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Just two weeks ago, Football Scoop announced that Hanson was set to become the new offensive line coach for Dimel at UTEP. Sources tell us that stint was short lived after Hanson received a phone call with a similar offer from K-State.

Hope he didn't sign any kind of contract.  Still a boss move by someone at KSU.


If hiring a former GA to coach your TE's (who have caught about 10 passes in the last five years) away from UTEP is considered a boss move by a Power 5 school what do you call Texas A&M hiring Elko away from ND for $2 million / year?

To you naysayers: I am not saying that this is a bad hire... and I really like Hanson and wish him the best.

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Who all is out there coaching in the college ranks that has coached under or played under Snyder? I can think of
Jim Leavitt-Oregon
Brent Venables- Clemson
Dana Dimel-UTEP
Mike Stoops-Oklahoma
Ricky Rahne -Penn State
Joe Bob Clements- OK State
Eric Wolford- South Carolina
Mike Cox- UTEP
Mike Ekeler -UNC
Jake Waters- UTEP
Eric Hickson- Akron
Johnathan Beasley- Tarleton State
Zach Hanson-UTEP
Mike Lawrence -Ave Maria University
Eric Gallon- Brevard College
Kody Cook - Hutch CC
Payton Kirk- Highland CC
Bret Bielema
Phill Bennett
Michael Smith
Matt Miller- Former Garden City CC

Sweet list CD!  Here are a few additions:

Jeff Kelly - former D Coordinator (I also didn't know he was out of the game... I would love to see him back at KSU)
Rock Cartwright - Assistant RB coach for Cleveland Browns
Victor Mann - Head Coach Omaha Beef (Indoor football)
Joe Gordon - High school head coach, former KSU, juco, NAIA, etc.
Manny Matsakis - Widener University O Coordinator
Michael Bishop - High school coach
Andre Rowe - former juco coach?

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To inform the staff he has hired chuck "tac it on" long and denied Hayes request to retire.

I got lost in the rumor storm, do we actually know if Chuck Long has been hired?  Likewise, do we actually know of any staff changes / people coming back (other than Dimel leaving)?  It feels like a massive rumor storm with only two nuggets of confirmed truth:  Snyder is back and Dimel is headed to UTEP.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Replacing DJamer and Byron...
« on: January 02, 2018, 09:03:33 PM »
DJamer leaving basically cements my guy jiggity J Durham a spot as a starting CB in next years lineup.  The payoff for my patience is finally here.

AJ Parker took some reps at CB this year as well.  Not sure if Neil, Noil, Bowles, Stewart or McPherson factor into the CB role at all.  Snyder and Co. went out and got juco CB's Patterson (again) and McGee.  So, hopefully they can provide some competition immediately.


I wonder who will compete for Cre Moore's nickelback spot?  Durham also stepped in and played some NB this year.  If Adams and Goolsby are back, maybe Eli Walker moves into that role?

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Dave Toub, special teams coordinator for KC Chiefs (never been a DC or OC) is on the short list for next NFL head coaching hire.

Interesting resume:
- Played as an OL in college
- Drafted but only made practice teams for two years
- 12 years as strength and conditioning coach for UTEP and MU
- 3 years DL coach at MU
- 3 years special teams coach for the Eagles
- 14 years special teams coordinator for Bears and Chiefs

Certainly a non-traditional resume for an NFL head coach, but has some variation to it.  Thanks for posting.

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I’m assuming Pete thinks Bill is still the mastermind behind KSU special teams.

Several episodes ago on the GPC podcast, Watts and Fitz broke down the special teams duties like this:
Coordinator: Sean
Punters, kickers and snappers: Sean
Returners: Coleman
Blocking / coverage: Dimel and Fabris

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TX and another ITK poster are saying that Hayes is leaning toward retiring, and that he had to cancel a vacation to see his grandchildren.

[Assuming that Venables, Beilma and/or Leavitt won't come back to be HCIW and/or DC]

I wonder if Joe Bob would consider a co-DC with Seiler?  It could be that Fabris, Hayes and Mo are all headed out (disclaimer, I don't know just following rumors) so that could leave some openings for new blood on the defense.  I wonder if Joe Bob, Jeff Kelly, Joe Gordon or Tre Walker will get a shot? 

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2017 Other Games Thread
« on: December 28, 2017, 06:53:18 AM »
Omg the entire UT sideline (including Herman) mocking Mizzou’s qb.

I was sad to see Herman joining in the mocking of a 20 year old... college players will be college players and get carried and/or have fun with each other, but to see the coach encouraging that sort of behavior was a little sad in my book.  Also sad that a handful of stud recruits probably saw than and thought "that's the type of person I want to play for"


Also, I agree with above posts that the punter for Texas was absolutely awesome...  always fun to see a special teams guy impact the game with limited snaps.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Football Recruiting Thread
« on: December 11, 2017, 08:50:09 PM »
Given the large number of defections, I imagine we can put another 10 or so guys in this class.


I forget now, who all is rumored to be leaving and what gaps will need to be filled?

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Kansas State Football / Re: Football Recruiting Thread
« on: December 11, 2017, 06:45:32 AM »
Nice!  So far the recruiting class is going ok, I hope that we can finish it well.  I suppose that a lot depends on what recruits coaching replacements (for Dimel, Hayes, Fabris and Mo) can bring in as well. 


I hope we can add a 2 juco DTs and 2 juco LBs to supplement depth and create more competition.

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I think it is important for K-Staters to realize this is a difficult decision, with no clear, easy answers.  What tends to happen is that people think their perspective is 100% right (Sean sucks, I trust Bill, etc), without appreciating there are two sides to every coin.  And then people dig in their hills and start posting nasty stuff directly to Sean’s twitter account.  That doesn’t help at all.


This is very true and well said... I do hope that we can critically think about the issue, and I hope that those who have to make the decision are willing to think for themselves, ask the difficult questions and legitimately search the field of qualified candidates.  What worries me are folks who view LHC Bill Snyder as incapable of making a bad or 'blind spot' decision; therefore, since Bill says Sean is the best then no one needs to apply any thought into the equation.  I do agree that the nasty things posted to Sean's account are on the other extreme of too critical and down right mean.

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I don't know, since the Pirate didn't have a lick of college football experience before he started coaching.  His degree is in Law as in Lawyer.  Most feel like he's a great HC at the P5 level.

Mike Leach was an offensive coordinator for 11 years under 4 difference head coaches (including SEC and B12 stops) setting multiple NCAA records, a head football coach in Finland and 2 years assistant offense and defense coach... all of that earned him the right to take over the TTech program which was decent under Spike Dykes in the B12 (19-13 in conference)

You could still apply your list to Leach.  So what does that prove.

That Leach (who I too like) proved he was a great offensive coordinator under multiple head coaches before he was given a shot at an average school.  It may not be a whole lot more than Sean, but at some point most folks have to admit that handing over the team to Sean is at least a little uncomfortable due to a flimsy resume and obvious inside track.

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I don't know, since the Pirate didn't have a lick of college football experience before he started coaching.  His degree is in Law as in Lawyer.  Most feel like he's a great HC at the P5 level.

Mike Leach was an offensive coordinator for 11 years under 4 difference head coaches (including SEC and B12 stops) setting multiple NCAA records, a head football coach in Finland and 2 years assistant offense and defense coach... all of that earned him the right to take over the TTech program which was decent under Spike Dykes in the B12 (19-13 in conference)

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Sorry, crappy first post I know.  I was a long-time Scout user and before that a Rivals user... The new Scout-247-GoPowerCat message board just isn't working.  I am a K-State graduate, multiple generation K-Stater, economist by day and K-State follower by night.

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I feel like KSU is stuck in basketball purgatory... look ok, drop a game to a team like Tulsa, look decent, drop a bad conference game then beat an awesome B12 team, squeak into the NCAA tournament, get knocked out early and then tell ourselves that it's been a good year.

If everyone stays and develops 2018 could be pretty good, then we'll be back to missing the NCAA tournament and hearing 'Well, we've got a young team this year.'

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He's just been told that his decades-long internship isn't going to result in getting the job.  Perfectly normal to be a little erratic under the circumstances.

To be clear this "internship" to be a P5 head football coach amounts to:
0 years of playing high school football
0 years playing offense or defense at the high school, college or professional level
0 years of coaching offense or defense at the high school, college or professional level
0 years of head coaching experience at the high school, college or professional level
3 years as a collegiate punter under his father, a total of 142 snaps
7 years of coaching special teams under his father at a school that has multiple highly successful special teams coordinators (even under Ron Prince)
17 years as an administrator under his father and Ron Prince

What about this resume says 'Yes, Sean should be a Power 5 head coach in charge of multiple highly paid coaches, support staff, 85 scholarship athletes, walk-ons and a multi-million dollar revenue stream?'  BY the way, he'll be paid millions for this job.  From my viewpoint, this similar to a lifelong Human Resources and Internal Audit specialist being promoted to a CEO of a publicly traded Fortune 500 company.  It only makes sense because Bill says so. To some, that's enough to most it doesn't pass the mustard of accountability.


To the poster above who claims that Sean will go to a small school, dominate and then turn around KU, why hasn't he already done that?  Wouldn't that be the most logical path to earn the KSU job?

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