K-State…The Beginning of the End or not…

I love Bill Snyder as much as the next guy and I believe he is one of the greatest football minds in the game.   I also wonder how long he can hang on. At 77 and recovering from cancer, a second and permanent retirement might be in the works.

Give the guy a ton of credit…Back in the late 80’s K-State was the worst football program in the history of the universe.   Barry Switzer had to call off the dogs every year to avoid hanging a hundred on the Mildcats.

Then came Bill Snyder…Snyder did his homework and realized that every town in Kansas had a junior college full of gifted players that could not qualify academically at D-1 schools.

All these players had to do was graduate from said junior colleges to be eligible to play at the next level. Snyder then identified those players that could play big league football and stay out of jail for two years.

That was then and now is now. Today, Bill Snyder is twenty-eight years older and is recovering from cancer. He has also lived through a previous retirement move. Once before Snyder stepped aside for family reasons. Eventually, his family like most of ours encouraged him to un-retire.

Seriously, the K-State program went into the toilet after Snyder retired. The new guy did not understand the only template that would allow K-State football to flourish.

In time donors coaxed Bill Snyder to come out of retirement and take back his program. In short order he turned the program back around.

At the same time, just like at OU timing is everything and if Bill Snyder is smart, he will resign this summer and force the coaching issue. He wants his son to take over and now is the time for this to happen.

Leaving now will allow his son to inherit not only the head coaching position, it will also allow his son to inherit a sure winner. K-State has a softer than normal schedule this year and has a ton of starters back.

This team will win 10 games this year, regardless of the coach. The elder Snyder can still hang around and help out his son learn the ropes. The younger Snyder can then replicate his dad’s old ways and hit the juco ranks for next year.

Time is running short for Bill Snyder and K-State.   As we know, timing is everything when it comes to winning football.