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Mac, please shut up.

AlferdJasper

Well-Known Member
Sorry to say it, Mac, but this isn't about you right now.

A university where you were once a leader is making decisions about the future of its football program. There is a process for this, and it is taking place. You know the old saying about making sausage? Well it's not always pretty, and that's why we let those people do their jobs and present us with the final product, instead of watching the blood and guts get stirred and seasoned.

If you feel a need to be in the limelight, go do something spectacular that is about you. Your comments have been embarrassing and have made many of us re-think our opinion of you as a supporter of the program.

Sure, you like the buffs. It was a highlight in your life. Winning a championship was huge, and the other accolades were deserved. But this is not your time. There is a new coach who deserves to be introduced the right way, and an athletic department trying to make this a positive step.

Let them do their jobs. Ours is to stand on the sidelines and applaud mightily, and throw our support behind the new guy. Don't belittle this choice by making it about race instead of qualifications. Don't insert yourself into the decision by claiming that you "made it happen." Be proud of the men you helped mold, but let them take credit for their own accomplishments.

You have a great legacy with CU, let us have those memories untainted by egotism and grandstanding. When John Henderson calls you, remind yourself "this is NO FRIEND of the Colorado Buffs." Write in ball-point on your palm: Henderson has own agenda, do not spill the beans. Just so you don't forget again and start babbling on.

I'm sure if Jon or Eric gets the job (and it's looking like Jon will), they could have come to you for advice and support. If I were Mike Bohn, my first instruction to either of them would be: don't tell Mac anything you don't want to see in the press. He doesn't know when to keep a secret.

Mac, you could end up being on the outside looking in, instead of a trusted and valuable resource. And that will be your own doing.
 
AJ,

Excellent post. It's difficult to watch this.

If there's a silver lining, it has made a lot of the people open their eyes who were previously behind Mac getting the HC job. I think that pretty much everyone agrees that it's time to move on instead of going back to a past that cannot be recreated with the same people.
 
I agree, I still am nauseated that Henderson got the "scoop" from Mac. If true, he should have understood it was not his story to break.
 
http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16766026

Bill McCartney has never worried about timing.
At least not when it comes to making major announcements involving Colorado`s head football coaching position.

On Nov. 19, 1994, Rashaan Salaam eclipsed the 2,000-yard rushing mark -- joining an exclusive club that only included Barry Sanders, Marcus Allen and Mike Rozier at the time -- to lead the Buffs to a victory over Iowa State and sew up CU`s only Heisman Trophy.

Salaam didn`t make the front page of the Sunday papers.

McCartney nabbed those headlines after stunning the college football world at the post-game press conference by announcing his retirement from coaching in the prime of a Hall of Fame career.

"There is no reason except it was the best time for us to do this as a family," McCartney said.

Sixteen years later, McCartney -- a candidate for his old job again -- broke the news that another member of the CU family, Jon Embree, will be the Buffs` new head coach.

"Take it to the bank and hang your hat on it," McCartney told the Denver Post on Thursday.

Apparently, Mike Bohn hadn`t dotted the i`s or crossed the t`s.

Or perhaps the athletic director was unhappy thatMcCartney had let the next head Buff out of the bag before a school press release could be written or an athletic department press conference had been planned.

"The rumors that the University of Colorado has hired our next head football coach are untrue," Bohn said in a release shortly after McCartney`s scoop.
 
I'm torn on this. Mac is the sole reason Colorado is where it is today(prestige wise). He deserves to have input into the program, especially since he is willing. And I think he is just excited about what is happening. However I do agree that unless he has been given the ok to leak this, that he is stealing JE's thunder and should allow the University proceed under their own timetable.
 
I'm torn on this. Mac is the sole reason Colorado is where it is today(prestige wise). He deserves to have input into the program, especially since he is willing. And I think he is just excited about what is happening. However I do agree that unless he has been given the ok to leak this, that he is stealing JE's thunder and should allow the University proceed under their own timetable.


In football, there is NEVER a sole reason.
 
It would have been nice if McCartney had just said, "I think that Jon Embree or Eric Bieniemy would make tremendous coaches for the University of Colorado" and just left it at that.

That way, he could have applied the pressure he wanted, without looking like a complete fool in the process.
 
Somebody at CU please get the PR surrounding the selection process for the new head coach under control.

It's clear that Bill McCartney has more weight with the media than Mike Bohn. McCartney's stollen all the thunder, and for what?

This is not something I want to hang my hat upon.
 

“It was never about me doing it again,” McCartney said. “It was about setting the table for a black man to come in (as head coach). And he (Mike Bohn) hired one. Now, give him a chance.”

McCartney may have been busy with his religious ministry the last few years, but things have changed a bit for the positive since he last coached. Though underrepresented, a black man in a position of power is hardly a novel concept. We have a black president. Four black head coaches in the NFL have taken teams to the Super Bowl since 2007.

To quote AJ: "Mac, please shut up."
 
come on people-

Mac did what he did & said what he said ON PURPOSE...
I really believe Bohn was being the ususal whimp that he is and was prolonging the situation and could have
possibly been reconsidering what he wanted to do. I seriously believe Mac let the cat out of the bag and brought up
"black men" on purpose so that Bohn could not make a last second change of mind. It's rather amusing to see Mac have more balls than Bohn could ever imagine having.
 
come on people-

Mac did what he did & said what he said ON PURPOSE...
I really believe Bohn was being the ususal whimp that he is and was prolonging the situation and could have
possibly been reconsidering what he wanted to do. I seriously believe Mac let the cat out of the bag and brought up
"black men" on purpose so that Bohn could not make a last second change of mind. It's rather amusing to see Mac have more balls than Bohn could ever imagine having.

Meh, I would hope we are beyond this issue, I think Mac was out of line.
 
come on people-

Mac did what he did & said what he said ON PURPOSE...
I really believe Bohn was being the ususal whimp that he is and was prolonging the situation and could have
possibly been reconsidering what he wanted to do. I seriously believe Mac let the cat out of the bag and brought up
"black men" on purpose so that Bohn could not make a last second change of mind. It's rather amusing to see Mac have more balls than Bohn could ever imagine having.
Exactly my thoughts. This administration has jumped the fence more often than a politician in an election year. I also think that Mac is trying to avoid another Neuheimlich last minute move. I think Mac knows exactly what he is doing.
 
come on people-

Mac did what he did & said what he said ON PURPOSE...
I really believe Bohn was being the ususal whimp that he is and was prolonging the situation and could have
possibly been reconsidering what he wanted to do. I seriously believe Mac let the cat out of the bag and brought up
"black men" on purpose so that Bohn could not make a last second change of mind. It's rather amusing to see Mac have more balls than Bohn could ever imagine having.

Mac doesn't work in the AD or receive a check from CU so he has no business meddling in it
 
Exactly my thoughts. This administration has jumped the fence more often than a politician in an election year. I also think that Mac is trying to avoid another Neuheimlich last minute move. I think Mac knows exactly what he is doing.

One thing I'll give him is consistency, good or bad he'll always be a lightning rod.
 
Mac may have THOUGHT he knew what he was doing, but who the hell gave him permission to interfere this way? Didn't Embree (assuming it's him) deserve the appropriate introduction to the BuffNation? Didn't the projected staff deserve 24 hours notice to let their current bosses know they were leaving to coach at CU?

NOT Mac's place to interrupt the process and refocus the conversation on himself. If Embree called him for advice, support or to share the news and did NOT say "and by the way Mac, I'd be honored if you would leak this to that slimeball Henderson if you have a chance" -- then on top of it all, Mac destroyed his trust with Embree by sharing information not ready to be shared.

And if Embree did that, we picked the wrong guy. He's not HC material if he asked this to be leaked. Bohn is his boss (or will be) and should be allowed to announce this when the ink has dried on the contracts.
 
Mac may have THOUGHT he knew what he was doing, but who the hell gave him permission to interfere this way? Didn't Embree (assuming it's him) deserve the appropriate introduction to the BuffNation? Didn't the projected staff deserve 24 hours notice to let their current bosses know they were leaving to coach at CU?

NOT Mac's place to interrupt the process and refocus the conversation on himself. If Embree called him for advice, support or to share the news and did NOT say "and by the way Mac, I'd be honored if you would leak this to that slimeball Henderson if you have a chance" -- then on top of it all, Mac destroyed his trust with Embree by sharing information not ready to be shared.

And if Embree did that, we picked the wrong guy. He's not HC material if he asked this to be leaked. Bohn is his boss (or will be) and should be allowed to announce this when the ink has dried on the contracts.

:congrats:
 
Mac may have THOUGHT he knew what he was doing, but who the hell gave him permission to interfere this way? Didn't Embree (assuming it's him) deserve the appropriate introduction to the BuffNation? Didn't the projected staff deserve 24 hours notice to let their current bosses know they were leaving to coach at CU?

NOT Mac's place to interrupt the process and refocus the conversation on himself. If Embree called him for advice, support or to share the news and did NOT say "and by the way Mac, I'd be honored if you would leak this to that slimeball Henderson if you have a chance" -- then on top of it all, Mac destroyed his trust with Embree by sharing information not ready to be shared.

And if Embree did that, we picked the wrong guy. He's not HC material if he asked this to be leaked. Bohn is his boss (or will be) and should be allowed to announce this when the ink has dried on the contracts.

agreed
 
Who the hell's permission does Mac need to speak to the media?

And that Big Lead article was just stupid. "We have a black president". Which proves what? That racism is over?

College football, as a whole, has an embarrasingly poor track record of hiring black coaches. Even the NFL has been more progressive in that regard. I have no problem with what Mac said.
 
come on people-

Mac did what he did & said what he said "ON PURPOSE..."
I really believe Bohn was being the ususal whimp that he is and was prolonging the situation and could have
possibly been reconsidering what he wanted to do. I seriously believe Mac let the cat out of the bag and brought up
"black men" on purpose so that Bohn could not make a last second change of mind. It's rather amusing to see Mac have more balls than Bohn could ever imagine having.

A lot of chest bumping going on right now. Its important to remember that money talks. Within the next year, Mac will be involved with the program in some aspect. IMHO.
 
A lot of chest bumping going on right now. Its important to remember that money talks. Within the next year, Mac will be involved with the program in some aspect. IMHO.


I doubt that will please Mike Bohn, who is taking the heat right now for not being able to rein in Mac and his commentary. Should be a frosty relationship at best.
 
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