He may bring discipline and toughness.
Ultimately, does the KU admin give him the resources and time to succeed?
Or do they continue their path and demand immediate success or fire him?
KU reportedly hiring Buffalo's Leipold (not Monken)
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Ultimately, does the KU admin give him the resources and time to succeed?
Or do they continue their path and demand immediate success or fire him?
I doubt that AD knows what they want or have direction really. You don’t get to a place they are in without a catastrophe all levels. And we would know.
Agreed. He needs talent. And you need facilities to recruit talent. It’s been 13 years (!!!) since Kansas won more than 1 Big 12 game in a season. And half of those seasons they had 0 conference wins.
You have to try pretty hard to be THAT bad for that long.
Surprised they pulled a head coach from another school. Figured no head coach would take that gig so they’d have to go coordinator route.
Also glad they didn’t hire Tom Manning away from us for this upcoming massive year.
Yeah, I would venture that Monken is a much better coach than Walden...
This.
But in all seriousness this is a better hire for KU than charlie weis or Les Miles (low bar I know). They need to try something totally non traditional and he fits that mold.
It's pretty important we stay above the likes of KU / KSU / Tech / and WVU for our standing in the conference. I think Klieman could suck again this year and may start feeling the heat in manahattan a little.
I think there is no way they run triple option but I would love it if they did.
From what I have heard on him is that he runs triple option there but that’s not what he would run someplace else.
I’ve seen nothing to lead me to believe he’s running the option or veer at KU. The opposite actually.
They could do worse. They could hire Turner Gill, Charlie Weis, David Beaty or Les Miles again.
If some of you are right about him not running the triple option, if I was a KU fan, it would maybe make me more concerned that this would be his first time not doing it.
These are all option years. He's a Paul Johnson disciple thru and thru.
These are all option years. He's a Paul Johnson disciple thru and thru.
Best hire that KU could hope for this late in the year. When you are in as deep a hole as KU is football wise, this hire makes a lot of sense. He brings a whole new offense to a pass happy league that is based on running the ball, forcing the defense to play gap football and keep the KU defense off the field.
Its a gamble without a doubt, but what choice did they really have, continue to suck trying to beat teams like UT and OU with less talent, or make them adjust to him and his offense?
Its a gamble without a doubt, but what choice did they really have, continue to suck trying to beat teams like UT and OU with less talent, or make them adjust to him and his offense?
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