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How to Kill a P5 Basketball Program: A 4 Step Process

Ahearn~Echo

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1) Run off the best coach with the most wins and NCAA tournament appearances in the modern era of the basketball program, beloved by fans and adored by media.

2) Hire a coach immediately fired from another P5 program for killing that aforementioned program.

3) Decide not to rectify your hiring mistake four years in by refusing to hire an alum from two coaching trees that wanted the job and was considered to be one of the top available coaching candidates in the country, only to allow him to go to Oklahoma State and resurrect their program.

4) Take another job and sneak out the door at the 11th hour, absolving yourself of all responsibility and leaving behind the mess you caused to the next AD to clean up.

Yeah, if you want the secret for how to successfully destroy a major basketball program twice, we basically wrote the textbook on it.

https://kansasstate.rivals.com/news/from-fitz-what-a-difference-a-week-makes
 
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