Ku Athletics' financials are a mess. Football is a mess. Zenger's coaching hires have been a mess. His administration has been a mess. I'm surprised he lasted this long.
Ku fires athletics director, Dr. Sheahon Zenger ...
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Surly, you're a god****ed idiot but you couldn't be more right with this post.
My guess is that the big donors let the President know that if they are expected to step up on the stadium, time for the AD to go.
The rumor here is that the Lawrence Restaurant Guild is raising some major cash to get Mangino back to town.
Agree and they might as well keep Beaty until the stadium reno is funded. No coach can recruit to that junkyard.
Was listening to 810 WHB in Kansas city today. Good points made.. this wasn't a football only decision. If they wanted to relieve him of his duties solely due to the football teams performance, this would have happened months ago. He is an article that came out last week from the kstate student newspaper regarding a reported hazing incident from july 2017 that doesn't sound was addressed under his watch..
https://www.kstatecollegian.com/2018/05/04/ku-cheerleaders-come-forward-with-hazing-allegations/
https://www.kstatecollegian.com/2018/05/04/ku-cheerleaders-come-forward-with-hazing-allegations/
Yeah, the talk here had been football program, Adidas scandal, and cheerleader hazing all adding up to the firing. Also hearing that fundraising for the stadium was going poorly. Shocker, I know.
Don't worry. Hard core HOK fans tell us JP is going to Wisconsin when Alvarez leaves.
Beaty has as close to zero chance as you can get of A) winning 5 games and B) keeping his job even if he wins 5 games. He will be fired at the end of the season barring a massive win total.
You don't hire a new AD to NOT fire your football coach.
"the University of Arkansas announced that it had parted ways with Long effective immediately, with the school's chancellor saying Long had "lost the support of many of our fans, alumni, key supporters, and members of the university leadership.'"
Well, he won't lose any football fans at KU. You have to have football fans first.
I'll repeat the comment I just made in the Big 12 AD Pay thread:
I'll consider this as a win for the Big 12 conference. Long was on the original CFP committe and was the Chairman of the committee through 2017. His statements in regards to the new TV contracts and possible conference expansion will be ones to key in on.
I'll consider this as a win for the Big 12 conference. Long was on the original CFP committe and was the Chairman of the committee through 2017. His statements in regards to the new TV contracts and possible conference expansion will be ones to key in on.
Over paid. KU now has the second highest paid AD.
https://fansided.com/2017/08/01/top-10-highest-paid-athletic-directors-ncaa-d1-schools-last-year/
https://fansided.com/2017/08/01/top-10-highest-paid-athletic-directors-ncaa-d1-schools-last-year/
