Snyder, Hartman have similarities

When Bill Snyder won his 200th game this past weekend, my mind drifted back to the 1970s, when K-State football was a total disaster, and K-State basketball was the biggest thing in town. Bill Snyder managed to change all that, but in my mind the roots of his success were all there in that basketball legacy.

What am I talking about? Put simply, Bill Snyder is a lot like Jack Hartman. To me, those are the two towering figures of K-State sports from the past half-century.

At this point, Snyder’s story is well-known. It’s still almost impossible to convey how big a change there’s been since he arrived, but you probably know the basic upshot. Football here was awful. Now, it’s a model of…