Bill Self Decides to Stay With Kansas

The head coach of the National Champion Kansas Jayhawks has said that he will not coach Oklahoma State next season.  Bill Self quieted the rumors that he may coach for his alma mater, and has agreed on terms of a contract that will keep him a Jayhawk for the rest of his coaching career.  Last week it seemed that there was potential that Self would return to Oklahoma State, where he played and was an assistant coach, because the alumni were planning to supply the University with large sums of money to bring Self back.  However, in the past couple of days, it had been reported that Kansas alumni would do the same to give Self a better contract.  Self has had tremendous success in only five seasons with Kansas, ever since he left Illinois.  He already has four Big 12 Conference Championships and of course that National Championship which they only won a few days ago under his belt.  "Home called, and we love home.  But this is home now," Self said.

If Self could have dreamed of anything happening to him over the past week this would be it. His Kansas Jayhawks knocked off the top team, North Carolina in the Final Four, came back against Memphis to win the championship, and is deciding to stay where he has just become king of the college basketball world.  I am completely behind has decided to stay at Kansas, where he will remain for the rest of his career.  It makes sense that he would have some feelings toward being the head coach at his alma mater, but after just cutting down the nets, you can't just leave your current situation.  If Self were to go to Oklahoma State  he would be moving from a top tier program to a second or third tier program, with less recruiting options and therefore less National Championship possibilities.  With Self staying at Kansas, he will consistently have a top team every year because of his excellent recruiting, not to mention how many final four runs are coming up in the future.  Lets not even forget about the near future with Self because the Jayhawks are likely to be a preseason top ten next year.