(12-23-2008 12:34 PM)firmbizzle Wrote: TU is definitely BCS bound. The only question is which conference are you going to. East or West?
A student enrollment of 4,300 students insures that Tulsa will never be invited to an established BCS conference. My hope is that CUSA will continue to improve and be more of a player on the national scene.
(12-23-2008 12:34 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote: Not sure where you are going with this. UL fans feel bad enough about Kragthorpe without having to hear about it from Tulsa fans.
If UL fans consider this post a flame, then I'll oblige them on it.
I click thru several conference boards and don't flame on any of them (excluding MWC), including this one. Perhaps my post can be considered a flame of Jurich and Kragthorpe. But the lesson learned is hire off your own staff....Boise State being the primary example who is now on their third coach...while the first two tha left, one got fired at Arizona State and the other still struggles at Colorado.
My feelings toward Kragthorpe is probably like West Virginia fans feelings towards Rodriquez, their former coach....but not really. I think most TU fans still wonder why Kragthorpe chose to leave when he kept saying he found the ideal job. Both WVa and Tulsa are currently walking similar paths....and WVa's situation is like Tulsa....both schools stayed "inside" their families for their new coach. And both TU and WVa are experiencing success while UL is not.
Also, I have a lot of interest in the Big East. Current TU coaches Todd Graham and Co-Offensive Coordinator Herb Hand come off the West Virginia staff. TU played UL and CIncy regularly in the old Mizz Valley. And, of course, there is Kragthorpe...who turned down interviews with North Carolina and Colorado....and declined a $1 million offer from Dallas Cowboys because Kragthorpe stated Tulsa had everything he wanted as a coach and human being....but, Kragthorpe, along with Jurich, made a tragic decision that will haunt both.
(12-23-2008 12:34 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote: Not sure where you are going with this. UL fans feel bad enough about Kragthorpe without having to hear about it from Tulsa fans.
If UL fans consider this post a flame, then I'll oblige them on it.
I click thru several conference boards and don't flame on any of them (excluding MWC), including this one. Perhaps my post can be considered a flame of Jurich and Kragthorpe. But the lesson learned is hire off your own staff....Boise State being the primary example who is now on their third coach...while the first two tha left, one got fired at Arizona State and the other still struggles at Colorado.
My feelings toward Kragthorpe is probably like West Virginia fans feelings towards Rodriquez, their former coach....but not really. I think most TU fans still wonder why Kragthorpe chose to leave when he kept saying he found the ideal job. Both WVa and Tulsa are currently walking similar paths....and WVa's situation is like Tulsa....both schools stayed "inside" their families for their new coach. And both TU and WVa are experiencing success while UL is not.
Also, I have a lot of interest in the Big East. Current TU coaches Todd Graham and Co-Offensive Coordinator Herb Hand come off the West Virginia staff. TU played UL and CIncy regularly in the old Mizz Valley. And, of course, there is Kragthorpe...who turned down interviews with North Carolina and Colorado....and declined a $1 million offer from Dallas Cowboys because Kragthorpe stated Tulsa had everything he wanted as a coach and human being....but, Kragthorpe, along with Jurich, made a tragic decision that will haunt both.