As a Nebraska fan I love Turner Gill as much as anyone, but quite frankly I don't know if I'm sold on his coaching credentials.
If you study his years at Buffalo, he did win more games than years past, but not all that much more. He really only had one good year, but that year Buffalo was still probably the 5th best team in the MAC. He just happened to be in the weak half of the division.
Did anyone really see the game when Buffalo beat undefeated Ball St.? Might have been the biggest fluke of a game I've ever seen. Two ludicrous fumble returns for 40yd + touchdowns? 5 overall turnovers by Ball St., only one of them really forced? Call it opportunistic defense or whatever, but I honestly don't think they should get much credit for getting fumbles on 3 Ball St. botched snaps. Ball State TOTALLY controlled that game but it turned out to be Gill's signature win.
This year Buffalo is down in the dumps again. BTW, Mangino also had one totally sweet year when the won the orange bowl and everything, but other than that... well... I hope for Kansas's sake that history doesn't repeat itself. They just hired a coach who really only has one good year- more of a product of circumstance than coaching skill, in my opinion.
I hope I'm wrong and Gill does a great job- he seems to have collected some solid coaches around him- but let's just say that as of now I'm not worried about Kansas overtaking the Big XII North.