"Nick Petrino will be named as UL WR coach. His father Bobby acknowledged that his son had done a marvelous job of coaching the WRs this past year. He joked that his son was being underpaid since he was doing all of the responsibilities of the WR coach. The hire will replace outgoing WR Lamar Thomas. Stay tuned for updates for the big signing day on Wednesday" Jody Demling
Breaking News! cards to hire Petrino
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Nick and James Quick should get a long really well....coach and supplier.
Pretty sure it was a joke lol.
But sometimes it's the case, sometimes it's not. Depends. For a person with Nick Petrino's character and drug issues, it's probably a huge mistake.
Isn't there (or shouldn't there be) laws against hiring relatives for a "public funds" job? He got away with no charges with the misuse of public funds at Arkansas, and now this. Oh well, jurich probably allows incest also, so this isn't that bad, huh UL fans.
Is there any kind of limit on how much money jurich can throw away to one family, first a giant contract when no decent University would hire BP, the $500,000 gift, and now this.
But then this pales in comparison to how jurich had raped the taxpayers in some of his other deals.
If it is true that Lamar didn't actually coach the WRs pretty sure good ol Bobby would have fired him after the season. He would have also hired Nick had he been the one really doing the coaching. Just another example of the bad character Bobby, majority of fans, and the UL media have. Not being able to say thanks for your service and congrats on a pay raise.
If I were a Louisville fan (thank goodness I'm not), I would be incredibly disappointed about this.
Lamar was in the process of being let go. It just wasn't supposed to occur until after signing day. A number of ACC bloggers and writers confirmed they had heard for weeks that Lamar wasn't going to be retained (specifically Andrea Adelson.)
I would take Lamar Jackson the coach and recruiter over Nick Petrino. This hire wreaks of a man who nobody wants to work for.
Now 2 of Petrino's sons hold full-time position coach spots and Grantham's useless brother holds another. 3 of the 9 spots occupied by immediate family of the head coach and defensive coordinator; that doesn't sound like a receipe for success. It's pretty clear now why Lamar Thomas was pushed out and it had nothing to do with his job performance.
Its shocking to think that Louisville won't have an assistant on their staff next year with any connections to recruiting Florida.
Its shocking to think that Louisville won't have an assistant on their staff next year with any connections to recruiting Florida.
Also hired Cort Dennison as their DB coach and recruiting coordinator. Two first time assistants and one they've charged with coordinating their recruiting activities. If Thomas was going to be asked to leave I question Petrino's sanity
Don't forget that Jurich's son, Mark, has a very high paying job "fundraising" for UL. Hard to give Petrino sheet for hiring his son when Jurich does.....what's good for the goose....I think Turtleneck is grooming his son as his replacement.....kind of like the mafia. They have to keep it in the family so no one unearths the bodies......
A number or "specifically Andrea?"
"They" knew but not Lamar? And, BP still let him recruit?
For weeks? No nothing was EVER said by anyone until he was gone. Sounds like planted damage control by the UL staff. She never said when she was told that either you made that up
FWIW, I don't worry about the recruiting thing. Recruiting is a staff function and the trend over the past few years is we see more and more "office staffers" involved in all aspects of recruiting that do not involve off campus recruiting activity,
OTOH, I am deeply concerned about 2 kids making the move from a GA position to a true position coach at a P5 school as their first true coaching job. Coaching is truly a "pay your dues" type of profession and that jump is not paying your dues.
Peace
Is this the same son who " came out " on Yahoo to the worlds this past year? I guess that will be li,e working at the playboy mansion for him. Bobby Petrino is a great source of entertainment.
Agree that recruiting is a staff function but it is going to be very hard to send two coaches with no coaching experience into recruits homes and have any credibility. Recruiting is also about having connections built over a number of years with high school coaches. These two guys will struggle to be taken seriously by recruits' families. These coaches won't be able to say that they played in the NFL or coached anyone that went on to and that's one of the first things recruits want to know. It's important to establishing credibility
I agree this has to be a questionable decision by coach Petrino. Recruiting is a dog eat dog world. These kids are going to walk into a living room of a poor black family and have nothing to relate about. What's Nick gonna say I was a decent highschool qb that couldn't hack it as a walk on quarterback but come play for me IL get you to the pros even though I never played wr are had any success. Not to mention he is a rich white boy in most of these kids eyes.
Don't disagree one bit. I should have been more clear. I was referring to the impact of the title of "recruiting coordinator". While a position coach may be named such there is plenty of "office staff" that reviews film, makes lists, handles mailings, coordinates visits, etc. But only the actual coaching staff can make off campus contact. FWIW, despite his impressive football credentials, Thomas was not getting much done as a recruiter. I don't know why.
Peace
news today of the basketball situation coupled with the recent coaching changes made at UL in football sure has a stink about it..... Just doesn't seem very Jurich or Pitrino like in football but very much Jurich and Pitino like regarding baskeball.
Strange happenings.
Strange happenings.
Well Rivals credits him with Jackson, Peete, and Fitzpatrick so for someone that wasn't getting it done he sure pulled a high percentage of the total 4 stars that have been signed under Petrino. I trust Singer or whoever on your end here at rivals assigned Thomas as the lead recruiter on those three a hell of a lot more than that clueless lap dog Jody Demling that claimed that Thomas was an empty suit. Demling is such a fanboy and a career beat writer that tries to act like a recruiting analyst
Wildcard, in light of today's events, would you agree or disagree that Katina Powell was involved in all aspects of recruiting? We already know that she was involved in all aspects of basketball recruiting, but the question is, does that extend to football recruiting as well? You have previously declared that you have inside information, with confidential sources (as in the source that told you that Thomas was on his way out of UofLoL) so there is no doubt that you can answer this question, unless it would involve confidential information that you are ethically prohibited from disclosing, as you were unable to disclose the scoop on Thomas, until you could disclose it.
If they didn't end up on the UofL staff they would end up somewhere else. If you were to look at the majority of coaching jobs in all the college sports you will find a lot of connections somewhere down the line. It is one of the biggest "buddy" occupations out there. Even the really bad coaches usually land on their feet somewhere as a return favor to someone. Outside of the head man, O coordinator, and D coordinator a lot of the other hires is just a buddy of a buddy. It's a good paying gig, so I don't blame them for taking the money.
Well, Rivals has redone those old recruiting pages which included "recruited by". It makes little difference since there was seldom a recruiters name tagged to a UofL recruit. IOW, hard to tell who recruited who at UofL. FWIW, in the wake of Thomas' departure, I did read a post that said Jackson was the only guy he pulled out of FL. If true, good for him. Peete? I don't know. Fitzpatrick is a MI kid and that hardly overlaps with FL as recruiting territory. Recent articles (not posts) say McGee was the guy who recovered Fitzpatrick. To be honest, I thought the name cachet of Thomas and Buckley would really open up FL but it did not. At least not like I thought it would.
I don't know what to think about the Powell situation other than something happened and as far as anybody knows whatever did happen was strictly within the basketball program. It seems very likely that if Powell was also involved any football improprieties that would be have been part of her book as well. Any "suggestion" that her activities extended beyond the basketball program is absolutely nothing but speculation.
The ONLY "inside information" I had on any UofL sports issue was that it was confided to me in November that Thomas would not be back in 2016. That info was from someone who was in a position to know that piece of info but was not a UofL official. He was simply passing some info on to a few select friends and did not want it bandied about at the time.
Peace
You guys act like Thomas was some long time veteran assistant. When Petrino hired him from Hampton of WKU he had less D-1 college coaching experience than Petrino and Dennison who have 3 years plus working on D-1 staffs in a lesser capacity.
So you guys have Thomas and his 3 years of experience and UL has Nick and Dennison who have 3 years as graduate assistants or program assistants. Both schools should be happy. You do now every coach has to have a first job as an assistant. We can meet again this time next year to see how both sides have progressed.
how well is nick going to recruit whatever area he's gonna recruit? i mean, they surely aren't gonna send him to recruit miami. don't really see him recruiting georgia with the stink of the petrino name attached to him. wasn't ohio were he got caught for dui with pot and stuff? so he is basically going to recruit the city of louisville. and you think it's an even trade?
Believe you'll be singing a different tune come this time next year.
Pretty telling that Petrino has to resort to nepotism to fill slots on his staff. Think it's obvious that alot of coaches do not want to work for Petrino.
You're right, there's just no comparison between little Nicky and a coach with 3 years coaching experience, along with playing in the NFL and starring at a major program, winning a national title. Yeah, I could see how UL thinks they got an upgrade LMAO.
Well see, but I think these are both terrible hires. Your guys Florida recruiting WILL be impacted. But it's probably the best Petrino could get.
OH trust me I'm happy the way things turned out....Sure Nick and LT will be recruiting the same WR's and other talented players.
Nick Petrino may be able to go into Trinity and that is may, I am not for certain about that but I don't anticipate him having much recruiting success in this area. He probably needs to get out of this area and recruit.
I received an email from a trusted source: NP is not viewed favorably at Trinity
Just went over and read the ul fans on NP....they are accepting of this hire LMAO ...can't wait till the season gets here.
UL fans have tried mightily to downplay Thomas as a recruiter, in addition to NOW cry foul for his past mistakes and denigrate his coaching abilities. It has been comical and sad.