Re: Kansas Football 2022 Season
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:29 pm
This is the toughest one so far. Also Majik Rector is transferring
That's a good bit of perspective. I think the timing of last year's change really forced a lot of people into staying just because it was so late in the game for them to find new landing spots. And now it's not just KU. The next 10 days or so are going to be crazy everywhere because players have to get their name in the portal by May 1 in order to be eligible to play this fall.NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:52 am Also, every person leaving is a Miles recruit. This isn’t Miles’ team anymore. To be expected. We got a bit lucky last year that not many left in the transition.
What trend? Getting a freshman who was a bowl game MVP and led his Big 10 Minnesota team in rushing last year or a decent backup running back at Big 10 Nebraska? What about a player who was likely going to start at Ohio State in some role this next year or a starting corner at Michigan State.
No clue who Frank R. is but he spot on about our coaches. No worries about transfers.InfiniteJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:43 pm From Seth Mandel's Mailbag (via The Athletic):
We saw Kansas basketball win a national championship a couple of weeks ago. Is Kansas football ever going to be good? Is there hope on the horizon?
Frank R.
There is. In fact, as of this exact moment I’m the most optimistic I’ve been about Kansas football in a decade. Why? They hired a legitimately good coach.
Think about the previous coaches Kansas hired post-Mark Mangino. First, it was Turner Gill, who had one winning season in four years at Buffalo. Mind you, I thought he’d do well. Buffalo had been absolutely terrible prior to his arrival, and he led the Bulls to a surprise MAC championship. But in hindsight, it was a fairly limited resume.
From there: Charlie Weis (disaster from a mile away), David Beaty (cheap and underqualified) and Les Miles (by then a football dinosaur). Just complete administrative incompetence spanning three different athletic directors.
But lo and behold, despite the job not coming open until the spring, and despite Kansas first having to hire a new AD, Travis Goff, before he could then go hire a new football coach, Goff landed Lance Leipold, a guy I’d ranked among my top 25 coaches barely a month before. Leipold is more than proven, having won six national championships at Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater and taken Buffalo to a 10-win season and three consecutive bowls. His first Kansas team finished 2-10, but the Jayhawks got better down the stretch, memorably beating Texas and taking TCU and West Virginia to the wire. And that was all before signing a single recruit.
Leipold has still got a massive rebuilding challenge on his hands, but history tells us a good coach can be successful just about anywhere. You heard it here first: Leipold will get Kansas to a bowl game within the next two seasons.
I keep looking at the calendar and hoping a few more come in. Hate losing depth and W/RsNewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:48 pmWhat trend? Getting a freshman who was a bowl game MVP and led his Big 10 Minnesota team in rushing last year or a decent backup running back at Big 10 Nebraska? What about a player who was likely going to start at Ohio State in some role this next year or a starting corner at Michigan State.
We’ve gained more starters then lost starters as a whole. By far.
Is Aligo by chance the son of Gerard Aligo at Baker?hartjack8 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:33 pmNo clue who Frank R. is but he spot on about our coaches. No worries about transfers.InfiniteJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:43 pm From Seth Mandel's Mailbag (via The Athletic):
We saw Kansas basketball win a national championship a couple of weeks ago. Is Kansas football ever going to be good? Is there hope on the horizon?
Frank R.
There is. In fact, as of this exact moment I’m the most optimistic I’ve been about Kansas football in a decade. Why? They hired a legitimately good coach.
Think about the previous coaches Kansas hired post-Mark Mangino. First, it was Turner Gill, who had one winning season in four years at Buffalo. Mind you, I thought he’d do well. Buffalo had been absolutely terrible prior to his arrival, and he led the Bulls to a surprise MAC championship. But in hindsight, it was a fairly limited resume.
From there: Charlie Weis (disaster from a mile away), David Beaty (cheap and underqualified) and Les Miles (by then a football dinosaur). Just complete administrative incompetence spanning three different athletic directors.
But lo and behold, despite the job not coming open until the spring, and despite Kansas first having to hire a new AD, Travis Goff, before he could then go hire a new football coach, Goff landed Lance Leipold, a guy I’d ranked among my top 25 coaches barely a month before. Leipold is more than proven, having won six national championships at Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater and taken Buffalo to a 10-win season and three consecutive bowls. His first Kansas team finished 2-10, but the Jayhawks got better down the stretch, memorably beating Texas and taking TCU and West Virginia to the wire. And that was all before signing a single recruit.
Leipold has still got a massive rebuilding challenge on his hands, but history tells us a good coach can be successful just about anywhere. You heard it here first: Leipold will get Kansas to a bowl game within the next two seasons.
Scott ALIGO is the Director of Scouting for KU. We didn't get ALIGO from Buffalo he came from MSU. Tucker and ALIGO blew up the roster and had 30 players hit the transfer portal and replaced them with 15 new players from the portal. We going to get a lot more out of the portal than we will lose.
Yes.Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:54 pmIs Aligo by chance the son of Gerard Aligo at Baker?hartjack8 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:33 pmNo clue who Frank R. is but he spot on about our coaches. No worries about transfers.InfiniteJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:43 pm From Seth Mandel's Mailbag (via The Athletic):
We saw Kansas basketball win a national championship a couple of weeks ago. Is Kansas football ever going to be good? Is there hope on the horizon?
Frank R.
There is. In fact, as of this exact moment I’m the most optimistic I’ve been about Kansas football in a decade. Why? They hired a legitimately good coach.
Think about the previous coaches Kansas hired post-Mark Mangino. First, it was Turner Gill, who had one winning season in four years at Buffalo. Mind you, I thought he’d do well. Buffalo had been absolutely terrible prior to his arrival, and he led the Bulls to a surprise MAC championship. But in hindsight, it was a fairly limited resume.
From there: Charlie Weis (disaster from a mile away), David Beaty (cheap and underqualified) and Les Miles (by then a football dinosaur). Just complete administrative incompetence spanning three different athletic directors.
But lo and behold, despite the job not coming open until the spring, and despite Kansas first having to hire a new AD, Travis Goff, before he could then go hire a new football coach, Goff landed Lance Leipold, a guy I’d ranked among my top 25 coaches barely a month before. Leipold is more than proven, having won six national championships at Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater and taken Buffalo to a 10-win season and three consecutive bowls. His first Kansas team finished 2-10, but the Jayhawks got better down the stretch, memorably beating Texas and taking TCU and West Virginia to the wire. And that was all before signing a single recruit.
Leipold has still got a massive rebuilding challenge on his hands, but history tells us a good coach can be successful just about anywhere. You heard it here first: Leipold will get Kansas to a bowl game within the next two seasons.
Scott ALIGO is the Director of Scouting for KU. We didn't get ALIGO from Buffalo he came from MSU. Tucker and ALIGO blew up the roster and had 30 players hit the transfer portal and replaced them with 15 new players from the portal. We going to get a lot more out of the portal than we will lose.
Cool. Gerard is a good man.NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:04 pmYes.Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:54 pmIs Aligo by chance the son of Gerard Aligo at Baker?hartjack8 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:33 pm
No clue who Frank R. is but he spot on about our coaches. No worries about transfers.
Scott ALIGO is the Director of Scouting for KU. We didn't get ALIGO from Buffalo he came from MSU. Tucker and ALIGO blew up the roster and had 30 players hit the transfer portal and replaced them with 15 new players from the portal. We going to get a lot more out of the portal than we will lose.