Mark Mangino has been saying and doing a lot of the right things as the new Kansas football coach. But his stock may have taken its most bullish upsurge when he gave Mario Kinsey the Waco Wave and separated the troubled quarterback from the Jayhawk program.
Lots of folks, including KU players, think ousted coach Terry Allen should have given Kinsey his walking papers long ago instead of trying to build an offense around the young Texan. Kinsey had some moments, but he ran the football more in terror and disarray than with poise and purpose. Passing? How much can you overthrow receivers? When is enough enough for interceptions? Did the kid ever concentrate on the game plan or was he dedicated to winging it “doing things the way Mario wanted rather than what was good for the team,” as one ex-teammate described it.
When Kinsey got into a passing mode, usually I felt like the frustrated basketball coach who told a specialist: “Charlie, if you can’t shoot the ball, throw it out of bounds to give us more time to set up on defense.” Kinsey had an obscene number of completions to jerseys of hostile hues mainly because of a lack of forced discipline, or benching.
As for the basketball bit, coach Roy Williams discerned early on that Mario would be more trouble than he was worth. Kinsey had a few good moments as a cager. But when he showed up for trips in those garish red and blue pimp-like suits with that white Sky Masterson gangster hat, it was becoming clear that he wouldn’t be the team player the Williams system demands.
Running back Tony Sands showed up for KU games in his tuxedo, but then he took the field and produced. And the suit didn’t need batteries to light it up.
Roy was charitable when he said early on that Mario should concentrate on his studies rather than being distracted by basketball.
I have not exchanged a single word with Williams about Kinsey, but Terry Allen would have profited from such interchange. Along with having a marijuana-related run-in with the legals back in his home base of Waco, Texas, Mario also got involved in one of the stupidest pieces of malfeasance you can imagine.
The Kinsey Kaper included involvement with running back Reggie Duncan in swiping the purse of a Miss Kansas USA candidate, credit-carding some gasoline and then a pizza, which they had delivered to their dorm room, complete with telephone number recognition. Again, when they cast the movie “Dumb and Dumber II,” they’ve been here.
Duncan has shown regret and contrition. He has apologized for his behavior, which also includes attempted acquisition of some merchandise without permission of a store manager here. If Kinsey is gone and Duncan decides to stay, you can bet he’ll be on a short leash. Mangino, bless him, has made it clear he’s not Father Flanagan and this is not Boy’s Town. Enough of the Halfway House approach to athletics and education.
Back to Kinsey and Terry Allen’s slavish devotion to trying to save him, why would a coach trust his offense to an engineer with Mario’s mindset? If Zach Dyer had the repetitions and opportunities Mario had, chances are he’d be a lot better. Couldn’t be any worse, and there wouldn’t have been that hovering bad character cloud. Kinsey has been a lousy symbol of KU and its sports program.
The late Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma had a knack for picking kids who could do what he wanted at quarterback. He took an obscure reserve defensive end named Gene Calame and tutored him into stardom.
Said Bud: “Many times it’s not whether the quarterback calls the right play but whether the team believes it’s the right one.” Leadership, confidence and cohesion, right?
The Kansas players had no such feelings about Mario Kinsey. KU is far better off with him out of here. Mangino is to be commended for resolving the issue quickly and decisively rather than letting the sore spots fester any longer.
Again, where Reggie Duncan and any other bad actors or would-be hot dogs are concerned, be good or be gone. All the more reason for enthusiasm and optimism about Mark Mangino and Co.
Then there’s the fact Mangino knows the territory with an eight-year Kansas State assistantship. He may start getting area kids who would have ended up Wildcats and such.
Kansas kids helped Missouri beat Kansas this fall. A Shawnee Mission kid ran a kick for a score for Nebraska. The star quarterback at surprising Maryland has a Kansas background. Enough, already!
Mangino is not some sentimental fool, who retained Lawrence product Clint Bowen just for show. Mark’s been to the picnic enough with enough good teams to know you need good help to succeed. He seems to be assembling a strong staff, long a Terry Allen weakness.
Good kids have been steering clear of Kansas because of the tarnished image projected by the Kinsey types, along with too-frequent losses. Good prospects may start thinking about getting in on the ground floor at an outstanding school with every intention of being strong in football as well as basketball.
Mangino sure has started impressively.
Mark Mangino has been saying and doing a lot of the right things as the new Kansas football coach. But his stock may have taken its most bullish upsurge when he gave Mario Kinsey the Waco Wave and separated the troubled quarterback from the Jayhawk program.
Lots of folks, including KU players, think ousted coach Terry Allen should have given Kinsey his walking papers long ago instead of trying to build an offense around the young Texan. Kinsey had some moments, but he ran the football more in terror and disarray than with poise and purpose. Passing? How much can you overthrow receivers? When is enough enough for interceptions? Did the kid ever concentrate on the game plan or was he dedicated to winging it “doing things the way Mario wanted rather than what was good for the team,” as one ex-teammate described it.
When Kinsey got into a passing mode, usually I felt like the frustrated basketball coach who told a specialist: “Charlie, if you can’t shoot the ball, throw it out of bounds to give us more time to set up on defense.” Kinsey had an obscene number of completions to jerseys of hostile hues mainly because of a lack of forced discipline, or benching.
As for the basketball bit, coach Roy Williams discerned early on that Mario would be more trouble than he was worth. Kinsey had a few good moments as a cager. But when he showed up for trips in those garish red and blue pimp-like suits with that white Sky Masterson gangster hat, it was becoming clear that he wouldn’t be the team player the Williams system demands.
Running back Tony Sands showed up for KU games in his tuxedo, but then he took the field and produced. And the suit didn’t need batteries to light it up.
Roy was charitable when he said early on that Mario should concentrate on his studies rather than being distracted by basketball.
I have not exchanged a single word with Williams about Kinsey, but Terry Allen would have profited from such interchange. Along with having a marijuana-related run-in with the legals back in his home base of Waco, Texas, Mario also got involved in one of the stupidest pieces of malfeasance you can imagine.
The Kinsey Kaper included involvement with running back Reggie Duncan in swiping the purse of a Miss Kansas USA candidate, credit-carding some gasoline and then a pizza, which they had delivered to their dorm room, complete with telephone number recognition. Again, when they cast the movie “Dumb and Dumber II,” they’ve been here.
Duncan has shown regret and contrition. He has apologized for his behavior, which also includes attempted acquisition of some merchandise without permission of a store manager here. If Kinsey is gone and Duncan decides to stay, you can bet he’ll be on a short leash. Mangino, bless him, has made it clear he’s not Father Flanagan and this is not Boy’s Town. Enough of the Halfway House approach to athletics and education.
Back to Kinsey and Terry Allen’s slavish devotion to trying to save him, why would a coach trust his offense to an engineer with Mario’s mindset? If Zach Dyer had the repetitions and opportunities Mario had, chances are he’d be a lot better. Couldn’t be any worse, and there wouldn’t have been that hovering bad character cloud. Kinsey has been a lousy symbol of KU and its sports program.
The late Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma had a knack for picking kids who could do what he wanted at quarterback. He took an obscure reserve defensive end named Gene Calame and tutored him into stardom.
Said Bud: “Many times it’s not whether the quarterback calls the right play but whether the team believes it’s the right one.” Leadership, confidence and cohesion, right?
The Kansas players had no such feelings about Mario Kinsey. KU is far better off with him out of here. Mangino is to be commended for resolving the issue quickly and decisively rather than letting the sore spots fester any longer.
Again, where Reggie Duncan and any other bad actors or would-be hot dogs are concerned, be good or be gone. All the more reason for enthusiasm and optimism about Mark Mangino and Co.
Then there’s the fact Mangino knows the territory with an eight-year Kansas State assistantship. He may start getting area kids who would have ended up Wildcats and such.
Kansas kids helped Missouri beat Kansas this fall. A Shawnee Mission kid ran a kick for a score for Nebraska. The star quarterback at surprising Maryland has a Kansas background. Enough, already!
Mangino is not some sentimental fool, who retained Lawrence product Clint Bowen just for show. Mark’s been to the picnic enough with enough good teams to know you need good help to succeed. He seems to be assembling a strong staff, long a Terry Allen weakness.
Good kids have been steering clear of Kansas because of the tarnished image projected by the Kinsey types, along with too-frequent losses. Good prospects may start thinking about getting in on the ground floor at an outstanding school with every intention of being strong in football as well as basketball.
Mangino sure has started impressively.
Mark Mangino has been saying and doing a lot of the right things as the new Kansas football coach. But his stock may have taken its most bullish upsurge when he gave Mario Kinsey the Waco Wave and separated the troubled quarterback from the Jayhawk program.
Lots of folks, including KU players, think ousted coach Terry Allen should have given Kinsey his walking papers long ago instead of trying to build an offense around the young Texan. Kinsey had some moments, but he ran the football more in terror and disarray than with poise and purpose. Passing? How much can you overthrow receivers? When is enough enough for interceptions? Did the kid ever concentrate on the game plan or was he dedicated to winging it “doing things the way Mario wanted rather than what was good for the team,” as one ex-teammate described it.
When Kinsey got into a passing mode, usually I felt like the frustrated basketball coach who told a specialist: “Charlie, if you can’t shoot the ball, throw it out of bounds to give us more time to set up on defense.” Kinsey had an obscene number of completions to jerseys of hostile hues mainly because of a lack of forced discipline, or benching.
As for the basketball bit, coach Roy Williams discerned early on that Mario would be more trouble than he was worth. Kinsey had a few good moments as a cager. But when he showed up for trips in those garish red and blue pimp-like suits with that white Sky Masterson gangster hat, it was becoming clear that he wouldn’t be the team player the Williams system demands.
Running back Tony Sands showed up for KU games in his tuxedo, but then he took the field and produced. And the suit didn’t need batteries to light it up.
Roy was charitable when he said early on that Mario should concentrate on his studies rather than being distracted by basketball.
I have not exchanged a single word with Williams about Kinsey, but Terry Allen would have profited from such interchange. Along with having a marijuana-related run-in with the legals back in his home base of Waco, Texas, Mario also got involved in one of the stupidest pieces of malfeasance you can imagine.
The Kinsey Kaper included involvement with running back Reggie Duncan in swiping the purse of a Miss Kansas USA candidate, credit-carding some gasoline and then a pizza, which they had delivered to their dorm room, complete with telephone number recognition. Again, when they cast the movie “Dumb and Dumber II,” they’ve been here.
Duncan has shown regret and contrition. He has apologized for his behavior, which also includes attempted acquisition of some merchandise without permission of a store manager here. If Kinsey is gone and Duncan decides to stay, you can bet he’ll be on a short leash. Mangino, bless him, has made it clear he’s not Father Flanagan and this is not Boy’s Town. Enough of the Halfway House approach to athletics and education.
Back to Kinsey and Terry Allen’s slavish devotion to trying to save him, why would a coach trust his offense to an engineer with Mario’s mindset? If Zach Dyer had the repetitions and opportunities Mario had, chances are he’d be a lot better. Couldn’t be any worse, and there wouldn’t have been that hovering bad character cloud. Kinsey has been a lousy symbol of KU and its sports program.
The late Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma had a knack for picking kids who could do what he wanted at quarterback. He took an obscure reserve defensive end named Gene Calame and tutored him into stardom.
Said Bud: “Many times it’s not whether the quarterback calls the right play but whether the team believes it’s the right one.” Leadership, confidence and cohesion, right?
The Kansas players had no such feelings about Mario Kinsey. KU is far better off with him out of here. Mangino is to be commended for resolving the issue quickly and decisively rather than letting the sore spots fester any longer.
Again, where Reggie Duncan and any other bad actors or would-be hot dogs are concerned, be good or be gone. All the more reason for enthusiasm and optimism about Mark Mangino and Co.
Then there’s the fact Mangino knows the territory with an eight-year Kansas State assistantship. He may start getting area kids who would have ended up Wildcats and such.
Kansas kids helped Missouri beat Kansas this fall. A Shawnee Mission kid ran a kick for a score for Nebraska. The star quarterback at surprising Maryland has a Kansas background. Enough, already!
Mangino is not some sentimental fool, who retained Lawrence product Clint Bowen just for show. Mark’s been to the picnic enough with enough good teams to know you need good help to succeed. He seems to be assembling a strong staff, long a Terry Allen weakness.
Good kids have been steering clear of Kansas because of the tarnished image projected by the Kinsey types, along with too-frequent losses. Good prospects may start thinking about getting in on the ground floor at an outstanding school with every intention of being strong in football as well as basketball.
Mangino sure has started impressively.
Mark Mangino has been saying and doing a lot of the right things as the new Kansas football coach. But his stock may have taken its most bullish upsurge when he gave Mario Kinsey the Waco Wave and separated the troubled quarterback from the Jayhawk program.
Lots of folks, including KU players, think ousted coach Terry Allen should have given Kinsey his walking papers long ago instead of trying to build an offense around the young Texan. Kinsey had some moments, but he ran the football more in terror and disarray than with poise and purpose. Passing? How much can you overthrow receivers? When is enough enough for interceptions? Did the kid ever concentrate on the game plan or was he dedicated to winging it “doing things the way Mario wanted rather than what was good for the team,” as one ex-teammate described it.
When Kinsey got into a passing mode, usually I felt like the frustrated basketball coach who told a specialist: “Charlie, if you can’t shoot the ball, throw it out of bounds to give us more time to set up on defense.” Kinsey had an obscene number of completions to jerseys of hostile hues mainly because of a lack of forced discipline, or benching.
As for the basketball bit, coach Roy Williams discerned early on that Mario would be more trouble than he was worth. Kinsey had a few good moments as a cager. But when he showed up for trips in those garish red and blue pimp-like suits with that white Sky Masterson gangster hat, it was becoming clear that he wouldn’t be the team player the Williams system demands.
Running back Tony Sands showed up for KU games in his tuxedo, but then he took the field and produced. And the suit didn’t need batteries to light it up.
Roy was charitable when he said early on that Mario should concentrate on his studies rather than being distracted by basketball.
I have not exchanged a single word with Williams about Kinsey, but Terry Allen would have profited from such interchange. Along with having a marijuana-related run-in with the legals back in his home base of Waco, Texas, Mario also got involved in one of the stupidest pieces of malfeasance you can imagine.
The Kinsey Kaper included involvement with running back Reggie Duncan in swiping the purse of a Miss Kansas USA candidate, credit-carding some gasoline and then a pizza, which they had delivered to their dorm room, complete with telephone number recognition. Again, when they cast the movie “Dumb and Dumber II,” they’ve been here.
Duncan has shown regret and contrition. He has apologized for his behavior, which also includes attempted acquisition of some merchandise without permission of a store manager here. If Kinsey is gone and Duncan decides to stay, you can bet he’ll be on a short leash. Mangino, bless him, has made it clear he’s not Father Flanagan and this is not Boy’s Town. Enough of the Halfway House approach to athletics and education.
Back to Kinsey and Terry Allen’s slavish devotion to trying to save him, why would a coach trust his offense to an engineer with Mario’s mindset? If Zach Dyer had the repetitions and opportunities Mario had, chances are he’d be a lot better. Couldn’t be any worse, and there wouldn’t have been that hovering bad character cloud. Kinsey has been a lousy symbol of KU and its sports program.
The late Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma had a knack for picking kids who could do what he wanted at quarterback. He took an obscure reserve defensive end named Gene Calame and tutored him into stardom.
Said Bud: “Many times it’s not whether the quarterback calls the right play but whether the team believes it’s the right one.” Leadership, confidence and cohesion, right?
The Kansas players had no such feelings about Mario Kinsey. KU is far better off with him out of here. Mangino is to be commended for resolving the issue quickly and decisively rather than letting the sore spots fester any longer.
Again, where Reggie Duncan and any other bad actors or would-be hot dogs are concerned, be good or be gone. All the more reason for enthusiasm and optimism about Mark Mangino and Co.
Then there’s the fact Mangino knows the territory with an eight-year Kansas State assistantship. He may start getting area kids who would have ended up Wildcats and such.
Kansas kids helped Missouri beat Kansas this fall. A Shawnee Mission kid ran a kick for a score for Nebraska. The star quarterback at surprising Maryland has a Kansas background. Enough, already!
Mangino is not some sentimental fool, who retained Lawrence product Clint Bowen just for show. Mark’s been to the picnic enough with enough good teams to know you need good help to succeed. He seems to be assembling a strong staff, long a Terry Allen weakness.
Good kids have been steering clear of Kansas because of the tarnished image projected by the Kinsey types, along with too-frequent losses. Good prospects may start thinking about getting in on the ground floor at an outstanding school with every intention of being strong in football as well as basketball.
Mangino sure has started impressively.
