Seriously? Sports Illustrated graded the recent coaching hires, and they gave Gill an 'A.' The only guy who got a higher grade was Charlie Strong at Louisville. Gill's got recruiting ties to the Big 12, he has experience rebuilding a football program, and he brought in a hell of a coaching staff. You guys can look at his record at Buffalo and scoff all you want, but the bottom line is that Buffalo was the worst D-1 football program in the country before he took over. KU had options, but Gill was the perfect fit. There simply weren't that many other coaches out there with recruiting ties to the Big 12 and a history of building a football program.