Maybe he will recruit a couple of female players..........
Given who is available and willing to go to UCLA I think they did well. Neu will recruit well because he always did.
His recruiting classes were great. At least as long as you didn't want them to include things like linemen... :huh:
I think he has been humbled and will do ok there. If USC loses Carroll and they start to slide, I can see UCLA competing for the PAC 10 title with the roll out punts :smile2:
I also remember that he was a hell of a game day coach and his ability to improvise new strategies on the fly after kick off to counter what the other team was doing was superb.
How did Neuheisel ever convince Andre Gurode to come to Colorado? We had a nice O line during those years, but that was the guy that made a difference for CU. He recruited some other outstanding players too, so give him a talent base in So Cal and he'll pull in players. Then he'll take them tubing in Riverside county and they'll get all soft-like.
Victor Rogers wasn't chopped liver either, that guy was just a beast.
Yep, he recruited Gurode and Rogers in 1997. And they were absolute beasts. Two of the best ever at CU.
But overall, Slick had 4 classes at CU - 1995-1998. The 1999 class was trashed when he walked out in January. Aside from Gurode and Rogers, the OL in those 4 full classes were:
Looks like a fairly long list, 16 linemen in 4 years. But 4 per year isn't enough. And only 2 in 1998?? Is it any wonder that the cupboard at OL ended up bare a few years later? I will give him credit in that he got several good ones, but there just weren't enough OL recruited when he was here.
Yep, he recruited Gurode and Rogers in 1997. And they were absolute beasts. Two of the best ever at CU.
But overall, Slick had 4 classes at CU - 1995-1998. The 1999 class was trashed when he walked out in January. Aside from Gurode and Rogers, the OL in those 4 full classes were:
However, he was just 34 when he took over the Colorado program. He'll probably be better this time around as he has gained the training and maturity that he should have had before becoming a head coach. We'll see.
I hear you but the pessimist in me says "a leopard never changes his spots". I want to believe Skippy has learned the error of his ways and is ready to lead with character but I think he's just got a little too much lawyer in him.
He is an attorney I believe.
Where there is smoke there is fire; he is a slickster - he left 2 programs under shady circumstances. He bends the rules and is not straighforward with the details. He is an attorney I believe. Is he a felon - no. Would you trust him? I do not.