Red Rage Pigskin

You are right, I have pretty much avoided this board and stuck with the Confidential board. I have posts in three other threads on the front page and one of them is the props to Teddy thread. So maybe there has been a lot of intelligent thoughts. That is what I hoped for when I started this thread. Not one yet and now you're pissed off because I called you on it. The more things change the more they stay the same.

^^^ This

What in Earth did you 'call me on'?? Ha ha, farmer.

I mentioned there have been some highly intelligent posts regarding the entire pros and cons of the fallout from the presser - you admit you haven't paid much attention-

and then you vindicate some weird sense of righteousness, basically denying what you just said? You want to get personal too - which is some seriously bad karma for you. My style may be confrontive but nothing I do resembles what you allude. That's some seriously lame shit.

whatever, man.

You find those to be most compelling - that's what you mean.

Here's what I know:

Charlie denied interviewing. Charlie said he is Louisville's coach. Charlie says he's tired of people asking.

Holtz makes sense to me, for the record. Are you saying you "interpret" his statement to mean Charlie is interviewing for other jobs or that maybe he was handing out free advice to someone he likes, no matter what happens next? Please tell us how Holtz knows if Charlie is interviewing elsewhere, in the third place.

Holtz' statement says what to you?

What's the explanation for Charlie refusing to admit whether he's talked to another school or that UL is where he will be in the future? That, coupled with the info that UT has 3 candidates, makes me believe that maybe Charlie did interview and he just doesn't know if he'll be chosen or not, which is why he won't answer the previous questions. He just doesn't know.
Who knows if that's right or not and God knows I don't know anything, but why else would he perpetuate the drama and angst that comes with it.
I've said all along that "Charlie isn't going anywhere" and I still believe that because, to date, he hasn't given me one reason to doubt what he says. When he refuses to say, that's what jars my confidence a little, I've got to admit.
One thing I do know, Charlie is a man of character until he gives me a reason to know that he's not. Every aspect of his program is better now than when he got here. Each year has shown improvement. And that's what we all want. Some of us may be more impatient than others to see it all come together and some of us have expectations that aren't realistic. But when push comes to shove , we're all Card fans and that's better than being a fan of any other program.

In Butch Jones presser last week the reporters asked him about some job opening and he said (paraphrasing): "I am the coach here and I intend to stay, if there is another question about this the press conference is over".

And I won't hide it, I do want him to get another job. Not that I didn't want him to stay but I don't want a coach that doesn't want to be here. And I feel that is his attitude.

Interesting little article:

http://insiderlouisville.com/news/2012/12/04/mark-coomes-cardinals-football-coach-emits-strong-odor-of-ingratitude/

Whatever opportunities Strong has this season, I suspect he'll have even bigger opportunities after next season if he stays at UofL.

Bama USC aTm and UGa will not be open next year. Pretty much bottom of the barrel after that. Now is the time or in another 3 or 4 years.

....or it could be because Strong was asked a direst question of what he wants to see from the fans and was angry when he gave his answer. I don't know about you, but I've said a lot of things when I'm mad/upset that I wouldn't have said otherwise (regardless of whether they were true or not).

Coaches leave for a wide variety of reasons (good,bad and indifferent). None of us know how many SEC openings there will be next season.