Noticed he's on the road recruiting and that's significant. Pretty sure he was QC which meant he couldn't recruit off campus. However, if a staff is short handed, and UK is since Thomas wasn't retained, another employee could be designated as a recruiter. Still, with his background I'm thinking he'll be, maybe already is, the new WR coach. I'm OK with that, he's a bright young guy who has experience plus has JUCO contacts. Be interesting to watch.
Tommy Mangino
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Isn’t he the son of Mark Mangino? The coach who won an orange bowl with Kansas?
Yes. Mark comes to several UK games each year.
He comes from a good family line. Sign me up for him being our next WR coach.
The NCAA does allow this to occur under certain situations. Not sure if that's the case or he has the job now.
Thanks for the keen observation. I don't care for nepotism but if he ends up being the WR coach I'm more than happy to keep an open mind and see where things go/give him a chance.
Fair. My wording was not nuanced and I deserve that follow-up question.
I think many coaches, such as Charlie Weis' son getting an OC job at 24, are winners or losers based on their last name in a disproportionale manner. In few other professions can a credentialed person get high-paying jobs with so little experience.
I don't know a thing about Mangino, and don't judge him one way or the other. He may be great or he may be awful. This isn't about him.
This will only be an issue for 0.05% of people on this board who care about how UK wins in this one, small way, but I am highly suspect of a SEC QC getting a job who has his last name. I'm sure there is a football-loving, hard-working, homestate, and intelligent kid on UK's campus that would love the same opportunity Mangino was born into (again, regardless of whatever his own qualifications are).
I want fewer coaches' sons getting P5 QC, OC, or assistant jobs based off skim resumes. Often times, I feel like assistant HC coaches have more practical experience, but would never get the job because they lack personal connections. That's unfair to me. I'd like to end it and make things more meritocratic and transparent like most jobs -- even in the NFL despite its hiring flaws is probably better.
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So the gist of the matter is that you don't like the way Transfer U does things--------nepotism just one of the dozens of ways.
Neither do I.
I agree. What goes on there is a dump to say the least. I was trying to stay UK specific.
