Goodbye Les, we hardly knew ye...

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jfish26 wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 7:08 am
twocoach wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:48 am
UnholyLivingDead wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:31 pm This right here, LSU's long-standing commitment to covering this all up, is going to save Long's job for now.

https://twitter.com/JayhawkTalk/status/ ... 4452552713
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Lol at Mike Vernon thinking he's breaking something that has been obvious for over a year now.
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Speaking of Girod...unless I have missed something he has been awfully quiet about this if not completely silent.

Jeff Long is a dead man walking.
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CrimsonNBlue wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:50 pm Lol at Mike Vernon thinking he's breaking something that has been obvious for over a year now.
He’s been very odd lately. Trying to just put on a journalism hat.
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Who is Mike Vernon?
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Word is Long is out by end of the week.
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NewtonHawk11 wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:55 pm Word is Long is out by end of the week.
to me, it really felt odd that one would be gone without the other
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TraditionKU wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:10 pm
NewtonHawk11 wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:55 pm Word is Long is out by end of the week.
to me, it really felt odd that one would be gone without the other
That is true.

But I think Long's presser yesterday was the nail in the coffin. It was really bad. When Mellinger goes after you, it's really bad. Sam doesn't do hit pieces, but that was a well-deserved hit piece.
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TraditionKU wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:10 pm
NewtonHawk11 wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:55 pm Word is Long is out by end of the week.
to me, it really felt odd that one would be gone without the other
Maybe just long enough to get the interim football staff in place.
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Fescoe just tweeted out something similar...'get your popcorn ready'

Speaking of...what? Floodman, maybe. Danny?!? If these are the donors calling the shots for our next HC we might as well all prepare for the Clint Bowen era.

https://twitter.com/M_Vernon/status/136 ... -103723%2F
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holidaysmore wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:26 pm Fescoe just tweeted out something similar...'get your popcorn ready'

Speaking of...what? Floodman, maybe. Danny?!? If these are the donors calling the shots for our next HC we might as well all prepare for the Clint Bowen era.

https://twitter.com/M_Vernon/status/136 ... -103723%2F
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Adios Jeff!
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Yeah the presser yesterday was the final straw.
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I honestly think he would have stayed if it was not for that.

More importantly, you are going to make Bill Self happy too.
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NewtonHawk11 wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:36 pm Yeah the presser yesterday was the final straw.
I see it differently; I think he was made to take the incoming fire yesterday, before being shown the door himself.
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Sounds like we can expect a release from the university soon. Mellinger says there is an all-staff meeting happening in the next few minutes where this will be the topic.

https://twitter.com/mellinger/status/13 ... 1088809986
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Adios, Jeff. You bum.

And a sincere welcome to our new AD, Aqib Talib!!!!!
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jfish26 wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:39 pm
NewtonHawk11 wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:36 pm Yeah the presser yesterday was the final straw.
I see it differently; I think he was made to take the incoming fire yesterday, before being shown the door himself.
Good point. Probably not that far off.

But it was a really bad look regardless. Odd that Girod would put him out there though if he was still representing KU.
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"But don’t ever get it twisted, it’s Rock Chalk forever." MG
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