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At this point there's only two ways out of this hole. Either find an extremely high level talent evaluator that is able to rebuild the roster by finding good players that are being passed over by other P5 programs, or bring in a big splash coaching hire that changes the narrative around this program and it's willingness to compete. I don't see either of those happening. We are headed full throttle to permanent irrelevance.
Can we see your top
I'm sure there are but has this staff done anything to suggest that they can land any of them?
Any good safeties aren't coming here.
No it's not a perk and the sooner you realize that it isn't the closer you'll get to today's reality.
No they haven't which raises the question, does this staff locate and contact players or do they sit around and wait for players to contact them? Being how CU isn't a "hot spot" to land I'll venture it's the latter.
Not really. Pretty average perk that no blue chip player is really even considering when weighing his options
The most valuable and elusive of all perks for a College Football player. An education from a big state school.
Oh, they came off quite a while ago. Said it before, we’re witnessing the end of the end of CU football.
Yes, it is what it is and is surprising no one. No doubt, there will be more. Likely more starters. And, FFS, just wise up. Their replacements will be worse.
Yeah but there is. You don’t want to hear it, but on the whole, the talent level at the FCS level is nowhere close to what it is at the FBS level and pointing out 5-6 specific exceptions doesn’t change this plainly obvious fact.
I posted a little about this recently.
Unfortunately, for us Buff fans this is correct. Our only chance to improve this off-season was to hit a home run at OC and get multiple starters from the portal.
I am very concerned about going winless next season. We are so ****ed.
I honestly believe that Tucker exposed these issues. Other coaches saw it and until they change their priorities, we will never attract the Mel Tuckers of the world let alone keep them.
I don't believe for a second that RG looked at KD and saw a good hire. You can't convince me of that. He saw someone that fit what those above him were looking for and bit the bullet.
I think this is exactly what happened. We place a lot of blame on RG, and some of it is probably deserved. Thing is, the guy he replaced is now the AD at USC and just showed he is, indeed capable of hiring a big time coach when given the proper level of support from his administration. The problems here go way beyond RG. He’s being asked to fix a sinking ship without the tools need to do the job. So yeah, he is doing what we would likely all do when faced with that situation: mail it in and collect your check.
I’ve moved on from the angry stage into open-mockery stage. Open-mockery has a tendency to turn into full on Schadenfreude pretty quickly. I can see myself openly hoping for the worst. Just for spite.
Losing the best players on a four win roster usually doesn’t equate to more wins.
I'm still angry and I don't see that changing anytime soon. What pisses me off the most is none of this stuff seems to be addressed. If a " culture change" is happening, why is it happening going into year 3?
One of the worst parts of losing Tucker was the reputational damage across CFB. Mel has been a lot of places and knows pretty much all of the power brokers in CFB. I'm quite sure they are all now very aware of the issues here. Wouldn't surprise me at all if that is one of the driving factors behind being unable to hire.
“Great visit, what type of NIL opportunities will you provide?”
Meh, Mel never lasted more than 2 years on any job - so one year was par for the course for him. I get what you are saying, but I don't think his departure is seen nationally as a reflection of how damaged CU is. However, those closer to the program understand this
I absolutely believe this is what happened. I think he genuinely told the people above him what it would take to keep MT (and it wasn't only money), and they told him that they wouldn't do that. Because of how disconnected from reality the group senior to him is, they were probably just as shocked about MT leaving as the press releases implied.
I think this excuses RG far too much. There is a huge difference between not being able to go after the Mel Tucker’s of the world, due to institutional limitations, and going full amateur hour with Karl Dorrell.
