to have this resolved…hit the ground running this week, get the staff in place, meet the current players and hit the recruiting trail. Happy Holidays Coach.

I think Gill provides Kansas with a completely fresh start from the Mangino era and you can be sure it was needed in a big way by the players. If Gill is able to motivate as well as you say, Kansas will be in good hands. Thanks for the kind words.

After all, they passed on Turner Gill not once, but twice.

They’re definitely not shaking in their boots today in Lincoln.

Personally with Gill being pretty young as a head man and his only experience being Buffalo, I’d like to see him surround himself with some experienced guys as assistants. As the saying goes…surround yourself with great people and you will be successful.

we need this right now. It wasn’t exactly a great year from a PR standpoint for Kansas football. Fights with the bball team, players coming out of the woodwork to bash the coach. It really made it look like things weren’t really on the up and up. I was very hopeful that whoever came in would be able to remain below the radar in that respect.

KUsports.com board is absolutely rediculous.

I love how people like to think they know what the hell they are talking about when NO ONE out there knows how things will end up.

Obviously the fact that he’s an African-American doesn’t guarantee anything (see Ron Prince), but you’re right that if it is a factor for some kids, it couldn’t hurt having the only minority coach in the Big 12.

You say…“there are a lot of question marks but I think there would’ve been no matter who we hired.”

That is 100% true, As our Missouri friend BestoftheWest discussed in comparing recruiting to a coaching search, you try and get the best you can but in the end nothing is a guarantee.

I’m not certain it’d be that high even. The good news is, we know that if he succeeds Lew will back up the Brinks truck to pay.

My guesses were Holtz, then Gill. Not sure any of the others were very serious options for us. The only one I’m surprised we didn’t hear from was Holtz.

I assume you were replying to my query above…

I can’t imagine it’ll be less than $1M.

but now im extremely excited for football next year… what do you think is goin through kale pick’s head? turner gil mentoring him… cant wait!!

But it’s much closer to a 40 47, then it is a 55 47…

Mangino was 1-7 in the Big XII. Just sayin’…

there are those that let players do as they please and are complete baffoons…see Terry Allen.

and there are those that are disciplined, but show respect and earn respect from their players accordingly.

I’m hoping Gill is the second kind. From what Buffalo and Husker fans have added it seems that is likely the case. I don’t think he’s an undisciplined, players running the show type. He just finds a way to motivate players, gain respect and they play hard for him because of it. Just my perception.

Was there one single pro on Buffalo’s team? I don’t know but I highly doubt it.

There are so many people comparing their records, I just don’t get it, The Mac does not get the level of players the Big 12 does so how is this even comparable?

This is such a terrible comparison, IMO. First of all, college and pros are COMPLETELY different animals. Pete Carroll was known as a “players coach” and didn’t do great in the NFL (although he did make the playoffs three straight years), but when he went to college he was able to build a national powerhouse.

Second of all, have Haley and Pioli really done any better than Herm did? I don’t care if the Chiefs had Bill Belichek the last couple years, there simply isn’t enough talent on that team to have a winning record. At least Herm was able to determine that and start a youth movement that has produced some nice pieces. Yes, tearing down the Chiefs was, and continues to be, a very painful process. But the only way they’ll be able to build anything great was by starting from the ground up.

Gill was known as “one of the best recruiters in the country” while he was an assistant at Nebraska. Let’s hope that shows up for us!

Carl Torbush/per Whitlock for whatever that’s worth…looks like we may not end up retaining anyone.

Whitlock also says we will see two other experienced staff members added with head coaching experience. Claims Lew hired Gill because he showed an ability to gain commitments from some very impressive assistant coaches and coordinators to be members of his staff.

isn’t it?

these other guys WERE in the picture, so why settle for a mid-major coach with a losing record and ONE winning season?

Touchdown Tommy Frazier!!

Oregon gets in a lot of doors in terms of recruiting, you’d think Scott would have some connections as a result of his time there.

I’m not saying that’s why Gill was hired, but all these people that expected us to pay huge salaries……we just renovated our stadium, built football facilities, renovated Allen, committed to building the Olympic complex……the bank accounts a little thin these days.

looks to be a great one as well. That guy put some great players into the NFL off of his defenses. Julius Peppers, Greg Ellis and Dre Bly all played or were recruited by Torbush.

I’m sure we’ll start hearing things about committed recruits this week. Dave Clark the 4* JUCO corner has been reported as reaffirming since the Gill hire according to the Slant. That’s good news.