No mud slinging here. Charlie Strong was a good hire and the Cards are turning things around. There's not much doubt about that.
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No mud slinging here. Charlie Strong was a good hire and the Cards are turning things around. There's not much doubt about that.
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I agree....Strong was a great hire....and he will have a better product on the field in time. Clown'thorpe was....well....a Clown.
Strong will lead to better recruits and a better Louisville squad....and that will make for better rivalry games in the future against UK. Strong vs Phillips has the potential to become a good back-and-forth. Even though you guys have been "down" these last couple of years, you always play UK tough.
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I agree... Strong was an excellent hire. I respect him a lot... so much so i actually cheer for teh cards now when they are not playing my Cats.
I am no Joker Phillips fan... i believe that in a few years of rebuilding at UL and the destruction Phillips will do at UK we will be back to the way things used to be in the schnellenberger days...
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They were talking during the game the other night about some of the discipline measures he has put in place. One thing they made mention of and said he has a ZERO tolerance for was respect for women. He and the coaching staff told the players that if anyone was caught being disrespectful or degrading to women they would be automatically thrown off the team. He told them he wanted Men to play for his team, and no Boys. I got alot of admiration for that message, the more I hear about the guy the better I like him.
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I like that!Originally Posted by mhall
If he can get his defensive line worked out, there will be more wins.
Powell is a beast! If he can get some decent blockers, he'll be hard to catch. He should of had another touchdown or two if the blockers had actually tackled...it's like they're scared or something!
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It is gonna take time but he is got them heading in the right direction. Very few stupid penalties and a more disciplined hard nose team. I said before the season I didn't care about the won-loss record, just wanted to see an improved football team each week and that is exactly what I have seen.
In addition, his recruiting class is shaping up to rival some of Petrino's. Jeez I sure don't miss the last coach!
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Better keep the team away from Pitino then.
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OUCH!! Here we go, it's TIIIIIIMMMMEEEEEEEE for the main event of the evening, 5 months in the Super Heavyweight Division of the NCAA Basketball division. In this corner standing 6' 6" Tall weighing in at 487 lbs, hailing from Louisville Kentucky he is the 1 time NCAA Basketball Champion - Rick "Don't call me Dicky Ricky" Pitino. And in this corner standing 6' 7" Tall and weighing in at 488lbs, hailing from Lexington Kentucky he is the 0 time NCAA Basketball Champion (But one hell of a recruiter/cheater/recruiter/cheater/recruiter) John "Don't call me Johnny Boy from Cali) Calipari. Boys I want a clean fight, no head butting, biting, hitting the family jewels or eye gouging. Protect yourself at all times and break on my command. Are you ready, Are you ready, then let's get it ON, FIGHT!!!!! DING DING DING
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Is it fair to call someone a cheater if he has never even been accused of that by the NCAA? Kind of like calling KVD a cheater because he wins alot. Just because Cal is good at what he does, just like KVD, is not reason to call him a cheater.
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I am not saying Cal is not good at what does. As a matter of fact he is the ABSOLUTE BEST at getting to the Final Four with players that are not eligible then having the team records stricken from the books. Wiped out both UMASS and Memphis trips to the final four as if they were never even there, played Final 3's that year. Best recruiter in the country but at what cost. Questions about Bledsoe, Questions about Cousins, Questions about Orton who knows. Now this 2011 team has questions about its players as well. Can we get a 6'5" shooting guard, I mean SWISHING guard, if recruiting is not an issue?
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Cal got to the final four at Memphis with Derrick Rose, who was cleared by the NCAA clearing house prior to the start of the season. Who would not have played him? Same as the incident with Bledsoe. The NCAA cleared him and Cal is suppose to be psychic and know that he was gonna be investigated after the fact? And Marcus Camby did what he did without the coaches knowledge. Would you have not played him because you were psychic and had a feeling he was taking money? The questions about Cousins are that he was a hot head. Seems he turned out pretty good. Sure he was called for a few flagrant fouls. He wasn't the only one in the country that had them, he just played for Cal and the press that follows Cal and Kentucky BBall was on it like stink on s**t. Now what are the questions regarding the 2011 class? Be specific.
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Why do you think Joker will put the big wrecking ball to UK Football? We had a legacy of below average mediocrity prior to Rich Brooks....Brooks brought us up to above average mediocrity....
Joker played here, coached under Brooks for his tenure. I'm not waving the flags just yet, but give Joker some more time at the wheel to get accustomed to calling all the shots and get some of his own recruits in the house....asses his coaches after the season....etc, etc, etc. He's a first year head coach in the SEC that is 7 games into the season with a 4-3 record. We would have been ready to bronze a statue of Brooks if he had done that in his first year.
Give him some time...
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