Comments on: Louisville’s Strong To Arkansas? Not According To Him

By: WillieT

WillieT — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:35:54 +0000

@John at MrSEC @WillieT Thanks for the response John. I did take it the wrong way I guess. Truly the example has been terribly overused & overblown. BTW, love the site & visit often!

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:28:52 +0000

@WillieT

I used that as an example because it was SO blown out of proportion. And it fit the point — in the end it wasn’t true, it didn’t matter, and no coach is going to openly blow up his team or his recruiting by admitting that he’s interested in another job.

I think you might have taken that one the wrong way. I used it as an example BECAUSE it had been overblown. Then I (thought) I made it clear that Saban was hardly alone in denying interest in jobs.

Sorry if that didn’t come across as intended.

Thanks for reading the site,
John

By: WillieT

WillieT — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:35:14 +0000

It’s funny and a bit sad the way you guys in the press (and commenters on boards) keep reminding us of Nick Saban’s statement while at the Dolphins. I’ve got a life so I won’t bother researching just how many coaches have denied interest in another position only to accept that position moments (hours, days) later. I will say that it is silly and a waste of time to ask an active coach (you know, one that has a job as a coach) if he’d be interested in coaching at this or that school.

By: Fayettechill14

Fayettechill14 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:02:37 +0000

Arkansas probably throws the checkbook at Gary Patterson, and Strong is likely in the top 3 if Patterson declines. Patterson would be incredible in Fayetteville.

By: Bill Schultz

Bill Schultz — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:04:17 +0000

How soon we forget just how long Charlie Strong served as Defensive Coordinator at the University of Florida and got no job offers to move up to head coach. Google it and look for all the articles about how Charlie’s white wife seemed to be an obsticle to him getting a reasonable head coach job offer. Then Louiville FINALLY gave him a chance. Charlie will be very careful before considering interviewing for any other job due to the number of interviews he went through before he got the Louisville job. I wish Charlie the best. If his program had the money that Florida has, he would probably be doing a lot better at Louisville.