Comments on: Musings on Mangino: The Future of KU Football

By: Barking Carnival — Blog — The Disciplinarians: Pinkel and Mangino

Barking Carnival — Blog — The Disciplinarians: Pinkel and Mangino — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:31:34 +0000

[...] a stern father-figure, he was being a petty tyrant. (Scipio brilliantly analyzes this distinction here and here). I am not here to condone these alleged actions. Still, you know what, if you take the top [...]

By: Gene Claude

Gene Claude — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:58:10 +0000

I think the correct statement is “do you want to be a lawyer so that you fit in better when you end up a drunk like your dad?”

By: lorne michaels

lorne michaels — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:59 +0000

I figured out where Mangino got his motivational skills:

By: TaylorTRoom

TaylorTRoom — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:26 +0000

Did Mangino get on the plane?

By: Hiphopopotamus

Hiphopopotamus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:56 +0000

SL Express – I’m glad to hear that from someone without an inherent bias. Hope you’re right.

By: Scipio Tex

Scipio Tex — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:50 +0000

Hiphop -

Thanks for the clarification. Pure ignorant conjecture on my part.

Gene Claude -

Right. The question should have been: Do you want to be a lawyer AND a drunk like your father?

Dennis -

That’s probably a fantastic job for him, actually.

SpiralOut -

Yes, yes. That’s the only possible interpretation of what transposing a letter could mean.

SL Express -

Good to see you, man. The beauty of paying Mangino that amount is that means this money is already “in the budget” and if you know anything about bureaucracies, that’s a number that’s not going down if it doesn’t have to do so. There’s no question that Sumlin would take that gig, IMO. I wonder if he could lure Jeffcoat there.

Patterson has to make some interesting choices soon. There’s a lot to be said for being the bully toad in a small pond. And he’d be recruiting the same exact players at Kansas as at TCU.

By: SL Xpress

SL Xpress — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:27 +0000

The Kansas football coach is paid $2.3 million, and is the 16th highest paid coach in the country.

They’ve upgraded their facilities tremendously, and there is an emphasis on football from the athletic department. I bet Kevin Sumlin takes that gig in a heartbeat. Frankly, I think there’s going to be a lot of interest in that job. My favorite choice would be Gary Patterson. Sure, he’s a good coach, but that’s not it. He turned down the Kansas State job when given an opportunity to coach there, so I think the dynamics would be amusing if he then turned around and took the Kansas job instead.

By: wisconsinhornybadger

wisconsinhornybadger — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:03 +0000

too bad mangino was too fat to attract a sally brown who would tell him its not nice to berate your players every day

By: SpiralOut

SpiralOut — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:31:10 +0000

Px-90?

I guess that means Scipio is also a bit on the rotund side and just likes to act like he knows the Downward Dog, Ball Kick, and Airborne Heisman.

By: Dennis The Menace

Dennis The Menace — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:05:32 +0000

There are very strong rumblings that Franchione will be back on the sidelines at Texas State next year. Brad Wright is in the final year of his contract and has not been offered an extension. People who knew Fran when he was there say he loved the environment there and the town loved him. He hated the scrutiny at Bama. Look for him to take a low profile job if he comes back.