It's not easy getting college football coaches to honestly comment on another coach, player or team. Most coaches don't want to give opposing teams bulletin board material, which is why there is a lot of coach speak or overused cliches used during the year.
In order to get an accurate assessment of teams heading into 2021, Athlon asked coaches in the Big 12 to talk anonymously about their opponents.
Kansas
"What can you say? This is the worst program in the Power 5."
"They were poor talent-wise. Defensively they couldn’t run and had no team speed. Put them in space or get one on one and you’d win the matchup. The linebackers were flat-out bad. Their team was basically two good running backs."
"Pooka [Williams] was the only dude you had to account for. I guess you could say they didn’t do much with him, but the talent was so bad I don’t know how you scheme your way through that."
"There are no quick fixes. You can’t corners and that’s what they’ve been doing forever. That’s the problem."
"When you look at how Kansas State has built itself and rebranded after [Bill] Snyder moved on, when you look at how a good coach can transform Iowa State, you really have to wonder how Kansas ended up this bad. If those schools can find ways to be successful, recruit and develop and win games in this league, why is it impossible with this program? They ran out the one coach (David Beaty) who was trying to build it back the right way, and everything else has been about the quick fix. The next guy in here needs six years, no questions asked.
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In order to get an accurate assessment of teams heading into 2021, Athlon asked coaches in the Big 12 to talk anonymously about their opponents.
Kansas
"What can you say? This is the worst program in the Power 5."
"They were poor talent-wise. Defensively they couldn’t run and had no team speed. Put them in space or get one on one and you’d win the matchup. The linebackers were flat-out bad. Their team was basically two good running backs."
"Pooka [Williams] was the only dude you had to account for. I guess you could say they didn’t do much with him, but the talent was so bad I don’t know how you scheme your way through that."
"There are no quick fixes. You can’t corners and that’s what they’ve been doing forever. That’s the problem."
"When you look at how Kansas State has built itself and rebranded after [Bill] Snyder moved on, when you look at how a good coach can transform Iowa State, you really have to wonder how Kansas ended up this bad. If those schools can find ways to be successful, recruit and develop and win games in this league, why is it impossible with this program? They ran out the one coach (David Beaty) who was trying to build it back the right way, and everything else has been about the quick fix. The next guy in here needs six years, no questions asked.
Big 12 Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes for 2021
Big 12 football coaches talk off-the-field about teams for the 2021 season.
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