Danny Manning is a goofy...what?!

So this week, ESPN.com reported that Danny Manning, Kansas' assistant coach and anchor to the team, will be leaving Lawrence for the University of Tulsa Head Coaching job. I get an email from my sister saying "Huh?" with major exclamation point usage. Here is the thing is that Danny is a genius when it comes to teaching big men and holding a team together whether it be ridiculous egos or just stupid (Tyshawn Taylor and the Morris Twins all around) so he deserves a head coaching job. Now we all expected him to take over when Billy Self left but Manning has only been an assistant for 5 years now and you can't just hand over a head coaching job like Kansas to someone who's top spot has been as an assistant, that doesn't happen. So I believe it to be a great move if Manning were to take this job because it puts him on track to one day take the Kansas job. Now let's go through some funny speculating tools shall we?

Similarities between Self and Manning (Based on Manning taking the Tulsa Job):

Self was an assistant under Larry Brown at Kansas. Larry Brown won a National Championship with Manning, Self was not on the staff at that point but Manning was on the team with Self.

Manning is an assistant on Self's team and won a Nationalal Championship with him. Both Self and Manning have learned under a National Championship winning coach.

From there, self went to Oral Roberts. No similarities but only spent two seasons there and went to University of Tulsa where he coached three seasons and giving them their best season ever with their first ever Elite Eight appearance.

If Manning goes to Tulsa, the sky is the limit and I guarantee he will do wonders with that program.

Those are really the only similarities that are interesting to me! If you have any more, please add them to the comments section. Contrary to popular belief, people other than my friends read this thing.

Also this will be my last post before the Final Four, obviously, so let's go Hawks!! I am jealous of all the people going to Lawrence and NOLA for the weekend, but I will be celebrating a wonderful wedding for a great friend instead!

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!