The more I watch the KU situation the less opposed I am of a Dan McCarney statue next to the Matt Campbell statue.
Les Miles Done For?
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Maybe they didn't ask?? Ala Iowa State hiring Danny Mac not knowing about some of his 'issues'.
I remember wanting Turner Gill when Chizik left. Thank God that didn't happen.
This is true at many schools but not Ku. I went over their financials a couple of years ago. They make in basketball what schools like K-State make in football. Basketball ticket revenues at Ku are like football at other schools. Football breaks even in Lawrence.
And most employment contracts have a provision that protects the employer against past misdoings by the employee. I'd guess 'for cause' is in-play here although A.D. Long is highly unlikely to shed Les.
Even accounting for TV money?
I am not familiar with the contracts, but I can imagine 1/10th of the check from the TV networks for Big 12 football is a lot of money. A lot more than 1/10th of the check for basketball.
Last available numbers I saw $14.9 million in Ku basketball ticket sales, $4.9 for football. They are clever in reporting revenue though, as they combine sports so as to not give actuals for each sport.
Anyway, if you take the $10 million difference off football revenue from say a comparable P&L for K-State, then hoops and football are similar in margin contribution. Ku football expenses, though, are greater than K-State by ~$3 million, thus the conclusion that Ku hoops carry their athletic department.
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Every time I think of KU football I snicker when I remember the 2018 game in Lawrence.
Crowd was way, way, ISU. One of their players told the media he was pissed off that it was a home game for ISU, and then in minutes they fired Beaty.
Crowd was way, way, ISU. One of their players told the media he was pissed off that it was a home game for ISU, and then in minutes they fired Beaty.
My fave:
KU internal investigator: "What is this?"
Coach: "I don't remember."
KU: (shrugs): "Checks out."
The Criner years were not that bad on the field, there was just too much off-field stuff: NCAA violations and arrests. Also seemed likely a weekly occurrence where football players got in bar brawl with students.
- 1983: 4-7 / 3-4 (Big 8)
- 1984: 2-7-2 / 0-5-2
- 1985: 5-6 / 3-4
- 1986: 6-5 / 3-4
Fun Times!!!
Young bucks just don’t have an idea how big of a deal it was what Mac accomplished. Was it perfect? No. But he more than moved the needle, he moved a mountain.
Without KUs football program, that University would be in the Big East, along with the income that goes along with being a member of that conference.
Anyone find it strange that after someone commented that Ferentz survived a worse situation at Iowa nobody mentioned the ginormous difference that Ferentz wins?SIAP.
I know it’s a link to a message board, but there are several relevant articles and links in there that makes it easier than me searching and posting them all.
He might be toast.
Screw the TV money, is it still true when you count the payments to KU basketball players?
When Dan started coaching at Iowa State. The Facilities were way way worse than Kansas has now. The locker rooms were borderline high school. It was embarrassing. I still say Dan did one of the best coaching jobs ever to get us to a bowl game. I know he won't go down as the best coach ever. However, looking what him, Walden, and Criner had to deal with, it was like trying to compete with Apple by selling computers out of your garage.