Rahne jumps off Titanic

[j rake]

Ricky Rahne, Kansas State's tight ends coach, has resigned to take another position, the school confirmed Monday.

Rahne was the lone holdover hired by former coach Ron Prince. He spent two years as K-State's running backs coach under Prince, then shifted to tight ends coach when LHC Bill Snyder was hired.

http://cjonline.com/sports/basketball/2010-12-20/k_state_loses_te_coach_rahne

[Panjandrum]

Ricky Rahne, Kansas State's tight ends coach, has resigned to take another position, the school confirmed Monday.

Rahne was the lone holdover hired by former coach Ron Prince. He spent two years as K-State's running backs coach under Prince, then shifted to tight ends coach when LHC Bill Snyder was hired.

http://cjonline.com/sports/basketball/2010-12-20/k_state_loses_te_coach_rahne

He was a decent, but not spectacular, recruiter.  It sucks because he was one of the few non-Medicare eligible members of the coaching staff.

I'll be interested to see who fills the spot.  I know whoever it is will most likely be an unimpressive retread, but TE coaches are kind of pointless.  I'll be surprised if Snyder hires another offensive coach or uses this as an opportunity to get himself a real defensive coordinator without having to have that stern talking to with Cosh.

[j rake]

Snyder is just as bad as Prince at retaining assistant coaches. Snyder's two best hires after making his lame return were Ludwig and Koenning, and both were gone within a year. Ludwig stuck around long enough to eat lunch at Harry's before he bolted for Cal, and Koenning left K-State for another sinking ship program the first chance he got.

The only coaches Snyder can keep are ones nobody else wants. Cosh is just as bad, if not worse, than Tibesar. The rest of the staff should go nameless, with the exception of maybe Charlie Dickey, perhaps the only coach on the staff who could get a better job elsewhere.

[Panjandrum]

Snyder is just as bad as Prince at retaining assistant coaches. Snyder's two best hires after making his lame return were Ludwig and Koenning, and both were gone within a year. Ludwig stuck around long enough to eat lunch at Harry's before he bolted for Cal, and Koenning left K-State for another sinking ship program the first chance he got.

The only coaches Snyder can keep are ones nobody else wants. Cosh is just as bad, if not worse, than Tibesar. The rest of the staff should go nameless, with the exception of maybe Charlie Dickey, perhaps the only coach on the staff who could get a better job elsewhere.

I don't disagree that finding a good coach will be hard.  Snyder has been woefully unimpressive in who he's hired in the last five years of coaching.

I'm just interested to see if he bucks the trend, or if he hires another offensive coach or sacrifices that for the defensive side.

[j rake]

What good assistant coach would come to K-State? Snyder and his stuck-in-neutral program has nothing to offer, aside from 80-hour work weeks and a roster devoid of any real talent to coach up. Any assistant coach of value is not making the move to Manhattan to work for Snyder for a year or two (or maybe) three.

[ELL3]

Welcome back Matt Miller!

[CNS]

What good assistant coach would come to K-State? Snyder and his stuck-in-neutral program has nothing to offer, aside from 80-hour work weeks and a roster devoid of any real talent to coach up. Any assistant coach of value is not making the move to Manhattan to work for Snyder for a year or two (or maybe) three.

The kind that hits kids(allegedly).

[O-town Kat]

ELL3 beat me to it. How effing hilarious would that be.

[Panjandrum]

What good assistant coach would come to K-State? Snyder and his stuck-in-neutral program has nothing to offer, aside from 80-hour work weeks and a roster devoid of any real talent to coach up. Any assistant coach of value is not making the move to Manhattan to work for Snyder for a year or two (or maybe) three.

I never said we'd get a good coach, and if we did, it would be hard.  I said 'real'.  'Real' can be considered average or slightly below average in my book.

Good probably starts and stops with Jim Leavitt.

[j rake]

I never said we'd get a good coach, and if we did, it would be hard.  I said 'real'.  'Real' can be considered average or slightly below average in my book.

Good probably starts and stops with Jim Leavitt.

K-State's best-case scenario for a new head coach is Leavitt.

That is incredibly sad.

[Panjandrum]

I never said we'd get a good coach, and if we did, it would be hard.  I said 'real'.  'Real' can be considered average or slightly below average in my book.

Good probably starts and stops with Jim Leavitt.

K-State's best-case scenario for a new head coach is Leavitt.

That is incredibly sad.

K-State's best chance for a good head coach is by using the same method we used with Huggins, OSU used with Sutton, Maryland is using with Leach, etc.

Go after a really good coach that just got fired in a swarm of controversy and needs a soft place to land.  Best case scenario, he's so moved by the fact we gave him a second chance that he's willing to stay.  Worst case scenario, he jump starts the program.

[j rake]

Agreed. Neuheisel would be an interesting hire if things continue to go poorly at UCLA.

[MadCat]

It's only a matter of time before Bobby Elliott returns to put a cherry on the WRSOAT.

[swish1]

Agreed. Neuheisel would be an interesting hire if things continue to go poorly at UCLA.

no, hes terrible.  he was terrible at colorado, he was terrible in washington, and hes been terrible at ucla.  his teams have never gotten better under his coaching.  never.  each of the above programs was in a worse place or at best the exact same place as when he took over.

[wabash909]

Welcome back Matt Miller!

I'm going to laugh uproariously when this actually does happen.

My bet is he promotes Jonathon Beasley from his GA position or some stupid crap, though.

[steve dave]

My bet is he promotes Jonathon Beasley from his GA position or some stupid crap, though.

yeah, this is bound to happen.  what was the ruckus with Beasley over the summer?  I seem to remember something hilarious involving a woman. 

[Dr Rick Daris]

Welcome back Matt Miller!

I'm going to laugh uproariously when this actually does happen.

My bet is he promotes Jonathon Beasley from his GA position or some stupid cac, though.

won't happen. confidence level 100%.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I never said we'd get a good coach, and if we did, it would be hard.  I said 'real'.  'Real' can be considered average or slightly below average in my book.

Good probably starts and stops with Jim Leavitt.

K-State's best-case scenario for a new head coach is Leavitt.

That is incredibly sad.

Maybe we'll get a timely firing on Rich Rod

[CNS]

You guys are completely discounting Bill's love of Grant Gregory in this thread.

[Dugout DickStone]

Snyder is just as bad as Prince at retaining assistant coaches. Snyder's two best hires after making his lame return were Ludwig and Koenning, and both were gone within a year. Ludwig stuck around long enough to eat lunch at Harry's before he bolted for Cal, and Koenning left K-State for another sinking ship program the first chance he got.

The only coaches Snyder can keep are ones nobody else wants. Cosh is just as bad, if not worse, than Tibesar. The rest of the staff should go nameless, with the exception of maybe Charlie Dickey, perhaps the only coach on the staff who could get a better job elsewhere.

True.  This is Cosh's last job in DI CFB.  When he leaves KSU he won't land anywhere.

["storm"nut]

is it still consider "jumping" when he is already under water and on the sea floor?  

[Panjandrum]

Snyder is just as bad as Prince at retaining assistant coaches. Snyder's two best hires after making his lame return were Ludwig and Koenning, and both were gone within a year. Ludwig stuck around long enough to eat lunch at Harry's before he bolted for Cal, and Koenning left K-State for another sinking ship program the first chance he got.

The only coaches Snyder can keep are ones nobody else wants. Cosh is just as bad, if not worse, than Tibesar. The rest of the staff should go nameless, with the exception of maybe Charlie Dickey, perhaps the only coach on the staff who could get a better job elsewhere.

True.  This is Cosh's last job in DI CFB.  When he leaves KSU he won't land anywhere.

I still think Cosh should start looking HARD for a 1AA HC gig.  There were rumors last year that he was interested in one of the UL-L/M jobs.  Aiming for the SunBelt is kind of high, but he could probably go into some interview in the Valley and sell them on being around Saban, Holtz, and Snyder.

That's my dream anyway.

[j rake]

Agreed. Neuheisel would be an interesting hire if things continue to go poorly at UCLA.

no, hes terrible.  he was terrible at colorado, he was terrible in washington, and hes been terrible at ucla.  his teams have never gotten better under his coaching.  never.  each of the above programs was in a worse place or at best the exact same place as when he took over.

He's not terrible. He went 66-30 at Colorado and Washington and he finished in the AP top 10 three times in a span of six years at both schools. He's had a miserable go at UCLA, I'll give you that. But not too many coaches will succeed when forced to play musical quarterbacks three straight years.

He'd be a compelling hire.

[steve dave]

Agreed. Neuheisel would be an interesting hire if things continue to go poorly at UCLA.

no, hes terrible.  he was terrible at colorado, he was terrible in washington, and hes been terrible at ucla.  his teams have never gotten better under his coaching.  never.  each of the above programs was in a worse place or at best the exact same place as when he took over.

He's not terrible. He went 66-30 at Colorado and Washington and he finished in the AP top 10 three times in a span of six years at both schools. He's had a miserable go at UCLA, I'll give you that. But not too many coaches will succeed when forced to play musical quarterbacks three straight years.

He'd be a compelling hire.

I'd do anything to replace Bill with Rick

["storm"nut]

Agreed. Neuheisel would be an interesting hire if things continue to go poorly at UCLA.

no, hes terrible.  he was terrible at colorado, he was terrible in washington, and hes been terrible at ucla.  his teams have never gotten better under his coaching.  never.  each of the above programs was in a worse place or at best the exact same place as when he took over.

He's not terrible. He went 66-30 at Colorado and Washington and he finished in the AP top 10 three times in a span of six years at both schools. He's had a miserable go at UCLA, I'll give you that. But not too many coaches will succeed when forced to play musical quarterbacks three straight years.

He'd be a compelling hire.

I'd do anything to replace Bill with Rick

You'll want Bill back faster than you can say Old Balls.