I can't imagine it's anything but an upgrade from a coaching perspective. Dancy has a lot of experience, albeit in HBCU. He has no P5 experience, though, and we don't know much about his recruiting chops.
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CU Assistant Coach Hiring Thread
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I'll go out on a limb here and say "yes".
How many games do you think the 2023 team wins with an above average OL?
but but but we need some of them to stay and losing Van Wells hurts
If we have a competent OLine in 2023, we go 8-4 at least. Shedeur is way better than any QB not named Caleb Williams and Drake Maye.
Stanford should have been a win regardless of OL play, but I tend to think an average OL beats them, Arizona, Oregon State, and UCLA at a minimum and at that point, how is Shedeur feeling and does he play against Utah cause if so, we win that too. USC came down to a failed onside kick.
In my mind, Oregon and probably WSU, although who knows how things would have played out down the stretch, are the only no hopers regardless of OL play.
Yes. Protecting 2 is priority number one. So much so, they had to create a tag line for it.
Preston Slaughter
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What does the Dancy news mean for Sapp? Does he come in as an analyst or not at all now?
Feels like Sapp backfills Dancy's role, which feels like the right move. Sapp can help recruit when kids get to campus.
Preston Slaughter
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Are analysts allowed to have contact with players and recruits? It seems like Sapp's greatest asset at the moment would be recruiting.
They can have contact with them on campus, yes. They can't go on the road and recruit. For current players, they can't do any on-field coaching, but they can be there with the coaches. They can also talk with players in the facilities, attend meetings, do film study, etc with players and coaches.
Basically, Analysts just can't be on the practice or game field putting players through drills or coaching them directly.
Preston Slaughter
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This seems like the correct spot to break him in then.
Yes
It makes sense to bring Sapp in for a few years and learn under Sal
OL coach in Boulder. Hired by Prime it seems. Sounds like Shurmur is not top choice but likely for OC. If he was too choice, seems like he would have been announced.
Loadholt, gonna do a good job, BIG12 guy, Colorado Native
He impressed Prime and just gotta get through background and hiring
NuggNinja
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He said he’s coming from a tremendous power 5 school, so I don’t think so.
Agreed. At least we would have some Big 12 people on the staff as CU enters the Big 12.
Not sure how points 2 and 3 have any bearing on 1.
I'd rather have an SEC staff in the B12. Makes for a superior coaching staff.
They do not have a major bearing, but he is a man that played big time Big12 Football with now SEC Oklahoma, and he is a Colorado guy, so in-state recruiting for long-term development guys would be stronger than it has been in a long time
Really love this.
Given that most of his connects are outside of Colorado, I don’t think we can conclude that his hire would necessarily make the Colorado OL crooting pipeline stronger than it’s been in a long time.
Nick Williams was a good recruiter, not sure about his coaching ability.
Dancy has significantly more coaching experience. Not my dream hire on paper, but wouldn’t be surprised if he does well. Wish he was replacing Hart tho
Dancy has significantly more coaching experience. Not my dream hire on paper, but wouldn’t be surprised if he does well. Wish he was replacing Hart tho
WTF would CU want a strong Colorado prep pipeline? I understand getting a player each year, two in a good year for prep football, but not a freaking pipeline.
Colorado has OL/TE talent that routinely goes elsewhere and contributes. In some cases (Loadholt is an example), they blossom into real/great players. It would be nice to retain that small subsection of players.