How about Steve Kragthorpe as coach

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.
 
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. :)
 
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?
 
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,,,,,
 
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.
 
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).
 
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