There's no quick-fix solution to K-State's problems

By JASON WHITLOCK The Kansas City Star LAWRENCE | The problem for Kansas State football fans is that there is no easy fix. Any coach itching to be first in line to replace Ron Prince is probably desperate, driven solely by money, ill-suited and unqualified to turn around a program in free fall. Dick Curl, please pick up the purple courtesy phone. It's Tim Fitzgerald and the posters at gopowercat.com on the line, and they want to offer you the deal of a lifetime! OK, I'm joking about Curl, the Chiefs' quarterbacks coach and Herm Edwards' soulmate. With an offer of more than a million dollars, the Wildcats might be able to lure a Prince replacement with a slightly better résumé than Father Time's. But I wouldn't bet on it. If you're a rational K-Stater who had the misfortune of sitting through Saturday's Sunflower Showdown at Memorial Stadium, you recognize the enormous problem Kansas State's next coach will inherit........