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Long time lurker, first time poster here. Rather unbelievably, even what you wrote doesn't do how awful KU has been justice. Kansas hasn't won more than 1 conference game in a season since 2008.

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We’re back bitches!!!

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A lifetime of being a KU FB fan has taught me to have low expectations, but hope for the best. I think Leipold has turned KU into a legitimate team far faster than expected. It is not just being 3-0,

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Kansas Jayhawks' Les Miles gets vote of confidence from AD Jeff Long despite winless season

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas coach Les Miles got an unwavering vote of confidence from athletic director Jeff Long on Thursday, despite the long-suffering Jayhawks finishing just the second winless season since the 1950s and showing little sign of improvement.

"We knew building this football program that this was a building process. I don't need to tell you that," Long said during a wide-ranging interview with local reporters. "You all follow us very closely and know what we've been like the last eight to 10 years, and yes, we were not pleased with the success on the field and at times did not see the kind of progress we'd have hoped, but again, there were so many things impacting not only Kansas but every college football team."

The Jayhawks lost their only nonconference game to Coastal Carolina before losing all eight of their Big 12 games, often by lopsided margins. Their season was cut short by a game when their finale against Texas was canceled because of positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the Longhorns program.

To be sure, Miles has hardly had a fair shot at turning around a program that hasn't had a winning season since 2008.

For one thing, he inherited a scholarship fiasco and ultimately wound up with a roster short of players. Miles also took over a program that lagged far behind the rest of the Big 12 in facilities and resources, an issue Long has worked to rectify over the past year.

When the pandemic hit, Miles lost not only the opportunity to have his first full recruiting cycle since arriving at Kansas but also most of spring football and the typical offseason program. Nonconference games the Jayhawks might've been expected to win were cast aside as the Big 12 went with a largely league-only approach.

"We did anticipate this would be a challenging year," Long acknowledged. "We have to improve. We need to win."

Miles went 3-9 and won a single Big 12 game his first season in Lawrence, which leaves him with a winning percentage better than only five other coaches in school history. Three of those -- David Beaty, Charlie Weis and Turner Gill -- were the three coaches that preceded him, evidence of just how low the program had sunk since the Mark Mangino years.

Miles will be heading into the third year of a five-year deal that pays him $2,775,000 annually.

"I know we're committed to maintaining the level of support for football. That's where we have the biggest opportunity to make an impact financially and on the branding of our university," Long said. "It's a tough time after a winless season, but we have to call on our donors again to support us. It's going to take continued investment, increased investment."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30539146/kansas-jayhawks-les-miles-gets-vote-confidence-ad-jeff-long

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Sources: Kansas planning to hire Group of 5 offensive line coach

By Zach Barnett -   December 21, 2020

Lee Grimes is expected to be the new offensive line coach at Kansas, sources tell FootballScoop.  The hiring is expected to be complete following the first of the year.

Grimes is currently the offensive line coach at Charlotte, a job he has held since February. He spent the 2018 and ’19 seasons as an offensive analyst on Jimbo Fisher’s staff at Texas A&M, his alma mater.  Grimes has also worked as a GA at Minnesota, as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator at East Texas Baptist, as the assistant offensive line coach at Arkansas-Monticello and at Lubbock’s Estacado High School.  He was a member of Texas A&M’s All-2000s team as a player.

Grimes will step in to an open position on Les Miles’s staff. Miles let Luke Meadows go in November, and John Morookian stepped in as offensive line coach for the club’s final two games.

https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-kansas-hires-offensive-line-coach/

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1 hour ago, Fastbreak said:

Tell me again why they fired Mangino?

Mangino was a literal ball of rage and he was a terrible person to everyone. Told one kid he'd "send you back to Oakland where you can drink from a brown paper bag for the rest of your life" and another he could "go back to St. Louis and get shot with your homies."

 

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8 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

Tell me again why they fired Mangino?

Mangino is a fucking scum bag.  When he was our OC (member that?), it came out that his entire goal was to help submarine the program in hopes that he would be hired after Rhoads was canned.

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Interesting option that I think is very possible. A lot of the other candidates mentioned just don't see likely to leave for Kansas in its current state when better opportunities (few aren't) await within a year.  Dickey is one of the few former HCs who has Kansas area ties is a good recruiter AND has something to get away from ... namely Jimbo who is known to rub a lot of subordinates the wrong way.

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On 3/9/2021 at 8:54 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

Mangino is a fucking scum bag.  When he was our OC (member that?), it came out that his entire goal was to help submarine the program in hopes that he would be hired after Rhoads was canned.

Ah, so that's where Kevin Steele learned it! 

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https://www.rockchalktalk.com/2021/3/10/22322409/kansas-jayhawks-football-the-complete-list-of-head-coach-candidates

The Complete(?) list of KU Football Candidates

Who will lead the Jayhawks in 2021? Let’s see who’s out there.

😋  2021 Coaching Candidates  😋

Name Current Position
Gary Andersen n/a Unemployed
Major Applewhite South Alabama OC
Tim Beck NC State OC
Brian Bohannon Kennesaw St HC
Craig Bohl Wyoming HC
Brent Brennan San Jose St HC
Troy Calhoun Air Force HC
Jason Candle Toledo HC
Jamey Chadwell Coastal Carolina HC
Bill Clark UAB HC
Chris Creighton Eastern Michigan HC
Brent Dearmon MTSU OC
Mike DeBord KU OC
Dave Doeren NC State HC
Joshua Eargle KU TE
DJ Eliot KU DC
Mike Elko Texas A&M DC
Dan Enos Maryland OC
Hugh Freeze Liberty HC
Willie Fritz Tulane HC
Joseph Gillespie Tulsa DC
Jim Harbaugh Michigan HC
Tom Herman Chicago Bears Analyst
Doc Holliday n/a Unemployed
Tony Hull Hawaii OC
Emmett Jones KU WR
Kevin Kane Illinois AHC/LB
Kevin Kelley High School (AR) HC
Pete Kwiatkowski Texas DC
Dan Lanning Georgia DC
Rhett Lashlee Miami OC
Jeff Lebby Ole Miss OC
Lance Leipold Buffalo HC
Sean Lewis Kent St HC
Phil Longo North Carolina OC
Gus Malzahn UCF HC
Jim McElwain Central Michigan HC
Jeff Monken Army HC
Will Muschamp Georgia Analyst
Billy Napier Louisiana HC
Mike Neu Ball St HC
Ken Niumatalolo Navy HC
Jay Norvell Nevada HC
Kalani Sitake BYU HC
Kevin Sumlin n/a Unemployed
Jeff Tedford Retired Unemployed
Ed Warriner Florida Atlantic OL

 

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Kansas fired football coach Les Miles after a 2013 investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior by Miles during his time at LSU surfaced to the public. Now the man who hired Miles to lead the Jayhawks, athletic director Jeff Long, is out as well. Long confirmed to CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd that he was relieved of his duties on Tuesday night.

"I'm pretty upset, but I know how the world works. I'm just sick because I tried to do everything the right way with high ethics and morals and doing the right thing for young people. That's the only thing that disappoints me," Long said.

The tide on Long retaining his job seemed to turn Tuesday afternoon when it seemed he would remain in control and be allowed to make the next hire. However, when asked during a Zoom call about his history of football hires (Miles, Bobby Petrino, Bret Bielema) he became defensive. 

When Long asked how those hires had been deficient, a media member replied, "on the field." Kansas alums and fans reacted negatively on local radio and social media after the Zoom conference. 

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On 3/9/2021 at 9:54 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

Mangino is a fucking scum bag.  When he was our OC (member that?), it came out that his entire goal was to help submarine the program in hopes that he would be hired after Rhoads was canned.

You guys simply misunderstood him.  His goal was to eat an actual submarine.  It can be confusing...

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