From being kicked out of C-USA, Serious Financial issues, facing the Death Penalty to now to become on of the model Athletic Organizations in College Athletics and a soon to be member of the ACC in 16 short years. Here is the link:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/...athletics/

Great piece.

Good article. Reminds me my Forbes subscription expired

Actually, I thought it was a waste of time. It looked like it was written by the ADs son as a worship piece. It COULD have been a good article, but it didn't really explain how Jurich moved them from $15 million to $80 million in revenue. It wasn't by "integrity" and slogans.

(07-03-2013 02:46 PM)bullet Wrote:  Actually, I thought it was a waste of time. It looked like it was written by the ADs son as a worship piece. It COULD have been a good article, but it didn't really explain how Jurich moved them from $15 million to $80 million in revenue. It wasn't by "integrity" and slogans.

+1.

(07-03-2013 03:03 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  

(07-03-2013 02:46 PM)bullet Wrote:  Actually, I thought it was a waste of time. It looked like it was written by the ADs son as a worship piece. It COULD have been a good article, but it didn't really explain how Jurich moved them from $15 million to $80 million in revenue. It wasn't by "integrity" and slogans.

+1.

(07-03-2013 02:46 PM)bullet Wrote:  Actually, I thought it was a waste of time. It looked like it was written by the ADs son as a worship piece. It COULD have been a good article, but it didn't really explain how Jurich moved them from $15 million to $80 million in revenue. It wasn't by "integrity" and slogans.

I was disappointed by the lack of detail as well. No real explanation on how they did it.

I don't think the athletic department was the complete train wreck that the article made it out to be.

Clearly there were Title IX issues, and all secondary sports were underfunded, but it failed to mention that Jurich had a brand new football stadium already built just waiting for his first year at the helm. This was thanks to the tireless efforts of Howard Schnellenburger, whose name now adorns the entire Football Complex.

Plus he had war-chest of some $40-$45 Million ready to spend. These reserve funds and the stadium bonds were floated thanks to the basketball revenues accumulated by the efforts of Denny Crum and Bill Olsen. Jurich is an awesome AD, but he didn't have to start from scratch. It really was a multigenerational effort.

And the description about C-USA trying to kick us out doesn't ring quite true either. Louisville still wanted to schedule nationally for football and enjoyed the limited C-USA schedule. Then the conference decided to add Army and ECU, which would have forced fewer OOC games. Louisville opposed this expansion due to their scheduling preferences. Charter members were supposedly allowed a veto of any new members, but our illustrious conference mates took a vote to kick us out instead of honoring that agreement.

As I recall, UofL initiated a lawsuit to reverse the expulsion. The settlement allowed Louisville to remain a member, but ECU and Army had been admitted by that point. So the final score was, C-USA 1, UofL 0 for the battle of expansion.

I guess you could say that Jurich has improved our conference relations significantly.

when did C-USA kick Louisville out?

Funny that I don't recall the death penalty stuff. We had a Ron Cooper problem like Steve Kragthorpe's and Crum wasn't winning then but the other stuff I really don't remember. Guess it wasn't headlines in the media then. I remember some recruiting violations then but were overshadowed by Kentucky's violations earlier on and Pitinos comeback years there. Guess I'm just getting old. 61 next month. LOL!

(07-03-2013 08:58 PM)Theodoresdaddy Wrote:  when did C-USA kick Louisville out?

I think it started in 1997, and was settled in 1998.

UPDATE:
Looks like the whole thing started in 1996.

Here's a Google Search that I used to get some interesting articles.

UPDATE 2:
According to those articles, the dispute was resolved before Jurich started. This makes sense, as who would want to be the AD of a school that was just kicked out of their conference?

(07-03-2013 09:10 PM)CardinalZen Wrote:  

(07-03-2013 08:58 PM)Theodoresdaddy Wrote:  when did C-USA kick Louisville out?

I think it started in 1997, and was settled in 1998.

UPDATE:
Looks like the whole thing started in 1996.

Here's a Google Search that I used to get some interesting articles.

UPDATE 2:
According to those articles, the dispute was resolved before Jurich started. This makes sense, as who would want to be the AD of a school that was just kicked out of their conference?

So the dispute was actually about adding ECU and Army to the league and not about this:

An organization so mis-aligned, so bloated in inefficiency that the very conference it helped form had sued to expunge the university from its ranks. A desperate attempt to prevent the department’s disease of non-compliance from spreading to the other members of the league.

Forbes is just a terrible rag. They rarely get anything right.

Cheers,
Neil

Another left out and important piece was the opportunities/exposure that the Big East gave them... they wouldn't be where they are now, if it weren't for the Big East pulling them up and into an AQ conference.

(07-04-2013 10:37 AM)IceJus10 Wrote:  Another left out and important piece was the opportunities/exposure that the Big East gave them... they wouldn't be where they are now, if it weren't for the Big East pulling them up and into an AQ conference.

This is all Jurich.

From his first day on the job he had identified the Big East as the best conference for UofL and worked continuously to position us for entry. He sought periodic advice from Tranghese on what improvements were needed to improve our chances, with the first being Cardinal Park.

When the call came, it wasn't out of the blue. There were years of communications and preparation before the opportunity arose.

Actually the reason Howard Schnellenberger left was He wanted independent status but wanted Louisville to pursue the Big East if going into a conference. He hated the CUSA. That was part of the problem with CUSA.