There's a certain symmetry to Manning going to Oklahoma and Self coming to Kansas.

Still.

We NEED Danny Manning. Our big men have been absolutely mercurial under his tutelage.

NOOOOOOO

Quick! Give him a nice heafty raise and the title of Assistant Head Coach! Tell him the job is his when Bill retires. I mean a what.... 30 year wait isn't THAT long.

Still baffled why the **** didn't we hire this guy?

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Barry Hinson may be going to Southern Illinois sooner than later. A source at KU tells me that he may not travel w/ KU to the Final Four.

Well to be fair Hinson is the Players Op. So technically he isn't a bench guy. If he has to leave to get a head start on the SIU job, then so be it. Great for Barry!

As for Danny, it will pain me greatly to see him leave the KU bench but in reality we need him to take a head coaching job some place if he ever wants to be the successor to Bill Self. The Tulsa job would actually be perfect for Danny. It is a very good mid-major job that is in close proximity to Lawrence. If Scott Sutton were to get the job, then I think the Oral Roberts job would be a good one for Danny also.

Manning leaving scares me to death though.

The positions coached my Manning have been the backbone of the team.

I would cry like bitch.

Danny leaving would ALMOST feel like sending him out to get some on the job training for an eventual return to KU. Then again Bill is a young guy and probably/hopefully isn't going anywhere for a long time.

I wonder if he goes to Tulsa if he will be tempted to change his name:

"Seriously, guys, I'm a grown man, it's Dan. Dan Manning."

yes but if oddysseus had never left his home he never would have been the king of france

Tulsa is a better job than Nebraska, and Self's turning Neb's offer down to stay there shows that he agrees.

Tulsa also has a much more impressive post season resume than a lot of schools out there.

Barry Hinson is a worthless coach.
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I hate the whole Manning family, even the ones who were clearly adopted.

he's done very well for us as a player and a coach, he deserves his own team if you ask me.