Are they any more naive than the people who post, "If he loses the next three games, he's gone" as some absolute?
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MacIntyre's path toward future employment at CU
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I see next season playing out like this year. Maybe 3/4 wins at most. We are losing our best receiver and have not seen anyone taking that step to take over. We will have a senior QB that still has not proven he can win. Scared the coaches will keep in as starter because he is a senior or all our back-ups are really that much further behind him. I want to see a true competition at all positions. Really need to see some kids step up next season.
darth-horax
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I hope he has another year or two...let him use Liufau as a senior and issue in the Montez era...why not?
I will be pleasantly surprised if MikMac stays AND he does not keep Sefo as the starter. He plays it safe, and I suspect he will keep Sefo because he is so experienced. If CU does not get a QB upgrade, next year will be rinse and repeat of this one.
I'd hope RG hires someone who can overcome this...should it happen. I hope it doesn't...no one wants Mac to be unsuccessful...I think many of us doubt he has the chops.
It is just semantics since I do not think it will happen, but 1-11 and the general trajectory of the program after losing Leavitt and some verbal commits would be a lower floor. Next year I expect about the same as this year. Four wins, but with two in conference. Three conference wins would be difficult. Four and a bowl game seems like a pipe dream to me.
BUFFS14
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Remembering RG like I do, and looking a his history between his stints at CU I am sure he has a plan. RG KNOWS recruiting and the importance of it! RG will not waste the new facilities and upgrades on a lame duck coach or recruiting classes. Question is can he bring his plan to life? I think he can, I think he will. The obvious question is what part does MM play in his plan, if any at all. What big time coach has RG sent feelers out to see if they would be interested? What kind of feed back is he getting?
BUFFS14
Well-Known Member
Remembering RG like I do, and looking a his history between his stints at CU I am sure he has a plan. RG KNOWS recruiting and the importance of it! RG will not waste the new facilities and upgrades on a lame duck coach or recruiting classes. Question is can he bring his plan to life? I think he can, I think he will. The obvious question is what part does MM play in his plan, if any at all. What big time coach has RG sent feelers out to see if they would be interested? What kind of feed back is he getting?
BorrachoBuff
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We lost to the worst team in the Mountain West. This is not progress.
BUFFS14
Well-Known Member
I believe we have shown some signs of getting better, we are more competitive. The question is this.... can MM get us over the hump from almost winning games to actually winning games? He has done some good things, I totally agree, your frustrations are accurate and that's on him as a head coach. As I stated before, we cant change him out after next year, that will not work.
letsgoavs192
I support systemic racism
I do agree with that. Time to roll with Montez next year and see what he can do.
Simply because he's not Sefo? That hardly seems like a recipe for success.
If he earns it, then you bet!
Arcbuff2
New Member
They beat OU. That covers a multitude of sins in Austin.
BlackNGold
Club Member
If you are implying I have ever said that then you are full of it. As I have said, no one knows.
Not at all implying you specifically. There have been many others on this site who have spoken in absolutes both ways, though.
IMO MM is here for another year unless we get steamrolled and you see the team start to quit. The team starting to quit on a coach at the end of a tough year can happen and it would be time to move on but I don't see that happening under MM. If we don't start winning some of these "almost" games I think he will be gone after next year. I'm like most and really want MM to succeed because he seems like a great person and obviously loves the kids and wants to see them succeed.
I'd love to see what he can do with an OL that doesn't fall apart. Stanford had the same 5 guys on the OL all season, 3 of them had played together the full previous season and a 4th that played 11 of the 12 games. We have had 6 different starting OL combinations in 6 Pac 12 games. I think with a decent line we would see a huge improvement in QB play with either Sefo or Montez.
I'd love to see what he can do with an OL that doesn't fall apart. Stanford had the same 5 guys on the OL all season, 3 of them had played together the full previous season and a 4th that played 11 of the 12 games. We have had 6 different starting OL combinations in 6 Pac 12 games. I think with a decent line we would see a huge improvement in QB play with either Sefo or Montez.
pwbuffan
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I tend to agree with you and this is a concern because next year will be a large recruiting class. Oregon State has a better class right now than the Buffs and there are some cracks starting to show right now. Keeping HCMM may be more dangerous to the program than letting him go IMO. I just do not see much player development under this staff yet. Maybe it will all change next year.
aghcsm
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This is my problem - we expected "considerably better" and instead are showing "some signs of getting better." I feel like it's almost a rerun of last year. There are injury issues, we won a road conference game, beat CSU in OT - but lost a couple of games badly and Sefo's strategy has focused on reducing interceptions rather than winning (this may be the strategy imposed on Sefo by the coaching staff). The lack of QB improvement parallels the lack of team improvement - marginal at best.
The point of all this - it's hard to see 2016 as more than marginal improvement. We may win 3, 4 or 5 games, but significant team progress seems unlikely. Won't be excited next August (unless there's some remarkable change the next 3 games).
And I see no chance of Sefo losing the QB job, at least not for the first few games. If we flounder early, Montez may take over, perhaps at RG's insistence, and perhaps with the general awareness that Montez has a future with the Buffs, but MM does not.
DiggerBuffs
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Plenty of talent at wide receiver, especially with Huntley coming on board. We just need a QB that can utilize their speed.
Should be an open competition. May the best Montez win. I mean man. Would rather see redshirt freshman struggles over 4th year senior struggling again. Sefo can be back-up or transfer.
I doubt Embree is pleased; he still loves CU. Same can be said for Barnett.
This year CU lost to Hawaii, one of the worst teams in D1 football in 2015. UH fired their HC a couple weeks ago, only half way through the season. UMass is so bad they might lost to Hawaii.
Unfortunately there are still no big wins for CU as a member of the Pac-12 conference.
Yup. I understand that some might be leery to make a change at HC after this season, everybody has differing pain thresholds. But I am boggled by the staunch/absolutist supporters at this point in time.
Okay.... RG has backed HCMM stating unequivocally that HCMM will be back next year. I am not a fan of the head coach long term, but now that we have clarification, I will support him and his vision. From a concern aspect, will this mean Leavitt departs this offseason for a head-coaching gig? I hope not, his recruiting has been stellar and the Defense has shown vast improvements. What may be just as concerning was RG's alma mater opening for an AD. Today he was quoted as saying “I’d be lying if I didn’t say at one point in my life being AD at Illinois wasn’t my dream job." He finished that interview with a lack of commitment by saying "But I just think it’s way too early to be talking about anything right now in that regard.” CU took their time in finding RG, he was clearly the right person for the job, he has made a difference financially and with vision for the Athletics Department as a whole. HCMM, got it - you are here for the foreseeable future. Fingers crossed on keeping Leavitt and RG around as well!
bigskybuff
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I thought the emphasis on Sefo running so much was a precursor to Montez next year. They are doing the read option a lot more this year and I assumed they were getting the oline ready to go. If Montez isn't the starter, which I doubt he will, I'm hoping they have some packages for him. Most excited I've been about a QB in a long time. Hope all the reports are true.
aghcsm
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Woa, a triple negative! I'm confused, does he want the U of I job or not?