Bring On The Cats

Wefald just announced...

…that we have another student has won a Rhodes Scholarship. That’s awesome!

Now he’s talking about a professor who won a prestigious award last week (National Professor of the Year for nation’s doctoral universities).

Is he trying to deflect the attention from this?

It's more like

don’t hate because at least we’re doing something right.

I'm proud of our Rhodes Scholars and all...

But Wefald’s voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me at this point.

How many times does Wefald say...

“Have you heard of X?”

“Yeah, he’s doing pretty well.”

Now he's talking about the great team of assistants we're going to assemble...

…Christ, now he’s quoting Bill McCartney! Fuck me.

Wait, I missed that...

We’re hiring McCarney?

No, he was quoting...

…Bill McCartney about what a great job Snyder did. Something from the mid-1990s.

Look, Jon, we all know how good of a coach he was in his first stint. We’re not arguing that he’s not a good coach, we’re arguing that this is the right move for K-State.

Oh because hiring

great assistants wasn’t important the last time?

Barry Switzer.

I knew it...a reference to Paterno

And Reagan.

And McCain.

What about the crypt keeper, Wefald?

Why does he keep talking about politicians?

He sounds extremely miffed

Maybe he’s been reading this site.

This is Ron Burgundy

Go fuck yourselves San Diego.

Good. I hope he does.

I can’t wait until you retire, John.

Take Bob with you.

He's looking for another Landon Lecture speaker...

Consider it putting out feelers.

He should become a politician.

Yes, Jon, there is doubt

Come on down!

You’re the next contestant on…

"Let's see who can coach K-State football!"

Why has it come to this?

Jon Wefald has done so much good, and now I’m in the position of being irritated by him.

Snyder did more for K-State than anyone, and now I’m forced to be unhappy that he’s back.

Oh, God

Snyder just held a tape recorder up there and said, “What, just one of these now?”

Well, technology has improved…

He's received training on how to 'text'.

My God, he's pretty entertaining...

…he’s clearly been away a while and doesn’t have his “media hate” in full force.

To his credit, he's jovial, likeable, and has a much better rapport with the media

Well, never mind...

…now he’s scolding the media for printing this before the decision was made. Just like old times.

I just heard that...

Oh, crap.

Sources!!!!

You have foiled us again!

I can see the blog post headlines tomorrow...

…Internet makes its way to Manhattan, introduced to Coach Snyder.

Can Snyder be K-State's next president

Welfald makes me sick… (I’ve worked with him)

he brought him the internet

A youngster, by and large, brings me the Internet every day with my newspaper

Audio Stream?

I can’t get a connection via KMAN – where are you listening from?

CPNE - November 24, 2008 reply

I'm on KStatesports.com

I’ve got a feed from Passport.

That silly game of football.

Any word of any future plans yet?

There has to be a plan right?

Pffft...plans are for Princes.

Notebooks have been replaced with legal pads...

Comforting, reassuring legal pads written on with a nice, Cross pen.

We need stationery in here! Stat!!

Not yet...

…he’s talking about how much he loves the people of K-State.

You're looking at it, dude.

oh no definitions of the Bill Snyder family again

is this going to be on the test

Option D

“All of the above”

T/F

Has Snyder done right by his family?

Sorry, I guess that should not be in the form of a question.

Anyone mentioned that he's making $1.8 million per year?

I wonder how those dudes who cut checks for Patterson feel?

Budget cuts

I wonder how academic departments who have had their budget cut feel

No, this didn't come from the academic side...

This came from the GP warchest.

At least, that’s what we’ve heard.

I've heard the same thing

How much did he make

during the last few years of his first reign?

I want to say $1.5 mil...

but don’t hold me to that.

How does the family feel?

Isn't Meredith...

…his daughter who was in the bad car accident back in the 1990s?

I believe so...

Pretty inspirational story to be honest.

For sure...

…I remember reading about that in SI back in 1998.

Wow...

A Casey Stengel reference

Nice tip of the hat to Ron

You have to hand it to Bill, dude’s all class.

no doubt

Bill’s all class and, for the most part, so are his players

No doubt about that

So...

…he’s going to use his platform to talk about mentoring, or include his family, and all this other stuff.

Eh, at least he's not taking up some celebrity cause like Bono.

Question time

At this particular point in time...

YES!!!!

Oh, my

And the very first question, a reporter gets scolded. Just like the good old days. Bill is back!

That was Bruce Heartl...

He’s on the pre-game show for crying out loud.

I wish...

…I recognized the local media members’ voices like you do.

Jeffrey Martin talking now?

Yeah, that was J-Mart

I’ve actually met and talked to him. Really nice guy.

And no plan in place for recruiting yet!

EVEN BETTER!

WHAT!?!?

No plan in place?!?!

CPNE - November 24, 2008 reply

He’s going it because:

…his family wanted him to do it
…the K-State family is in flux right now (he wants to unify the fans)

J-Mart wants to know...

…when this was first offered to him.

He said a week or so ago. Apparently it was right after Ron had been released, the week after the KU game according to Snyder.

Jeff Martin just asked a question about when he was approched...

And Martin was validated. Snyder was presented the opportunity the Thursday after the KU game.

Way to go guys! No coaching search!

exactly what I was thinking

Not impressed so far.

I wish he said he was doing it because he wanted to see tackling and games won. Not because he felt he was doing us “a square”.

CPNE - November 24, 2008 reply

He's doing it because...

Wefald and Krause asked him to save their asses.

exactly

Wefald needs to salvage his legacy

he has a wonderful academic legacy...

He just screwed it up because he wanted to play AD.

Asked about his first resignation being a "mistake"

He said he made a quick decision. I really, really wonder what was happening behind the scenes when he retired initially.

Tim Weiser: Fire your coaches...

Bill Snyder: No.

Tim Weiser: Then you’ll be fired.

Bill Snyder: You can’t fire me. I quit.

Yeah

Wefald wasn't in the conversation

he was too busy kissing Rhodes Scholars’ a$$es

Was that Kevin Haskin?

Asking him if he missed Saturdays or Sunday-Friday prep.

I think it was Janssen

Memo to students: Start looking at the snap clock...

Assist the QB by counting down. We’ll have at least 25 yards per game on delay of game penalties.

Snyder just assured us that those are coming back.

Haha

I remember the groan of horror when Ell Roberson would start to check off with three seconds on the play clock.

My roommate and I called it the Kavanaugh play (from '96)

"IN" famous guys.

Yeah, I wondered if that was a slip of the tongue or if he was trying to be funny.

HUH?

He was talking about voting on the Legend's Poll...

…referred to the other legendary coaches as “infamous guys.”

His place among the legends poll.

He called them infamous…made me think about the Three Amigos.

I'll say this...

…he has apparently watched a lot of football the last few years.

I so hope he doesn't reschedule our marquis matchups.

I don't think we'll have the money to buy them out.

I'm not going to lie...

The dude is, today, without a doubt the best coach in the North division.

Now, can he hire good assistants and recruit? That’s the question.

Dude is still sharp as a tack.

Now he made a joke about non-con scheduling...

…saying we’re not going to go down and play any SEC teams.

Running and defense

K-State needs to play SEC / Big 10 style football – running, ball control, and defense

Yes, stop the bleeding...need less basketball scores.

Whatever happened to the option

in the Big 12? It worked so well for so many teams

It works for me in video games!

I'd never thought I'd say this, but...

…man I miss Ell Roberson

Yeah...

I bet he brings it back...

You wait and see. He’ll take that opportunity to run something everyone else isn’t because it gives us a competitive advantage.

Make it simple enough that anyone can do.

Option football...

…so easy, a caveman can do it.

Wait, wait...

Are you hear to save me money on car insurance?

here not hear

Option football...

….so easy, Allan Webb can do it……

Sort of

No it's more like

The three step drop…

…so easy, Allan Webb can’t do it….

that's exactly what we need

a defense that can shut down high-scoring offenses and an offense that can keep the ball for long periods of time and beat up the defense

Hell, I'll just take...

…a defense that is lined up properly and at least occasionally slows down the opposition.

good call

baby steps…

recruiting

We can’t recruit the same offensive skill players as Texas, Oklahoma, etc.

Wow, that was a dumb question by the reporter. Asking Snyder to criticize what went wrong with the team the last few years.

At least he didn't throw Prince under the bus.

Snyder would never do that

He's not Bob Krause

Just dropping in...

I’m listening, but unable to offer too many comments since I’m at work. Will throw in a recap later on. I agree with Pan though, he is hands down the best coach in the North right now. I just worry about the future of the program, especially since he has NO IDEA who his assistants will be.

EMAW - November 24, 2008 reply

To be truthful, I'm just as interested to hear him pontificate and theorize on the issues of our society

as I am to hear him talk football.

He gets it.

Let's hope...

…the time he has spent in the Kansas mentoring program helps him relate to “today’s young person.”

The good side of the electronic world...

much better than the dark side.

If anyone has "Leadership Lessons from Bill Snyder", give it a read if you haven't...

I just pulled it out of my cube. I’m going to re-read it this weekend.

I might just have to do that...

I’ll put it on my wish list.

Oooooh..

he can text message!

YES!!!!!

Just as long as...

…he doesn’t pull a Kelvin Sampson.

I just got a weird feeling

I remember listing to Bill’s retirement speech in Varney’s… and now this

"listening" not "listing"

Okay...now I can get back to work.

Alright, folks...

…I gotta go run a few errands, then I’ll be back with a new post summarizing my thoughts on this.