http://www.barkingcarnival.com/2015/10/21/9583644/the-hump-day-nooner-texas-kansas-state-2015
Barking Carnival - Let’s talk about Bill Snyder, because that’s my favorite damn thing. Everyone likes to joke about him being a centuries-old wizard with an intimate knowledge of dark, arcane arts that allow him to conjure entire rosters from JUCO and wins from the ether. To me, this seems unwise, because it’s almost certainly true, and joking about it tests the benevolence of a being who regularly heaps crushing despair on tens of thousands of people in the course of playing a game.
But having a near-immortal for a head coach does present some issues of succession. Has he earned the right to continue until he’s ready to hang up the windbreaker, far in the distant future, or is there a sense that we’re nearing the end of the run? If he did retire, how can the university avoid replicating any of the other two dozen coaching hires of the last hundred years, all of which were complete butt?
Fake K-State Fan - I think the sense is this:
He's earned the right to quit when he's ready, and some people are starting to hope that day comes Real Soon Now. One of Bill Snyder's best and worst traits is his loyalty, and as a result he simply will not jettison an assistant who's dropping the ball. There are those who'd argue that right now, that's a big problem. (Me, I'm on the fence, although I still can't excuse some of the things that have transpired this year.)
As for the new hire, what John Currie will have to do is very simple: remember that this is Kansas State University, a proud institution with a football tradition that goes back to before anyone who the new coaches will be recruiting was even born.
In 1988, K-State went with an unproven coordinator because he was literally the only competent applicant for the job. In 2005, K-State went with a buffoon because they were trying to pinch pennies for stadium upgrades that ended up not coming to fruition until Snyder himself came back.
This is the dichotomy of K-State. If you're under 30, maybe even under 35, you simply have no memory whatsoever of Kansas State being a terrible football program. Think about that. Also think about this: because of the television revenues for which it's responsible, K-State has spent the pretty much the entire history of the Big 12 conference as a net payer to revenue sharing, just like Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and maybe those Aggies.
So K-State has to unshackle itself from its self-imposed inferiority complex and realize that while Manhattan is not the swaggiest locale on the college football map, the program has value. If staying "in the family" is important, fine; maybe you go after a Brent Venables. Otherwise, you get someone other schools are chasing -- Justin Fuente, Tom Herman, guys like that. No settling for anyone that your peer institutions wouldn't even give an interview.
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IMO, an outsider pretty much nailed it....!!!
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@ksumatt gets the credit for the link.
http://kansasstate.forums.rivals.com/threads/barking-carnival-kstate-preview.28361/#post-382376
Barking Carnival - Let’s talk about Bill Snyder, because that’s my favorite damn thing. Everyone likes to joke about him being a centuries-old wizard with an intimate knowledge of dark, arcane arts that allow him to conjure entire rosters from JUCO and wins from the ether. To me, this seems unwise, because it’s almost certainly true, and joking about it tests the benevolence of a being who regularly heaps crushing despair on tens of thousands of people in the course of playing a game.
But having a near-immortal for a head coach does present some issues of succession. Has he earned the right to continue until he’s ready to hang up the windbreaker, far in the distant future, or is there a sense that we’re nearing the end of the run? If he did retire, how can the university avoid replicating any of the other two dozen coaching hires of the last hundred years, all of which were complete butt?
Fake K-State Fan - I think the sense is this:
He's earned the right to quit when he's ready, and some people are starting to hope that day comes Real Soon Now. One of Bill Snyder's best and worst traits is his loyalty, and as a result he simply will not jettison an assistant who's dropping the ball. There are those who'd argue that right now, that's a big problem. (Me, I'm on the fence, although I still can't excuse some of the things that have transpired this year.)
As for the new hire, what John Currie will have to do is very simple: remember that this is Kansas State University, a proud institution with a football tradition that goes back to before anyone who the new coaches will be recruiting was even born.
In 1988, K-State went with an unproven coordinator because he was literally the only competent applicant for the job. In 2005, K-State went with a buffoon because they were trying to pinch pennies for stadium upgrades that ended up not coming to fruition until Snyder himself came back.
This is the dichotomy of K-State. If you're under 30, maybe even under 35, you simply have no memory whatsoever of Kansas State being a terrible football program. Think about that. Also think about this: because of the television revenues for which it's responsible, K-State has spent the pretty much the entire history of the Big 12 conference as a net payer to revenue sharing, just like Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and maybe those Aggies.
So K-State has to unshackle itself from its self-imposed inferiority complex and realize that while Manhattan is not the swaggiest locale on the college football map, the program has value. If staying "in the family" is important, fine; maybe you go after a Brent Venables. Otherwise, you get someone other schools are chasing -- Justin Fuente, Tom Herman, guys like that. No settling for anyone that your peer institutions wouldn't even give an interview.
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IMO, an outsider pretty much nailed it....!!!
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@ksumatt gets the credit for the link.
http://kansasstate.forums.rivals.com/threads/barking-carnival-kstate-preview.28361/#post-382376
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