bills44 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 with a home loss to North Dakota State, 6-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog69 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I wish Turner would have stayed at UB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewfla Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Selfishly I wish he would have stayed at UB (31-0 over Rhode Island!!) but for his sake I wish he would have held out for a better job than Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew026 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Selfishly I wish he would have stayed at UB but for his sake I wish he would have held out for a better job than Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper13 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 That's a brutal loss to start things off. North Dakota State? A little ironic their nickname is "Bison". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I wish Turner would have stayed at UB Pretty soon Turner Gill will as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieG Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Pretty soon Turner Gill will as well. He was Lew Perkins hand picked guy, that's why Mangino was forced out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I loved Gill at UB, but hey, you wanted a BCS job? You got one. Nice start there. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 He was Lew Perkins hand picked guy, that's why Mangino was forced out. And? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieG Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 And? He's not Mangino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 He's not Mangino Obviously. I stand by my statement though. He'll come to regret this move. It won't end well. I wish the guy all the luck, but I don't feel he'll be successful at Kansas. More because it's Kansas than because he's Turner Gill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Welcome to the BCS. Oh well, it's hard to turn around a program that is not a traditional football powerhouse. These things take time. Gill's stint at UB was not exactly an overnight success. The Big 12 could have had it worse today with Oklahoma having a tough time with Utah State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Welcome to the BCS. Oh well, it's hard to turn around a program that is not a traditional football powerhouse. These things take time. Gill's stint at UB was not exactly an overnight success. The Big 12 could have had it worse today with Oklahoma having a tough time with Utah State. Actually, it's not even welcome to the BCS - since ND State I'm sure isn't even D-1A.......I think his UB tenure did start with overnight success - the Temple win where the fans stormed the field, I think? I really think Turner made the right move, but this is a shockingly bad way to start. Kansas football has been pretty good the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieG Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Obviously. I stand by my statement though. He'll come to regret this move. It won't end well. I wish the guy all the luck, but I don't feel he'll be successful at Kansas. More because it's Kansas than because he's Turner Gill. Much of that will depend on who the new KU AD is going to be, after Perkins retires after next year, and what he's willing to do during his remaining tenure. Before Mangino, there wasn't a football program at KU. They sucked, the training facilities sucked and they couldn't recruit. Mangino built the program with a bunch of street players. Less than 2 years ago, they won the Orange Bowl and finished 12-1. Training facilities have improved vastly, the football budget increased dramatically, and they actually were able to recruit some decent players. The seeds were set to build upon what Mangino started. It fell apart last year due to a number of things, but it didn't need to destroy the program. Turner Gill has more to work with in continuing to build the program than people think. Much of it will depend on KU itself, but the biggest part of the equation is going to be Turner Gill himself. We'll see. When people in Kansas ask me about him, (being a transplanted Buffalonian), I always tell them he was extremely well respected at UB, and did a hell of a job building a program there. Will it be enough? I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Much of that will depend on who the new KU AD is going to be, after Perkins retires after next year, and what he's willing to do during his remaining tenure. Before Mangino, there wasn't a football program at KU. They sucked, the training facilities sucked and they couldn't recruit. Mangino built the program with a bunch of street players. Less than 2 years ago, they won the Orange Bowl and finished 12-1. Training facilities have improved vastly, the football budget increased dramatically, and they actually were able to recruit some decent players. The seeds were set to build upon what Mangino started. It fell apart last year due to a number of things, but it didn't need to destroy the program. Turner Gill has more to work with in continuing to build the program than people think. Much of it will depend on KU itself, but the biggest part of the equation is going to be Turner Gill himself. We'll see. When people in Kansas ask me about him, (being a transplanted Buffalonian), I always tell them he was extremely well respected at UB, and did a hell of a job building a program there. Will it be enough? I hope so. Expectations in Buffalo were far lower. There wasn't the pressure to succeed that there must be at a big conference school. It's just one game (though an embarrassing one!) Let's see how TG does the rest of the way. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huuuge Bills Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Slightly better outcome this week, 28-25 win over #17 Georgia Tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills44 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 Nice win for Gill and Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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