Steve Kragthorpe Debacle May Be Mercifully Brief for Louisville

Why does Jurich really want to keep Kragthorpe so bad? Let's face it, this was always going to be the only potentially good year Krag was going to have at U of L. Now that this year is a debacle there's literally nowhere to go but down under Kragthorpe. If they guy wants to go to SMU, don't let the door hit him on the way out.

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This season has certainly been a big surprise and major letdown for Louisville, but really, anybody ready to assume that Kragthorpe was the wrong hire and will never have any success there if he remains is very shallow and way too presumptive. A big part of the lesson that should be taken from Louisville's season is that Bobby Petrino, shady and disingenuous as he could be at times, was a damn good college football coach and was making a lot of what the Cardinals accomplished during his time there look a lot easier than it really is. We live in an often whiny and uptight society where people want things and want them now and they tend to get childishly uptight when reality doesn't match their expectations, none of which adds up to the fact that Kragthorpe has somehow forgotten how to coach.

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I will personally rent him a U-Haul truck. Kragpipe, I beg you to leave.

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Lest we not forget, players win games and coaches lose them. Ultimately when the whistle blows it is up to the athletes to execute. The same rules apply to Pop Warner football on up to the college level. Dominate the opponent in front of you, players must do this. Keep your head up Kraggy, Tulsa misses you my freind!

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Not only will I chip in on that U-Haul, I'll help box up Krapthorpe's stuff, drive it down to SMU for him and lovingly unpack it for him... Then I'd swing over to Atlanta, pick up Mr. Petrino and bring him back to town since he's realized that he can't coach in the pros!

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itd all about the U!!!!!!!!

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Bad defense, bad play calling, lack of emotion, but the worst thing has been virtually no communication with the fans / community. Players hurt? We don't know... he has a policy against telling of injuries. After the Utah game he said "We need to be better in all 3 phases of the game". No kidding. That's all he said. Still I believed that he should have a second season... but now, if he's talking of the possibility of leaving, I say go. I could respect the attitude of manning up and fixing your problems. I don't respect the attitude of running. Steve, you are a nice guy but if you are even considering going... please do.

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I have heard all the time from UofL fans that we Kentucky fans are hard on our basketball coach. This takes the cake. Wanting to get rid of your new football coach after one year is pretty sad. It is a new coach for all this players, it is going to take time. If he does leave good luck on finding a coach who would want to,if he has one bad first year he is gone.

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Brian, do you want some cheese to go with your whine?
You have a good coach who was stuck with some thug players by the previous regime. Coach K won't go to SMU as no one is that desperate for a job - Texas A$M might be another matter, however. That job should open up soon.

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First of all...Brian, John L? come on. Why take our now losing program and add to it "no class?" Heather, you want him back at Tulsa, PLEASE...take him. Ronnie, have you watched any of the games? I will admit, I was nervous after the first game & Sorely disappointed after the U of K game. As things progressed and the team seemed to improve I was more than willing to give Kragthorpe a break. He seems to be a great guy, the team seemed to get a little better each week, at least a little,& with a win against Cincninnati & U of K looking better than expected, I stayed off of the run Kragthorpe out of town bus. After the WVU game though, & now the USF HUMILIATION, I do not see how anyone would want to keep him. I see no reason to believe things will get better. The same mistakes happen over & over. The play calling is predictable, the players obviously have little or no respect or will to win for this guy & the wheels seem to have completely come off! He needs to go! Voluntarily or involuntarily I don't care. He simply needs to go. Jurich has earned a mulligan, but he needs to "Man up" and take it.

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I say give coach K a break. He was airdropped in here running 200+ miles an hour. I agree this has been a disappointing season. I think he needs to overhaul his coaching staff. It was a disjustice to him keeping the coaches he did. He can reevaluate them after seeing them perform and cut bait. Hate it but Jeff is prob not ready for Offensive Coord. But if he does go hopefully someone exciting will come in. But be careful what you wish for as I would predict if the fans run Kragthorpe out of town, JURICH will take another position within 6 mos. One thing to remember Jurich is in it to win, and he wont hold any qualms about cutting loose a mistake if he feels hes made one. I think Kragthorpe is a good coach and wish him well what ever he decides to do. I support U of L sports and always will. Be careful what you wish for though on the coaching front.

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Cook, I understand why you stopped doing your MLS "powah" ratings in midseason. Even though few gave the Dynamo's depth enough credit, they proved the few who did give them credit all along to be right. I fully expect Tulsa to win C-USA west saturday in Houston. At least after Petrino left the team didn't IMPROVE! Why would SMU want this guy?

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It is a mystery how the University of Louisville was a powerhouse under Bobby Petrino to a lower level team under Steve Kragthrope leadership this year.

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Yeah David, I've watched their games and many, many others. Did it ever dawn on you that perhaps this team was simply highly overrated (sorry guy, but you can't just take what happened last year and combine it with pre-season predictions in order to assume you know exactly how things are going to unfold) going into the season and that what has taken place is much less mystifying than your sensibilities will allow you to accept? I find your take on the matter to be shallow and overly critical, frankly, but whatever, believe what you need to in order to feel better about the situation. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other who runs the show there going forward as I'm not a die hard Louisville football fan or emotionally attached to that program in any way, so I'll leave you to your inaccurate perceptions and pained laments.

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