So when I wake up this morning I read that Mark Mangino "resigned" last night and all details would be kept confidential. I was really hoping that they'd be able to keep this clusterfuck going on for another couple of weeks. This didn't last nearly long enough. I wanted to watch Lew Perkins twist some more.
By now we've all heard the stories of mental and physical abuse that Mangino heaped on his players. I have no doubt that he was an asshole to both players and coaches that were under him. But, in my opinion if the beaks had finished up 7-1 in conference rather than 1-7 none of this would ever have come up.
So now that the ties between Mangino and the university of kansas have been cut, where do the two parties go from here? The best thing that the big guy could do would be to take a year off, and try to get his health under control. (if anyone ever needed to visit weight watchers, it's MM) While I think he was one of the most physically disgusting human beings to ever walk the planet, it's hard not to feel bad for him after the attacks, orchestrated by Perkins were played out in the media over the last 3 weeks. However, I expect Mangino will be wanting to get back into coaching as quickly as possible, and he has a fairly decent reputation as an offensive coordinator. He's just a piss poor face of the program.
Given the problems Oklahoma had putting points on the board this season, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he wound up with his old buddy Bob Stoops as offensive coordinator or at least the offensive line coach. Another possibility is Arizona where little brother Mike Stoops is the head coach.
Either way, I'm going to miss Mangino in a way. He was an endless source of material for anyone that enjoyed poking fun at kansas and it will be hard to imagine they'll hire another coach that offers us the possibilities he did. Unless.....isn't Phil Fulmer available?
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