K-State fb was ranked in the top 10 just over 14 months ago. They have been to six straight bowl games. I would disagree that they are irrelevant or a bottom feeder. They struggled last year by Snyder standards. Might struggle again this year, who knows. Not sure why this is Currie's fault.
K-State mbb has struggled last two years. No argument. BW is Currie's hire.
I would question your data proving fans are increasingly disgruntled. The strong majority of feedback to the three things you mentioned has been positive. The intent behind all three would be pretty hard to argue with. Execution, esp in sportsmanship, could be better. But not sure why trying to get people to not chant eff is a fireable offense.
Sorry to circle back to this, but I wonder if this speaks to a disconnect in the ADs office and what the fans are actually thinking.
Sportsmanship initiatives are roundly hated by fans right now with the exception of "kids shouldn't chant the F-word." But the vast majority are pissed that we kowtowed to no one, almost looking like we ran around with 5k trying to find someone to fine us, in particular about the Enterprise, nothing has been received well about that. To make that worse the admin then said it was because of displaying another school's mascot? People are pissed that we've taken such a hard stance on court storming, especially the multiple threats to students with legal consequences, and the poor PR stunts (video). I mean random tool bags on GoPo started wild rumors about wanting to storm if they beat KU to stick it to the Admin because of how far things went. The best neutral you have is bag reaction which many are not happy with, especially people like North Endzoners who feel betrayed about the space claims who got so much less room.
The pulse the athletics department is wildly different than what is happening in local media, msg boards, social media outlets, and official social media outlet comments. We all know you've been a great source of info and have often brought opinions others didn't want to hear. I think people often miss that you are telling people the department's thought process and mistake that for your own opinion and unfairly attack you. So I'm curious if you can shed some insight as to how the department is getting its feel of the community. Do they believe they are getting support because of this coverage I'm not seeing? Do they get crap loads of phone calls in support? Are they only concerned with what big donors are telling them and they are happy?