Not tearing down the actual success, just pointing out the reality. Frank walked into a pretty fantastic situation as head coach at K-State. The fanbase (that was waiting for a good program to cheer for again) was re-energized by the previous coach, two of the most hotly sought after (if not the most sought after) recruits in the nation were sitting in the dressing room, nearly all if not all of the coaching staff was retained, and one of the highest paid recruiters in the country was out on the trail.
It would have been one of the biggest failures in college athletic history to not do something with that.
Be honest, by the end, momentum off all that was dwindling rapidly. Frank got to plunge the shovel into the ground of a state of the art basketball training facility, and the AD put him on the road towards a total compensation package worth nearly $2 million dollars a year, at a basketball program that at its financial zenith produces about $8.5 million a year.
But Frank's gotta be Frank, and Currie's gotta be Currie, and showing that you can't change your skin, Frank has already had to apologize for being Frank at his new job.
Sorry too cool for schoolers, but you gotta bank more money for the AD and put more trophies of significance in the trophy case before you can become a total prima donna.