Jurich not interested in Tennessee opening
by Mike Rutherford on Jun 10, 2011 4:21 PM EDT
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PrintIt's as sure as the sun rising in the east. When an AD position opens up at a high-profile university, Tom Jurich's name is going to be thrown around as a possible candidate.
Louisville fans have dealt with this for years, most notably in 2007 when several reports had him all but out the door and headed to Florida State.
The latest gentlemen caller is Tennessee, a position which Jurich addressed for the first time today.
"There's nothing to talk about," he said. "I have a job here, and I'm just going to focus on that."
Jurich's track-record gives the statement credibility.
In an era where loyalty is more in the trunk than the passenger seat, where even the LSU football and Kansas basketball coaches flirt with and/or accept other positions, Jurich is the exception to the rule. Much like Denny Crum before him, Jurich came to Louisville, did amazing things in a relatively short period of time, and subsequently chose to hang around and watch his program continue to evolve instead of bolting for more money or - perhaps more important to a guy like Jurich - a new challenge.
If Tom Jurich says bluntly that he's staying, then Cardinal fans have nothing to fear.
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Where would
We be right now if T.J. Doesn’t get the AD job in …1997 I believe?
I may have a man crush on Tom Jurich
by whitacreky on Jun 10, 2011 4:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
You'll notice that
anyone who starts their own business tends to stick with it forever. It becomes part of their life. You don’t have the same loyalty as when you are hired into a business.
Now, granted, Jurich didn’t start Louisville athletics, but as much as he built it up I’m sure he damn well considers it his baby. Hopefully he never leaves.
Let's face it...
Basically everything but basketball is all his doing. I guess you could make an argument for football, too, but it would be tough.
Schnelly thinks as much of your comments...
as he does of that one guys singing
by TheStranger on Jun 10, 2011 9:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
He got Pitino here
Many fans still don’t like Jurich for 1) handling the Crum situation like he did, and 2) not firing Rick after the scandal (we all know one of them).
Was time for Denny to go. Someone had to man up and do the dirty work that no one else wanted had the balls to do.
No matter how he handled that situation there were going to be people who didn’t like it because of what DC did here.
Not firing Rick is another issue entirely. If he would have fired him I’m pretty sure that almost no one would have faulted TJ or thought poorly of him for doing it, in the moment.
Now, had he fired Rick and then brought in another Kragtastic dud there would have been some pretty big issues.
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jun 11, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Trashing your Hall of Fame head coach in the media is not the way to go about ushering him out
"...and the present, for us, is something that we really look forward to."
- Rick Pitino
I was on deployment a lot from 1999-2004, and even when I was in country I wasn't living here in Louisville.
Please tell me how he trashed Denny in the media because that was never something I was around for.
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jun 12, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow.
We sound like Cavs fans who refuse to let the LeBron thing go.
No, seriously? Jurich built both programs into powerhouses. He made quite possibly every right move. He hired Petrino and John L. Smith. He got Rick Pitino, which helped us rise up from the sanctions (some programs take a loooooooooooong time to recover).
But, anyone who wants Jurich gone is a fickle idiot.
"Marquis Teague sucks!"
-Bryce Cotten
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