As you may or may not have noticed, the open call for information related to the anonymous claim that Turgeon is "full of it" and "people in Kansas would not call him classy" didn't shed any light on to the true personality of our new head coach. Not a big surprise. This blog is certainly not known for its lively Deadspin-like comments forum. But an article by Rachel Cohen in the D-Mon News recapping Turgeon's days at KU may help. While the article is pro-Turgeon, it has hints as to why some Kansas fans may not be a big of of "the Surgeon".

In college he was probably the only "skinny white dude with the big nose" and NAIA skills to get a scholoarship. Yes KU had been down for a few years, but I don't think their recruiting had dried up to the extent that they were signing guys based their "natural passion for Jayhawks basketball." Don't get me wrong. I am a huge fan of the Brain Blackburn's of the world (NOTE: Brain is two inches taller and weighs 30 more lbs than Turgeon). I just don't want my team giving them scholarships and I am guessing neither did a number of KU fans.

His cockiness could have gotten under people's skin. Turgeon has droves of players and coaches singing his praises ("We won an awful lot of games with him", "He was always there to bridge the gap" etc). But that in-the-locker-room stuff does not always translate to fan approval. Maybe people in Kansas just see him as some "brash" kid who that let David Rivers put up 40 points.

Personally, my mind has not been changed. I still think he is a class act and, in the words of Lary Bray, "will be a great coach."