There will always be hungry up and comers willing to take a shot at a P5 job like KU. Someone like Bull Snyder could also be lurking out there that sees an opportunity to have the run of the entire place if they even have modest success.
Basketball will always be their priority. It will be Last Chance U for football coaches.
Yep, and this will always be their problem. Rather than realize that basketball is not the driving force behind TV deals and conference realignment, they have continued to double down on their commitments to the program, all the way to an FBI and NCAA investigation of shoe companies paying players to come to Lawrence.
If Bo Pelini showed up and got them to a bowl game in 3 or 4 years, they would still bow to the statue of Bill Self.
It won't matter who they hire. The roster, the facilities, the history, and the b-ball loving culture will dictate failure for that football program for the foreseeable future.
They should hire a black coach, although I really don't want them to. Black coaches traditionally get really shitty jobs.
They tried that already. It didn't work out.