Hm, Patterson's comments about the football stadium being Jurich Stadium isn't exactly accurate. Construction was near completion around the time of Tom's hire. Tom, however, did upgrade the hell out of it. I'm 50/50 on Jurich. He was the man. He'd get things back in order. However, Heird is doing a fine job. I won't throw a tantrum if either of them are the guy.Major booster Jim Patterson backs a familiar name as Louisville AD: Tom Jurich
Donor Jim Patterson is trying to clear a path for the return of Tom Jurich as University of Louisville's athletic director.www.courier-journal.com
Pretty balanced take. They each have their pluses. Tom has tremendous experience, but returns are rarely as good as first times. And we might find Jurich doesn’t have the support of the common fan that many think.
I’d love to have the “PaPa Johns” part of the name dropped! I’d absolutely love it to be named “Schnellenberger Stadium“, but that would take a MAJOR boosters contribution!!
Remember when TJ got fired...those two dudes on the local news standing down at UL with a WE LOVE TOM sign or something like that. Two grown men. The fact that only two people were there should've been a sign to everyone that it was time to move on.
So your fandom is based upon who the AD is? That makes no sense to me.
What does that mean specifically - (he) "has so many people by the balls"? The (huge) donors that went on record for the article aren't people that Jurich has control over - in fact both of them could buy and sell Jurich. And I'm not sure how long you've been a fan but if you are unable to accurately measure what Jurich did for UofL during his tenure - then you're simply not a serious person.
Jurich did great things. He was also in charge when everything went south. He loved the accolades when things were great....but a leader must accept responsibility when his people screw up.
See ya later J. Also note you got one like on this post. It was from Hoosier Cat LOL!!
One of those Dudes in that picture is Jack Coffee. He is the Founder, and still an owner of this Message Board/Site. Did you know that Dude?? Go take another Toke. When you wake up, with something useful to say let us know! WOW!
I don't care who it was....it was weird that only 2 people showed up.
That would have made for a better post than the one you hit send on…
We can debate the merits of Jurich without the condescension or juvenile commentary. To dismiss Jurich entirely is silly. UofL is in the AAC without him, you know this to be true. Dog on his loyalty, insult his lack of his oversight of HOF coaches, even point out his one bad hire. But don’t be a child.
yes, because he brought down the university and i will not follow his path. he was a liar, a cheat, dishonest, and kept losers on the payroll. with him at the helm we are guranteed the Death penalty in the future. only a moron would want him back so with him at the helm to me the university as a whole would be morons and thus i'm not supporting anything to do with morons.
so you're saying if we get the death penalty that's okay because we had some success? so all our scandals were worth it to you, what a moronic answer. just plain stupid reasoning...let's rehire a failure!
why wouldn't the NCAA tyr to invoke if we rehire the person who put us in sanctions, they'll go full force. open your eyes
Maybe the most inanely hyperbolic post in the history of this board.
Some of those ignorant people include successful alumni and generous boosters. Keeping those guys happy is pretty important.
I’m 50/50 on Jurich, but no way do they give UofL the death penalty! My eyes are wide open the last basketball program to receive the “death penalty“ was in 1973! Not going to happen
Oh Boy a Sullivan Twitter Poll. By Followers of Tim Sullivan, on top of that LOL. Tim Sullivan is one of the most hated Media members by UL fans there is. I would say the vast majority of his followers, have no ties to UL what so ever. Either as students, alumni, donors, fans, stake holders , etc .. In fact I would the vast majority of his followers are UK Fans. This since the CJ markets itslef as a Statewide Newspaper even though it's HQ is in Louisville. Therefore the Poll is meaningless, and has no value what so ever .
screw the boosters. they mean nothing in the grand scheme if they force you to hire bad people. Paterson in essence is trying to blackmail the school into doing what he wants. screw him. He should just give money to the school no matter what if he cares about the school. maybe he only cares about himself and his ego and being loyal to a friend who brought our university down.
