high risk high reward job...already heard strickland and jurich mentioned from callers on xm college radio.
Texas A.D. fired....
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how hilarious would it be if Jurich ended up down there and had to fire Strong in a couple years ![[roll]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/classic/roll.r191677.gif "roll [roll]")
Hmmmmm......Texas AD gets fired after only 22 months....previous AD was on board for over 3 decades.
New AD had two significant hires under his belt. Charlie Strong (FB) and Shaka Smart (BB).
Smart hasn't even rolled a basketball onto the practice court yet, so no one can argue the Shaka hire is in question.
The only thing logical inference is that the UT admin and alums think AD made a HUGE MISTAKE hiring Strong to pilot the most lucrative program in college sports, and they took his head for it. Next victim....FB coach. Charlie may be looking for work at the end of this season if he doesn't have a big turn around.
New AD will have "zero" vested interest in keeping around a non-hacker on the sidelines and money for a Strong buy out plus new hire is no object to Longhorn nation.
New AD had two significant hires under his belt. Charlie Strong (FB) and Shaka Smart (BB).
Smart hasn't even rolled a basketball onto the practice court yet, so no one can argue the Shaka hire is in question.
The only thing logical inference is that the UT admin and alums think AD made a HUGE MISTAKE hiring Strong to pilot the most lucrative program in college sports, and they took his head for it. Next victim....FB coach. Charlie may be looking for work at the end of this season if he doesn't have a big turn around.
New AD will have "zero" vested interest in keeping around a non-hacker on the sidelines and money for a Strong buy out plus new hire is no object to Longhorn nation.
Heard the same thing. With Louisville starting 0-2 and perhaps heading for 0-3, Jurich may pull a Bobby P. and leave in not quite mid-season.
If this happens, you have to believe Bobby P. would not be far behind. A new AD might not be so tolerant of the baggage cart Bobby is towing behind him.
If this happens, you have to believe Bobby P. would not be far behind. A new AD might not be so tolerant of the baggage cart Bobby is towing behind him.
I think the problem is a lot deeper than people thinking Strong was a bad hire. That place is a dumpster fire right now.
Strong may be the problem, but XM radio said Patterson has gone out of his way to alienate the fan base. He charged $25/head for alumni to go on the field on fan day and has prohibited fans from going to the stadium club at half-time because he is now selling beer in the stands. Sounds like he made some really bad public relations mistakes.
Tom Jurich has the entire city of Louisville under his thumb. He's basically the mayor. Not sure he'd want to give that up.
I think the point made earlier in the thread is that those days might be passing into history, so perhaps you leave before it is quite obvious you overreached.
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Best part of that hypothetical is Petrinos buyout gets cut in half if Jurich leaves
I cant imagine Rick Pitino in Texas. They're idea of Italian food is Pizza Hut.
it's not to far fetched for tommy turtleneck to leave for texas. the tard fans will hope and believe he wont go like strong left. money talks and texas has plenty to double anything Louisville jr college has. if texas wants him bad enough they will get him and then the real puzzle begins.....does he fire his buddy strong or cast his net to Harley bob. I tend to believe if he goes he will look at strong hard after the season and see what progress is made and if he has to hire another coach it won't be Harley bob. as the alumni wont take it they will want a more top of the line coach. like a good possibility of saban. bottom line is whom ever texas wants they will get.
They wanted Saban before they hired Strong and last time I checked, Saban is still in Bama. So, no. They can't just get whoever they want.
While I agree with the sentiment, fighting Louisville for a hire verses fighting Alabama are two very different animals. I honestly don't think Texas would want Jurich since he doesent really have any ties to the state of Texas but he has been an incredible fundraiser for both himself and the University of Louisville.
Can you picture it though? Texas fans being asked at the gas pumps if they want to donate to the UT Athletic fund.
Oh, I wasn't referring to Jurich. I'm sure if Texas wants him, they can get him. I was responding to the "Texas can get any coach it wants" post.
Texas does not need a fund raiser. Nor does Texas need facilities. Texas needs a coach and an AD that insists on results. Strong may have been the worst hire for them. Terrible fit. And I am not sure what Jurich does is what Texas needs. Jurich would be knocking heads with some big money dudes....he won't win that battle.
I think Texas needs an AD that can spot a talented FB coach. Not one that can win at UL, as Strong did in the AAC or Petrino did in the Big East. Rather they need an AD that can find a coach that can win against big boys. Texas should have been the schol hiring Urban Meyer or Harghbaugh (sp). They don't need the best AD in the country...just a good one.
I think Texas needs an AD that can spot a talented FB coach. Not one that can win at UL, as Strong did in the AAC or Petrino did in the Big East. Rather they need an AD that can find a coach that can win against big boys. Texas should have been the schol hiring Urban Meyer or Harghbaugh (sp). They don't need the best AD in the country...just a good one.
Jurich is 59. Is now the time he wants to start a new job.
He's got a son working his way up the department ladder. Does Texas allow him to come. Or does either school make some promises about what happens to him after Tom retires.
He's got a son working his way up the department ladder. Does Texas allow him to come. Or does either school make some promises about what happens to him after Tom retires.
According to this article, the issue wasn't Strong, but Patterson is apparently bad with the fans, big donors and school officials. Piss off your big donors and see what happens. SMH
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...etic-director-steve-patterson-fired/72303202/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...etic-director-steve-patterson-fired/72303202/
As if Louisville actually needed the gas pump fund raiser. Its not a question of need, its a question of can we. Tommy has never turned down a money making opportunity.
Jurich has more power than Ramsey or the BoT at UL. He runs the media and no one questions him on any level. He really has no national media to deal with and obviously the local media doesn't have the stones to call him out. He won't have those luxuries at UT.
He is waiting for his statue to be erected at UL and watch his minions come by for the daily worship service.
He is waiting for his statue to be erected at UL and watch his minions come by for the daily worship service.
Patterson's biggest problem is that he is not a "football guy", and he's at the wrong school to be that kind of AD.
Charlie Strong's poor public speaking skills always made me question the hire. I'm sure he's an ok football mind but that job is as much about shaking hands and kissing babies as it is about coaching.
I was thinking the same thing through all this jurich garbage. I was surprised that they hired Strong no matter how good a coach the THOUGHT he was, no doubt in my mind he knew about what hurtt was doing at the U, and jurich is the mastermind behind his motley crew.
If they hire jurich I might even have to give up college football (except for UK) like I already have pro baseball and pretty much NFL football, only watch if a UK player is playing and seldom then. It is all turning out to be all about the money, but Texas of all people shouldn't ever have to worry about that, billions in endowments.
A couple of additional thoughts:
-Per Kirk Bohls (very knowledgeable and well-connected UT reporter at the Austin American Stateman newspaper), Strong is well-liked and had nothing to do with this decision. By all accounts, Pedersen is an ass that alienated everyone around him.
-Texas has the money to outbid almost anyone, and they can certainly outbid UL.
-With that said, others have already pointed out that I'm not sure that Jurich would have the power down there that he has at UL. Sounds strange to say, but he has complete autonomy at UL (to the point where it's almost insane), and I'm not sure that they give him that at UT. With that said, the idea of Texas has to intrigue him. They're a top 5 athletic program nation-wide, he can do more there than he could ever dream of doing at UL.
-Per Kirk Bohls (very knowledgeable and well-connected UT reporter at the Austin American Stateman newspaper), Strong is well-liked and had nothing to do with this decision. By all accounts, Pedersen is an ass that alienated everyone around him.
-Texas has the money to outbid almost anyone, and they can certainly outbid UL.
-With that said, others have already pointed out that I'm not sure that Jurich would have the power down there that he has at UL. Sounds strange to say, but he has complete autonomy at UL (to the point where it's almost insane), and I'm not sure that they give him that at UT. With that said, the idea of Texas has to intrigue him. They're a top 5 athletic program nation-wide, he can do more there than he could ever dream of doing at UL.
The question is whether or not Texas is so desperate at this point to be willing to let an AD run the program with an iron fist if it meant wins on the field.
UT football boosters might well be desperate enough at this point.
Texas doesn't care about the lack of control for coaches. The only question here is Jurich a priority get or is he just on the list. If Texas wants him bad enough they'll get him. I'm not sold on the argument that an athletic director is going to create the kind of bidding war that a top name coach would. UL might be able to out bid them because Texas may not be that interested in a bidding war for an AD. The boosters run things down there anyway.
With A@M moving ahead of UT the many big boosters are not happy bout that.
It's actually fun to listen to them lol.
