2 seasons at Oregon max. He should have gotten a HC job this year, and we all know it. I think he knows it too; because I doubt he wants too many shots to coach against his players here.
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Leavitt to Oregon
- Thread starter Buffnik
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iSmellChip
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Oregon wouldn't be **** if it wasn't for Phil Kinght
Spare me. You did your job well, but in the end, you're just about the money. Don't try and stroke me about how much you love CU.....
Dorn09
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And Leavitt might not be a college coach without Mac. Do you think Leavitt took the job at the worst p5 school at the because he wanted the challenge or because of lack of options? At the time they needed each other. Things have changed. We will get a good replacement and move on.
c502cid
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**** you.
Dorn09
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Yes your reading into 1 tweet sent out. Make that claim after an interview with more than 140 charactors.
I'm not worried about Leavitt on the recruiting front. Wells is the only JL recruit in this class. I'm sure that he was respected by all our defensive recruits for his ability as a DC and he's charismatic so I would expect they liked him a lot when they visited... but he wasn't a recruiter. I expect that our defensive recruiting will improve with the next hire.
But the real question is on coordinator. Leavitt is in the upper echelon of college football's defensive coordinators. In a year when we lose 8 starters, it's a big task. Probably something that factored into JL's decision. Nowhere to go but up with Oregon's defensive rank while unlikely to maintain CU's defensive rank in 2017. So he took a big pay raise and a better path to a HC job in 2018. And where that leaves CU is with a big task for a new guy that I hope doesn't get judged unfairly if the defense slips a bit and the team is relying more on its offense to win games in 2017. This would have been the case even if JL had stayed.
HCMM, with Lance Carl and Rick George, really needs to make sure of this hire and the 2017 defensive staff. It's a crossroads year coming up.
But the real question is on coordinator. Leavitt is in the upper echelon of college football's defensive coordinators. In a year when we lose 8 starters, it's a big task. Probably something that factored into JL's decision. Nowhere to go but up with Oregon's defensive rank while unlikely to maintain CU's defensive rank in 2017. So he took a big pay raise and a better path to a HC job in 2018. And where that leaves CU is with a big task for a new guy that I hope doesn't get judged unfairly if the defense slips a bit and the team is relying more on its offense to win games in 2017. This would have been the case even if JL had stayed.
HCMM, with Lance Carl and Rick George, really needs to make sure of this hire and the 2017 defensive staff. It's a crossroads year coming up.
Those Oregon folks are dumb! They should have offered JL what he was making at CU and paid his moving expenses as a kicker. To think that they offered 50% more than CU was offering with a pay raise ($440k more than the 2nd highest paid assistant in the Pac-12)... when it wasn't about the money. The fools!
footballisit
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$1.5 Million. Can't be mad at him. Stupid money!
Sykobuff
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Good post, I just hate the fact that we finally have a great year and we have to deal with this. I know, it happens when you're good but it's just 1 year.
jkppkjjkp
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Shouldn't he be Scrooge McDuck?
you said the same stupid **** on Stampede jackass...Just stop the narrative...
Sykobuff
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Sure, why not...
why are people mad at JL? He's getting an incredible raise at a good program. He promised 2 years. He gave us 2 great years. We don't even play them for a while. lol.
He's the best coach on the staff and has to take a back seat to a mediocre coach who takes all his shine ... good for him move on get paid ... mac will prove himself who most thought he was, real Soon! LMAO at everyone for pissing and bitching when JMFL takes a better job and gets a raise! BUFF fans are seriously the most ignorant breed in the country! Haha
If JL's family disowns him, he'll even have more disposable income. Win-win.
WTF are you besides a limp dick?
Exactly. He helped CU be great again and he earned a huge payday for his effort. We should send him off with a heartfelt "THANK YOU!"
You are kind of a troll man. BUFF FANS suggests you aren't one of us. Work on your craft. Haha.
Hmm I better not respond to this like I want to.
Idot Buff
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Wow, you actually did a google image search for limp dick. I can't even fathom how many flaccid peckers you had to look at before getting to that one.
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Sykobuff
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Aren't people more angry about the situation it puts cu in? People can claim they will find another DC as goid but nobody knows that.
Momentum was built, recruiting going well but now things are a bit murky.
Good for him, he got his money, but it's all about CU and how they move forward. He's gotten tons of praise here and should, but people don't have to like his move to oregon.
Mighty big leap, Buff.
jumped ship
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I mean, I felt dumb as I typed that out. Just tired of money determining everything, especially when I'm a Colorado fan.
Mac was the 2009 FBS Assistant coach of the year. His track record as a DC at Duke was very good. He played for a head coach known as an offensive guru. Mac's a defensive specialist. He is the one that decided to go to the 3-4 and he hired a DC who could execute that. I'd be more concerned if our head coach was an offensive guy and didn't have a track record of improving defenses. It's really his #1 claim to fame and the reason I wanted us to hire him here. He quickly figured out that Baer's defense wouldn't get it done as it did in the WAC and he made a philosophical change.
Leavitt was really good but I think there's a lot of DC's that could be really good within this system.
And I have no ill will towards Leavitt. As Nik says, fixing the Oregon defense will be fast, easy and likely just a 1 year stepping stone. They have the talent and were probably the worse coached unit in football.
Leavitt was really good but I think there's a lot of DC's that could be really good within this system.
And I have no ill will towards Leavitt. As Nik says, fixing the Oregon defense will be fast, easy and likely just a 1 year stepping stone. They have the talent and were probably the worse coached unit in football.