Top 10 Coaches to Replace Hawk - Bleacher Report

[fatbuff]

Somebody explain the Richt love. Is it just because he is from the SEC?

 

[leftybuff]

Ron English (former Meatchicken DC under Lloyd Carr, now EMU HC) and Dwayne Walker (former fUCLA DC and NMSt. HC) are other options.

SKip Holtz is still floating around at ECU I think as well. Granny's boy can coach, but then we'd have Granny sightings in Boulder....

 

[absinthe]

No Major. It absolutely must be a guy who bleeds black and gold. Or at the very least will hire assistants, like bienemy, that are black and gold through and through. We learned our lesson when Hawk went around and took down all the posters of CU's famous players and moments. Got to have someone that recognizes the past to achieve future success.

You realize EB left elementarily so did embree because of the tabor situation, "hiring" assistants is not that simple.

 

[absinthe]

Ron English (former Meatchicken DC under Lloyd Carr, now EMU HC) and Dwayne Walker (former fUCLA DC and NMSt. HC) are other options.

SKip Holtz is still floating around at ECU I think as well. Granny's boy can coach, but then we'd have Granny sightings in Boulder....

How is Dwayne doing at NMst?

Skip took the USF job.

 

[leftybuff]

Somebody explain the Richt love. Is it just because he is from the SEC?

Richt was the brains behind Bowden at FSU from 90-00, serving as OC. When he left, FSU began to fizzle and he's been very respectable at UGA 90 W's- 27 L's. What's not to like?

 

[leftybuff]

How is Dwayne doing at NMst?

****ty. But so does everybody else.

 

[CUFan]

With that restriction Cabral is your only choice. He has stuck through everything. Not saying EB doesnt bleed black and gold but he did leave CU to go to UCLA. Embree doesnt have the experience. I think we need to try and look forward not backwards.

I guess my point was more to say I want someone who recognizes what we once were and can be again. Someone who will be personally and professionally embarrassed if they don't succeed. Hawk may be professionally embarrassed, but doesn't seem to be personally embarrassed. He just wants to blame his lack of success on everything but himself. I just thought that getting someone with history within the program could get us the personal responsibility angle as well.

 

[leftybuff]

Skip took the USF job.

I forgot that, thanks. So Jim "headslap" Leavitt is available?:lol:

 

[fatbuff]

I guess my point was more to say I want someone who recognizes what we once were and can be again. Someone who will be personally and professionally embarrassed if they don't succeed. Hawk may be professionally embarrassed, but doesn't seem to be personally embarrassed. He just wants to blame his lack of success on everything but himself. I just thought that getting someone with history within the program could get us the personal responsibility angle as well.

Who cares about personal responsibility. Just ****ing win, baby. Hiring someone just because he has ties to CU would be a mistake.

 

[fatbuff]

Richt was the brains behind Bowden at FSU from 90-00, serving as OC. When he left, FSU began to fizzle and he's been very respectable at UGA 90 W's- 27 L's. What's not to like?

UGA is always being picked high because of the talent that they have, and they always seem to fall short. Sometimes way short. Imagine how he would do if he didnt have the proximity to the southern recruits. You think he can win with lunchboxers?

 

[BUFFS14]

Who cares about personal responsibility. Just ****ing win, baby. Hiring someone just because he has ties to CU would be a mistake.

That was my point. I would love to see some old blood back in there, but I would rather see some experience with the potential to win and not have to learn on the fly.

 

[leftybuff]

UGA is always being picked high because of the talent that they have, and they always seem to fall short. Sometimes way short. Imagine how he would do if he didnt have the proximity to the southern recruits. You think he can win with lunchboxers?

Holy crap, the guy has a .760 win percentage in the toughest conference in FB. If that isn't good enough of a track record, I doubt you'll be satified by anybody as the new CU hire.

Richt ran some of the best CFB offenses ever with FSU. He's a winner at UGA. I'd be thrilled, you have a better suggestion?

 

[CUFan]

To me you aren't going to get the support of our bigger boosters unless you can get guys like Alfred Williams and others to support what the new HC is doing up there. Not saying we should sacrifice coaching ability and experience for history. Just thought it would be easier to get our more influential alumni involved with some of the old guard.

A guy like Richt would be a huge splash and would be enough. But are we really going to get a guy like that to show up here when we can't attract good assistant coaches due to state employee contract rules? He's got every dollar in the world at his disposal at UGA.

 

[Highlander27]

We need to find a system that will work at CU.

A return to a strong running game, stout defense is what this place needs. Those are the types of athletes we tend to get in this area, plan around that.

Everybody likes a hard-nosed football team who develops solid pro-style QB's. Just look at Stanford last year... USC over the past 10 yrs. That's the type of offense, defense we should be aiming for.

 

[SanDiegoBuff]

To me you aren't going to get the support of our bigger boosters unless you can get guys like Alfred Williams and others to support what the new HC is doing up there. Not saying we should sacrifice coaching ability and experience for history. Just thought it would be easier to get our more influential alumni involved with some of the old guard.

A guy like Richt would be a huge splash and would be enough. But are we really going to get a guy like that to show up here when we can't attract good assistant coaches due to state employee contract rules? He's got every dollar in the world at his disposal at UGA.

The best way to do that is to ensure they are involved in the search and have input. Blindly hiring someone, even with Colorado ties and hoping for support won't do it.

 

[Lt.Col.FrankSlade]

A return to a strong running game, stout defense is what this place needs.

This x 100!

 

[NW Buff]

We need to find a system that will work at CU.

A return to a strong running game, stout defense is what this place needs. Those are the types of athletes we tend to get in this area, plan around that.

Everybody likes a hard-nosed football team who develops solid pro-style QB's. Just look at Stanford last year... USC over the past 10 yrs. That's the type of offense, defense we should be aiming for.

I've never liked this sort of logic. What we need is a coach who has a vision and can recruit the players to implement it. I don't think there's a magic system which fits at CU or anywhere else. If there was, OU would still be running the wishbone. The problem isn't that Hawk's system doesn't work at CU, it's that he doesn't really have one. Installing a new offense each season just doesn't cut it.

 

[SBG]

****ty. But so does everybody else.

This.

However, Walker is making strides in the program. Out of 21 recruits, 6 were 3*. For a program like NMSU that is freaking HUGE. Seriously. The guy can recruit Cali. Put him in Boulder and he'll do well. He emphasizes strong defense and running the ball. NMSU had a 1000 yard rusher, something we haven't had here at CU in a long time and they averaged over 140 yards a game on the ground. They had serious issues at QB (basically they had none). Walker hired a new OC, recruited along the lines and Jucos where needed and is making good progress.

A program like NMSU has been burned down to the ground since inception. If he turns that around he's a genius.

I'm convinced that head coaching at the CFB level is more about program building than it is about game day coaching. See Mack Brown at UNC and then UT. You need administrative support and booster/fan support, but the ability to build a program (look at how UT recruits in the state of TX now versus how they did before) is what makes coaches.

 

[CUBUFF80]

Somebody explain the Richt love. Is it just because he is from the SEC?

Doesn't he have local ties?

 

[fatbuff]

Doesn't he have local ties?

He grew up in ****tebraska. Thats as local as he gets.

 

[96 Buff]

Please, no one who'll run the ****ing spread offense.

 

[Sportsfan101]

Guys, this is easy. I called it last fall -- Mike Bellotti will be the next HC at CU. He has won in the Pac 10 in a very similar school to CU, is a no-nonsense coach, and a good recruiter. Plus, he wants to get back in the game. Connect the dots -- I think this is a no-brainer.

 

[MtnBuff]

10. Troy Calhoun (Air Force - Head Coach)
Brilliant guy, has done a very good job at AFA but lets let him beat TCU, BYU, or Utah once before we annoint him the saviour. A mid-major coach who has not won his league. I don't think he would leave anyways for CU, he's an AFA guy who is a perfect fit for that climate.
9. Mike Price (UTEP - Head Coach)
Another mid-major coach who hasn't exactly dominated at the leve he is at although he has done well to win as much as he has at UTEP
8. Todd Graham (Tulsa- Head Coach)
See #7
7. Brent Venables (Oklahoma - Defensive Coordinator)
May be the best on this list but (and a big but) why hasn't anyone else gone after him. Also how well would he fit into the culture at CU, at OU football is king and the program gets the recruits in and through school that they want. The budget is much larger than CU's and in a lot of cases they only have to recruit against Texas. Could we pay enough to get him to leave OU?
6. Eric Kiesau (Colorado - Offensive Coordinator)
Negative is that he will be seen as an extension of Hawk. Positive is that the players know him and as the head man he may be able to get them performing to their abilities. Already has connections in our recruiting areas, transition would be easier.
5. Rich Rodriguez (Michigan - Head Coach)
Uh! No thanks, disaster at Michigan, players don't like him, alums don't like him, a cheater entering a school with a history of NCAA issues is an invitation to further problems.
4. Dave Christensen (Wyoming - Head Coach)
Mid-major coach who has won even less than the others on the list. Wyoming was the best he could do, enough said!
3. Norm Chow (UCLA - Offensive Coordinator)
Not leaving UCLA, great mind, oooold body, his time passed a few years ago
2. Guz Malzahn (Auburn - Offensive Coordinator)
This one I like, would he leave SEC country for CU, I hope so. Creative offensively, makes use of his talent well, motivational, would have credibility with players and potential assistants. If he came how dedicated to staying would he be?
1. Chris Petersen (Boise State - Head Coach)
Hawk II? Mid-major success but in a system and league that is a whole different ballgame. I'm not sure the players would give him a chance after Hawk, may also be to loyal to the BSU system and BSU guys leading to many of the same problems Hawk has had.

Others
Embree-
CU through and through, no coordinator experience but played pro, coached at BCS level, former players would support, motivator.

EB-
Same as Embree, great emotionally, don't know how he would handle top job.

Cabral-
Deserves to be in the conversation but why has he never had a shot as a HC much less a coordinator job. He is a part of CU football but do we turn the program over to him?


An Idea. I am interested in both Cabral and Kiesau, fire Hawk early in the season and give Kiesau the interm tag, Cabral the Assistant HC tag, and see what they do. Give a little better idea of how they would handle things without Coach Funky Karma getting in their way.

 

[Del]

Guys, this is easy. I called it last fall -- Mike Bellotti will be the next HC at CU. He has won in the Pac 10 in a very similar school to CU, is a no-nonsense coach, and a good recruiter. Plus, he wants to get back in the game. Connect the dots -- I think this is a no-brainer.

I wouldn't mind this hire but I don't think we have the cash to pay him what he would want. He might try to hold out for the UCLA gig once Slick Rick is gone in another year or two.

 

[Darian3Hagan]

Top of my list would be Mark Richt. He's apparently worn out his welcome in Athens, and the guy knows college football. He can recruit and he's not intimidated by competition. Second on the list is Les Miles. Fron what I can gather, the folks in Louisiana are flat out nuts, and whatever success they have isn't good enough. I think one or both of these coaches will be available at the end of the year.

This

 

[MtnBuff]

Others -

Richt -
Consistent winner in the SEC but Georgia has resorces and expectations higher than just being a consistent winner. How does he translate to CU and the PAC. Worth an interview but I don't know how interested he would be in us and I don't know how interested we should be in him as a high priced retread.

Bellotti -
To me a big no thanks, was good but not great at Oregon even after Phil Knight opened up the checkbook, Is also 60, isn't going to be around long enough to turn a program around. Also some questions about cheating and academics, not good baggage to bring to Boulder.

Miles -
Great coach, ain't happening. We can't pay enough and again would he be a fit. I don't think so, would love to have him here but I don't think it will happen and I don't think it would work.

 

[CUFan]

I didn't see Logan on the list, maybe the whole thing was a decoy.

Would love to see Logan involved with the next regime somehow. Not sure if he is ready for head coaching job yet. If he were interested in a coordinator job or something that would be great. You would certainly think he could recruit Colorado for us very well.

 

[sackman]

The idea that we can't afford anybody seems specious to me, given the fact that our revenue is supposed to jump by anywhere between $5-12MM in the next two years. I don't think money is going to be the issue. At least it shouldn't be. If we're serious, we need to be serious.

 

[SINKRATZ]

Peterson is a non-starter. No way he's going to take his former boss's job and I think if he wants to leave Boise he's going to have much better options. If he did come, it means Bohn isn't here anymore cause there's no way Bohn is going that route again.

Someone mentioned Ron English, I like him as an option.

 

[BuffMania]

I want a defensive specialist. A proven DC is fine with me. Someone who will bring an attitude to this team.