After title game, Strong to meet with Meyer about Louisville job [Florida Today]

We have official word, that Charlie Strong will at least be thinking about the River City.

Amid reports of Louisville wanting to hire Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong as the Cardinals next head coach, University of Florida head coach Urban Meyer said Thursday he will discuss the matter with Strong next week.

But we're not going to hear anything for a few more days.

"Charlie is not only a great coach, he is one of my great friends," Meyer said Thursday. "The one thing about him is he's very professional. There's been zero discussion about (other jobs). At the appropriate time, there will.

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Cha-ching!

(Says that one Louisville Bats beer vendor whenever he gets a tip)
Now please just don’t talk to Notre Dame. At least do that after you’ve taken this program back to respectability.

DocCardsFan
The 'Ville, KY

by DocCardsFan on Dec 4, 2009 9:10 AM EST reply actions

I don't think Notre Dame hires college coordinators for head coaches

At least not at first. They would have had to have been rejected by a lot of people before they would look at Charlie Strong. By that time, we’ll have hired him.

by Centre24 on Dec 4, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions

Boo Ya!!

“says the other vender after a great tip at a Bats game.”
I hope thisdeal gets done soon and he needs to bring a great offensive coordinator with him that know quarterbacks.

"As we strive for excellence never forget what got you there"

by image21972 on Dec 4, 2009 9:27 AM EST reply actions

Notre Dame??????????????

ND has become a graveyard for coaches and other than its contract with NBC and its relationship with the Subway Irish is now irrelevant in the grand echelon of college football. I cannot conceive of why any intellegent coach would want to risk his career in South Bend.

And have you ever been there in the winter?

by cbcard on Dec 4, 2009 10:00 AM EST reply actions

Oh I totally agree, but there's this little thing called Tha' Bling

ND has a lot of it. And apparently pays bad coaches a lot of it. However, recently it would seem that’s where coaches go to die.

ND is a far cry, geographically, from Florida, whereas Louisville would seem like a tropical oasis compared to the quad in winter.

DocCardsFan
The 'Ville, KY

by DocCardsFan on Dec 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions

NBC contract + NFL alums + brand name recognition = relevance

I bet 95% of their current recruiting class still signs with them b/c it’s Notre Dame, not the coach

by UL is my hot hot sex on Dec 4, 2009 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

ND is going after Cinci's Coach

Brian Kelly, but they won’t start talks until Saturday. Which is another plus for Louisville and the Big East, as I doubt Cinci will find another coach as great at Kelly.

by REALISTICCARDSFAN on Dec 4, 2009 2:58 PM EST reply actions

plus for UL, bad for Big East

by Final4Galore on Dec 4, 2009 4:09 PM EST up reply actions

Was it good for the Big East when Bobby Petrino left?

I don’t see how Kelly leaving is good for the Big East. It may be unavoidable, but I think we should root for this to be the strongest conference possible. We have to compete against good teams to continue on our “Collision Coarse.” Smacking around a weak Cinci team, while fun, doesn’t do us as much good.

by sarasota-card on Dec 4, 2009 4:15 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed.

Strong coaches and consistent performance from top to bottom will pull the Big East out of the BCS basement (though, to be honest, I wouldn’t put the ACC much higher if at all).

by CARD_G6 on Dec 4, 2009 5:10 PM EST up reply actions

It was good for everyone else in the big east

because they got one more win on their schedule.

by REALISTICCARDSFAN on Dec 4, 2009 5:16 PM EST up reply actions

Hope Meyer doesn't talk him out of it

Jus sayin’.

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by LORD KAYOSS on Dec 4, 2009 11:02 PM EST reply actions

I'll never understand

These coaches leaving a good thing for a “Destination” job. Kelly, Petrino, Rodriguez…all had a good thing going and could have been gods at their big east schools. They’re already multimillionaires, its not like me or you leaving for a better job. What, you need a bigger yacht? Plus 90% of the time they fail anyways and get the boot (see rich rod).

I realize what it is is ego. But at what point does a man realize “Hey i’ve got a good thing here”. I agreed with most of Rutherford’s write up the other day, but at the same time how did Rodriguez’s “destination” job work out, or petrinos “destination” job in atlanta, or any coach in the last 10 years “destination” job at ND.

by Jason G on Dec 5, 2009 7:53 AM EST reply actions

John L Smith

How did that work out at Michigant State.. same

by Final4Galore on Dec 7, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions

I think John L was limited even here and was hoping that by going to a bigger situation he could get better recruits to create a better situation for himself. He only won 1 bowl game here and at the time his stock was high enough to get the job at MSU, if he stayed and kept losing bowls not only would he have not moved up, he probably wouldn’t have remained here much longer.

Also from what I remember, outside beating FSU, 2002 was seen as a huge disappointment.

One baseball game, he came to the plate and heard a woman in the crowd shout to the pitcher, "I'll make you a chocolate cake if you strike out that 'so-and-so'!" Says Strong: "I hit that ball out of the park. Then I looked at her like, 'Do I get a cake now?' "

by Villeslgr on Dec 7, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions