Card Chronicle: FanPosts

Brohm could beat T.O. in a fist fight.

2009-11-19T20:37:35Z

Well, actually, this is probably pretty far from the truth.... but, you may get an answer sooner than you think. Looks like coaching changes in Buffalo have resulted in a shuffling of the depth chart , and, most importantly the acquistion of a QB some of you might know.

Brohm out of the Frozen Tundra

T.O. to Brohm could become the next big thing... I at least know one thing, Brohm is probably damn tired of the cold weather. Green Bay? Buffalo? Neither make my list of vacation destinations.

Bozich Fires Point-Blank at Kragthorpe

2009-11-19T12:46:22Z

http://www.courier-journal.com...nt++Rick+Bozich

Hmmm,

when U of L's SID gives the signal to C-J's senior sports writer

to call for a U of L Koach's head

the change may well come sooner

than later (after the season.)

For the 75 word limit.

Siva on SC top ten...

2009-11-19T12:17:17Z

Anybody notice peyton siva on sc top ten yesterday? And he was on there (#2) after the bellarmine game for that backwards dunk. And i saw him on there last spring in high school. Thats 3 times on sportscenter top ten before his second game in college. I like this kid a lot...his swagger is off the charts!!

I think his game is going to be ridiculous before he's done here.

Go cards! Go cards! Go cards! Go cards!

Conversation from Double-T Nation (Texas Tech SBNation Blog) About Mike Leach and Louisville

2009-11-19T06:20:35Z

http://www.doubletnation.com/2009/11/16/1159512/leach-rumors-start-early

If we're speculating, we might as well see what they're speculating.

Some of the better points of conversation:

My question to all of you and the folks in Louisville is “why would you want to hire a coach coming off a perhaps 7-4 or 6-6 season”? The alums and admin will want nothing to do with that. The coaching profession is all about striking while the iron is hot and Leach was firey hot last year, not this year. This year proves that there is much work to be done and why should he leave to start all over again given next year’s team and the incoming recruits. No school wants a coach coming off an average season and has yet to win any conference titles . . . - WreckerRaider

IMHO, you guys are right on the money as to why this rumor makes litle sense, and thus probably trash. However, the notion that our coaches name is mentioned often, and with wreckless abandon doesn’t fly. The reason his name has come up in the past is because, in fact, he was shopping... - TTUMAR

...Leach is going no where. He’s got one of the best paying contracts in college football today. Is on the verge of putting an exclamation point on what will be 10 years of extraordinary development, strategy, and accomplishment for a program that should always be indebted to him. The double TT and Leach brand are inseparable. He retires a Red Raider the
ultimate “rebel” (pirate)! - Raiderit

T-Will and Earl Clark, how are they doing in the NBA?

2009-11-18T21:20:23Z

Glad you asked. I won't get too far into advanced stats, but I will throw out some stats right now.

Earl Clark

YR	TM	G	GS	MIN	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	STL	BLK	TO	PF	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	PTS
09-10	PHO	9	0	10.9	1.4-3.9	.371	0.0-0.0	.000	0.1-0.4	.250	0.30	0.60	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.4	3.0

The Suns are 10-2. Earl hasn't played very much, with inflated minutes in both the blowout losses being his only significant minutes this month. Earl collected a high of 10 points and 8 rebounds on 11/12 against the Lakers. For all the flack we gave Earl for shooting 3s every year, the fact he has not taken an ill advised NBA 3 should be considered a win for the Suns. The Suns play the Hornets tomorrow on TNT, so you can tune in and hope for a blow out.

Terrence Williams

	G	MIN	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	OFF	DEF	TOT	STL	BLK	TO	PF	AST	PTS
Season	11	28.7	43-130	.331	8-27	.296	12-21	.571	0.5	5.5	6.0	.36	.00	2.00	1.91	2.0	9.6

With injuries to Devin Harris and Courtney Lee, T-Will has entered the starting line up. But, numbers for T-Will are downright brutal for the 0-11 Nets. Bad enough that ESPN's player rater John Hollinger has labeled poor Terrence one of his early season disappointments. The one thing that T-Will hasn't struggled with, has been his ability to rebound. He has 3 double digit rebounding games, including back to back 12 board games against Philadelphia and Orlando. T-Will has really been struggling with his shooting, going 9-35 the past 3 games. He scored a high of 15 in the Nets season opener. Due to the Nets having an 8 man rotation in a few games, Williams has played 4 positions. There is a comprehensive write up of how he is fairing, and what his best position is, here.

Here's hoping for more success for the former Card rookies

Other thoughts on game

2009-11-18T07:21:17Z

I know that Mike, UL is my hot hot sex, DocCards or someone like that will do a good breakdown of the actual game so I thought I would give a few sidelights and have others chime in:

1. Our unis are fresh

2. That court was, how shall I say, obnoxious? I think they left a little plain wood open that the could have squeezed another logo or ad into. Hideous.

3. Bob Knight seems like a nice guy when he's not coaching or in a press conference or his opinion is questioned, but he's a bit redundant and seems to get confused on players, numbers, and names often.

4. Neutral court games (outside of the conference and NCAA tournament) kind of suck in general.

5. ESPN really loves itself and I personally have a love/hate relationship with it. Like the games they put on, but could do without the graphics, counting of the hours, listing of scheduled events upcoming, etc.

6, Watched the game late at night here on west coast, but did skim through game thread afterwards and the funniest thing was the fighting by the (apparent) two Centre College Card fans. I am assuming it was real. Hilarious.

7. No Karen Sypher mention and wondering if there were any tasteless signs/chants.

Other useless thoughts?

We picked up another basketball commit?

2009-11-17T18:56:00Z

Courier Journal reported this morning that UL received a commitment from PG Russell Smith of Connecticut. Smith is a three star recruit (yeah?) and at some point, somebody has compared Smith to Dejuan Wheat, which is awesome if true.

I guess this is good? I mean, we have to bring in some players for the 2010 class. I would assume the plan is for Smith to be the LONG term point guard for that time period after Siva graduates and Marquis Teague (fingers crossed) comes here and leaves early.

Tobias Harris signs his letter on Wednesday and announces the decision on Thursday. He's supposedly a Syracuse lean, but Fab Melo was supposedly a UL lean before he signed with 'Cuse, so karma would dictate that Harris has to go to Louisville. I would say that Harris is a must get, unless of course he signs to go elsewhere, in which case we didn't need him in the first place.

THIS IS IT!

2009-11-16T22:50:12Z

After a couple of exhibition games to get us in the mood we are finally here. We love our Cardinal football, baseball, soccer, etc., BUT this is what us in the Commonwealth look forward to. College ball is here. I am pumped even with all the suspensions in the Arkansas team. To honor the official start of the UofL basketball season I thought I would treat everyone to a song to get us deep into the mood. I chose to go with this youtube 'still' version instead of the 'action' video because this album cover just rocks. I think it should be a photo for a game thread sometime this season. It's like he's saying, "I have the fire and I'm giving it to you Cardinals. Go ahead and keep the fire". It's the unofficial song of Cardinal basketball. Cheesy soft rock? Yeah. Guilty pleasure? Nope. Proud fan of this. Isn't it inspiring?

GO CARDS!!!

Harbaugh gets extension

2009-11-16T21:14:25Z

Another coaching rumor shot down today:

The Associated Press is reporting that Stanford football coach Jim Harbaugh is close to completing a contract extension with the school. thletic director Bob Bowlsby said Sunday in an e-mail that a formal announcement of a new deal was expected to come shortly. The two sides were close to announcing an extension after last season but talks were put on hold in February because of the poor economy.

One possibility gone...

2009-11-16T17:44:25Z

No Chucky in Cardinal Red next year for sure... http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4659441

Gruden signs a multiyear deal with MNF, so sorry for any college or pro team thinking he would have been their next coach. Based on rumors, the next few "candidates" are Tuberville, Fulmer, and more. So who do you think will get the job as Louisville's head football coach and why they are a possibility? Let the hopeful posts begin....

Gruden sticking with MNF

2009-11-16T17:27:48Z

This takes all the fun out of the rest of the season for me. This is probably the best news Krapthorpe has heard all season. Oh well, whose next on the list?

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UOFL FAN MADE IT TO THE FINALS SUPPORTING CARDS PLEASE VOTE!!!

2009-11-14T23:31:15Z

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

K Day.....How Will U Celebrate

2009-11-12T14:36:48Z

We're way past questions of K staying .....It's just a matter of time and who the replacement will be.

And how will u celebrate that fine and sunny day (no matter what the true weather may bring...) ?

Personally, the moment i hear the WORD, I believe I will pull out the finest bourbon I have, and have a wee bit or three...

This is for the damn 75 word limit, which we all can't stand but for some reason is left to plague us all

Stefan Lefors

2009-11-11T17:49:09Z

Mike's newest post brought back memories of Stefan Lefors (yeah, I voted for the Boise State game over the UK victory, so what?)

I absolutely loved watching Lefors play. He didn't have a great arm, but he played smart and he was pretty damn fast (rememer that run he broke against Cincy?).

However, I believe that if Stefan Lefors played for Steve Kragthorpe, it would look similar to how Will Stein is playing. Granted Lefors was a few inches taller than Stein and may have been faster, but they have similar arm strength and are both shorter than a prototype D-1 quarterback.

I guess what this is getting at is that Steve Kragthorpe is absolutley clueless about to how to maxmize the talent in the program. I would love to see Petrino take advantage of Chicester's size, Doug Beaumont's hands, Darius Ashley's toughness, Burke's arm/accuracy, Vic's shiftiness, Froman's mobility, Trent Guy's speed, Bilal Powell's likeness to Kolby Smith, Zach Stoudt's potential, Scott Long's overall ability and Tronzo's manliness.

I really don't think we are that far behind talent wise on offense. Sadly, most of these players are not being utilized to their full potential. I think the quickest way to turn around the program with the emminent new hire is to bring in someone offensive minded becaust that's where a change of scheme will produce the quickest results. Rebuilding the defense is going to take longer because we need to build depth and improve the speed of our secondary.

But back to the topic of this post, I miss you Stefan...like the deserts miss the rain...

Amusing quotes from Tom Jurich

2009-11-11T02:10:44Z

"Our fans are so new at this, they thought we'd be going to the Orange Bowl every week, but it's not like that."

-Tom Jurich

Are you kidding? What Card fan thinks that?

A St. Petersburg Bowl would be awesome at this point!

And this one...

"Everybody knows out there what kind of coach (Krag) is. I think the only place that doesn't is Louisville, Ky."

-Tom Jurich

Um.....................

I don't think there's one person out there who isn't aware of the national consensus, both in and outside of Louisville. Krag sucks. He's not a big time coach. Apparently, the only person unaware of it was Jurich.

Smart money says he's changed his mind by now.

Statistical Analysis of Football Coaches Salaries

2009-11-10T21:56:06Z

In an ongoing effort to bring more math to this site, I decided to delve into the coaches salary information that was published in a USA Today article about 2009 NCAA college football contracts (hat tip to Brian Bennett who found it first for his blog). Unfortunately, there's quite a bit of missing information (there's no data for 9 schools), and a lot of it in the Big East. But poor data has never stopped a thorough analysis before, so lets go!

Kragthorpe's total salary is $1,216,000.

Kragthorpe ranks 47th out of 112 reporting schools
Highest reported: Pete Carroll - USC - $4,386,652)
Lowest reported: Charlie Weatherbie - Louisiana Monroe - $160,000

Kragthorpe makes 2.2% more than the average salary of $1,189,223.

Kragthorpe ranks 5th out of Big East Schools (but Pitt did not report Wannstedt's outside income, and Syracuse is being a dick about the whole thing).
Highest reported: Greg Schiano - Rutgets - $2,070,932)
Lowest reported: Bill Stewart - West Virginia - $878,000)

Kragthorpe makes 11.0% less than the average Big East salary of $1,365,246.

The Big East has the 6th highest average salary out of 12 conferences.

SEC - $2,637,599
Big 12 - $1,982,504
ACC - $1,844,198
Pac-10 - $1,791,248
Big Ten - $1,764,678
Big East - $1,365,246
MWC - $894,535
CUSA - $807,939
WAC - $605,675
Independent * - $503,105
MAC - $341,678
Sun Belt - $281,647

* I know Independent isn't really a conference, and I don't care.

I would love to build a database that corrilates this with the coaches winning percentage. Then use that to calculate a "Return of Investment" factor to see where we rank there, but I have a real job and they might fire me if I don't get back to doing it. One last thing, though...

If we hired Jon Gruden for the rumored $3.5 mil, he would rank tops in the Big East, 7th overall, and higher than nine of the SEC schools. I'm just saying.

Chance to see the Basketball team tomorrow

2009-11-10T20:25:35Z

So I work/ go to school at U of L and just received this email:

NEST MEMBERS:

Coach Pitino would like to invite all students to come watch the our Men's Basketball Team at 4:00 PM at YUM Center TOMORROW (Wednesday, November 11). Enter the side door by the parking lot to YUM. Event is FREE!

Also, don't forget to come cheer the CARDINAL CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS this weekend at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park at the NCAA Southeast Regional. Men race at 10:00 and Women race at 11:15!

SEE YOU THERE !

So if you think you can pass as a U of L student. I'll see you all there

Western KY fires their Head Coach

2009-11-09T16:14:42Z

Tom? Are you listening?

Yes, the Hilltoppers have sacked their football coach midseason! The horror! Perhaps our own AD can take a page from their "playbook" and do the same. Here is a link : http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4637342

So, anyone here think we should follow suit? Or do we let Steve-O hang around until the very end?

In my humble opinion, we let him go. I can't see it getting any worse if we did that. A loss is a loss, regardless if it's Steve or an assistant.

Jeremy Tyler Article in Sunday NY Times

2009-11-08T18:56:41Z

Good thing Jeremy Tyler didn't make it to UofL next year. Sounds like it's going to take years to get this kid where he needs to be. We don't need another Caracter situation any time soon.

Nothing else to say but I need to continue to hit that 75 word count. Guess I should have gone the FanShot route, but I always seem to forget. I should be smarter when using this, eh?

Kragthorpe quote re: will stein

2009-11-08T12:09:55Z

"(Stein) didn't lose the game; he played his little tail off all day long"

He "played his little tail off"?! Wow Steve, you really know how to strike fear into the heart of an opponent. I didn't realize Will Stein was 6. Thanks for reducing our team to pee-wee league status. Did you take everyone to chuck-e-cheese after the game too?

Having a set of man balls should be a requirement for a college head coach. This is ridiculous.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/2009911070351