Mills, I am a big fan, but I also can look at the facts surrounding the program and the facts simply don't stand up to what your claims are.

Here are the facts aurrounding the coaching stint of Kragthorpe:

1. He was given a very talented team with a lot of returning starters from a 12-1 season who won the orange bowl and was a blown second half against Rutgers from playing for the Mythical National Championship. He successfully went 6-6 and the Cards missed a bowl game for the first time in 10 years.

2. Brian Brohm started his senior year as the Number One quarterback in the country and a potential number one overall pick. After one season under Kragthorpe he dropped to the third quarterback taken in the draft and plummeted to the second round.

3. Numerous players being arrested, failing drug test and other things. Over 20 players have either transfered, gotten dismissed etc. since he started here. In Four years under Petrino TWO players were arrested, that was for shooting a paintball gun at some people standing in line for a haunted house.
Where were these problems under Petrino? They didn't exist because he ruled with an iron fist. He wasn't your friend, he was your coach period.

4. His coaching staff. He hires English as the D coordinator and tries to send in players after the defensive play is in. Let him do his job and leave it alone. He actually caused a penalty against UK by sending in a player after the defensive package was in. He does the same thing with Brohm, hires him as an offensive coordinator and then won't let him run his own offense.

5. Recruiting. His recruiting is terrible. Under Howard, John L. and Petrino, there were as many players from Florida on the roster as there were from the state of Kentucky. Florida is BY FAR the best state for putting out d-1 football players, so what does coach K do? He basically has quit recruiting Florida. What a genius. If you look at most successful U of L teams, they will have the premier players from the city on the team every year. Now this guy can't even recruit in his own backyard. There are at least five big time d-1 recruits in the city this year. He has lost out on all five!!! Two going to OSU, and two to UK the other one to Notre Dame. Pathetic.

I could keep going Mills, but my fingers will get tired. This team is in trouble and lies SOLEY on the shoulders of the head coach. Oh well, we will only have to make it through this season and maybe one more before we go back to hiring football coaches again.Keep in mind, these are facts.