Resigned Kansas State coach Chris Klieman discusses why he "retired." Portal management got to him.

https://themercury.com/k_state_sports/id-die-if-i-kept-doing-this-job-former-k-state-fb-coach-talks-about/article_213a7517-5d35-4d71-9658-4f97136a52ce.html

Obviously Saban has talked about the current state of affairs.   Saban was 3-3 in his 6 CFP championship games.   It makes one wonder whether his record would have been impacted if he had the constant churn of roster that coaches face today? Would his teams have made 6 appearances?

He always lost guys to the NFL, but what if he was also losing 15-20 more guys voluntarily entering the portal?   (As of this morning with Moga, Oregon has 15 guys that entered)

On a positive note we just landed a former 5-star TE transfer from Penn State. This is probably why Ploog hit the portal today.

Dan Lanning actively clears space for transfers and recruits out of high school. He’s not the only one. College football programs are no longer in the business of giving four year scholarships. They cut players for various reasons, but mostly because of lack of improvement.

I’m sure DL had some tough conversations with some these transfers telling them they’re not in his future plans. Others went looking for a starting job and rightfully so. Florence, Fields, Laulea and Lopa can start at a lot of places.

Purchase might be the only one he may have tried to convince to stay, but with Matayo and Teitum coming back and Nasir Wyatt making big plays Blake may have saw the writing on the wall.