It is becoming apparent to me that he has or is being required by Administration to be the players buddy. I think it is Admins t sip mentality that may be handcuffing coaching. Ford was reeled in, Boynton had trouble being demanding. Underwood was a task master and had many in the AD clutching...
Nothing they are KU. Plus they probably would have told the conference to pound sand. Our milk toast admins don't have the stones to stand up to anyone on anything.
I would recommend not holding your breath. Sad that we bent over and said once again thank you sir can we have another! Our administration are the most gutless group ever.
It seems Lutz is adverse to using the bench to get the level of play required. His job is his to keep or lose! For the program one can only hope he figures it out but he should not get the latitude given to the two previous coaches.