I think ku and Zenger would be fools not to strongly consider Mack. He wants to coach again, and I think wherever he lands he'll do well. He overstayed his time at Texas, and I suspect coaching at that place after the run he had (.831 winning % between 1996 and 2009, with '96 and '97 being at UNC) was draining, sometimes you just got to walk away and on to something else.
I laugh at K-State people who rag on Mack.
He could give any program a fantastic five or six years. Put good coaches around him, set up a HCIW situation 3 or 4 years in and turn Mack loose on the handshake and hugs circuit and let him work his magic. KU fans won't get apoplectic if Mack isn't signing the top class in the country every year, and he'll only have to kiss a few Texas high school coaches ass instead of all of them, and also be recruiting in areas that require a little less ass kissing.
Lawd knows that Mack alone could recruit circles around that bunch we have. This isn't a Coach Hov-a-Round scenario. IMO Mack's pissed and he wants to prove that he still has it. Handled in the right way Mack could give KU a really nice five or six plus year run and he has proven he can get facilities built. He got UNC, a basketball school to spend the unheard of amount at the time of $50 million on the Kenan Football Center in the mid-90's. When he got to Texas their facilities overall were pretty mediocre and he got them improved significantly.
