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Jim Leavitt - Frmr DC University of Oregon & Colorado
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3XCU13
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JL to CU not a bad choice
Oregon last 3 yrs; 3 HC and 3 class of players recruited by 3 different HCs, 3 different schemes due to coaching changes (fired or hired). We’ve seen that movie. We didn’t break through until the upperclassmen from other coaches moved on.
JL 2 yrs and 2 HC, the question should be asked why did JL left Colorado?
Not worry about JL ability or experience as a Coordinator or Head Coach.
Oregon last 3 yrs; 3 HC and 3 class of players recruited by 3 different HCs, 3 different schemes due to coaching changes (fired or hired). We’ve seen that movie. We didn’t break through until the upperclassmen from other coaches moved on.
JL 2 yrs and 2 HC, the question should be asked why did JL left Colorado?
Not worry about JL ability or experience as a Coordinator or Head Coach.
There are about 2 million rea$on$ why JL left for Oregon.
Please no.
Preferred the idea of working for Taggart over working for MacIntyre? I don't know. I do know that I have entertained job offers where I would move and commute back to Boulder because my wife and kid would stay here in this community with this school system and this lifestyle. I'd bite that bullet for the good of the family by taking one for the team on working somewhere that wasn't the best place for them to live. That said, it's not like central Oregon in the Eugene area is a hardship on quality of life. So it does seem kind of weird.
None of that above explains why Jim Leavitt's year two defense was not very good.
I think what would concern me quite a bit about Leavitt is two-fold:
1. There is very little evidence he is a good recruiter.
2. His coaching tree is greatly diminished since being fired at USF. I could see him keeping several familiar names as assistants.
1. There is very little evidence he is a good recruiter.
2. His coaching tree is greatly diminished since being fired at USF. I could see him keeping several familiar names as assistants.
I feel like JL is too KjSU to be really successful at CU.
He just strikes me as someone who didn't fall too far from his coaching tree. And while the crypt keeper's coaching philosophy sort of worked in South Florida, it would never have worked in Boulder, and it quit working in Manhattan once the NCAA leveled the jc transfer playing field.
Edit: clarify, I'm not saying JL used jc transfers to build usf (although he may have - I just don't know), I'm saying his coaching seems to me to be the right one for kids who either weren't smart enough to get into a better academic school or athletic enough to get into a big name football school where academics don't matter.
Basically, he needs players with a chip on their shoulder. That won't work in Boulder: we're too far up both the academic and the football scale for it to work for long.
Tl;dr: he'd be a home run hire for CSU.
He just strikes me as someone who didn't fall too far from his coaching tree. And while the crypt keeper's coaching philosophy sort of worked in South Florida, it would never have worked in Boulder, and it quit working in Manhattan once the NCAA leveled the jc transfer playing field.
Edit: clarify, I'm not saying JL used jc transfers to build usf (although he may have - I just don't know), I'm saying his coaching seems to me to be the right one for kids who either weren't smart enough to get into a better academic school or athletic enough to get into a big name football school where academics don't matter.
Basically, he needs players with a chip on their shoulder. That won't work in Boulder: we're too far up both the academic and the football scale for it to work for long.
Tl;dr: he'd be a home run hire for CSU.
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AllStarBuffs
Member
Amazing how many folks wouldn’t want a guy who was an instrumental piece during the 2016 season
We just fired a guy who was also instrumental during the 2016 season. We’re hiring someone for the next 5-6 years not rewarding someone for success years ago.
AllStarBuffs
Member
weird, what happened the other 5 seasons?
What's happening at Oregon now?
I also strenuously challenge the idea that he had the kind of success at USF for which we're looking at CU. He got them up to #2 in the country, sure, but he never finished above 3rd in the CUSA or the Big East, and my bet would be that his team was probably more talented than the one across from it more weeks than not.
They missed a bowl game in his only other season as DC...
AllStarBuffs
Member
weird, what's Oregon's record compared to CU's? if you think JL wouldn't be an upgrade over MM that's on you
Uhh, if you think that's a zinger you've already lost. I think you know you just said something stupid.
AllStarBuffs
Member
can you not answer the question? Being a crappy lawyer must be tough huh?
Haha AllllllllllllllllllllStarBuffs always taking Ls. Just quit while you’re so far behind dude
Ripp
Woke bitch
Is this a troll post or have you not bothered to check Oregon records before and after?
3/10 troll.
Sykobuff
Well-Known Member
Save it, he burned you like a pac 12 wr being checked by fisher!
Deleted member 807
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There is a scenario in which Leavitt would make sense to me, and that involves him electing to stick around Boulder instead of being a mercenary for Oregon’s money or coveting Bill Snyder’s job at K-State.
While there is nothing wrong with Leavitt wanting to get paid. There also is nothing wrong with passing on the guy who bailed on The RISE and left us to watch it come to a spectacularly craptastic end.
While there is nothing wrong with Leavitt wanting to get paid. There also is nothing wrong with passing on the guy who bailed on The RISE and left us to watch it come to a spectacularly craptastic end.
PLEASE NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DrunkRalphie
Well-Known Member
I wouldn't pay any attention to the comment section on any publication.
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
I could live it, but he's like a distant 3rd on my coordinator list behind Day and Lake
FlatironsBuff
Well-Known Member
Not enough of an upgrade. We (and more importantly ADRG) want to play for Championships. Levitt hasn’t shown that he’s the guy to build to that level. Thanks but no thanks.