Red Rage Pigskin

I would fire charlie in a heartbeat for a contract that guarenteed 5 years of Petrino-ball. I have just the contract $750K a yr, $25MM buyout, bonus at the end of year 5 of $20MM.

"battered wife syndrome" ?

Yes. Petrino punched this program right in the face, kicked it in the stomach, whatever other bodily harm you can describe. Why would you want to go back to that. I can't comprehend why anyone would want him back on campus. He wounded the program the last time. He might kill it this time if he returned.

See, i understand that there are many "better" jobs than the ul job out there, but I do not believe that this means ul is destined for eternity to have its coaches poached by bigger name programs. I believe there are many things about the ul job that rival any other position out there. Very wealthy athletic department, AD who will pay a top coach whatever he wants and give him whatever resources he wants. The support city-wide is there. There are coaches out there who want to build a legacy, like bill Snyder did at KSU, and who will pass up other jobs to do it. Denny Crum became that coach for UL basketball and look at us now.

UL just needs the continuity for longer than the 4 years that we seem to be limited to with every good coach. I don't know if strong will be that man. I believed everything he said prior to this week and legitimately thought he would be. He may be still. No one really knows what the hell is going on.

But if it isn't strong and he leaves, then we move to the next one to see if that guy is the one...maybe butch jones or whoever. If you're Jurich, you do not stop looking for a more committed coach because until we get one, we will be stuck in that fringe top 30 range forever rather than taking the next step.

And you certainly don't hire a guy like petrino, who you can never, ever believe and who you know damned well will leave at the first opportunity. That truly is selling your soul to the devil.