Again, kick ass reporting from Longmont
http://www.timescall.com/sports-college/sportscollege-story.asp?ID=19094
http://www.timescall.com/sports-college/sportscollege-story.asp?ID=19094
Always a bridesmaid
On a few occasions over the past 20 years, Cabral’s name has surfaced for head coaching jobs around the country. He even took over as interim head coach at Colorado during Barnett’s suspension.
But while those opportunities have been few and far between, Cabral has seen colleagues come and go: Barnett and Neuheisel. Bob Simmons and Gerry DiNardo. Tom Cable and Karl Dorrell. The list of former CU assistants turned head coaches is long, yet Cabral remains a Buffalo.
Admittedly, he has been entrenched in Colorado. Cabral has had opportunities to leave, but he wanted to stay until his kids were all grown up, and the fact that he’s never been a coordinator at the college level remains the biggest strike against him.
But 300 might not be far from the end of Cabral’s run at CU. His youngest is about to graduate, and Cabral is not shy about his craving for a shot at a head coaching job.
“I do desire to be a head coach — at the right place and the right time,” Cabral said. “I just feel that I have the leadership capabilities, but it’s all about the right place and right time.
“I would cherish the opportunity to be a head coach somewhere, and I realize I’m going to have to leave here to accomplish that. But I believe I have a lot to offer.”