Very good points made and all to the truest facts. We should hire Strong if he is a strong recruiter. I am a avid recruiting type of fan. If we do not have the top talent then we can not be relevant to the competition. I hope he can get us recruits and make good of a system that is going to be exciting and winning. As far as the Cats coming in and stomping on the Logo that stuff needs to stop. I do blame the coach for disrespect. As far as the cards losing good thing it is now and not later. they needed to lose to be humbled and gain focus on the own needs to help the team. I feel they were more hungry than us on that game. Oh and if no one noticed Krag’s is selling his stuff on EBay. Look at his Twitter page.

came back to tie it after being down big, on a bad shooting night. Can’t wait until things start clicking in January.

As for the UK, swagger is one thing, skill is another. Nothing yet from them so far this season suggests they should be ranked in the top 5, or possibly even the top 10. I think the two game after tonights will give them their wake up call.

He’s certainly the best candidate of the names I’ve heard speculated. But… gosh… he’s mostly likely got his final Florida game on January 7, 2010. Unless we can get a commitment from him before then, that disturbs me a bit. He’ll already be 2 – 6 weeks behind on recruiting. Not a deal breaker, but painful nonetheless.

Grog

if we beat them with a black dude at the helm

Perhaps his long term approach, i.e. “I wanted to finish my career here” cooled the fire in his belly. Was he too comfortable during his first year, thus setting up the inevitable?

Other dead horses:
If Jurich would’ve apologized publicly for hamstringing Kragthorpe in 2007 and shed more light on the “issues” they so cryptically used as excuses, perhaps the fans wouldn’t have become so frustrated, so quickly and so loudly. Ball’s in your court C-J sports staff…let’s uncover the dirt on that.

Kragthorpe is a good guy who will soon be a really rich good guy. Don’t feel sorry for him—he feels like he earned “every cent” of his contract and therefore must be man enough to take the abuse that comes with such celebrity. Who knows what his true motivation was for the press conference—maybe a PR move for his next employer, maybe he’s just an emotional guy and wants people in L’ville to really like him. Trying to do well is for intramurals and several good guys won’t make it to heaven. Hopefully, Jurich will hire a program saviour who can return the Cards to the promised land of winning football. As for you Steve, enjoy every last cent. Jurich wept.

People were upset watching them lose, and I think that’s the difference.

and even a couple other candidates. Coach Kragthorpe has always seemed like a good guy. I could do without all the God talk, but that’s me. He will find a better fit in the future. Nice presser to end the era. Good luck to him.

Loss at UNLV is OK. It’s team we should beat, but Pitino is still feeling out players and lineups. I’m sure it was a good learning experience. It was a loud crowd (though not a sellout???) and the team was tenacious and well coached. It’s a great way to get ready for tough road games later in the season.

UK players stomping on Cardinal at center court of Freedom Hall. That’s just dumb. What are they seven-year-olds? I never get that kind of stuff. It’s trite, immature, and meaningless.

I really wish it had worked out for him. He clearly wanted to be here forever, and that’s refreshing out of a coach these days. There’s not too many Bobby Bowden’s left in college football (and him potentially getting the can is absurd in my opinion).

I really think people would have been much more understanding and forgiving if things hadn’t gotten so terribly bad. Look at UConn. Here they sit at 6-6 with their biggest win over a team that’s also 6-6 and just fired their coach. But nobody’s talking about getting rid of Edsall. Why? Because the team plays with heart week in and week out, they play disciplined, and he’s proven that they can be good, it’s just not happening this year. Kragtorpe’s teams on the other hand have just gotten worse, less disciplined, and have seemed to lose heart and will as games go on. If he could have gone 6-6 this season, with lots of discipline and heart, I would’ve been willing to give him and his best recruiting class so far a chance at a fourth season. But it didn’t happen, so we have to move on before we end up in an unrecoverable state.

I honestly think Krag will do well at some mid-major school, and I hope he does. But I just don’t think his schemes and philosophies were good for Louisville, for whatever reason. It’s a shame, and it’s tough, but it happens, and it’s time to move on.

that Coach Cal and Kentucky want (seemingly disparately) to play in Louisville so bad. (Cal trying to sell out Freedom Hall today and talking about bringing an SEC game there. Is that to just heat up the rivalry? Really, what’s up with that?