Ron Prince is the latest in the midseason firing bandwagon that Clemson made fashionable: The Wichita Eagle, as well as several other Kansas media sources, are reporting that K-State has called a press conference at 4 p.m., at which head coach Ron Prince will announce his resignation.You should mentally replace "resignation" with "firing," as the Wildcats are 16-18 in Prince's three years and their latest JUCO-mad recruiting class isn't getting it done.
This isn't much of a surprise. Prince was a weird hire from the word "go." At the time of his hiring he had been the offensive coordinator at Virginia for four years, in which time UVA had never lost fewer than four games. The year before he got picked, the Hoos averaged 27 points per game, which would be good for 57th nationally this year. He was completely unremarkable. And yet, here he is.
Now he's gone.
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11-06-2008 @ 7:09AM
Mac said...
I didn't know that K-state had a football team. What about girls softball?
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11-06-2008 @ 9:17AM
Tam said...
Mac,
They had a great football team before Coach Snyder retired, attending many bowl games. Perhaps you've heard of Terence Newman of the Dallas Cowboys, a product of my alma mater Salina Central H.S. and a fixture on the K-State football team?
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11-06-2008 @ 2:01PM
Kate said...
Darren Sproles of the San Diego Chargers came from K-State as well. :)
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11-06-2008 @ 1:01PM
mike said...
A 16-18 record in 3 years?.......and people in kansas are up in arms for such a miserable record?.....The fine people in Syracuse ny, including myself, would be giving this guy a contract extension instead of a pink slip!!!!!!!!!!!!! Coach Prince, call the syracuse athletic director, He just may have a job for you!!
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11-06-2008 @ 3:18PM
Raoul said...
The loss to Kansas last weekend rattled the KSU alumni and fans so much this knee jerk reaction occured , I'm not even a KSU supporter and I felt that way watching and right after the game . The KSU team performance wasn't just awfull and astounding it showed Ron Prince had lost this team and it's staff and the monied supporters jumped off the train at the half of the KU vs KSU game....
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11-06-2008 @ 6:07PM
Craig said...
KSTATE went to 10 straight bowl games during the Snyder era. From a team that had the worse record in NCAA football prior to Snyder arriving at KSTATE to a Big 12 Champion. Best turn around ever in sports history. Pick up his book. Just google Snyder, they said it couldn't be done.
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11-07-2008 @ 6:26AM
Christy said...
It's time we get a coach who knows how to win, back to K-State. Bill Snyder absolutely set the bar high. He was a class act on and off the field. (My first day of K-State I was lost on campus and that man walked me to the building I was searching for).
I've lived outside of the country so I've only been able to follow my beloved alma mater online and have been so sad to see our program go down over the last few years.
It's time to for someone who's desire to win as a coach, who has what it was Coach Snyder had (respect from his team and coaches), worked hard, and didn't take losses as acceptable.
I hope K-State finds a coach that our football team deserves, will work hard for, will ask for more than they've ever given, and get it!
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11-07-2008 @ 12:25PM
Brian said...
Snyder had scheduled extremely easy teams to pad his schedule line Nebraska did years ago. Kudo's to coach Prince for scheduling tougher non-conference games.
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