"Huggins was first and foremost hired because he was the coach that would likely have the earliest and greatest impact on ku. . . that was reason #1.
Look, I know that 4 years later it's easy for you K-Staters to concoct some kind of kat'pak feel good story saying that Huggins was hired because of his long and extensive history at Cincinnati, and that he was brought in to make K-State a major player in the Big 12 blah, blah, blah. When in reality he was pretty much brought in to . . . beat ku.
But you K-Staters like your story, and it makes you feel good.
So again, when does K-State thank ku for forcing K-State to care about basketball?? Because the other part of your kat'pak feel good story tells you that K-State officials finally came to their senses and looked at all the money they were losing out on . . . but that's just the background story. The main story was that certain kat'pak power brokers were tired of K-State getting its ass beat by ku all the time."
