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Chuck Fairbanks was right about one thing...and something that Hawk needs to do

NashBuff

CSU Knob-Slobberer
http://www.buffzone.com/ci_15122940

When former Colorado football coach Bill McCartney was hired in Boulder in 1982, he had only one brief conversation with his predecessor, Chuck Fairbanks, but it proved invaluable.


McCartney reflected on that conversation this week and credited advice he received from Fairbanks for contributing to his success during his 13 years building Big Eight Conference champions and national champions and transforming the Colorado program into one of the national powerhouses of the late 1980s and 1990s.
"Here is what I learned, and here is what you better learn fast if you want to have success here," McCartney quoted Fairbanks as saying. "I found out after I got here that you need to be able to recruit California and Texas. If you do, you will be successful. If you don`t, you won`t be successful."

I believe this still rings true even today and this explains why CU was a successful program under Gary Barnett (I'm not a Barnett supporter but this suckage displayed by CU makes me long for Barnett).
 
This is why I'd want a guy like Larry Fedora (huge Texas ties, former OSU OC and current USM HC) as next head coach. Smart offense guy and has deep ties in the Lone Star State. Then get some guys with Cali ties and go to work.
 
Bottom line the ONLY times Colorado has been worth a **** they have emphasized running the football. I don't care if the kids come from California, Texas, Colorado, Nicaragua, Cambodia, or FRANCE -- the ONLY way CU is going to be a top notch football team again is going to be to POUND THE ****ING BALL.
 
Yes sir, colonel, sir!

bottom line the only times colorado has been worth a **** they have emphasized running the football. I don't care if the kids come from california, texas, colorado, nicaragua, cambodia, or france -- the only way cu is going to be a top notch football team again is going to be to pound the ****ing ball.
 
Bottom line the ONLY times Colorado has been worth a **** they have emphasized running the football. I don't care if the kids come from California, Texas, Colorado, Nicaragua, Cambodia, or FRANCE -- the ONLY way CU is going to be a top notch football team again is going to be to POUND THE ****ING BALL.

I don't think that's necessarily true.. If Mike Leach was our coach i think we'd be pretty damn good passing the ball all over the place..



I agree with the Fairbanks premise though.. You have to recruit Texas and California very well because there aren't enough in state players to keep CU competitive year in and year out.
 
Speed and the attitude that losing is not an option will restore things. Those teams in the 90's and even barnett's early teams hated to lose, they had pride. Texas recruiting is a must but the attitude has to change....
 
Speed and the attitude that losing is not an option will restore things. Those teams in the 90's and even barnett's early teams hated to lose, they had pride. Texas recruiting is a must but the attitude has to change....

disagree.. Its not about winning anymore.. Its about doing it the "right" way now.. :rofl:
 
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