Kansas AD meets with football team about Mark Mangino

Pilot · Dec 16, 2009

PopeDirkBenedict said:

Turner Gill made U of Buffalo into a relevant football school. I don't care if you are white, black, yellow or green. That is a hell of an accomplishment. Gill has played & coached in the B12, coached at the pro level and turned a terrible program into a respectable one. That's a terrific resume for a Kansas coach.

There is a much better argument that Ron Prince was an affirmative action hire. Coached on the East Coast his entire career to that point, coordinator for an underachieving school, no head coaching experience.
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"Relevant"? Really?

I'm not saying he didn't do a good job and is not a fine hire, but it's not like Buffalo was emerging as some sort of football power. He beat one team with a winning record this year: 6-5 Gardner Webb, and two teams (Gardner Webb included, I think, though my counting may suck) with winning records in the last three years.

Hey, starting from near scratch like he did, that's fine. But let's not get carried away proclaiming the heights to which he carried the program.

As far as Kansas is concerned, I think the best thing he has going for him is his ties around the conference, and most obviously to Texas.

PopeDirkBenedict · Dec 16, 2009

Pilot said:

PopeDirkBenedict said:

Turner Gill made U of Buffalo into a relevant football school. I don't care if you are white, black, yellow or green. That is a hell of an accomplishment. Gill has played & coached in the B12, coached at the pro level and turned a terrible program into a respectable one. That's a terrific resume for a Kansas coach.

There is a much better argument that Ron Prince was an affirmative action hire. Coached on the East Coast his entire career to that point, coordinator for an underachieving school, no head coaching experience.
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"Relevant"? Really?

I'm not saying he didn't do a good job and is not a fine hire, but it's not like Buffalo was emerging as some sort of football power. He beat one team with a winning record this year: 6-5 Gardner Webb, and two teams (Gardner Webb included, I think, though my counting may suck) with winning records in the last three years.

Hey, starting from near scratch like he did, that's fine. But let's not get carried away proclaiming the heights to which he carried the program.

As far as Kansas is concerned, I think the best thing he has going for him is his ties around the conference, and most obviously to Texas.
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Taking Buffalo to the MAC title and bowl game is nothing short of a minor miracle.

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