All,
My opinion on this topic.
Paul Haynes can teach and develop players on the defensive side of the football, but for whatever reason he hasn't been able to hire the correct offensive staff and develop players on that side of the building. 5 years is plenty of time to develop players, depth, etc., so 5 years has run its course for Haynes/staff. Paul Haynes bleeds blue & gold, but doesn't have the attention to detail (per former players comparing Darrell Hazell vs Paul Haynes) and the ability develop the offensive side of the football, which has led to this point.
**MAC Head Coaching Salaries story/link:
https://www.hustlebelt.com/2016/10/26/13...igan-money
Joel Nielsen/Casey Cegles need to decide if they are all in on KSU Football or not, because the assistant coaching salary pool isn't up to snuff and the last 2 Football Strength & Conditioning Coaches have been a failure/debacle. Tons of injuries, 2 player deaths, offensive line has been getting pushed around, etc. They are going to have to increase the assistant coaching salary pool and the head count/salary pool for strength & conditioning to attract the necessary candidates and increase the #s (adding Women's Lacrosse as a sport and the 4 today are already spread too thin).
KSU's Athletic Department didn't take advantage of/monetize the success of 2011 & 2012 for KSU Football, just like they didn't do it for the 2002 Elite 8 run (KSU Athletic Department is just now prioritizing KSU Men's Basketball, 14 years later). The windows of opportunity close faster now than ever.
**Haynes/staff have 7 commitments thus far (still not 12 or more).
Terrance Jones - RB - Sparta NJ
Javaughn Williams - WR - Cleveland OH
Jordan Morris - DT - Princeton NJ
Taurean Taylor - RB - Tucker GA
Derrick Coburn - RB - Detroit MI
Lamar Farris - QB - Jena LA
Mark Carter - S - Miami FL
Who would all of you hire as the new head coach of KSU Football? (as my manager & VP always say, come with solutions/ideas to problems, don't just complain about problems as that will never move the needle or solve a problem) A D2 or D3 Head Coach? A Power 5 assistant coach?