When you look at what Kansas did before and after Mangino you have to sit there and think that the dude is an absolute genius HC. Kansas is beyond awful, and he had them go 12-1 and win an OB. Sure, he had some down years but to do that at Kansas is almost unthinkable.
Having said all that, he wouldn't be near the top of my list. I was just thinking about what a miracle he performed at Kansas.
Some people said the same thing about some guy from temple...
Yeah because he won 12 games at Temple, won a major conference and won the OB. Same thing in potato land.
Kansas is still a huge athletics draw and miles ahead of temple as an "athletic institutuion". Temple had like 50 kids on scholarship when golden showed up.
Are you implying that what Folden did at Temple mirrors what Mangino did at KU? Of that Folden's "accomplishments" are similar?
One coach took a Kansas team from 2-10 to a near perfect season and won an Orange Bowl.
The other went 0-14 against MAC teams with winning records, despite landing the top recruiting class in the conference three seasons in a row. Folden's M.O. has always been underachieving.
It's truly unbelievable that people still believe this guy "saved" the Temple program.
He never won a big game at Temple, hasn't won a big game at Miami (lulz if you consider a win over 4-8 UF big), and never will.
