Archive → December, 2009
Thoughts on the Turner Gill KU Press Conference
Here are my thoughts and first impressions from watching the press conference introducing Turner Gill as KU’s next head football coach.
1. At the start of the press conference, Lew Perkins had current KU player Brad Thorson read a note that he (Thorson) received from a current University of Buffalo player. That was cool and very supportive of Turner Gill as a coach and person. Obviously a PR technique by Perkins and I think it played well.
2. Perkins gave flowers, hugs and kisses to Gill’s wife and two daughters. Kinda cheesy and a bit awkward, but a nice gesture that was obviously also a PR technique. Continue reading →
Tour of Allen Fieldhouse, Meeting Bill Self – A Day I Will Always Remember
A friend of mine’s father is connected to the KU Athletics department and arranged for a tour of Allen Fieldhouse, which went through several renovations recently, including new offices for the men’s and women’s basketball coaching staffs, a new basketball-only facility, a donor atrium, new locker rooms, a new player’s lounge, and more. I was totally a kid in a candy store and was thrilled at the opportunity to meet Bill Self. It was a day I will always remember and it makes me wish even more than I would have been a 6’8″ basketball playing stud coming out of high school. Alas, I’m 5’11″ with a 6’3″ wingspan…but I love KU basketball…and my blood is crimson and blue.
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Keep Rockin and Chalkin,
Mic
