beat Murray state and Western when they were 1-AA so he does not appreciate where Jay and Papa Schnell took this program
by Squat Parallel or Don't on Oct 4, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions
Kragthorpe is out at the end of the season, barring the most miraculous turnaround in college football history
While not shocking, this is a fact. The contractual terms are being discussed.
Tuberville is one of a few whose representatives have been contacted, and Koach is aware of this fact.
Money is not the problem it once was. ADTJ will open the bank for this one, I assure you.
by BR7 on Oct 4, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Ive just heard
Its gonna take a LOT of scratch to lure Jon Gruden to the ville. Im sure he has other options on the table.
Chris Peterson,,,
Does nobody else like this guy? HC at Boise St? I mean, if Jurich wants to bring in a “smaller” name then I say go after this guy…
Bigger Name? then go REAL BIG and open the wallet… No to Fulmer… and I wouldnt even be satisfied with Tuberville… What about Spurrier? LOL… i mean as much hate that he has against UK i couldnt see a better fit for him…
How about Joker Phillips? another LOL… that would drive cat fans insane if we pulled that move…
But seriously, I like Chris Peterson from Boise State!
chillin villian
I love CP but why would he come to Louisville from Boise St?
Joining a BCS league is not enough to sway Peterson to leave his cush job at Boise State and if we’re being honest—that’s all we’re offering at Louisville. He makes about $850K per year at Boise St which is a bargain at the rate they win but he can get the same $$ Louisville would give him at dozens of other BCS schools. And though he’s obviously good at cultivating non-BCS talent, most of his players are recruited out of completely different pipelines (CA, AZ, ID, WA) that Louisville recruits from (FL, GA, OH, KY).
If he leaves Boise, I think it’ll have to be a BCS school out West or a team with elite national prestige like Penn State or Notre Dame.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Oct 4, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Peterson
I don’t think Peterson would be a fit here. First, his recruiting pipeline is the West and JUCO while we need to focus on the Southeast. Second, I look at Boise football and Gonzaga basketball similarly. Their coaches have never been successful after being plucked (Monson, Hawkins).
hawkins and koach are cut from the same mold
both were hailed as “geniuses”, left their schools for bigger and better things; then it becomes crystal clear that their respective coaching staffs were infinitely more responsible for their prior success than either of them were. evidenced by BSU’s continued “BCS Buster” moniker, and Tulsa still scoring 40 some-odd points a game. Neither of those schools missed a beat when their “genius” coach left.
that being said, NO WAY to fulmer. the game has passed him by.
Plus UofL couldn't get him
Boise is a legit program now.
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Eric Berry is better at football than you.
Once is an accident, twice is a trend . . . .
Koetter crashed and burned in Tempe. Hawkins is doing the same in Boulder. Peterson knows this. The grass isn’t always bluer greener, and all that.
All I ask is that we don’t open it up to a big interview process. Last time we did it we ended up with Cooper. And I will take Koach’s play calling 24/7/365 over Cooper. The 3-yard outs on 3rd-and-5 are nothing compared to the 3rd-and-33 sweeps.
The Ol' Ball Coach?
It may be a long shot; it may be just a fantasay, but I have had numerous U of L football coaching discussions with my colleague and fellow Cards fan during which I have adamantly campaigned for Steve Spurrier to become head football coach.
I don’t follow a lot of discussion or coaching politics among universities, board members or boosters around the net but just going on my emotion alone and what I have observed in just the win/loss column I have at least humored myself. We all know about his resume and credentials; 174-63-2 as a head college football coach. Yet, in the powerhouse football conference that is the SEC (about the only time I’ll give the conference props) he is below the .500 mark at 16-18 in 4 1/2 seasons at South Carolina. This is a conference that he dominated for over a decade starting in his very first season at Florida. Overall, he is a modest 32-23 but has only managed to win a single bowl game and did not receive a bowl invitation in 2007.
While it could be argued his had underachieved at SC, and some have said he has lost his touch, this guy can still flat out couch and recruit. I believe the SEC is just too big and he got onto the wrong vehicle perhaps at the wrong time. He is a winner and ultra-competetive and in my mind (a mind that certainly is jaded by desperation to return to dominance in the Big East and to earn national respect) I want to believe that he would be a perfect fit at the perfect for both parties!!! Your thoughts???
I don't think it's likely, but...
I, too, would very much be behind a Spurrier signing. A tandem of Pitino/Spurrier easily puts us in the conversation for most self-confident coaching duos in the nation, and I can certainly get behind that!
All joking aside though, I like Spurrier and the fire he brings to the HC position. His pros include instant national recognition (the four-letter network loves them some ’Ol Ball Coach), offensive innovation (historically speaking), oodles of confidence and recruting bona fides. Cons could include lack of desire to coach in the long term and perceived hard-headed stubborness (maybe this is a pro?).
All in all, to me, Spurrier is a Pitino-esque signing. He’d offer an instant rise in street cred (for recruiting), national attention and overall program relevance on the BCS stage.
by quiet cardinal on Oct 5, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
great points...
I have just always admired Spurrier’s brand of football. I believe the pros would certainly outweigh the cons and as you alluded, even the cons could turn out to be positives. I think it’s a hypothetical match made in heaven; key word hypothetical, however. While I’d like to believe Spurrier is looking for the next great challenge where he would wrap up his career by turning over some new leaves for a school in a dominating fashion, I really have no legitimate insight regarding his or SC’s temperature at this time.
Tommy Bowden?
Talk about a bloodline!!
Grog
"There is no OFF position to the genius switch" - D. Letterman
Anyone?
Does anyone like June Jones? I’m not sure he’d create a recruiting hotbed, but I like the offense he ran in Hawaii and is putting together at SMU. I’m actually hoping Notre Dame or Michigan finish poorly so either Charlie Weis or Rich Rod get fired…I’d take either one of them…
I agree and disagree
I want to see them both get canned, one for being a POS, the other because ND gets way more attention / credit / accolades than they deserve.
I absolutely don’t want them to come here, ever. Not even for Derby. Hell, not even for Thunder
ThreadKiller
You all don't want Phil Fulmer
His best days were behind him 5 years ago.
Respectfully,
—A diehard UT fan.
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Eric Berry is better at football than you.
Bud Foster
Interesting choice. Has always put together some of the best defenses in the country. I have never been able to figure out why he hasn’t been able to land a HC job yet. Maybe he doesn’t interview well.
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Eric Berry is better at football than you.
Foster is an enigma
He’s said publicly that he desires to be a HC and jokingly asked reporters to tell more people about his awards won as best assistant coach b/c he needs some help getting a head coaching job. However, he’s also said that it would have to be the “right fit” etc…so perhaps it’s something he’s demanding or he’s just really particular about location.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Oct 7, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Another name to consider
Chris Hatcher. HC at Ga. Southern. Probably not mainstream enough at the end of the day, though.
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Eric Berry is better at football than you.
Sorry guys
I bet Joker is on the tip of everyone thoughts in Louisville but we’ve already sewn him up. Undefeated, coach in waiting of a team that current outdoing all of what Bear Bryant ever accomplished.
I know you’re eating your hearts out because you can’t get him.
I’m eating my out to for the same reason.
It must me nice to being a few games from possibly getting the chance to look for a new football coach. We don’t have to. Aren’t we lucky? Wanta trade athletic directors? We’ve give you Barnhart, his 15 championship promise and Versailles for yours.
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