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I mean, it would be on brand in the same way any scenario you can think of is possible, no matter how ridiculous because Phil D sucks, but no, suggesting something that’s never happened in recent college football, maybe ever, is not in line with CUAD. Phil oversaw Hawkins being fired mid season, Embree being hired and fired in 2 seasons, MacIntyre being fired, Tucker being hired, etc.
Being a bottom feeder in a P5 Conference equates to about 10x the media revenue of being in a G5 conference. It’s silly talk
We’re just not a bottom feeder. We can expect to get worse from here since no recruits will want to come here? There’s no guarantee that we stay P5. Oregon State and Washington state were being discussed as being left out in some scenarios. Our only hope to be included seems to be as the cupcake team, guaranteed easy win team on the schedule. Why does CU’s admin feel that’s ok??
I'm talking about the tier 2 conferences like Big 12/ACC/Pac10 and whatever becomes of them. The media deals in those conference are going to be around the $30m/year per school. The MWC currently has a deal that's around $4m/year per school. There is a 0.0% chance that CU's administration, as indifferent as they may be toward athletics, is going to give up $20m+ per year. They will let CU continue being non competitive in the Big 12 (for example) before dropping to G5.
It may not make sense on a logical level, but very little that CU does with respect to its football program makes sense on a logical level. Frankly, the idea that Phil and company are trying to avoid a multi year interim coach situation makes about as much sense as anything else.
Aren't we currently paying him to not coach?
This G5 talk is ridiculous. Even if you believed CU’s goal was to move down to the G5 (I don’t for a second), you wouldn’t need to torpedo the football program to do it. Us being historically bad has nothing to do with plans to drop to G5.
So your source is telling you that the AD is having internal discussion’s about going G5?
No. we are paying him to pretend to coach...and stand very still.
He was very animated last Saturday.
That is 100% fair.
The AD doesn't believe they will get a B12 invite, so yes.
FIFY
Do we know if CU has asked the B12 for an invite? My impression was that CU hadn't. Maybe I missed something.
What? Way to go Dr. Phil and RG. Destroying a premier brand so badly the conference CU helped create won't answer the phone.
I’ll posit another theory - people with the ability to help financially don’t trust the people in charge to spend their money wisely. If that’s the case and if the new President values a strong football program at all then it means RG has to go. Once the money dries up as an AD you’re a dead man walking.
How can we leave the Pac-12 as long as it still exists? We'd owe the conference like $20M to pay back the Covid loan.
Seriously, I am applying for a job at CU. Is there anywhere else in the country where you can fail miserably and be made rich in the process?
It’s a reverse Mel Tucker - tell the coach you’re committed to him then yank the rug out as soon as we have a better option.
No idea, but it would be seriously irresponsible if they haven't at least floated the idea with them.
Let us know when RG insists you be paid $4,000,000, instead of $700,000, and signs you to a three year interim contract, fully guaranteed.
I think both are true. Not many leaks come from RG's department. Also, I think RG painted himself into a corner with KD.
Here are the scenarios:
Dorrell is not getting canned this year.
