I knew someone would bring up all the other sports teams. It's true, some are not experiencing the issues of the top sports programs, but that will change if the revenue from those top programs continue to wane.
Football and basketball is it for UofL. It's nice that the Volleyball program is great as it has been for the baseball program. These sports however make very little revenue for the athletic department.
The money fans spend on Louisville football and basketball drives the machine and right now that machine is in a big need for a top mechanic.
The ACC is probably at this minute preparing to give UofL a ultimatum that they will not tolerate a men's basketball program winning only a couple of games. All things negative for the Cards basketball program is something the ACC is monitoring for sure.
Do something to stop the bleeding!
Football needs Jeff Brohm so bad. The economic boom to the program when excited fans attend the games expecting to see exciting football. And if Brohm wins early and often, the athletic department will breathe a sign of relief.
Then it's back to having to figure out what to do with Kenny Payne. A Tom Jurich would pull a rabbit out of his hat with a big name coach, who's willing and excited to getting the program back to the top.
But as they say, Jurich isn't walking through that front door.
I really hope KP can turn it around and finish the season at least 10 and 20. Show improvement and stop looking like a Juco team playing division 1 basketball. I think most fans were willing to accept a losing season in year one, but what's been seen on the court is the keystone cops, the bad news bears and the Washington Generals.
No one should accept this. If it doesn't stop soon, there's simply no option other than relieving KP of his duties.
And Jeff Walz will be alright. He's been spoiled for years with a top 10 program. It was inevitable there would be a disappointing season one of these years, and it seems to fit with the struggles this season for the other top sports programs.
And to think just ten years ago, it was the year of the Louisville Cardinals.