Just came out a few weeks back. Bill gives a comprehensive career and season by season look at his time with KSU.
Fascinating to get a glimpse into all the things he was concerned with on a weekly basis. Bill addresses other job opportunities that came about during his time there. A big hurdle was handling mass exodus of assistants when Stoops became OU coach and took a lot of KSU coaches. I've only made it to the CCG win over OU. Lots of discussion on managing the mental aspect of the team through the years following success.
The KSU facilities when Snyder got there were possibly the worst in P5 conferences. Due to low attendance at games, KSU was in danger of losing their status as a D1 school. The book mentions the university looking at joining the Missouri valley conference if things didn't turn around.
A few situations were covered associated with managing a football team while family tragedies occur and staff members being diagnosed with cancer/losing a spouse/etc.
Remember how Campbell went out and walked around the ISU tailgate lots pre-game when Toledo played in Ames? When Snyder interviewed for the job he walked around the KSU campus for a few hours talking to people about Manhattan and the university. He did not divulge who he was or his reason for being there. Snyder often references KSU's loyalty to him during the early years and the abundant fan support (home & bowl games) as a major factor in why he stayed. Just sayin....
Very little mention of McCarney outside of his time as an assistant with Iowa, or ISU in general due to all the lopsided KSU wins in the 90s. KSU's largest road comeback win was vs ISU. Trailed 28-7 at half in 99.
Fascinating to get a glimpse into all the things he was concerned with on a weekly basis. Bill addresses other job opportunities that came about during his time there. A big hurdle was handling mass exodus of assistants when Stoops became OU coach and took a lot of KSU coaches. I've only made it to the CCG win over OU. Lots of discussion on managing the mental aspect of the team through the years following success.
The KSU facilities when Snyder got there were possibly the worst in P5 conferences. Due to low attendance at games, KSU was in danger of losing their status as a D1 school. The book mentions the university looking at joining the Missouri valley conference if things didn't turn around.
A few situations were covered associated with managing a football team while family tragedies occur and staff members being diagnosed with cancer/losing a spouse/etc.
Remember how Campbell went out and walked around the ISU tailgate lots pre-game when Toledo played in Ames? When Snyder interviewed for the job he walked around the KSU campus for a few hours talking to people about Manhattan and the university. He did not divulge who he was or his reason for being there. Snyder often references KSU's loyalty to him during the early years and the abundant fan support (home & bowl games) as a major factor in why he stayed. Just sayin....
Very little mention of McCarney outside of his time as an assistant with Iowa, or ISU in general due to all the lopsided KSU wins in the 90s. KSU's largest road comeback win was vs ISU. Trailed 28-7 at half in 99.