We never have had one, and we’ve been successful with out them. Petrino here, Kelly at UC, and to a lesser degree JLS here didn’t bring in the best looking classes on paper, but all the kids developed into stars. Even Petrino’s best classes were mid 20’s.

So I guess I’m saying if Jones is actually a good coach, and can convince a kid to run through a brick wall (which IMO is what coaches like Petrino and Pitino have, and Krag never had), the rest will take care of itself.

I’ll be fine with Strong or Jones. I just don’t get excited about Fulmer. He had some great years at Tenn, but he finished with a thud.

was going to get super creative for this new hire, a la Pitino. I expected to hear something crazy like “Tom Jurich requested permission to speak with Pete Carroll today”…I’m actually suprised to hear names like Butch Jones or Sumlin on his list – even if they are good up n’ comers.

In one we’re a destination job and in one we’re not. You need look no further than fan mentality to explain it (and not this is not a comment about all fans)

In the late 90’s when Crum’s run was bottoming out big time and we were completely off the national scene, the hall was still full, people still cheered, and the electricity was there, even if the product on the court didn’t reflect the fire in the stands.

In football, if we’re really good, people will travel to bowls, we’ll have good showing at road games (the middle Tenn St. game and Cinnci road trips come to mind), and papa johns will be mostly to completely full depending on the competition. When we’re bad, especially for a couple of seasons, the attendance plummets.

I hope our football mentality changes over time and can meet the excitment the fanbase in general feels about bball, but I don’t know that it ever will.

would be devastating. I definitely don’t want to become the school were Phil comes to coach coast into retirement.

The two names on the list should only be Strong and Sumlin. If we can’t get either of them, then we can start with other names.

Phil Fulmer looks like a blubbering idiot (like Vandy’s basketball coach). I really don’t know anything about Butch Jones. And I didn’t know anything about Steve Kragthorpe when he was hired either. So obviously Butch Jones is the next Steve Kragthorpe…And that’s logic you can’t argue with

and it says Jurich has not contacted Strong and that Jones will be interviewing for the Marshall job.

It seems everyone just settles on the fact that some of his players were in disciplinary trouble or his last couple of years weren’t up to the standard when he started at Tennessee. But just look at his credentials without attaching Fulmer’s name and tell me his resume would not be incredible for Louisville football. We’re not a destination job like Mike has said and if everyone realizes that how can you refute having a coach like Fulmer on the sidelines for 4-5 years.

- won a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
-winning record in 15/17 seasons in the SEC
-winning percentage of virtually 75% (152-52 record)…he’s 100 games over the .500 mark
-17-0 vs. Kentucky

Basically, I don’t see how anybody on this site can look at these stats and say that Louisville football is above him. If he became the coach and settled here for 4-5 years before retiring or making one more trip to the SEC, I don’t see how that be all that bad for the Cards.

I wouldn’t mind Strong from the Gators or McElwain from Bama…I will watch saturday’s de-facto national semifinals game in Atlanta with hopes that we might land either of them…

Never heard of this footballcoachscoop.com. Is it a good source? Concerns me a little that Fulmer may have gotten in to see Jurich. Although, we need a name coach. I’m torn.

has contacts all throughout the Southeast prep football hotbeds. We could do a lot worse from a recruiting standpoint. And the man has won a National Championship. I think he’s a “blah” X’s and O’s coach, but I don’t doubt that he’d bring a higher level of talent to the program. He’s a proven Head Coach at the highest level in CFB. We could do much worse, like hiring another mid-major “success” story. Gimme a Fulmer over another Kragthorpe’ing any day of the week. Twice on Saturdays.