In November 2018, Kansas hired Les Miles to win the news conference, among other things. Not 28 months later, the school cut ties with the coach during a late-night news dump on a Monday in March.
The abrupt and embarrassing end to Miles' tenure this week shouldn't be dismissed because KU lives at the bottom of the Power 5 and always seems to have shovels ready to dig deeper into the pits. That's all true. But the Kansas situation provides reminders that go beyond Miles, athletic director Jeff Long, institutional dysfunction and a hire doomed from the start.