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Message: [QUOTE="jennyo70, post: 3099984, member: 1223"] Well...his name is usually brought up for some job or other every year. But this does feel different. Yesterday, I thought it was normal end of year stuff. But as the day went on, and today, it feels and sounds bigger and more of a possibility. Honestly, I’m shocked by that realization. But, when I think about reality at U of L, I’m not shocked. In general, I’m shocked. I think if all things were equal he would retire from Louisville. However, with the shitstorm of Pitino ( twice) Petrino ( football) Jurich ( AD) ...life at Louisville is not as it once was. I think budgets are much, much tighter . I don’t KNOW this to be true, but common thoughts are that Walz wants more support ( money) for the program. Not for himself, but for the program. He has to bust his ass for most of the marketing that happens, and just wants more of a budget for those things so he doesn’t have to do it all. ( these are the things we as fans talk about or have heard him talk about). Combine that with recruiting being harder due to the aforementioned fellas and their shenanaigans, and I think an already time consuming difficult job is much more time consuming and difficult. Last year when his contract was being renegotiated it went on an inordinate amount of time, having come off a F4 appearance. The new AD was getting tons of pressure from fans to get it done. What we kept hearing was stuff around budget support. So, all things aren’t equal. I’d be terribly disappointed if he left. But this new AD is new to being an AD. He historically was a business/hatchet man. I think his job has been to save money and control the purse strings. These are just my thoughts. I’m really shocked Walz would consider the dumpster fire that is TN. But, as many have stated, with the history that dm draws recruits, he could get that N.C. pretty quickly I think. I don’t begrudge him that. I am massively disappointed in the timing. [/QUOTE]

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