Quote Originally Posted by MsgMills View Post
you guys are so funny.....I never hated on anyone or the program..I only stated the way i saw the season play out for your beloved cards......If and (man it's a mighty big word)...the Big East would have had a (normal) season of winning more games..U of L would have been lucky to win 4 games this past year... But the league was so far down from normal in attaining wins...U of L was able to win 6 games during the regular season and get to a bowl game and win it..... Why do you all always say i start hating on your team...I only state the way i see what happened and how the rest of the nation who give a crap about college football see how your league performed.
Mills, do you ever go back and read some of your past post? You contradict yourself all the time. You have expressed hatred for Louisville on this board numerous times.

For the record, the Big East did pretty well in their bowl games, but I wouldn't expect you to know this.

Now on to Kragthorpe, many Louisville fans were excited about Kragthorpe when he was first hired, but that was based on his success at Tulsa, which was all we had to base it on. Most of that changed by game 2 of that season when we had to go to a shootout to beat Middle Tennessee St. Most fans gave up on him completely after game 4 of his first season after back to back losses to UK and Syracuse. The boo birds were out hot and heavy after that. Trust me, I go to every home game and hear the fans sitting around me, talking in the restrooms and in line at the concession stands about how bad he was. Jurich made a mistake when he hired Kragthorpe, but it happens.

While you can say the jury is still out on Strong as a head coach, you have to look at what he has accomplished in a short time. He took the job a month before national signing day and put together a pretty good recruiting class in a short time.

On the field, his team outperformed expectations. Nobody expected a bowl game this year. The team was picked to finish DEAD LAST in the Big East by the coaches and media, so they overachieved. He has the best recruiting class in the history of the school coming in this year. As far as academics go, I say that will not be a problem. Sure one or two out of 25 may not qualify, but that happens everywhere where big time college football is played. (Not that I would expect you to know this, because the only time IU is around big time college football is when Ohio St. or Michigan visit the dump of a stadium IU plays in). I know one thing, his all-american quarterback recruit Demarcus Smith graduated from Seneca a semester early and is currently enrolled at U of L and will be able to go through spring practice. So far none of his recruits have any grade issues.