I don't think they had to bribe bill to come back. I think he asked.
Quid pro quo is not a bribe.
He would have taken the job whether they said Sean was the next HC or not. He would have done it for less green too
Agreed. But, I also bet they (Krause, Weefs) told him "sure" when he said he'd like Sean to take over someday. I mean, that's EXACTLY like all three of those guys to say crap like that an just spit on their hands and shake on it.
Friend, I firmly believe that EMAW Stud (except for one dumb mistake) Bob Krause (RIP Bob) had Gary Patterson hired, and was completely blind sided by the Weef and Snyder.
Its an absolute fact that Krause was talking to a third party representative (a former NFL and KSU assistant and friend) of Gary Patterson about the K-State job before it was blown up by the "Its Patterson" fiasco which pissed off patterson and caused him to withdraw as they were undefeated at the time. It wasn't 100% he would take the job but he was very interested, it was just early november. Fortunately they had been talking to Snyder as well and he came back and saved us.
In regards to present day, what i've heard, and i think its been mentioned on here, is that Snyder doesn't trust currie to pick the coach. I think hes worried about what happened with the Ron Prince hire and wants to make sure one of his guys gets hired, or he has significant input on who gets hired. I was told (and this is second hand) that Schulz and Currie told snyder Sean wasn't ever going to be a candidate a couple years ago. That's why he doesn't mention it in public as much as used too.
