From NewsOK.com:
What wisdom did Stoops pass on to Mark Mangino, who has Kansas off to a 5-0 start?
"I didn't pass on any wisdom to Mark. He's a smart guy who's worked hard. As much as anything, he had a good background, here as well as at Kansas State being, part of our building process.
"My only advice is always stick to what you believe in. I didn't have to tell Mark that. And he's done an excellent job of building a strong, fundamental team that plays the right way. They've done a great job.”
I love that Stoops deflects credit to other people--players and coaches--as much as possible. Obviously, as a highly visible D-I coach, he has plenty of opportunities to take credit for successes, and he virtually never takes those opportunities. Almost invariably, he passes the credit on to other people.
Great leadership.
KU Football, who would have thought that they would be sitting with a number by their name and a 0 on the right hand column of their record?
I just picked up a copy of Mike Erre's Book and Google searched his name and ran across this site. As a student at Kansas State University it's hard finding love for the Jayhawks,imagine that. I'm looking forward to reading Mike's book too.
Posted by: Mark Wampler | October 12, 2007 at 09:05 AM
As for poor leadership...how would you feel if Mangino asked you to run laps?
I'd look at him and say, "You ever run a lap coach?"
Posted by: Jay (the other Jay) | October 12, 2007 at 12:43 PM