The Next Coach
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Justin Leonard is an up and coming DC at Wisconsin who has a good track record and is rumored to be on the fast track for head coaching.
Besides him, there are certainly assistants out there who are looking for their big break and turning around this moribund program would be a crown in the jewel of any coach.
Of course going the up and coming assistant route means you risk losing them when/if they’re successful here. Every coach out there started as an assistant and someone found them. If we do our due diligence we can find this individual. Might as well start now.
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If I am KU, I am still looking at mid major head coaches that are good recruiters, preferably from the MAC or Mountain West. I would be hesitant to get a coach from the Sun Belt because they have more local recruiting ground. A coach at FIU or South Florida need only walk a few blocks to run into a dozen or so D1 prospects. A coach in the Sun Belt probably won’t have to go more than a couple hundred miles from campus to fill 60% of his roster.
A coach in the Mountain West or MAC, though? They have to recruit those that are overlooked, and may need to find a few diamonds in the rough, rather than just land a local kid or two.
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KU is past taking unproven assistant coaches to see if they can revive the football program.
If KU is serious about football it needs a coach with proven record of success…cheaper to pay for a quality coach rather than paying salaries former coaches that did not work out.
If you have a chance, read the Boston Globe 6-part story on Aaron Hernandez, it will give you a different and very negative view of Urban Meyers.
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JayHawkFanToo said:
If you have a chance, read the Boston Globe 3-part story on Aaron Hernandez, it will give you a different and very negative view of Urban Meyers.
Oh believe me I don’t need this article. Meyer is GARBAGE.
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The entire series is very interesting and gives a complete view of Hernandez and his life and tragic death.
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Found this interesting , not sure how much of this has already been mentioned but. - Read an article talking about the names of Coach’s that Long has been following on Twitter. They are:
Head Coach’s , - - - - Dave Clawson ( Wake Forest ) - - - - - - Dave Doeren, ( NC State )- - - - - - Jim Harbaugh ( Michigan )- - - - - - Lane Kiffen ( Florida Atlantic )- - - - - - Seth Littrell ( North Texas )- - - - - - Then they talk about another pretty solid Coach one that hadn’t been thought of or mentioned they said and that was - - - - Jeff Tedford ( Fresno State ) – AD Long has been following him also.
Then a Couple of ass’t Coach’s- - - - Jim Leavitt ( Oregon’s def Cordinator )- - - - - - & then Chip Long ( Norte Dame )
So again don’t know how many of these have been talked about but just throwing these guys out for what it’s worth - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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It’s Miles, baring a last minute change of heart
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Will the firing and hiring be announced at the same time?
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No. The deal isn’t 100% done that I’m aware of. Sometime in early December seems more likely.
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Tomorrow could be wild…
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FarmerJayhawk said:
Tomorrow could be wild…
I’m very ready.
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Sounds like Beaty could be out as soon as tomorrow afternoon.
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kjayhawks said:
Sounds like Beaty could be out as soon as tomorrow afternoon.
I wouldn’t really rely on that to much , don’t think that will happen - -think they will go ahead and let him finish out. - -Wouldn’t make a lot of sense for Miles to come in Now.
Unless the only way would fire Coach and let someone from staff finish the season - - Go ahead then and let Les go out and see if he can recruit while the final 4 weeks - -I’m still kind of doubtful Les is coming here -just don’t know - -I’ll believe it when Isee it. - -ROCK CHALK ALLD AY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 I think if they do it, it will because of fan support. Only 15,500fans were at today’s game and I’d say over half were ISU fans. Joe Dineen actually called out fans after the game and I agree. KSU has the same record as us but will have a full stadium their last 2 home games. We need to support these guys as best as we can, they are working hard.
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@kjayhawks Well not making a bowl game in 10 years excuses a lack of fan support imo. It isn’t even a competitive product on the field. And hasn’t been since 09.
I realize the players are working hard. But showing financial support also empowers the University to not make necessary changes. The only way you can show how you feel to the KU athletics department is with your wallet.
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Well yep. - -KU HAS announced they will be having a meeting/announcement whatever at 12;00 noon. - -So ya looks like he for sure is gone.
Even if Les has secretly been hired I still don’t think they wil lcome oit and mention him tomorrow - -just focusing on Beaty tommorrow
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@jayballer73 Contract extension! Because crappy programs always do that a couple months before firing someone. (So do corporations about to go under.) Just remember, you heard it here first!
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I was at the game today and if there were not any Iowa St fans there I would guess it would have been 5-7,000 KU fans. There is no fan support for this program and coach. I don’t blame anyone for not going or wanting to go. The product that Beaty trots out there every week is a joke.
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This was a foregone conclusion when Long was hired. Just a complete waste of time to have kept Beatty this season. Beatty couldn’t recruit to fit what he wanted to do. We have zero commitments (one?). This was an unnecessary waste of a year. Beatty was another disaster. Success is on the horizon though.
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@HighEliteMajor You couldn’t really Fire a guy at the beginning of fall camp when Long was hired. Soren is now saying KU will allow Beaty to lose the final 3 games or finish year before he is released.
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@kjayhawks I get you’re point. But you know how you fire a guy before the season? You walk in and say, “You’re fired. Get out.” And you appoint the best assistant as interim coach. I think we would have had a better chance without Beatty. But who cares now? I don’t. I’m just excited that this is happening.
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HighEliteMajor said:
This was a foregone conclusion when Long was hired. Just a complete waste of time to have kept Beatty this season. Beatty couldn’t recruit to fit what he wanted to do. We have zero commitments (one?). This was an unnecessary waste of a year. Beatty was another disaster. Success is on the horizon though.
Completely agree with you on this. Which I think means the world is ending.
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http://m.kusports.com/news/2018/nov/03/kus-response-report-beatys-job-evaluation-football/
http://m.kusports.com/news/2018/nov/03/tom-keegan-coaching-change-would-energize-fanbase/
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@HighEliteMajor I’m not a fan of Beaty, but neither do I think firing him is a magic fix for KU football. And I don’t know how anyone can believe “Success is on the horizon.”
Prior to this season, I did a review of Kansas football over the past 60 years. Beginning with Jack Mitchell, overall record since 1958 was 268 wins, 393 losses, 14 ties. The winning percentage over that time is .405. With a 12-game schedule that would be 4-5 wins a year. Only nine bowl games, averaging one every 6-7 years. Not what most people would call “success.”
Of the 14 coaches over that timeframe, only Mangino had a winning record (50-48). Regarding Mangino’s team in 2007, the overall record of opponents was 65-87, with only four having a winning record. The record of all Big 12 opponents KU played was 26-38.
They didn’t have to play Texas, Texas Tech, or Oklahoma that year. Generally, three guaranteed losses every year. So I’m not sure that’s the year everyone should be hoping to duplicate.
I don’t think Beaty’s the answer, but neither do I think he’s the reason for continual losing football at KU.
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I think another important aspect is getting Bowen out as well. Beaty is clueless but it’s long past time for Bowen to be out.
@Wigs2 Get the right coach and money going into the program and you can play above your historical station. KSU did that for awhile, Clemson is doing it now*. KU did it with Mangino. The money aspect is really important. The next hire needs to be good to put butts in seats. Football money is huge.
*Not saying KU can get to Clemson’s level at all. KU clearly has a lower floor and ceiling.
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@Wigs2 Agee some what for sure. - -There was a lot of people that when KU hired Charlie Weis - thought OK, ya know here we go - - we all saw how THAT turned out- - with Grand master plan people think Dammmmmmmmmmmm , especially when we had these what a lot of people again thought , man 5 star -Jake Heaps came into the program - - and Crist came in - total diasters .
I feel like that even IF Les Miles comes in , there are going to be some people ONCE again think all right now we gonna kick some ass. - -This is kind of along the lines of what your talking about. KU will never be a football power. - what you showed pretty well goes right along with that.
Then again I think people would think along the lines If he could get us started back , bring us back to some kind of respectibilty we would be happy with that. Just so many so frustrated at pretty much being the laughing stock of America in this present football program. – - just a least have some respect - -right now others look at when we come on their schedule and just laugh.
4 , 5 , 6 wins I think if you were to ask and IF people were perfectly honest could settle for that , some bowl games mixed in people could handle that. At least be able to look for to going out on a fall Saturday afternoon and be able to actually enjoy going to the game and watch a well contested game and be able to watch the guys compete I think that would be nice
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BShark said:
I think another important aspect is getting Bowen out as well. Beaty is clueless but it’s long past time for Bowen to be out.
@Wigs2 Get the right coach and money going into the program and you can play above your historical station. KSU did that for awhile, Clemson is doing it now*. KU did it with Mangino. The money aspect is really important. The next hire needs to be good to put butts in seats. Football money is huge.
*Not saying KU can get to Clemson’s level at all. KU clearly has a lower floor and ceiling.
sorry man but I have to totally disagree with you on Clint’s side of the ball. The defense is much better. Yesterday is a perfect example.
Other then two big plays yesterday the defense did more then hold there own. - -ONE of those two our DB was in perfect position , the only problem was all in height. - -One was 6’6 Hasan was a good 6-7 inches shorter just out jumped him plain truth. Great goal line defense. - -Leads the Nation in opposition true nothing yesterday but still . The defense kept it respectable - -only outscored 7-3 in the 2nd half yesterday.
If it wasn’t for the defense - you look other then the points they did have - they didn’t have even any other possibilities - excluding the goal line stand. - now you look at our possibilities?
Robinson drops a wide open TD pass - that’s 7 - - - Deep in ISU territory Robinson stripped - -7 or 3 at the very least. - - - I think twice we were inside the ten couldn’t score. Still stimid as to why when you have the ball at like the three been running well and all of a sudden you throw THREE straight passes don’t even try to run it once - -that’s Beaty play calling. - -No not at all on the defense - -They have shown a lot of improvement , still having to be on the field way to long , because of our inept Offense
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@Wigs2 it’s not just about a coaching change. It is about a culture change. This program needs a reboot.
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@Wigs2 Beatty had four seasons. It’s his baby. He ran the show, and chose the wrong path. He didn’t get the athletes here for the system he chose to run.
The key is the right coach. I do think success can be achieved here. It’s been proven. It seems wildly pessimistic to think it can’t when there is clear evidence that it can. Further, “success” is relative. I’m suggesting we can be what Iowa St. has been. Or even KSU or OSU. Again, we’ve proven before that we can be that good.
I’ve said this before, and said this before Keegan did a full column on it, one path to respectability is to run the flexbone like GT, or Army, etc. It will not win you a national title, it won’t likely get you to some respectable bowl game, but you’ll win. And you’ll get to (less respectable) bowl games. That is what I think Beatty should have done. Beatty tried to run a system offensively that he was sorely undermanned to operate successfully. It’s his fault.
But with a new coach coming in, and hopefully better recruiting, there may be better paths than the flexbone. But I can assure you this, if we can’t recruit much better, running the flexbone is really the only option to increase success.
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Shortening the game is HUGE when you are at a talent disadvantage. A run heavy scheme also greatly benefits the defense.
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Woodrow said:
@Wigs2 it’s not just about a coaching change. It is about a culture change. This program needs a reboot.
Absolutely agree with you. A good deal of the KU fan base seems to be of the opinion that because it has an elite basketball program a mediocre to average football program is all we can expect. Yes, at this time the floor is pretty low but he ceiling is the same as any other P5 school. I also understand that a much longer and steeper set of stairs is needed but if it had started building slowly a few years ago the program would be much closer to the ceiling than to the floor. KU needs to find a superior coach and pay him accordingly and move on. I seem to recall reading that in recent years KU has paid more to (former) coaches for not coaching than coaches for actual coaching; this trend needs to stop and the culture needs to change.
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@BShark Exactly. The longer the game, the more likely the better team wins. Further, the flexbone is a preparation nightmare not just because of the run focus, but the nature of how the run plays develop (significant misdirection and different angles of attack) and play action passing. Much different than the more conventional run focus by a team like KSU.
@JayHawkFanToo It appears we might have been better off paying the coaches this season to NOT coach as well …
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Soo has anyone heard anymore about Beaty? - - they suppose to have a conference at 12:00 but haven’t seen anything officially to announce anything
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@jayballer73 just a release today, and a presser once the new coach is hired. At least that’s last I knew
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KU hasn’t released anything. There was never a PC scheduled for noon today. That was just a rumor.
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KC stations reporting but citing another station as source so reliability is suspect.
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FarmerJayhawk said:
@jayballer73 just a release today, and a presser once the new coach is hired. At least that’s last I knew
Oh so today they jut announcing he has been let go and such - -then a press release when we DO hire a new coach
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jayballer73 said:
FarmerJayhawk said:
@jayballer73 just a release today, and a presser once the new coach is hired. At least that’s last I knew
Oh so today they jut announcing he has been let go and such - -then a press release when we DO hire a new coach
Which might happen tonight.
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Sounds like it. I won’t believe it until he puts on the hat
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@HighEliteMajor As I said previously, I’m not saying Beaty’s the guy. I just think way too much of the blame has been put on him. And people who think a Miles or Doeren, or anyone else is going to all of a sudden make KU a consistent winner–or even a.500 team–is probably going to be disappointed.
I may be wrong but I just don’t think it will happen.
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@Wigs2 I’m just going to assume you don’t watch the game, are related to Beaty, or related to someone on the staff.
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Presser for firing or is a hiring happening today? Not a lot of options if we are hiring someone. Miles, Beilma, Mora, Jones are about the only guys I can think of if we hired someone right now
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I don’t think a presser has been confirmed.
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It’s in Long’s release.
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@Woodrow Wrong on all counts. Although I will say it has come to the point that I don’t really care what they do.
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@Wigs2 at this point, he’s a problem. Look at how unorganized this team is. We run a trick plays almost every game but can barely execute a normal play. Our o-line play is a joke. Small schools are able to put together a line capable of not letting their QB get killed. Our playcalling gets stale as games go on. There is nothing even close to special about our offense. We are an “air raid” offense that can’t score 20 points.
Maybe someone else can’t fix it either, but Beaty has shown that he definitely can’t.
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@Kcmatt7 100% agree, it’s sad that Nichols has a better oline than us. There isn’t a excuse for that in year 4.
