Lance Leipold
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Well, Brian Kelly is now available to coach.
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This cycle is going to be especially insane. We’re probably looking at 25ish FBS openings. Which drives me nuts about the fire Lance crowd. Where do they think we fall in that ranking, especially in a year where there aren’t really many great candidates out there?
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I went to a lot of games during the Gill, Weiss and Miles era. Lance is so much better! There is always hope to win. There was zero chance back then. Maybe some changes w/ast coaches.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Lance Leipold:
This cycle is going to be especially insane. We’re probably looking at 25ish FBS openings. Which drives me nuts about the fire Lance crowd. Where do they think we fall in that ranking, especially in a year where there aren’t really many great candidates out there?
I think a lot of people forget how hard it is to win here. And even if they do, keeping them here long enough to actually build a program.
I do think making bowls with his own guys is important. If he can’t do that, we do need to move on. But he absolutely should get another season at the very least. Probably 2 considering the buyout.
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Give him a lifetime contract. Changing coaches isn’t going to help KU football. It’s a moribund program. It’s like expecting the Cleveland Browns to be good - maybe make the postseason, but to truly threaten for a title - not going to happen.
I’m enjoying winning 4 maybe 5 games this year. Way better than previous years. It helps that the Big12 lost all the good football teams - no Texas, Oklahoma, Texas AM, Missouri, or even Nebraska. That’s the disappointing part for me - no good team in the Big12 and KU still can’t capitalize. I know they’re not good, but I was hoping for an inflated record due to the competition sucking hind tit.
The best thing about this football season is that basketball has started and we no longer have to pretend like we genuinely care about KU football!!!
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I do care about KU fb
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@dylans I care a lot about KU football and always will. We still have a shot to get to a bowl game which is the only goal that matters right now. Stinks we lost yet again to our rivals. But it prob doesn’t hurt recruiting as much as it did in the past. Just have to dip into the Booth money more to get local kids.
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@dylans You scare the sh*t out of me. These are my exact thoughts.
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Honest questions I’d like to hear some input on. Is Lance Leipold a good D1 coach? Is he a good recruiter? The two best years in Lawrence (6-7 in 22, 9-4 in 2023) were loaded with Les Miles recruits. Did he get lucky with the foundation Les laid and now we are seeing he is incompetent?
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@kjayhawks I don’t know that he’s incompetent, I just think there’s a huge difference in the way things are done in D3 and D1. Maybe he’s cut out for D3.
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This isnt logical imo. His recruiting classes are getting more highly ranked.
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@approxinfinity Hove him 5 classes before passing judgement. Switching coaches too often hinders a programs as well. All us fans (of any team or sport) just want to skip the line and be awesome, but it’s a process to build and sustain success. Hopefully that’s what we are witnessing. If not there will be another swing at it in a couple years.
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We have lost Dunnigan.
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@patoh3 ouch.
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@patoh3 what’s a Dunnigan? Local bar and grille? I honestly don’t know.
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I heard Miami offered $1.2m. If that’s right, let him walk.
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@nuleafjhawk said in Lance Leipold:
@patoh3 what’s a Dunnigan? Local bar and grille? I honestly don’t know.
It’s a place in yolo county.
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@dylans ahhh. Can’t blame him. I’m about ready to decommit myself. Thank you.
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@nuleafjhawk oh yes I’m sure you’d decommit from your current gig for 3x the cash
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Unfortunate to see a prized Kansas kid going elsewhere but like I said it’s more about money than performance right now for kids. If he was offered 1.2 mill to head to south I can’t blame him
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Best to stay off twitter, discord, all the social media. Unless you really just want to read HOT TAEKS and not real analysis.
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@kjayhawks said in Lance Leipold:
Honest questions I’d like to hear some input on. Is Lance Leipold a good D1 coach? Is he a good recruiter? The two best years in Lawrence (6-7 in 22, 9-4 in 2023) were loaded with Les Miles recruits. Did he get lucky with the foundation Les laid and now we are seeing he is incompetent?
I think his recruiting has been pretty solid. The QB room is as good as we could hope imo. I thought the transfers he brough in this year are good.
They need to take defense more seriously this offseason. They have to find some pass rushers and some guys who can create negative plays on the DL especially.
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What about some o-line guys?
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@Kcmatt7 I think Lance is fine as a D-1 Coach , it’s the other Coach’s that need attention. McDonald isn’t cutting it , he is the Coordinator and it needs work -a lot of work on the defensive side.
Lance was part of the group of course in bring in our Michigan group , Marshall- - -Warner who has since transferred and a couple of others, I have faith in Lance- --he has a couple of assistants that is a different story.
I think with the heat he has been catching though I have to agree with others as many openins that have come up if these idiots keep harassing him he might just say scre it and leave for another job. Then the one’d who are bitching can really bitch when we fall right back where we were at before Lance showed.
Lance has done a lot for this program that I for one greatly appreciate
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We do have to keep in mind that Kansas is by far, the most difficult D1 coaching job in the country.
When he first arrived I remember he and his inner-circle sat down and came up with a list of what this program needed and how to achieve it. This ended up working and pulling our program out of the mud. Thanks to this, we are not the same program Lance inherited.
However, as a new program, we now need a new evaluation. Lance and his circle need to sit down again and think of how our program can once again he retooled to take that next step: that of being a program that can win close games, win rivalry games, and play defense.
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@Jhawk69 when you demand all the stuff Lance did with the stadium and such. Then get you your butt spanked in that new stadium by your rival. You need to sit down and rethink your life.
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@kjayhawks is it a demand if its your job to identify what can be improved to elevate the program?
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@approxinfinity still waiting for the elevation of the program. We have lost too many games for the talent we have had the last two years.
