Check out this logic:
Typically when a program fires a two-time Coach of the Year, a big name hire can be expected. Typically if a coach can't win in the MAC, they won't succeed in the BigXII. Well, the Jayhawks thought otherwise. How about a coach with a 20-30 overall record?To actually consider Gill a failure at Buffalo shows this person's or group's lack of knowledge about college football. What Gill accomplished with the Bulls is one of the more impressive coaching jobs of the past few decades.
With all the great names out there for hire, Lew(ser) Perkins settled for a cheap, easy pick. This was a lazy attempt at a national head coaching search. If this administration wants to become a national program, make a national hire!
You can't predict failure, but anyone can see this train-wreck coming.
When he took over the Bulls in 2006, Buffalo a combined record of 16-85 since 1997. After a tough 2-10 first year, Gill lead UB to an 18-20 mark. It may not be a winning season, but it's much more impressive than what Mark Mangino did in 2007 when KU went 12-1.
Buffalo was the worst Division I program in the nation when Turner Gill arrived. That's right, worse than Temple.
As he leaves, the Bulls have won a Mid-American Conference championship and you have to go back to the 1960s to find a time UB was this competitive.
This is a great hire Kansas. Jim Harbaugh wasn't leaving Stanford for Lawrence, Kan. He's waiting for Michigan to dump Rich Rod next year. Harbaugh was using KU for leverage in Palo Alto.
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This site is dedicated to firing TG from Buffalo but was changed on the 13th to reflect the Kansas hiring. According to a web whois I get this information:
Domain Name: FIRETURNERGILL.COM
Created on: 08-Oct-09
Expires on: 08-Oct-10
Last Updated on: 13-Dec-09
Looks like someone just hates TG and it doesn't matter where he goes. The person who registered it lives in Athens, GA.
The vast majority of Jayhawk fans are thrilled about the hire, including me. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
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