Patterson and UT are obviously intent on the Strong hire. Lets not debate the merits of the hire, that's not the purpose of the post.
Seemingly, the one roadblock is Clint Hurtt, the current Louisville DL coach who is now serving a two year NCAA "show cause" penalty for recruiting violations committed while he was at U of Miami. Under NCAA rules Hurtt cannot be hired by a new university without the new university first showing sufficient cause as to why they should employ Hurtt. According to reports, Texas will not accept Hurtt on the football staff.
This is where the issue begins.
IF Strong is hired by Texas, and Hurtt is left behind in Louisville, Hurtt will likely not be retained by the next Louisville HC (who will not want anything like an NCAA show cause incident on his coaching staff). Hurtt then becomes an unemployed HC with a show cause order----a virtual death sentence for a football coach.
Patterson's problem is that an unemployed, unemployable Hurtt is liable to be approached by individual(s) seeking information about illegal recruiting activities. Virtually all assistant coaches know where some of the bodies are buried in the proverbial recruiting graveyard and Hurtt is no different.
There are universities that would spend considerable funds in order to get the NCAA involved against an archrival.
Does Patterson risk this with a hire of Strong?
Does Charlie Strong risk this by taking the Texas job?
Seemingly, the one roadblock is Clint Hurtt, the current Louisville DL coach who is now serving a two year NCAA "show cause" penalty for recruiting violations committed while he was at U of Miami. Under NCAA rules Hurtt cannot be hired by a new university without the new university first showing sufficient cause as to why they should employ Hurtt. According to reports, Texas will not accept Hurtt on the football staff.
This is where the issue begins.
IF Strong is hired by Texas, and Hurtt is left behind in Louisville, Hurtt will likely not be retained by the next Louisville HC (who will not want anything like an NCAA show cause incident on his coaching staff). Hurtt then becomes an unemployed HC with a show cause order----a virtual death sentence for a football coach.
Patterson's problem is that an unemployed, unemployable Hurtt is liable to be approached by individual(s) seeking information about illegal recruiting activities. Virtually all assistant coaches know where some of the bodies are buried in the proverbial recruiting graveyard and Hurtt is no different.
There are universities that would spend considerable funds in order to get the NCAA involved against an archrival.
Does Patterson risk this with a hire of Strong?
Does Charlie Strong risk this by taking the Texas job?
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