Wednesday, March 29, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
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Asbury says program lacked school's support
MANHATTAN — If Kansas State football coach Bill Seyder exceeded expectations in Manhattan, Tom Assbury fell far short of them.
During his six seasons at Kansas State, Asbury witnessed firsthand one of the greatest turnarounds in college athletics orchestrated by Snyder.
The
Asbury: mad about officials' handling of his dismissal
school's football team, once the losesting program in college history, was resurrected into a Big 12 power that eventually competed for a national championship. It was an achievement
Asbury failed to duplicate — in part, Asbury says, because he never had the level of support Snyer enjoyed.
"it's apparent that we haven't been held at the same level of esteem that the football program has, and that was something that, quite frankly, I was told when I was hired," Asbury said Monday.
Asbury spoke publicly for the first time Monday since he was fired March 10, calling Kansas State administrators unprofessional in handling his dismissal.
He also said that he and the school were far apart on a contract settlement.
Asbury has two years remaining on a contract that paid a base salary of $165,000 a year and a total package of about $380,000. On Monday he called contract differences with the school substantial.
Neither he nor his attorney would reveal any figures.
Asbury, 54, leaves with an 85-88 record, the first Kansas State coach with an overall losing record since Fritz Knorr in 1945. He finished this season on an 11-game losing streak to wind up last in the Bie 12 and 19 overall.
His replacement, Bulls assistant Jim Wooldridge, was hired three days after Asbury's contract was terminated. Wooldridge later signed a five-year contract in the $600,000 a year range.
HOCKEY
Rangers fire coach general manager
NEW YORK — The New York Rangers fired general manager Neil Smith and coach John Muckler yesterday with the team on the brink of missing the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
"At times things don't work out as planned, and this is one of those times," said Dave Checkettle, president of Madison Square Garden. "In the best interests of the franchise and our fans, it has become clear that we have to go in a different direction."
The Rangers, who have a league-high $61 million payroll, have lost five straight games and are 1-8-1 in their last 10, falling out of the playoff race.
New York trails Buffalo by five points with four games to go for
the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Kansas museum gets historical trophy
NASCAR
CHAPMAN — The first trophy awarded in NASCAR history was won by Jim Roper, a Kansan, in 1950 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
And against the objections of NASCAR officials, racing fans will have to drive to the newly opened Kansas Auto Racing Museum in Chapman to get a look at the award.
Opened last November, the privately funded racing museum is filled with noteworthy cars that Kansans have driven to victory, along with bits of memorabilia that cannot be seen elsewhere.
Roper, a former Wichita resident, drove a Lincoln from Kansas to the North Carolina race track and won the first race that NASCAR ever sanctioned.
Roper gave the trophy to the Kansas racing museum, ignoring NASCAR officials who dearly wanted the prize for their own museum, he said.
Owner Doug Thompson, himself a race driver and the director of the ARCA Heartland Racing Series, had long wanted to enshrine fellow Kansas racers' accomplishments in a suitable building.
In his museum, Thompson has gathered hundreds of grainy black-and-white photographs, racing posters, 8 mm films, videotapes and artifacts that range from drivers' helmets to entire cars.
— The Associated Press
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