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I see the latest talking points regarding the demise of our football program is to trash the talent on the field and question whether we have the players in place that would allow us to win any Big 12 games. A lot people comment on lack of team speed and size of our players.
I am hoping our KSU posters will chime in on this and be honest with their recollection of the recent history of their football program.
Flash back to Ron Prince hiring. Ron immediately comes in makes recruiting splash by stealing Josh Freeman from Nubs and wins over many fans with his open dialog compared to Snyder and his young and talented assistant coaches he brought with him.
Ron struggles out of the gate and the immediate reaction of the KSU fan base was to question what Snyder had been doing with recruiting. They called into question whether Bill was working at the end and highlighted player after player that appeared not to belong in the Big 12. The KSU fan base turned ugly on Bill. They were the ones that coined "old balls" and chose to back their new coach versus the man that saved their football program. For 2 seasons all we heard about we heard that once Ron Prince got his players in that they would be better.
Eventually, very slowly fans began to realize Ron wasn't the man for the job. He signed questionable classes (something T. Gill has NOT done yet) and lost to teams he should have beaten repeatedly. The football program was going backwards. They had allowed themselves to regress so far that the only course of action was to hire Snyder back to try to reverse the damage done by Ron Prince. Suddenly the man the KSU fanbase trashed was back to be their savior (admittedly their are a vocal few that don't like Bill being back, but hard to argue with his results AGAIN.)
Now with the same players Prince had we see KSU competing. Their players don't look as slow, they don't look as small and they look like Big 12 players. Why? Coaching. Being assignment sound and disciplined makes up for lack over overall athleticism. The only time you see disparity is speed is when our players are running after another teams players because they were in the wrong place to begin with. If you are in position to make a tackle on the spot than people don't notice speed. Its when you are running around without a clue of defensive position that one notices your lack of speed. Snyder did that. Mangino did that. Good coaches make players look much better. Bad coaches make players look worse.
I understand Turner Gill is our coach. I understand the notion that you must give someone time. HOWEVER, giving someone time that ALL INDICATIONS are that he is going to be an abject failure is just counter intuitive.
I give Turner the rest of this season to give us some reason, any reason, to believe. If it continues on its current path...WE MUST NOT GIVE HIM MORE TIME. We must act swiftly. We must start over.
If I am on the AD search committee I am having private conversations with my candidates to find out who they have in mind for football coach. Can they get them quickly? Would they come? This would be a large data point to consider on who I hire as next AD.
I know this isn't popular, but the adage "you must give a coach at least 3 years" is bullshit. If in your job you hire and employee that you know can't cut it and shows no signs of making it. You are a lot better off cutting bait and rehiring versus waiting until its obvious to everybody that that person isn't going to make it.
I am hoping our KSU posters will chime in on this and be honest with their recollection of the recent history of their football program.
Flash back to Ron Prince hiring. Ron immediately comes in makes recruiting splash by stealing Josh Freeman from Nubs and wins over many fans with his open dialog compared to Snyder and his young and talented assistant coaches he brought with him.
Ron struggles out of the gate and the immediate reaction of the KSU fan base was to question what Snyder had been doing with recruiting. They called into question whether Bill was working at the end and highlighted player after player that appeared not to belong in the Big 12. The KSU fan base turned ugly on Bill. They were the ones that coined "old balls" and chose to back their new coach versus the man that saved their football program. For 2 seasons all we heard about we heard that once Ron Prince got his players in that they would be better.
Eventually, very slowly fans began to realize Ron wasn't the man for the job. He signed questionable classes (something T. Gill has NOT done yet) and lost to teams he should have beaten repeatedly. The football program was going backwards. They had allowed themselves to regress so far that the only course of action was to hire Snyder back to try to reverse the damage done by Ron Prince. Suddenly the man the KSU fanbase trashed was back to be their savior (admittedly their are a vocal few that don't like Bill being back, but hard to argue with his results AGAIN.)
Now with the same players Prince had we see KSU competing. Their players don't look as slow, they don't look as small and they look like Big 12 players. Why? Coaching. Being assignment sound and disciplined makes up for lack over overall athleticism. The only time you see disparity is speed is when our players are running after another teams players because they were in the wrong place to begin with. If you are in position to make a tackle on the spot than people don't notice speed. Its when you are running around without a clue of defensive position that one notices your lack of speed. Snyder did that. Mangino did that. Good coaches make players look much better. Bad coaches make players look worse.
I understand Turner Gill is our coach. I understand the notion that you must give someone time. HOWEVER, giving someone time that ALL INDICATIONS are that he is going to be an abject failure is just counter intuitive.
I give Turner the rest of this season to give us some reason, any reason, to believe. If it continues on its current path...WE MUST NOT GIVE HIM MORE TIME. We must act swiftly. We must start over.
If I am on the AD search committee I am having private conversations with my candidates to find out who they have in mind for football coach. Can they get them quickly? Would they come? This would be a large data point to consider on who I hire as next AD.
I know this isn't popular, but the adage "you must give a coach at least 3 years" is bullshit. If in your job you hire and employee that you know can't cut it and shows no signs of making it. You are a lot better off cutting bait and rehiring versus waiting until its obvious to everybody that that person isn't going to make it.
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