No profession, Roy Williams uttered not too long ago, has higher highs and lower lows than coaching.
That’s not true, of course. It’s just Williams jaw-boning, as he often does. You want high highs and low lows? Then become a fireman or a policeman or a doctor or a paramedic or any other profession where lives are involved.
That isn’t to say coaching does not have the unbridled joy of victory and the utter despair of defeat. It does. But, hey, it’s only a game.
In basketball coaching, nothing is better than having a good team. And nothing is worse than having a bad team. At Kansas University right now, we have the best and the worst. Williams has one of his best teams and women’s coach Marian Washington has one of her worst.
Check that. Washington’s current team may be the worst in a 29-year career on Mount Oread that has produced 17 seasons of 20 victories or more. Her worst year was a 7-17 mark in the early ’70s when records were so sketchy some of the scores are listed as “unavailable.”
This year’s edition stands 5-13 with 11 regular-season games remaining and, to be brutally honest, it’s hard to imagine the Jayhawks winning any of them.
KU’s women appeared to hit rock bottom on Wednesday night when they scored only 35 points the lowest point total in school history in a lopsided loss to Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse.
Or was it rock bottom? With several ranked teams remaining on the schedule, those rocks the Jayhawks appeared to have hit on Wednesday night may have been merely pebbles.
I shudder to think what once-beaten Kansas State will do to the Jayhawks next Wednesday night in Manhattan. Or what the Wildcats will do in the return match on Feb. 17 in Allen Fieldhouse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if K-State fans outnumbered KU fans three or four to one in that February meeting. The ‘Cats always have a big following when they play in Lawrence, and this one will potentially be the biggest.
Washington is already feeling some heat because the rejuvenated ‘Cats have been fueled by a handful of Sunflower State products while the struggling KU team has only one Kansan freshman Blair Waltz of Leawood on its roster.
Washington can always counter that Williams has only one recruited Kansan freshman Wayne Simien of Leavenworth on the men’s roster. Williams scours the country for talent and so does Washington. Unfortunately, Washington may have scoured, but she hasn’t secured an impact player since Lynn Pride. Worse, she has landed only a couple of Division One-caliber players in at least four years.
Washington admitted as much the other night.
“Fact is,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of talent now.”
Time and again, though, Washington has noted she has signed seven quality recruits who will make an impact next season.
“We’re not very athletic now,” she said, “but we’ll be bringing in more athletes.”
What looms as Washington’s worst season in nearly three decades comes in the wake of a controversial feathering of her nest by university officials. In addition to her $125,000 salary, she is receiving $35,000 in radio-TV money for the first time, as well as the use of two automobiles, country club memberships and a $10,500 travel allowance for personal guests. Not to mention payments on a $2 million term life insurance policy.
Oh, and she receives 50 tickets to each KU women’s home basketball game a curious number because they could give her 15,000 free tickets and still have plenty of seats available for the average crowd.
How did Washington find herself in this virtually hopeless situation, saddled with a non-competitive team in a very competitive league?
That’s easy. Poor recruiting.
Somebody will have to pay for this dreadful season. It probably won’t be Washington, but if I were assistant coaches Lynette Woodard, Maggie Mahood and Pam DeCosta I’d be concerned.
Sports editor Chuck Woodling can be reached at 832-7147.No profession, Roy Williams uttered not too long ago, has higher highs and lower lows than coaching.
That’s not true, of course. It’s just Williams jaw-boning, as he often does. You want high highs and low lows? Then become a fireman or a policeman or a doctor or a paramedic or any other profession where lives are involved.
That isn’t to say coaching does not have the unbridled joy of victory and the utter despair of defeat. It does. But, hey, it’s only a game.
In basketball coaching, nothing is better than having a good team. And nothing is worse than having a bad team. At Kansas University right now, we have the best and the worst. Williams has one of his best teams and women’s coach Marian Washington has one of her worst.
Check that. Washington’s current team may be the worst in a 29-year career on Mount Oread that has produced 17 seasons of 20 victories or more. Her worst year was a 7-17 mark in the early ’70s when records were so sketchy some of the scores are listed as “unavailable.”
This year’s edition stands 5-13 with 11 regular-season games remaining and, to be brutally honest, it’s hard to imagine the Jayhawks winning any of them.
KU’s women appeared to hit rock bottom on Wednesday night when they scored only 35 points the lowest point total in school history in a lopsided loss to Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse.
Or was it rock bottom? With several ranked teams remaining on the schedule, those rocks the Jayhawks appeared to have hit on Wednesday night may have been merely pebbles.
I shudder to think what once-beaten Kansas State will do to the Jayhawks next Wednesday night in Manhattan. Or what the Wildcats will do in the return match on Feb. 17 in Allen Fieldhouse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if K-State fans outnumbered KU fans three or four to one in that February meeting. The ‘Cats always have a big following when they play in Lawrence, and this one will potentially be the biggest.
Washington is already feeling some heat because the rejuvenated ‘Cats have been fueled by a handful of Sunflower State products while the struggling KU team has only one Kansan freshman Blair Waltz of Leawood on its roster.
Washington can always counter that Williams has only one recruited Kansan freshman Wayne Simien of Leavenworth on the men’s roster. Williams scours the country for talent and so does Washington. Unfortunately, Washington may have scoured, but she hasn’t secured an impact player since Lynn Pride. Worse, she has landed only a couple of Division One-caliber players in at least four years.
Washington admitted as much the other night.
“Fact is,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of talent now.”
Time and again, though, Washington has noted she has signed seven quality recruits who will make an impact next season.
“We’re not very athletic now,” she said, “but we’ll be bringing in more athletes.”
What looms as Washington’s worst season in nearly three decades comes in the wake of a controversial feathering of her nest by university officials. In addition to her $125,000 salary, she is receiving $35,000 in radio-TV money for the first time, as well as the use of two automobiles, country club memberships and a $10,500 travel allowance for personal guests. Not to mention payments on a $2 million term life insurance policy.
Oh, and she receives 50 tickets to each KU women’s home basketball game a curious number because they could give her 15,000 free tickets and still have plenty of seats available for the average crowd.
How did Washington find herself in this virtually hopeless situation, saddled with a non-competitive team in a very competitive league?
That’s easy. Poor recruiting.
Somebody will have to pay for this dreadful season. It probably won’t be Washington, but if I were assistant coaches Lynette Woodard, Maggie Mahood and Pam DeCosta I’d be concerned.
No profession, Roy Williams uttered not too long ago, has higher highs and lower lows than coaching.
That’s not true, of course. It’s just Williams jaw-boning, as he often does. You want high highs and low lows? Then become a fireman or a policeman or a doctor or a paramedic or any other profession where lives are involved.
That isn’t to say coaching does not have the unbridled joy of victory and the utter despair of defeat. It does. But, hey, it’s only a game.
In basketball coaching, nothing is better than having a good team. And nothing is worse than having a bad team. At Kansas University right now, we have the best and the worst. Williams has one of his best teams and women’s coach Marian Washington has one of her worst.
Check that. Washington’s current team may be the worst in a 29-year career on Mount Oread that has produced 17 seasons of 20 victories or more. Her worst year was a 7-17 mark in the early ’70s when records were so sketchy some of the scores are listed as “unavailable.”
This year’s edition stands 5-13 with 11 regular-season games remaining and, to be brutally honest, it’s hard to imagine the Jayhawks winning any of them.
KU’s women appeared to hit rock bottom on Wednesday night when they scored only 35 points the lowest point total in school history in a lopsided loss to Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse.
Or was it rock bottom? With several ranked teams remaining on the schedule, those rocks the Jayhawks appeared to have hit on Wednesday night may have been merely pebbles.
I shudder to think what once-beaten Kansas State will do to the Jayhawks next Wednesday night in Manhattan. Or what the Wildcats will do in the return match on Feb. 17 in Allen Fieldhouse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if K-State fans outnumbered KU fans three or four to one in that February meeting. The ‘Cats always have a big following when they play in Lawrence, and this one will potentially be the biggest.
Washington is already feeling some heat because the rejuvenated ‘Cats have been fueled by a handful of Sunflower State products while the struggling KU team has only one Kansan freshman Blair Waltz of Leawood on its roster.
Washington can always counter that Williams has only one recruited Kansan freshman Wayne Simien of Leavenworth on the men’s roster. Williams scours the country for talent and so does Washington. Unfortunately, Washington may have scoured, but she hasn’t secured an impact player since Lynn Pride. Worse, she has landed only a couple of Division One-caliber players in at least four years.
Washington admitted as much the other night.
“Fact is,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of talent now.”
Time and again, though, Washington has noted she has signed seven quality recruits who will make an impact next season.
“We’re not very athletic now,” she said, “but we’ll be bringing in more athletes.”
What looms as Washington’s worst season in nearly three decades comes in the wake of a controversial feathering of her nest by university officials. In addition to her $125,000 salary, she is receiving $35,000 in radio-TV money for the first time, as well as the use of two automobiles, country club memberships and a $10,500 travel allowance for personal guests. Not to mention payments on a $2 million term life insurance policy.
Oh, and she receives 50 tickets to each KU women’s home basketball game a curious number because they could give her 15,000 free tickets and still have plenty of seats available for the average crowd.
How did Washington find herself in this virtually hopeless situation, saddled with a non-competitive team in a very competitive league?
That’s easy. Poor recruiting.
Somebody will have to pay for this dreadful season. It probably won’t be Washington, but if I were assistant coaches Lynette Woodard, Maggie Mahood and Pam DeCosta I’d be concerned.
Sports editor Chuck Woodling can be reached at 832-7147.No profession, Roy Williams uttered not too long ago, has higher highs and lower lows than coaching.
That’s not true, of course. It’s just Williams jaw-boning, as he often does. You want high highs and low lows? Then become a fireman or a policeman or a doctor or a paramedic or any other profession where lives are involved.
That isn’t to say coaching does not have the unbridled joy of victory and the utter despair of defeat. It does. But, hey, it’s only a game.
In basketball coaching, nothing is better than having a good team. And nothing is worse than having a bad team. At Kansas University right now, we have the best and the worst. Williams has one of his best teams and women’s coach Marian Washington has one of her worst.
Check that. Washington’s current team may be the worst in a 29-year career on Mount Oread that has produced 17 seasons of 20 victories or more. Her worst year was a 7-17 mark in the early ’70s when records were so sketchy some of the scores are listed as “unavailable.”
This year’s edition stands 5-13 with 11 regular-season games remaining and, to be brutally honest, it’s hard to imagine the Jayhawks winning any of them.
KU’s women appeared to hit rock bottom on Wednesday night when they scored only 35 points the lowest point total in school history in a lopsided loss to Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse.
Or was it rock bottom? With several ranked teams remaining on the schedule, those rocks the Jayhawks appeared to have hit on Wednesday night may have been merely pebbles.
I shudder to think what once-beaten Kansas State will do to the Jayhawks next Wednesday night in Manhattan. Or what the Wildcats will do in the return match on Feb. 17 in Allen Fieldhouse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if K-State fans outnumbered KU fans three or four to one in that February meeting. The ‘Cats always have a big following when they play in Lawrence, and this one will potentially be the biggest.
Washington is already feeling some heat because the rejuvenated ‘Cats have been fueled by a handful of Sunflower State products while the struggling KU team has only one Kansan freshman Blair Waltz of Leawood on its roster.
Washington can always counter that Williams has only one recruited Kansan freshman Wayne Simien of Leavenworth on the men’s roster. Williams scours the country for talent and so does Washington. Unfortunately, Washington may have scoured, but she hasn’t secured an impact player since Lynn Pride. Worse, she has landed only a couple of Division One-caliber players in at least four years.
Washington admitted as much the other night.
“Fact is,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of talent now.”
Time and again, though, Washington has noted she has signed seven quality recruits who will make an impact next season.
“We’re not very athletic now,” she said, “but we’ll be bringing in more athletes.”
What looms as Washington’s worst season in nearly three decades comes in the wake of a controversial feathering of her nest by university officials. In addition to her $125,000 salary, she is receiving $35,000 in radio-TV money for the first time, as well as the use of two automobiles, country club memberships and a $10,500 travel allowance for personal guests. Not to mention payments on a $2 million term life insurance policy.
Oh, and she receives 50 tickets to each KU women’s home basketball game a curious number because they could give her 15,000 free tickets and still have plenty of seats available for the average crowd.
How did Washington find herself in this virtually hopeless situation, saddled with a non-competitive team in a very competitive league?
That’s easy. Poor recruiting.
Somebody will have to pay for this dreadful season. It probably won’t be Washington, but if I were assistant coaches Lynette Woodard, Maggie Mahood and Pam DeCosta I’d be concerned.
No profession, Roy Williams uttered not too long ago, has higher highs and lower lows than coaching.
That’s not true, of course. It’s just Williams jaw-boning, as he often does. You want high highs and low lows? Then become a fireman or a policeman or a doctor or a paramedic or any other profession where lives are involved.
That isn’t to say coaching does not have the unbridled joy of victory and the utter despair of defeat. It does. But, hey, it’s only a game.
In basketball coaching, nothing is better than having a good team. And nothing is worse than having a bad team. At Kansas University right now, we have the best and the worst. Williams has one of his best teams and women’s coach Marian Washington has one of her worst.
Check that. Washington’s current team may be the worst in a 29-year career on Mount Oread that has produced 17 seasons of 20 victories or more. Her worst year was a 7-17 mark in the early ’70s when records were so sketchy some of the scores are listed as “unavailable.”
This year’s edition stands 5-13 with 11 regular-season games remaining and, to be brutally honest, it’s hard to imagine the Jayhawks winning any of them.
KU’s women appeared to hit rock bottom on Wednesday night when they scored only 35 points the lowest point total in school history in a lopsided loss to Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse.
Or was it rock bottom? With several ranked teams remaining on the schedule, those rocks the Jayhawks appeared to have hit on Wednesday night may have been merely pebbles.
I shudder to think what once-beaten Kansas State will do to the Jayhawks next Wednesday night in Manhattan. Or what the Wildcats will do in the return match on Feb. 17 in Allen Fieldhouse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if K-State fans outnumbered KU fans three or four to one in that February meeting. The ‘Cats always have a big following when they play in Lawrence, and this one will potentially be the biggest.
Washington is already feeling some heat because the rejuvenated ‘Cats have been fueled by a handful of Sunflower State products while the struggling KU team has only one Kansan freshman Blair Waltz of Leawood on its roster.
Washington can always counter that Williams has only one recruited Kansan freshman Wayne Simien of Leavenworth on the men’s roster. Williams scours the country for talent and so does Washington. Unfortunately, Washington may have scoured, but she hasn’t secured an impact player since Lynn Pride. Worse, she has landed only a couple of Division One-caliber players in at least four years.
Washington admitted as much the other night.
“Fact is,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of talent now.”
Time and again, though, Washington has noted she has signed seven quality recruits who will make an impact next season.
“We’re not very athletic now,” she said, “but we’ll be bringing in more athletes.”
What looms as Washington’s worst season in nearly three decades comes in the wake of a controversial feathering of her nest by university officials. In addition to her $125,000 salary, she is receiving $35,000 in radio-TV money for the first time, as well as the use of two automobiles, country club memberships and a $10,500 travel allowance for personal guests. Not to mention payments on a $2 million term life insurance policy.
Oh, and she receives 50 tickets to each KU women’s home basketball game a curious number because they could give her 15,000 free tickets and still have plenty of seats available for the average crowd.
How did Washington find herself in this virtually hopeless situation, saddled with a non-competitive team in a very competitive league?
That’s easy. Poor recruiting.
Somebody will have to pay for this dreadful season. It probably won’t be Washington, but if I were assistant coaches Lynette Woodard, Maggie Mahood and Pam DeCosta I’d be concerned.
Sports editor Chuck Woodling can be reached at 832-7147.No profession, Roy Williams uttered not too long ago, has higher highs and lower lows than coaching.
That’s not true, of course. It’s just Williams jaw-boning, as he often does. You want high highs and low lows? Then become a fireman or a policeman or a doctor or a paramedic or any other profession where lives are involved.
That isn’t to say coaching does not have the unbridled joy of victory and the utter despair of defeat. It does. But, hey, it’s only a game.
In basketball coaching, nothing is better than having a good team. And nothing is worse than having a bad team. At Kansas University right now, we have the best and the worst. Williams has one of his best teams and women’s coach Marian Washington has one of her worst.
Check that. Washington’s current team may be the worst in a 29-year career on Mount Oread that has produced 17 seasons of 20 victories or more. Her worst year was a 7-17 mark in the early ’70s when records were so sketchy some of the scores are listed as “unavailable.”
This year’s edition stands 5-13 with 11 regular-season games remaining and, to be brutally honest, it’s hard to imagine the Jayhawks winning any of them.
KU’s women appeared to hit rock bottom on Wednesday night when they scored only 35 points the lowest point total in school history in a lopsided loss to Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse.
Or was it rock bottom? With several ranked teams remaining on the schedule, those rocks the Jayhawks appeared to have hit on Wednesday night may have been merely pebbles.
I shudder to think what once-beaten Kansas State will do to the Jayhawks next Wednesday night in Manhattan. Or what the Wildcats will do in the return match on Feb. 17 in Allen Fieldhouse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if K-State fans outnumbered KU fans three or four to one in that February meeting. The ‘Cats always have a big following when they play in Lawrence, and this one will potentially be the biggest.
Washington is already feeling some heat because the rejuvenated ‘Cats have been fueled by a handful of Sunflower State products while the struggling KU team has only one Kansan freshman Blair Waltz of Leawood on its roster.
Washington can always counter that Williams has only one recruited Kansan freshman Wayne Simien of Leavenworth on the men’s roster. Williams scours the country for talent and so does Washington. Unfortunately, Washington may have scoured, but she hasn’t secured an impact player since Lynn Pride. Worse, she has landed only a couple of Division One-caliber players in at least four years.
Washington admitted as much the other night.
“Fact is,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of talent now.”
Time and again, though, Washington has noted she has signed seven quality recruits who will make an impact next season.
“We’re not very athletic now,” she said, “but we’ll be bringing in more athletes.”
What looms as Washington’s worst season in nearly three decades comes in the wake of a controversial feathering of her nest by university officials. In addition to her $125,000 salary, she is receiving $35,000 in radio-TV money for the first time, as well as the use of two automobiles, country club memberships and a $10,500 travel allowance for personal guests. Not to mention payments on a $2 million term life insurance policy.
Oh, and she receives 50 tickets to each KU women’s home basketball game a curious number because they could give her 15,000 free tickets and still have plenty of seats available for the average crowd.
How did Washington find herself in this virtually hopeless situation, saddled with a non-competitive team in a very competitive league?
That’s easy. Poor recruiting.
Somebody will have to pay for this dreadful season. It probably won’t be Washington, but if I were assistant coaches Lynette Woodard, Maggie Mahood and Pam DeCosta I’d be concerned.
No profession, Roy Williams uttered not too long ago, has higher highs and lower lows than coaching.
That’s not true, of course. It’s just Williams jaw-boning, as he often does. You want high highs and low lows? Then become a fireman or a policeman or a doctor or a paramedic or any other profession where lives are involved.
That isn’t to say coaching does not have the unbridled joy of victory and the utter despair of defeat. It does. But, hey, it’s only a game.
In basketball coaching, nothing is better than having a good team. And nothing is worse than having a bad team. At Kansas University right now, we have the best and the worst. Williams has one of his best teams and women’s coach Marian Washington has one of her worst.
Check that. Washington’s current team may be the worst in a 29-year career on Mount Oread that has produced 17 seasons of 20 victories or more. Her worst year was a 7-17 mark in the early ’70s when records were so sketchy some of the scores are listed as “unavailable.”
This year’s edition stands 5-13 with 11 regular-season games remaining and, to be brutally honest, it’s hard to imagine the Jayhawks winning any of them.
KU’s women appeared to hit rock bottom on Wednesday night when they scored only 35 points the lowest point total in school history in a lopsided loss to Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse.
Or was it rock bottom? With several ranked teams remaining on the schedule, those rocks the Jayhawks appeared to have hit on Wednesday night may have been merely pebbles.
I shudder to think what once-beaten Kansas State will do to the Jayhawks next Wednesday night in Manhattan. Or what the Wildcats will do in the return match on Feb. 17 in Allen Fieldhouse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if K-State fans outnumbered KU fans three or four to one in that February meeting. The ‘Cats always have a big following when they play in Lawrence, and this one will potentially be the biggest.
Washington is already feeling some heat because the rejuvenated ‘Cats have been fueled by a handful of Sunflower State products while the struggling KU team has only one Kansan freshman Blair Waltz of Leawood on its roster.
Washington can always counter that Williams has only one recruited Kansan freshman Wayne Simien of Leavenworth on the men’s roster. Williams scours the country for talent and so does Washington. Unfortunately, Washington may have scoured, but she hasn’t secured an impact player since Lynn Pride. Worse, she has landed only a couple of Division One-caliber players in at least four years.
Washington admitted as much the other night.
“Fact is,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of talent now.”
Time and again, though, Washington has noted she has signed seven quality recruits who will make an impact next season.
“We’re not very athletic now,” she said, “but we’ll be bringing in more athletes.”
What looms as Washington’s worst season in nearly three decades comes in the wake of a controversial feathering of her nest by university officials. In addition to her $125,000 salary, she is receiving $35,000 in radio-TV money for the first time, as well as the use of two automobiles, country club memberships and a $10,500 travel allowance for personal guests. Not to mention payments on a $2 million term life insurance policy.
Oh, and she receives 50 tickets to each KU women’s home basketball game a curious number because they could give her 15,000 free tickets and still have plenty of seats available for the average crowd.
How did Washington find herself in this virtually hopeless situation, saddled with a non-competitive team in a very competitive league?
That’s easy. Poor recruiting.
Somebody will have to pay for this dreadful season. It probably won’t be Washington, but if I were assistant coaches Lynette Woodard, Maggie Mahood and Pam DeCosta I’d be concerned.
Sports editor Chuck Woodling can be reached at 832-7147.No profession, Roy Williams uttered not too long ago, has higher highs and lower lows than coaching.
That’s not true, of course. It’s just Williams jaw-boning, as he often does. You want high highs and low lows? Then become a fireman or a policeman or a doctor or a paramedic or any other profession where lives are involved.
That isn’t to say coaching does not have the unbridled joy of victory and the utter despair of defeat. It does. But, hey, it’s only a game.
In basketball coaching, nothing is better than having a good team. And nothing is worse than having a bad team. At Kansas University right now, we have the best and the worst. Williams has one of his best teams and women’s coach Marian Washington has one of her worst.
Check that. Washington’s current team may be the worst in a 29-year career on Mount Oread that has produced 17 seasons of 20 victories or more. Her worst year was a 7-17 mark in the early ’70s when records were so sketchy some of the scores are listed as “unavailable.”
This year’s edition stands 5-13 with 11 regular-season games remaining and, to be brutally honest, it’s hard to imagine the Jayhawks winning any of them.
KU’s women appeared to hit rock bottom on Wednesday night when they scored only 35 points the lowest point total in school history in a lopsided loss to Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse.
Or was it rock bottom? With several ranked teams remaining on the schedule, those rocks the Jayhawks appeared to have hit on Wednesday night may have been merely pebbles.
I shudder to think what once-beaten Kansas State will do to the Jayhawks next Wednesday night in Manhattan. Or what the Wildcats will do in the return match on Feb. 17 in Allen Fieldhouse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if K-State fans outnumbered KU fans three or four to one in that February meeting. The ‘Cats always have a big following when they play in Lawrence, and this one will potentially be the biggest.
Washington is already feeling some heat because the rejuvenated ‘Cats have been fueled by a handful of Sunflower State products while the struggling KU team has only one Kansan freshman Blair Waltz of Leawood on its roster.
Washington can always counter that Williams has only one recruited Kansan freshman Wayne Simien of Leavenworth on the men’s roster. Williams scours the country for talent and so does Washington. Unfortunately, Washington may have scoured, but she hasn’t secured an impact player since Lynn Pride. Worse, she has landed only a couple of Division One-caliber players in at least four years.
Washington admitted as much the other night.
“Fact is,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of talent now.”
Time and again, though, Washington has noted she has signed seven quality recruits who will make an impact next season.
“We’re not very athletic now,” she said, “but we’ll be bringing in more athletes.”
What looms as Washington’s worst season in nearly three decades comes in the wake of a controversial feathering of her nest by university officials. In addition to her $125,000 salary, she is receiving $35,000 in radio-TV money for the first time, as well as the use of two automobiles, country club memberships and a $10,500 travel allowance for personal guests. Not to mention payments on a $2 million term life insurance policy.
Oh, and she receives 50 tickets to each KU women’s home basketball game a curious number because they could give her 15,000 free tickets and still have plenty of seats available for the average crowd.
How did Washington find herself in this virtually hopeless situation, saddled with a non-competitive team in a very competitive league?
That’s easy. Poor recruiting.
Somebody will have to pay for this dreadful season. It probably won’t be Washington, but if I were assistant coaches Lynette Woodard, Maggie Mahood and Pam DeCosta I’d be concerned.
