Thoughts

I'm supposed to be working on some course work for my Master's in Special Education, but instead I am stuck on all of the news about Ron Prince resigning.


Ron Prince went 16-18 to this point in his time at Kansas State. Is that worthy of being fired? Probably not. Not at a place that was deemed to have had one of the "worst football programs in history."

It is worth mentioning that K-State fans are extremely spoiled because of what Coach Snyder did. There are certainly unrealistic expectations to match Coach Snyder.

Let this be clear, I don't think that Ron Prince was fired because of his 16-18 record, I think he was fired for the right reasons.

This guy was fired because he couldn't hold onto any quality assistants.
This guy was fired because he made those same assistants run stadium's.
This guy was fired because he didn't think it was important to hold onto an equipment manager.
This guy was fired because he couldn't get his players to buy in.
This guy was fired because he made those some players run at 3:00am after flying back from a game against Louisville.
This guy was fired because he couldn't deliver the big time recruits.
This guy was fired because he couldn't develop relationships with HS coaches.
This guy was fired because he was loosing season ticket holders.
This guy was fired because he wasn't bringing in enough money into an athletic department that depends on football.
Ultimately, this guy was fired because he had a lot of style and not much substance.

I listed some of the reasons why I believe he was fired. Notice that NONE of it had to do with his record? Indirectly, sure some of that stuff plays into it. Ron Prince wasn't fired because he was 16-18, he was fired because he wasn't making any progress. I think that Ron Prince is an extremely intelligent man. I think that he probably is a terrific coordinator.

I don't know if anyone could have come in from outside the "Snyder family" and have success.

My only thought is this...it took Bill Snyder 18 years to build the program, did it take Ron Prince only 2 and 3/4 years to tear it down?