Chucky to Louisville?

Okay, let's play Coaching Carousel rumors today. In today's game we will name a team or school who thinks that they might have a coaching job coming available in the near future. We will name the school and then we will name the name that they are trying to attract.

Today's school is Louisville. Louisville has had a decent run of success in Football over the past oh...10 years. A lot of that is due to the coaches that they have had. The current coach; Steve Kragthorpe has not been very successful; in fact there are almost weekly rumors that he will be losing his job...sooner rather than later.

What name would be attached to this you ask? Why it's none other than former Tampa Bay Buccaneer coach and current Monday Night Football Announcer Jon Gruden. Why Gruden? Well, you can read the original report yourself from the National Football Post...though it doesn't offer much insight aside from Gruden's brother Jay playing there

The story from the National Football Post right HERE .

The NFL Network's Michael Lombardi adds his 2-Cents HERE.

((Jon Gruden Photo//Courtesy: s2nblog.wordpress.com))

Really, we don't put a whole lot of credence in this story, we just felt like it was an excuse to talk about Gruden. If you have watched Monday Night Football, it's amazing how good and natural he seems in the analyst role. I never would have figured that. Gruden's name has also popped up in conversations about the Redskins, Raiders and other crappy NFL teams.

We think Louisville may be a bit out of their minds for throwing this out there, but if I'm Tom Jurich, why not? His program isn't quite the "Elite" program that he seems to think it is, but they have had some success and when the inevitable happens and Kragthorpe gets fired, they will be able to find a decent coach to take over the reins.

As much as we wouldn't mind seeing Gruden back on a sideline because he without a doubt was one of the most entertaining coaches out there, we like him more in his current role with MNF. There haven't been any reports that I have seen stating he doesn't like the cushy TV gig, so if that is true...then why leave it?

In the meantime, enjoy this clip of Gruden wearing a mic...Courtesy: YouTube