[JDKinman]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

I have a coworker who recently passed away who was a Red Raider alum.

He knew I was a Chiefs fan so he told me many tales of EJ Holub at Tech. He graduated a couple of years after Holub & a couple of years before Donnie Anderson. He enlightened me about Anderson at Tech too. We enjoyed many years of banter when Mizzou was in the Big 12. He was a big fan of Kingsbury & I knew about Mahomes before 99% of this forum had ever heard of him. He was my choice of QB's last year because I had become a fan of Tech because I followed Tech just to keep up with the football talk from him.

I miss those talks we used to have & miss him telling me how Mahomes was going to take the Chiefs to the Super Bowl.

Welcome Red Raider fans!

I used to have a chin strap autographed by Donny Anderson. It got lost somewhere in one of my PCS moves during the military. Anderson was a great college player, almost an early edition of Mahomes. He never did as well as he could at Green Bay because Lombardi's system and plays had no real "flex" or "improvisation" to them. Anderson would've flourished under a coach like Hank Stram or Al Davis or even Weeb Eubank during the Namath/Don Maynard years.

I was--and remain--a fan of Kliff Kingsbury even though the guy drives me crazy at times. I see him as a young Vince Dooley except that while Dooley enjoyed the comforts and recruiting perks of his state's flagship university, Kingsbury is competing against U-Texas, Texas A&M, TCU and Oklahoma for recruits.

Don't know if we'll ever have a national championship contender with our football program, but right now he (Kingsbury) is building a solid program and his players are graduating and there is no NCAA sniffing around our campus for violations. He does our brand proud and that's fine by me.

Originally Posted by RedRaider56

That's a great story about Holub.

The Tech Alum I had great hopes for in KC was James Hadnot. After watching him tear through SWC opponents while I was in college, I thought for sure he would be a great NFL player. While he had a couple of decent years at KC, his talent never translated to the NFL level.

Mr. Holub is one of the greatest people I've ever known, as are his kids. Don't know his grandkids as Kaye and I fell out of touch shortly after high school. She went to college and I went into the service.

As far as Hadnot, what a great guy and great ambassador for our school. Unfortunately, I think he peaked in college and became injury prone in the pros.

Originally Posted by RedRaider56

If you want a quick, fast slot guy on the team Coutee would be a great option.

If you want a possession receiver, look at Dylan Cantrell. He was Mahomes favorite target in high school and followed Mahomes to Tech.

Originally Posted by prhom

Pat Kirwan was talking up Cantrell this afternoon on Sirius xm. I’ll have to watch some of those old games now!

Cantrell is a receiver equivalent to Mahomes in many ways. Foremost, probably, is in his uncanny ability to not only get open, but do so in a way that a scrambling quarterback can not only see, but deliver a pass to. Second, you rarely saw Cantrell drop a ball. Third, he is a fantastic blocking receiver. You don't play for Kingsbury if you can't or will not block. And fourth, the young man runs some amazingly precise routes. He reminds me of a guy from the old Baltimore Colts by the name of Raymond Berry in his work ethics and how hard he works at his routes and studying his opponents.

It would probably be too much to ask from the football gods to see Cantrell end up in Kansas City. If he does, by some miracle, I may have to buy a house up there just for weekends during the fall.

JD