Bill Young Headed to Miami

by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Jan 17, 2008 5:28 PM CST Comment 2 comments

KUsports.com is reporting that Defensive Coordinator Bill Young has accepted a job at the University of Miami as the same position. While KUSports has been burned before on "scoops" like this, I would imagine that they were especially careful with this one, given their recent issues.

You can read the story here:

http://www2.kusports.com/news/2008/jan/17/young_accepts_miami_assistant_coaching_job/

The gist of it seems to be that Mr. Young enjoys the reclamation aspects of the position, and is ready for a new challenge after completing a Top 10 season with the Jayhawks.

Of course, the extra money can't hurt either. Not to mention the opportunity to work with premier athletes. Even with their recent down turn, "The U" is still an NFL factory, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

I expect the 'Canes to be a dominant defensive football team in the coming years once again, and wish Coach Young the best of luck in doing so.

As for us, we once again put our faith behind Mangino to go out and find another brilliant football mind. It'll be interesting to see if he promotes from within the program, or looks for outside help. Here's hoping whomever we do hire can help in continuing to upgrade the quality of players we recruit into the program.

Rock Chalk

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When the basketball team loses assistants, I feel a sense of pride that others want to emulate our success. I get a different feeling here, especially based on the reputation of the programs that these assistants are heading to. Shouldn't we be able to do a better job of keeping coaches than the Mid-Majors?

Question for Debate:

Can football success be sustained at Kansas, or will poaching of coaching talent by bigger "name" programs, along with the ongoing difficulties of bringing in big-time recruits, continue to ensure we have nothing more than a series of "one-year wonders"?

by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Jan 17, 2008 5:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

more to come a little bit later tonight on this...

for one thing, i would be really scared to play miami's defenses under bill young. he dealt with a lot less talent here at kansas and put together some really good units, imagine what he can do with the arthur browns of the world.

sure, miami isnt very good right now, but they have the potential to be a MNC contender year in and year out.

that cant necessarily be said here at kansas. we will more likely contend for the big 12 north every year, maybe have a year like this every 5 years or so.

by rockchalk on Jan 17, 2008 9:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs