Advice? Suggestions?
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I truly want the best for Kansas Football. They deserve better than this.
By golly ... it's not fair.
With all my heart i think that Mike Stoops would be a perfect fit for Kansas Football.
Yeah ...
By golly ... it's not fair.
With all my heart i think that Mike Stoops would be a perfect fit for Kansas Football.
Yeah ...
Kansas didn't realize that Mangino was actually a better coach than anyone they were likely to get. It's a state of 2.7 million, 800,000 fewer than Oklahoma with three D-1 schools, same as Oklahoma. But, Kansas doesn't have a pipeline to out-of-state recruits. Instead, it loses its best. Kansas needs to develop a pipeline to Texas, Missouri, Illinois, or Ohio to get some football prospects into the state. Usually, teams in this situation have some gimmick offense so they can recruit prospects that nobody else wants, like a running quarterback or a 170 lb fullback. Go get a good D-3 coach and give him a shot. It will take going against the odds to build something. You got nothing.
Find an athletic director in the mode of Joe Castigione and let him do his work.
As I recall, Kansas recruited a couple of 4 star players out of Louisiana this year or last year. Nebraska suffers from something similar now. A top notch AD can do it.
KU needs a lot of things. The image of KU Football...empty stands...and the deep shadow under KU Basketball leaves zero for excitement to that program. Seems to me they need to shrink and upgrade that stadium. Then work tirelessly on that image. It is unlikely it can return to Mangino level any time soon....on current path. I expect a huge OU group in the stands with a sprinkling of Jhawkers in 2 weeks...with an abundance of empty seats.
Kansas needs to spend some money on football in my opinion. Seems to me that they are happy being a basketball school and don't care much about football.
I have a suggestion for the Kansas Jayhawks.....think Gonzaga, Seton Hall, or even Cal State Fullerton. None participate in football yet are competitive in other major sports. The Kansas people have made it very clear that football is not important to their fan base. The football program is a drain hole good for only one thing.....collecting sewage.
Actually, two things: Funding their other sports. They get the same B12 check everyone else does. Without a FB check, they might not even be able to fund BB, VB, etc.
They've had a few big names on their roster in the past & even beat a Switzer team. If the Clones can do it (ala 2017) , they have no excuses not to try
One Jayhawk always comes to mind ....Nolan Cromwell. The guy single handedly beat OU.
I have another....Gayle Sayers in 1964....opening kickoff....he ran through Sooners as if they were frozen. KU15, OU 14. (Kansas scored on the first and last plays of the game).
You can name all great Kansas players and wins on two hands. Kansas football has had a few surprises but nothing to compare with 75% of college programs. It’s definitely in the lower 25% of all time College football programs and that’s being nice. It will never be any good long term because the administration, boosters and fans don’t care about football. Kansas had no business being in the Big 12 but the conference can’t do without 10 teams now. So they will continue to play and get the crap beat out of them year end and year out. I know I’m being hard on the Jayhawks but they really stink up the football conference.
Good sometimes great KU players come along but as a team collectively...they have stunk it up for years.