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Official D coordinator search thread (DJ Eliot hired?)
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As is wade phillips
interesting, from Colorado and Boulder
Jeffcoat
No thanks. His defense was garbage with the Redskins.
He was never with the Redskins.
Sigh
My bad. Confused him with Joe Barry who has some Boulder connections as well. Either way, not really enthusiastic about either of them being hired.
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Sykobuff
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Pretty sure Mac not pursuing a monster hire at DC.
Sykobuff
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don't worry about price or experience of the incoming DC, holic will set you straight and get you on board as soon as the hire is made.
Who knows. We might very well be the last P5 to hire a DC just hope we get it right at this point.
From the looks of it, nobody here knows much of anything
no one anywhere appears to know anything.
Or, maybe we know everything.
Deleted member 807
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CU waited until everyone else in the football world built their facilities before building the Champions Center and Indoor Practice facility. The $180M facilities at CU is much cheaper than the $450M renovation of Kyle Field, or the $320M earthquake tolerant retrofit of Cal's Memorial Stadium.
We Buffs are satisfied that, by waiting, CU can study the competition, incorporate the best elements of everyone else's design, while doing so in a cost effective way.
CU has a habit of being a reluctant participant in the CFB arms race.
Shiny things for teenagers has never been part of CU's DNA.
With any outcome, you look for good, fast, and cheap. Anyone trying to fulfill those parameters will say, "pick two."
We Buffs are satisfied that, by waiting, CU can study the competition, incorporate the best elements of everyone else's design, while doing so in a cost effective way.
CU has a habit of being a reluctant participant in the CFB arms race.
Shiny things for teenagers has never been part of CU's DNA.
With any outcome, you look for good, fast, and cheap. Anyone trying to fulfill those parameters will say, "pick two."
Salary pool allocation.
I know if I have the Defensive background of Mac, I probably don't feel I should spend a disproportionate amount of my assistant pool on the DC slot. Rick George is not giving him a blank check.
I'd be thinking, how am I going to position myself for giving Chev and Adams giant bumps to keep them happy, upgrading Special Team coaches, having very solid and experienced position coaches for all position groups, really good analysts, etc. All of the above needs to be maximized with whatever salary pool he has to work with.
You can pay a DC $1M or you can allocate the money in other ways. I suspect Mac would like to hire an up and coming DC who he can pay a lot less than a DeRuyter type and mold. Allowing him to allocated more money to other areas of the staff.
buffs04
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Why not hire a high school DC? We could probably pay them $45K, and because we have Macintyre, we don't need a real DC anyway. These other schools with their fancy "good hires" are just wasting money on big names and paying for past accomplishments.
We're ahead of the curve here at CU.
We're ahead of the curve here at CU.
If this is the case, I think it's best to focus on someone who is particularly good at recruiting. Who would fit that type of mold?
As nice as our facilities are now, we had to suffer through a decade of miserable football, in part, because we took so long to catch up on the facility front. So being last to act is not always a good thing.
Deleted member 807
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No doubt. It seems like cautious, deliberate, cheap, and reactionary behaviors are pretty par for the course, though.
Yes
I'm not convinced it matters -- outside of the need to make this hire quickly for other reasons -- since we may not be targeting the type of guys those schools are (Diaco, Lupoi, etc.). Right now it seems: Diaco to NU, Lupoi to Cal (if they somehow allow that), and wouldn't be surprised if Rhoads was simply promoted if Arkansas loses on Diaco. Not sure what Wisconsin does, maybe DeRuyter or Walker, seems like their type of move. CU is the odd one out, but at the same time it means our options are wide open.