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That's just stupid. So where is this coming from that Louisville fans are ragging on the Kragthorpe family? I really dont agree with the critisism he has gotten either. I thought it was obvious by the bad play of our defense this wasnt the same team from 2006 and not all the negatives can be lumped on Kragthorpe. I think the only way he goes is if he takes another job, that saves face for Jurich & Kragthorpe.
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"I don't have to hope. Ever since the first day I put on the pads, I've been a leader in some capacity. The way I work and the way I play on Sundays, guys are going to follow." - RB Ricky Williams, on whether he hopes to be a team leader. Last edited by bling49; 11-20-2007 at 08:23 PM.     
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11-20-2007, 09:18 PM
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11-21-2007, 12:52 AM
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bling, as a former defensive player it really surprises me to hear you just chalk up the defensive deficiencies as simple lack of personnel. Now I will give you that the defensive line has been largely ineffective this season. But I would seriously hope that you see how the approach to defense has totally changed under Cassity/Krag as well.
What made guys like Dumervil, Stanley, and Okoye so great was - yes - their individual skills. But it also helped to have a DC whose mentality was to bring a strong QB rush from so many angles that it makes the opponent's head spin. Malik Jackson didn't pick up 9 sacks and 16 TFL by accident. He did it by well-disguised blitzes off the edge. Brandon Sharp didn't hammer Miami's Kyle Wright on a fluke in that game... he came around the left side when the Cane offense wasn't ready for it. I could continue on, but you catch my drift. This defense is certainly less talented on the front line overall. To expect 44 sacks and 104 TFL would be silly. But to get only 17 sacks and 64 TFL the entire season? That's not just a matter of skill... it's a matter of defensive approach. Whether it's Kragthorpe or Cassity, we do not put the pressure on the opposing offenses like we did under Petrino. We don't bring the rush and force guys like Woodson to make the mistakes they did while Petrino was at the helm. Instead we give every QB days to sit back in the pocket and wait for a man to get open. We don't clog up running lanes, we sit back in an area and try to make tackles before they get in the open field... this is why Lamar Myles (GREAT tackler) has been so successful this year and Malik Jackson (poor tackler) has been a ghost. The whole approach to all facets of the game is just night and day from what Petrino and his staff used. And quite obviously, this new approach has been a tremendous failure.
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11-21-2007, 01:25 AM
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This is the most exciting rumor I've heard since Cards joining the Big East!!!!
I want to feel excited about Cardinal football again and honestly I don't see that happening with our current arrangement anytime soon. Nothing personal coach K, my blessings wherever you land.
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11-21-2007, 02:19 AM
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Bling, its not just one part. It's all the parts were rotten. I can't really name a bright spot with this team. And we're not talking bad bad..but god awful bad. Just totally inexcusable for one of the most talented teams we were told all about early on.
And then there's the game mgmt. How many weird calls did he get or him yelling that the refs were ignoring him? Timeouts were used pathetically and so were some challenges. His 2 min offense was a joke. The way he called plays in was awful. No hurry up at all. Refusing to let Brohm check. I could write a freaking book here... Just throw me a bone though. Name something good he excelled in. A Krag staple. What puzzles me though is what SMU sees in him. But maybe he'll be a good fit there with some cheap midmajor gimmicks or something. I don't know.
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11-21-2007, 06:44 AM
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K will probably excel at SMU. It's going to be a rebuild, with a lot of room to go up. If he's not the most prepared coach, who the hell is going to know? It's not as if he took Tulsa to the top 10 of the BCS while there. He won CUSA. Nice, but not exactly the big time.
BCS football is bigger than K. He didn't get the team prepared, nor was he up to rising to the challenge. I would have thought after the Syracuse game he would have had an eye opening experience. But, we just kept doing what we do. Not much in the way of adjustment. This isn't pee wee football, you just can't "do what you do" and hope to win. You have to know your opponent and tailor a game plan. If K comes back to UL as the head coach, I'll put a picture of him in my signature and apologize for ever saying anything bad about him. He's gone. How could he come back after all that's being reported? The media is now feeding into his "out". It is deflecting the problem from him not doing a very good job and not being up to it, to putting it on the fans for applying so much pressure. Well, if he thinks this is bad, he may want to stay at SMU for life and not even consider coaching at a really BIG time school. Freddy
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