Rumors Swirl Around Louisville Coach Steve Kragthorpe

Here’s the deal. Kragthorpe may or may not return next season. Certainly, a 25-23 win over Southern Mississippi isn’t going to change the big picture on his UofL future by itself. There are still problems . The doubts still remain. I don’t see how he can pull himself out of the hole he has dug. The program is not moving forward… “My wife calls me and says, ‘What the heck is going on?’” Kragthorpe said. “I said, ‘I don’t know.’ She said, ‘Did you talk to (athletic director) Tom (Jurich)?’ I said, ‘No, I didn’t talk to Tom.’ And she says, ‘Well, everybody thinks you’ve talked to Tom and you’re out of here.’ And I say, ‘Well, I didn’t talk to Tom.’” Tom, for the record, isn’t talking much to anybody. And that, while frustrating perhaps for fans, and not quite convenient for good newspaper copy, is the wise thing. Anything he says at this point will be subject to such interpretation that it’s bound to create more confusion. He’s best served, it would seem, by letting events play out. If you want to interpret his silence, it would be fair to say he’s in evaluation mode. He will have a three-season body of work to judge. And with an expanded stadium opening and as much passion he has for the football program, he cannot let it continue to slide further. He certainly knows this. – Courier-Journal