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Mark2010 said:Just how the heck Turner Gill got hired at Kansas is completely beyond me. heck, he had a losing record at Buffalo, his last job. Not exactly Vince Lombardi in waiting.
TrooperBari said:Mark2010 said:Just how the heck Turner Gill got hired at Kansas is completely beyond me. heck, he had a losing record at Buffalo, his last job. Not exactly Vince Lombardi in waiting.
In fairness, Gill would likely have received far better offers than Kansas had he managed a winning record at a truly awful program like Buffalo.
Mark2010 said:Oh, well, it's Kansas. Maybe they should just go back to scheduling Northern Colorado for home openers like last season.
Ben_Hecht said:TrooperBari said:Mark2010 said:Just how the heck Turner Gill got hired at Kansas is completely beyond me. heck, he had a losing record at Buffalo, his last job. Not exactly Vince Lombardi in waiting.
In fairness, Gill would likely have received far better offers than Kansas had he managed a winning record at a truly awful program like Buffalo.
Turner started at Buffalo with a program far beyond sea level. Their effective offense essentially
consisted of the swing pass to the left, and he dredged it up fron the muck. Cupboard's bare
at Lawrence.
Jake_Taylor said:Is it ever OK to get rid of a coach after one game? I wonder if KU could get Mike Leach to come in a finish out the season. This isn't like losing to Appy State or Richmond. NDSU was a bad Missouri Valley team last year.
Bubbler said:Jake_Taylor said:Is it ever OK to get rid of a coach after one game? I wonder if KU could get Mike Leach to come in a finish out the season. This isn't like losing to Appy State or Richmond. NDSU was a bad Missouri Valley team last year.
I'll throw NDSU a bit of a bone. Until last year, they were one of the better programs in the FCS, making a lightning-quick transition from Division II early in the 2000s.
Ask Minnesota how good NDSU is. They got beat by them too a few years ago. And while KU won't want to hear it, KU is to the Big 12 as Minnesota is to the Big 10 in football.
NDSU had a down year in 2009 because it had some pretty serious dissension behind the scenes. I don't know if that's been solved or not, but apparently, it was for one game.
But having said all of that, KU should not be losing to a FCS team. It's just that this particular FCS team isn't as bad as you might be making them out to be.
Bubbler said:Jake_Taylor said:Is it ever OK to get rid of a coach after one game? I wonder if KU could get Mike Leach to come in a finish out the season. This isn't like losing to Appy State or Richmond. NDSU was a bad Missouri Valley team last year.
I'll throw NDSU a bit of a bone. Until last year, they were one of the better programs in the FCS, making a lightning-quick transition from Division II early in the 2000s.
Ask Minnesota how good NDSU is. They got beat by them too a few years ago. And while KU won't want to hear it, KU is to the Big 12 as Minnesota is to the Big 10 in football.
NDSU had a down year in 2009 because it had some pretty serious dissension behind the scenes. I don't know if that's been solved or not, but apparently, it was for one game.
But having said all of that, KU should not be losing to a FCS team. It's just that this particular FCS team isn't as bad as you might be making them out to be.