Aggieair said:Barry Potter 09 said:Sterling82 said:
The fact that this job is still open tells you a lot about how good the job is. I think KU is going to be lucky to get a decent FCS coach. Elko? Forget about it.
It sounds like Buffalo's Lance Leipold, Army's Todd Monken, and Tulane's Willie Fritz are real options for them, along with some others. Crazy to say but Kansas has the only current P5 HC opening. They are some appealing options, for a variety of reasons.
You mean Jeff Monken? He's always been a run-heavy, triple-option type coach. He's found his niche at Army, and even though KU is P5, that still seems like a downgrade.
Yes, my mind was thinking Jeff but I typed Todd.
He currently gets $1M. Going to KU will double his pay. It may feel like a downgrade but the next time KU wins 4 games in a season, it would be the first time since 2009 for that to happen. Make it to a bowl game and he could get an extension north of $3M. If he stays for 8+ years at KU, his name could be somewhere in Lawrence. Crazy to type but there is some truth to this idea.