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2 minutes ago, skrabukes said:

Yep. If he left last January,  I'd be happy for him. If he left this January,  same deal. Leaving now seems like a self-centered, weak and backhanded move. Congrats,  you got your money. I for one,  don't see him doing similar to nate's rise. If he does, I'll eat crow, but I'd wager against it (and I'm not much of a bettor).

The thing is you have to define success based on how Kansas is measuring success. 

Mark Stoops at Kentucky has it in his contract every time he wins 7 games he gets a 1 year contract extension. The AD at Kentucky has set the expectation of success at 7 games.

If Kansas AD is saying win 6 games a year by year 5 and then consistently after that? Then that is something I believe Lance can do. If expectation are 8 to 9 wins a year then yes obviously he will fail to that comparison.

Kansas is a rebuild. People seem to like that AD and I am sure he is setting expectations to be a rebuild. Lance has a shot to have success by Kansas standards (if that is their standard)

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On 4/28/2021 at 2:02 PM, ChubbyHubby said:

Based on FBI crime data, Lawrence is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Kansas, Lawrence has a crime rate that is higher than 92% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

 

 

This is the definition of a smaller town with a big university!  

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On 4/29/2021 at 9:03 AM, UB92 said:

I suspect that this will happen, should LL stay, during the next few weeks.

https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/

You can see where Lance is on this list.  Towards the top, certainly, but probably would need to move up into the $800k range.

2020 NCAAF COACHES SALARIES -- UPDATED AS OF NOV. 17, 2020
RK SCHOOL CONF COACH SCHEDULED SCHOOL PAY CONTRACT YEAR PANDEMIC REDUCTION ACTUAL SCHOOL PAY TOTAL PAY TOTAL PANDEMIC REDUCTION SCHOOL BUYOUT AS OF 12/1/20
                   

 

79 Toledo MAC Jason Candle $1,175,000 $76,923 $1,098,077 $1,098,077 $76,923 $2,158,333
87 Central Michigan MAC Jim McElwain $815,000 $6,000 $809,000 $809,000 $6,000 $2,000,000
99 Western Michigan MAC Tim Lester $800,000 $100,000 $700,000 $709,700 $200,000 $500,000
105 Buffalo MAC Lance Leipold $624,300 $0 $624,300 $624,300 $0 $1,936,725
108 Northern Illinois MAC Thomas Hammock $620,204 $52,020 $568,184 $568,184 $52,020 $1,380,693
109 Ohio MAC Frank Solich $589,928 $29,497 $560,431 $561,431 $58,993 $604,676
110 Miami (Ohio) MAC Chuck Martin $550,000 $36,667 $513,333 $513,333 $55,000 $1,500,000
112 Bowling Green MAC Scot Loeffler $530,000 $50,000 $480,000 $480,000 $100,000 $1,560,417
113 Eastern Michigan MAC Chris Creighton $480,000 $20,575 $459,425 $459,425 $41,150 $800,000
114 Akron MAC Tom Arth $500,000 $45,833 $454,167 $454,167 $100,000 $921,719
115 Ball State MAC Mike Neu $468,000 $25,167 $442,833 $447,833 $45,300 $984,018
116 Kent State MAC Sean Lewis $460,000 $26,833 $433,167 $433,167 $46,000 $750,000
                   

 

 

More telling are the OC/DC numbers for the schools in the top conferences.  Many of them are topping $1 mil.

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2 hours ago, skrabukes said:

Yep. If he left last January,  I'd be happy for him. If he left this January,  same deal. Leaving now seems like a self-centered, weak and backhanded move. Congrats,  you got your money. I for one,  don't see him doing similar to nate's rise. If he does, I'll eat crow, but I'd wager against it (and I'm not much of a bettor).

Agreed.  The timing on this is very bad for UB.  Seems like they almost have to go with a current staff member, at least on an interim basis, in order to have any continuity (and avoid an exodus).  

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I too hate the timing. But I partially blame the decision makers who unfortunately never shared Danny Whites vision for UB sports. Danny unquestionably put us on an upward trajectory even if he rubbed some people the wrong way. Oats was trying to push the White’ vision but a few decision makers slow walked that so it became clear to Oats which Ed to his bolting. Unless and until the White’ vision is embraced and a commitment made to pursue excellence on and off the field we’ll continue to see successful UB coaches bolt f ok r better financial opportunities. 
 

In the meantime let’s hope Coach Jack sticks around. 

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6 hours ago, RoughToughBulls15 said:

The thing is you have to define success based on how Kansas is measuring success. 

Mark Stoops at Kentucky has it in his contract every time he wins 7 games he gets a 1 year contract extension. The AD at Kentucky has set the expectation of success at 7 games.

If Kansas AD is saying win 6 games a year by year 5 and then consistently after that? Then that is something I believe Lance can do. If expectation are 8 to 9 wins a year then yes obviously he will fail to that comparison.

Kansas is a rebuild. People seem to like that AD and I am sure he is setting expectations to be a rebuild. Lance has a shot to have success by Kansas standards (if that is their standard)

If he averages 6 wins I’ll be impressed. This year is a loss, 3-4, wins top end. We will see. They are on the hook for 6 years, good for lance and his agents. At least make them pay 3 years after you get fired. 

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13 minutes ago, MKBullsfan said:

Noticed how both UB and Kansas both play Coastal Carolina this season. Kansas at Coastal Carolina sept 11 and Coastal Carolina at Buffalo on sept 18. Would love to see UB dominate and Kansas lose.  

That would be a nice start to the season 

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12 hours ago, MKBullsfan said:

Noticed how both UB and Kansas both play Coastal Carolina this season. Kansas at Coastal Carolina sept 11 and Coastal Carolina at Buffalo on sept 18. Would love to see UB dominate and Kansas lose.  

Fun fact Coastal Carolina has won at Kansas 2 years in a row.

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absolutely horrible. Lance says he thinks he left the program better off now than it was when he came in, yet takes our entire staff now. Now we have to rebuild from the ground up again. Wouldn’t doubt a mass exodus of players.

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16 minutes ago, Bill said:

absolutely horrible. Lance says he thinks he left the program better off now than it was when he came in, yet takes our entire staff now. Now we have to rebuild from the ground up again. Wouldn’t doubt a mass exodus of players.

But they "Bleed UB blue". Brutal

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Lance certainly isn't doing the program any favors. He's not only bolting at a weird time but gutting the program by taking staff with him.  But i can't say he's doing something unique there.  Most coaches take the guys they are comfortable with to the new job.   

Seems like the sky is falling right now but something will break, and could be even better in the long run. You just never know.  

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I think everybody will be put somewhat at ease when a coach and staff is put in place. The fear of the unknown is making everybody up tight definitely (including me). Will be interesting to see who stays and who goes player wise 

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29 minutes ago, zigo230 said:

Lance certainly isn't doing the program any favors. He's not only bolting at a weird time but gutting the program by taking staff with him.  But i can't say he's doing something unique there.  Most coaches take the guys they are comfortable with to the new job.   

Seems like the sky is falling right now but something will break, and could be even better in the long run. You just never know.  

Who else would he put on his staff other than these guys? Whatever, adios to all of em. 

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