Okay, the title is an obscure quote from the movie, circa late 60s, early 70s, “Putney Swope.”
My point being that everybody I know with even the slightest interest in U of L football is asking anybody who might have once sat next to Tom Jurich at Lake Forest CC’s 19th Hole if they have a clue who Louisville’s next coach is going to be.
Remember now, those of you playing along at home, Steve Kragthorpe is still the head coach. And he’s got a mighty handsome buyout that will need to be paid. If, that is, TJ pulls the plug after the season.
At today’s news conference, U of L’s the-buck-stops-here Offensive Coordinator/ Burgeoning Comedian gave this answer to a question that actually broached the subject everybody wants the answer to: “I have no idea what my future holds, I have no idea what tomorrow holds. I’m planning on being here. I’m not going any place voluntarily, so if it’s involuntarily — I can’t answer that question.”
Allow me to translate that into RealSpeak for you: “Show me the money!!!”
Frankly, who can blame him.
Anyhow, my reliable source, who has reappeared after going underground for way too long, is talking like a man who knows there will be a change. He confirms what I wrote weeks ago, that the new coach will be somebody not mentioned yet. Even the names I’ve tossed out. He says it will be somebody young, energetic — a diamond in the rough — with lots of recruiting connections in the state of Florida.
And it will not be, ahem, Jon Gruden.
– Seedy K
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They’ve got an opening at WKU. Maybe they’ll pick up the buy out. Yeah. Right.
Seedy, what do you think happens if TJ gives him one more year????? I hope he’s gone, but I have a bad feeling he’ll be walking the sidelines and you’ll be able to hear his conversation on the headset from the nosebleed section due to no one being in the oven.
I think, if by some miracle, Louisville wins its next two games, there’s a 50-50 chance he returns. If so, I figure the season ticket attrition at 40%. Those figures are based on a hunch, nothing scientific. If he stays and turns it around, a lot of us will be eating crow. If it’s more of the same, that guy who keeps promoting his Bag Krag shtick might actually get a large number of folks to start doing it. That said, I don’t see how we can beat both Rutgers and South Florida. In which I surely believe he’ll be gone, but don’t think TJ has made that final decision . . . yet.