Is this a contradiction for you? How do you explain hiring Kragthorpe?
And correct me if I am wrong.....but you seem to be favoring Padgett to be hired full time now too. Do you really believe that is who Jurich (if he was still AD here) would hire as FT MBB Coach? Really?
Seems you are clamoring for reduced expectations if you are pushing for CDP to get the gig....or am I taking you too serious based on comments you have made in other threads?
And lastly, would you take the job here if fn you were a high profile MBB Coach (2nd time asked)?
Those are good questions, and no, I don't believe I'm being hypocritical...
The standards for a "home run hire" in basketball are not the same as football. Jurich wasn't gonna lose Petrino and bring in Nick Saban. There's ambitious, and then there's crazy. K-rag in 2007 was the football equivalent of Chris Mack in 2018, or so everyone thought. When we lose Petrino again--and unless he's won a couple of national championships before he goes--the 2020s version of K-rag would hopefully be our next hire. And maybe this time with a lot more success.
Overlay that BTW with all of this FBI uncertainty. Had K-rag been linked to Tulsa kids getting improper benefits as Mack has, we wouldn't have had the "K-rag years" in all likelihood. And Jurich may have had to reduce his sights in 2007 to be safe.
I have little doubt that Jurich would be pursuing the next basketball rock star if he was still AD. Supposedly, the AD we have now is no step back. So let him prove it, or at least try to...That's all I'm saying.
And IF by some quirk we had Padgett as interim basketball coach with Jurich as AD, I'm sure Jurich would have the guts to do what he thinks is right and not try to placate fans or risk further damage to the U of L brand. And he would know the consequences of guessing wrong. Jurich earned the privilege of making those kinds of decisions without being second-guessed, and based on nothing more than his track record. The so-called "AD" we have now has no track record.
"Would I take this job" if I was a good coach elsewhere?... Probably not if I have to sign a contract giving the clown show the option to fire me even if I didn't know what went on with a former player. IOW fire me using the NCAA standard of "should have known". No thanks, that's illogical. And it's why I think Tyra will in the end scare off a good coach who's clean with that kinda contract language. Not to mention, I'd have to work for the clown show! All of that factors into my analysis about retaining Padgett.
Not sure how well I've explained my POV. I assure you I have no intention of making life easy for anyone in U of L athletics. We had the gold standard, and silver or bronze doesn't have quite the sparkle...
