How about Steve Kragthorpe as coach

[pappastratos]

How about Steve Kragthorpe as coach ? young, energetic, hollers on the sidelines, Shula would just stand there looking at this clip board.
look at coaches pics here: http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/resources/index.ssf?coaches.html

I hope its not Paul Johnson,,

 

[Crimson Hawk]

How about Steve Kragthorpe as coach ? young, energetic, hollers on the sidelines, Shula would just stand there looking at this clip board.
look at coaches pics here: http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/resources/index.ssf?coaches.html

I hope its not Paul Johnson,,

I'd like to see Kraigthorpe get some consideration, along with Schiano. With CSK we may also get Charlie Stubbs.

 

[bama119]

I have posted that I think that Kraigthorpe is an up and coming coach and will be one of the big name name coaches in a few years after some big school gives him his chance. I personally like him, and don't know that it would be a bad hire. But can you imagine the uproar in the Bama nation if MM hired him at this point. It would be Mutinany on the Bountany II.

 

[RobK]

I could see Kragthorpe making the jump from Tulsa to some place like Kentucky or Ole Miss, but from there to Bama would be quite a leap.

 

[IukAL]

I could see Kragthorpe making the jump from Tulsa to some place like Kentucky or Ole Miss, but from there to Bama would be quite a leap.

Kind of like if Bama hired an up and coming coach from say TCU...?

 

[VolinArizona]

I could see Kragthorpe making the jump from Tulsa to some place like Kentucky or Ole Miss, but from there to Bama would be quite a leap.

Ole Miss just hired Ed Orgeron 2 years ago and he's recruiting insanely well. Rich Brooks just took Kentucky to a bowl game!

Now ...... Tennessee could use one of those 2.

 

[bama119]

Thank you VolinArizonia, you helped me make my point

 

[davefrat]

how about "NO." what is he, 21-17 in c-usa? is that really the "proven winner" we're looking for? do we really want to hire another experiment for a head coach?

 

[RobK]

Ole Miss just hired Ed Orgeron 2 years ago and he's recruiting insanely well. Rich Brooks just took Kentucky to a bowl game!

Now ...... Tennessee could use one of those 2.

I meant a program of their caliber or status...not that they were hiring this year.

 

[pappastratos]

I look at like this, Bama needs a coach that will stay, not look at pro teams or other schools like Coach Fran, Saban, Spurrier. But they need a coach with some excitement about them, like Spurrier, not like Shula,,,,,

 

[alatider]

I look at like this, Bama needs a coach that will stay, not look at pro teams or other schools like Coach Fran, Saban, Spurrier. But they need a coach with some excitement about them, like Spurrier, not like Shula,,,,,

You've made a valid point. What bothers me is that if Bama hires a "proven winner" of a coach for $XM, there is nothing stopping him from "jumping ship" a few years down the road.

Guess this is just business.

 

[GulfCoastTider]

I think Steve Kragthorpe would be a solid hire. He is absolutely fenced in when it comes to recruiting but still manages to put a winning product on the field. He's doing an awful lot with an awful lot less than his competitors in C-USA. He really should have gotten a better look. Certainly more than Grobe or Johnson.

I also like Gary Patterson of TCU. He has arguably done more at that school than what Franphoney did (who rode LT to the Bama job).