People give Currie way too much credit for fundraising and building stuff. I mean our revenues have increased dramatically through tv deals and such, and coaches salaries at K-State have remained relatively the same. I mean freaking Iowa State was able to build onto their stadium. Has he done a good job with money, sure. But your main job is winning at basketball and football, something he has failed at 50% rate.
I know! Clearly no influence from Currie. Look how KU has parlayed all that extra cash into new fac...oh wait.
I agree. Currie is total trash. Get him out of here!
Never said he was trash, just saying we give him too much credit for building stuff. Most competent schools around the country are building stuff. Comparing ourselves to a school that currently has 30 game road losing streak and is still paying a coach 2.5 mil a year to not coach there seems below us.
The point is KU is making the same $ from those contracts (maybe more with T3 rights for basketball but
). They're paying a former coach, but their current coach makes squat for a D1 HC. If the TV contracts and Big 12 revenue were the main drivers, then KU wouldn't be so woefully behind us right now.
Plus, we're not just talking about shiny new things. K-State has built this stuff while staying near the top of the lists for profitable athletic departments. Not many schools in the country can say the same.
