David Booth is their T. Boone Pickens. Billionaire that has donated 100's of millions to Kansas and Univ. of Chicago. KU just renamed their football stadium for him a couple of months ago.
KU HC David Beaty has been fired
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KU would have to can the field turf and install grass if they have any shot at Les Miles...
Les is 64 so maybe it's a chance to go somewhere and make them at least decent, be beloved by a fanbase for a while, and ride off into the sunset on a positive note.
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He was involved in some sort of investigation but I didn't care enough to follow it or learn more about the situation. I still think he would be a good coach for Kansas. Not that it matters. Whoever they get is gonna do nothing but lose games anyways.
The only reason that wasn't 48-3 or worse was that we were only interested in securing the win.
This may be an unpopular opinion but they could do a lot worse than Paul Rhoads.
The AD during his presser said they want someone who has head experience and knows how to build a program. There aren't too many of those guys oit there that were successful at building a program and are willing to take a KU job.
His tenure didn't finish well but CPR would be a decent hire given their needs. I think it's likely that you'll need that sort of hire to get the experience they are looking for. An upcomer from the smaller conferences is probably going to wait for a better opportunity or be someone who inherrited a solid situation like Toledo or Houston. Someone closer to end of their career like Pelini or CPR or Miles are the only sort of situations I think have the experience they want that will take it.
I know some of those won't fire up the fanbase like you want from a new coach, but frankly they've been that route with Weiss and maybe to some extent Gil.
I think you need to acknowledge that even in coaching candidates can learn amf get better from having failures. CPR had some issues at the end of his reign that I'm certain he learned from and would make him better as a head coach today, and frankly he helped move us to being a program where we are today before rumors of Big 12 implosion started coming and wheels started coming off in recruiting.
You could do much worse at KU.
The AD during his presser said they want someone who has head experience and knows how to build a program. There aren't too many of those guys oit there that were successful at building a program and are willing to take a KU job.
His tenure didn't finish well but CPR would be a decent hire given their needs. I think it's likely that you'll need that sort of hire to get the experience they are looking for. An upcomer from the smaller conferences is probably going to wait for a better opportunity or be someone who inherrited a solid situation like Toledo or Houston. Someone closer to end of their career like Pelini or CPR or Miles are the only sort of situations I think have the experience they want that will take it.
I know some of those won't fire up the fanbase like you want from a new coach, but frankly they've been that route with Weiss and maybe to some extent Gil.
I think you need to acknowledge that even in coaching candidates can learn amf get better from having failures. CPR had some issues at the end of his reign that I'm certain he learned from and would make him better as a head coach today, and frankly he helped move us to being a program where we are today before rumors of Big 12 implosion started coming and wheels started coming off in recruiting.
You could do much worse at KU.
I’m hoping for Brett Bielema. Would love to kick his ass for the next four years.
It is sad that when I did a search for "potential Kansas head coaches" that I got several posts that were last week BEFORE we beat them and AFTER they beat TCU.
The writing on the wall on this firing has been been there a while. I do think they wanted to get the firing in BEFORE the K-State game in case he won next week. the new AD wants his guy and sees that the current situation is not getting better soon.
They are likely better off overpaying for a retread head coach than trying to lure a up and coming coach. I cannot see someone who thinks they have a future in the business wanting to go because of the paltry support. CMC knew that if he failed it would not be due to the fans.
Regardless of who they hire, we simply need to keep winning and challenging for Big 12 championships over the next seven years until the inevitable conference implosion when the current TV deals run out. KU will find a home due their basketball prowess but we need success in many sports not to become UConn or Cincinnati. We should not compare ourselves to Kansas football. Lets let KState and Baylor hang out with them.
The writing on the wall on this firing has been been there a while. I do think they wanted to get the firing in BEFORE the K-State game in case he won next week. the new AD wants his guy and sees that the current situation is not getting better soon.
They are likely better off overpaying for a retread head coach than trying to lure a up and coming coach. I cannot see someone who thinks they have a future in the business wanting to go because of the paltry support. CMC knew that if he failed it would not be due to the fans.
Regardless of who they hire, we simply need to keep winning and challenging for Big 12 championships over the next seven years until the inevitable conference implosion when the current TV deals run out. KU will find a home due their basketball prowess but we need success in many sports not to become UConn or Cincinnati. We should not compare ourselves to Kansas football. Lets let KState and Baylor hang out with them.
I think they literally need to have Bill Self as their lead fundraiser....only way to get them over the hump. Maybe they do this, but somehow tie donations to bball perks.
Also, I was there Saturday...my friend text me and said "yell my name loud, I may hear it on tv" LOL
Also, I was there Saturday...my friend text me and said "yell my name loud, I may hear it on tv" LOL
While Paul is a good guy, his defense at Arkansas was really, really bad. I know UCLA is in a transition but that defense looks awful too.
The Nichols State loss pretty much sealed he fate. That and that he had three wins total in the prior three seasons.
I didn't...but I honestly thought about it as there were some "crowd" mics set up and I bet during a KU with the ball it would have worked.
Again, GREAT reminder of, even during our tough times, CycloneNation has always shown up and Campbell "gets" that