by G. Gaven
The guys over at Rock Chalk Talk seem to think that Hawks football might be pretty good this year. It must be nice to watch Two Girls, One Cup and see Chocolate Mousse.
It is ridiculous to think an understudy like Beaty is the answer.
The answer lies in the most recent success, Mark Mangino. We can't bring back such a douchebag, but the coaching tree he stems from is rooted in a guy named Hal Mumme who invented the Air Raid offense which is a pass happy system that can be run by a guy like Todd Reesing, who will never be mistaken for a quarterback, but gets how it works.
The reasons an Air Raid offense will fly in Lawrence are almost as simple as the offense itself. It is totally dependent on the quarterback, but can be run by castoffs like Reesing or Mumme's first QB at Iowa Wesleyan, Dustin Dewald, who are smart as hell. The Air Raid also looks a lot like basketball which is everything to Jayhawk faithful.
Mumme himself won't work. His sun is setting and he is a religious bigot in the same way Mangino is a secular bigot. Mike Leach is the preeminent purveyor of the offense and might fit in in Lawrence, but he is doing well enough at Washington State to be off the market.
I think Reesing is the ticket. He is intensely smart. He is still plugged in at KU behind the mike. And he will be pretty cheap, which will offset the cost of relegating Beaty but still having to pay out his rich contract that runs until 2021.
The guys over at Rock Chalk Talk seem to think that Hawks football might be pretty good this year. It must be nice to watch Two Girls, One Cup and see Chocolate Mousse.
The Jayhawks will be horrible this year just like every year. After John Riggins gifted Jayhawk Nation an Orange Bowl in 1968, it was 50 years before "Sparky" gave us another in 2008.
In between, we cheered for the band and played frisbee on the Hill.
The answer lies in the most recent success, Mark Mangino. We can't bring back such a douchebag, but the coaching tree he stems from is rooted in a guy named Hal Mumme who invented the Air Raid offense which is a pass happy system that can be run by a guy like Todd Reesing, who will never be mistaken for a quarterback, but gets how it works.
The reasons an Air Raid offense will fly in Lawrence are almost as simple as the offense itself. It is totally dependent on the quarterback, but can be run by castoffs like Reesing or Mumme's first QB at Iowa Wesleyan, Dustin Dewald, who are smart as hell. The Air Raid also looks a lot like basketball which is everything to Jayhawk faithful.
Mumme himself won't work. His sun is setting and he is a religious bigot in the same way Mangino is a secular bigot. Mike Leach is the preeminent purveyor of the offense and might fit in in Lawrence, but he is doing well enough at Washington State to be off the market.
I think Reesing is the ticket. He is intensely smart. He is still plugged in at KU behind the mike. And he will be pretty cheap, which will offset the cost of relegating Beaty but still having to pay out his rich contract that runs until 2021.
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