KU reportedly hiring Buffalo's Leipold (not Monken)
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Surprised they got that good of a candidate. He likely won’t be successful, but I thought there was a good chance they would just go this year with an interim coach.
He'll get a large pay bump from the 1mil\year Army is paying and have to assume a decently long contract to go with it. Hard to feel too bad for him there.
He'll start out well, before having his spirit broken on October 2nd
At risk of derailment: That might be the most sloppily constructed tweet I've ever read.
Kansas should run the triple option. It’s basically their only hope. Run something different and make everyone prepare especially for them. Can’t believe he is leaving for that terrrible job
This. He won’t have it working for awhile. You have to have to horses to run that too and I really doubt those exist yet down there.
Monken has been trying for years to get a P5 job. Careful what you wish for. Triple option will be tough with the level of athletes in the Big 12.
If you run the triple option in the Big 12 you'd better have an elite defense to go along with it.
There seems to be a general sense that his offense will look more like Coastal's or Tulane's than Army's since you can actually have full size lineman at Kansas.
Fun with numerals: Counting an interim HC (Bowen), in the past 11 seasons, KU has had:
- 5 head coaches
- 6 conference wins
So they wanted Tulane’s offense but didn’t like how Fritz interviewed, apparently? Heard that on a podcast. Seems odd.
Certainly an improvement in the category of human being.
It makes sense. If you go full triple option many guys will transfer and you’ll be back in the scholarship hole. And then if you have to switch coaches again you’ll have a complete rebuild again. A more conventional offense transitions better.
Well Walden tried the triple option at ISU and didn't go so well for him..