The big man on campus has created the recipe for getting fired. After losing five straight games, allegations have surface about how he verbally abused players.
Mangino will still be waddling around the Jayhawks’ sideline on Saturday against Texas, but he’ll be shown the door if these allegations turn out to be true.
At least this guy has a future at the New York Friars’ Club for celebrity roasts. He has no limits for his material:
This is what he allegedly told wide receiver Raymond Brown, who’s brother had been shot in the arm in St. Louis: “If you don’t shut up, I’m going to send you back to St. Louis so you can get shot with your homies.”
Boom!
A player who had aspirations outside of football, but may have had some problems at home: “Are you going to be a lawyer or do you want to become an alcoholic like your dad?”
Zing!
The team captain: “I’ll send you back to Oakland where you could drink out of a brown paper bag.”
Whoaaa!
Mangino has helped turn the Kansas football program around, but winning is never a good reason to sweep this kind of abuse under the rug. Coaches yell and have a number of different ways to motivate players, but (if these allegations are true) there is no place in college football for these type of personal attacks.
