11-18-2009
BOTTOM LINE EDITORIAL...
KU'S MARK MANGINO UNDER FULL MEDIA ATTACK
It is simply amazing how fast the news media and fans will turn on a coach when he starts losing.
Entering this season football coach Mark Mangino and his Kansas Jayhawk football team were picked by sports "experts" to win the Big XII North crown---with ease.
After all, Mangino had taken one of the lousiest football programs in the country and had completely turned it around. In 2007 KU had a 12-1 record and an Orange Bowl victory.
Oh, in that year he was named the National Coach of the Year. He was considered the BEST coach in the nation. Take that Bob Stoops, Urban Meyer, Pete Carroll, Joe Paterno, Jim Tressel, et al.
Mangino did all of this after inheriting a program eight years ago which had not posted a winning record in any of the six seasons prior to his arrival. Going to a football game at KU was something the Jayhawk faithful did until the basketball season started.
Mangino has already become the third-winningest coach in school history and has led KU to more bowl games (four) than any previous Jayhawk coach. His 3-1 bowl-game mark gives him the most bowl wins at the school. He has helped bring in millions of dollars to the school.
This year, the Jayhawks started with a perfect 5-0 mark. However, the team has been plagued by turnovers and a reportedly injured star quarterback, and has now lost 5 straight games.
And now, incredibly, there seems to be an all-out media campaign to have him fired.
Mean spirited media? NOOOO! It gets way better...
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