LHC Bill Snyder Retirement Thread 2018

[Pete]

I’m waiting to hear what Riley Gates has to say.

[Brock Landers]

What are Kennnn's thought's on Snyder as coach?  That's the true measuring stick.

[meow meow]

if bring on the cats (<<< wtf is this) and fitz said it, then that's good enough for me

[Trim]

All he has to do is beat TCU, which suddenly is doable due to what's going on down there, or hang on until he can run off 3 in a row starting with the hated squawks, and he's good and possibly in line for a raise.

[SkinnyBenny]

Yes. Tucks have infuriatingly short memories. It's why, even though every one of Snyder's teams in Snyder 2.0 start off the season incredibly slow/bad-looking, he puts together a string at the end to narrowly squeak us into a bowl game, and suddenly all is forgotten and forgiven in Tuck World. It's just too bad the Big XII doesn't backload our schedule with the heavyweights.

[manpow5]

The Tucks just wanna make sure they get to take their vacation to the bowl game

[420seriouscat69]

Pretty sure most stooped going after the Fiesta Bowl. Waste of time and $ for such an empty feeling.

[michigancat]

All he has to do is beat TCU, which suddenly is doable due to what's going on down there, or hang on until he can run off 3 in a row starting with the hated squawks, and he's good and possibly in line for a raise.

True

[michigancat]

I’ll never forget how excited I was back during our DoD logging in early in the morning to see how far up the polls we might go after whatever big win we had.  It’s sad when I realize that crap was nearly 20 years ago. 

It’s been a long steady decline since and I am happy and sad to see him go.

Yeah, I remember how excited I was for game days knowing that we would see an innovative, aggressive, passionate team full of explosive athletes go out and attack the other team regardless of ranking.  Now, I am mainly lulled into hoping that we can play an error free, well executed game with a handful of breaks to keep us in the game against good teams.

As you noted, it has been a slow drain.

What you described doesn't show a steady decline but the difference between Snyder 1.0 and the entirety of Snyder 2.0. Since 2009 we've always balanced on a knives edge, this second iteration wasn't done with superior talent but was with scheming. He's lost the fastball and doesn't have the talent to bail him out.

Exception being 2011-12. That team had real talent at multiple positions. But he kinda lucked into all that talent and probably waited too long to start playing Klein.

I'm not reviewing old rosters, but I feel like almost every year we've had a few stud players that at least pushed for conference elite status. This year, it's like where the eff is that guy or guys? I dont' see it. I'm disregarding a member or two of the Oline here, maybe they fit that category. But offensively, we've got a few decent, but not bad ass offensive players. Same with defense, except even less..maybe 1 or 2?

The talent out there looks as bad as I can remember.

Risner, Barnes, and Duke seem pretty good. But yeah that's about it

[meow meow]

we have an nfl caliber qb

[DQ12]

I certainly won't be "sad" when he's gone, but I agree with MIR.  These last 5 years have been extremely frustrating, mostly due to the uncomfortable (and unfair) position Snyder has put the program/fanbase in with the constant "will he/won't he."  But K-State football (and Bill) has brought me tons of great memories for my entire life.  the last 5 years don't erase the gratitude/nostalgia i have for that.

[pissclams]

we have an nfl caliber qb

sure, when you consider his arm

[Pete]

Message boarding would be so awesome if Sean becomes the coach.  Could you imagine?!?

[Trim]

Any emotion of mine related to Snyder retiring will be allocated towards the hiring of the new guy (or gal!).

[Trim]

All he has to do is beat TCU, which suddenly is doable due to what's going on down there, or hang on until he can run off 3 in a row starting with the hated squawks, and he's good and possibly in line for a raise.

True

Potentially 7-5, 5-4 and 4th place in the conference with a bowl game on deck?

This Snyder-led team will have the momentum to make a run in 2019!

[wetwillie]

All he has to do is beat TCU, which suddenly is doable due to what's going on down there, or hang on until he can run off 3 in a row starting with the hated squawks, and he's good and possibly in line for a raise.

True

Potentially 7-5, 5-4 and 4th place in the conference with a bowl game on deck?

This Snyder-led team will have the momentum to make a run in 2019!

TCU and KU are the only winnable games left on the schedule.

[michigancat]

All he has to do is beat TCU, which suddenly is doable due to what's going on down there, or hang on until he can run off 3 in a row starting with the hated squawks, and he's good and possibly in line for a raise.

True

Potentially 7-5, 5-4 and 4th place in the conference with a bowl game on deck?

This Snyder-led team will have the momentum to make a run in 2019!

TCU and KU are the only winnable games left on the schedule.

ISU and tech are also winnable

[Trim]

TCU and KU are the only winnable games left on the schedule.

We also play isu that hasn't beaten us in any of our lifetimes and tech who we inevitably score like 40-50 points a game against.

Our suck is always irrelevant. 

[Trim]

Camping World Bowl?

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=211718886

[wetwillie]

Damn TTU is at home, this could actually happen.

[Trim]

[KST8FAN]

Big donors are one of the main reasons why Bill is feeling pressure right now and why Gene is more on top of this than Currie ever was. Also, Gene feels like we need a new up to date indoor practice facility before he'll ever be able to haul in the type of coach that we'd all really want.

Low indoor practice facility IQ here, but what exactly is wrong with the one we have?


Tom

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[MakeItRain]

Big donors are one of the main reasons why Bill is feeling pressure right now and why Gene is more on top of this than Currie ever was. Also, Gene feels like we need a new up to date indoor practice facility before he'll ever be able to haul in the type of coach that we'd all really want.

Low indoor practice facility IQ here, but what exactly is wrong with the one we have?


Tom

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It's smaller than more modern ones, we have one of the oldest indoor practice facilities in college football and I believe the first in the Big 12, and they want one closer to the field and facility.

[PurpleOil]

i'm going to wait until it's official but this crap is going to get emotional

"emotional" as in you're mad because we suck?   don't feel too bad for the multi-millionaire who has a stadium and road named after him and who has used his status as leverage against the university.

Well that's, a take.

I'm assuming emotional because, this is absolutely the end of an era, an era that has a lot of very happy memories for all who were there for it. As much as some want to take a giant crap on the last 29 years, none of this exists without LHC Bill Snyder. That may not mean anything to some but to most it's certainly worth at least looking back with even a little bit of reverence.

come on.  the era you're referring to ended a long time ago as you pointed out in your response to kearneyman.  no one is taking a crap on what snyder has done. and nothing about bill leaving, and getting the eff out of the way of this program, is going to erase the memories we all have.

you want to feel emotion when he retires? be happy that his God complex can no longer hurt our program and he can no longer use his status as leverage against us.

contrary to popular belief, he does not own the k-state football program and it's not his to kill.

I like all of this.

[420seriouscat69]

Hmmm... Litrell, huh? Ok.