He could have tried to get a job on a major programs staff that he wasn't ready for but instead he went to a small program, succeeded and is now moving up. That used to be considered right way to do it, I think.
McCartney made it a good job. Thought he should take South Florida but maybe he has booster backing that we don't know about. Boulder is beautiful but not a recruiting hotbed, he's going to have to get California, Arizona, Texas to make it work.
Love the speech by D.S, so many kids live a fairy tail land about Sports hope he keeps it up. He seen the writing on the wall at the school and felt time for the next step. He must continue to surround himself with the best staff to make it work..
I have always liked him. Sports at some point tells everybody your time is up. Learn all the life lessons it can give and you are way ahead of the game if it help provides a education for you.
I doubt he takes this job not expecting to win big.
Agreed. I thought he was heaed for Cincinnati to follow Fickell.
believe Sanders only makes $300Kish at JaxSt. Which means his assistants obviously make less. And I've heard him say that his next HC opportunity is about finding a situation where he can pay his assistants considerably more. I found that to be very magnanimous.
Deion is an extraordinary recruiter. Travis Hunter- case in point. If he can bring that to the Bison, maybe he can make chicken salad...
As a Colorado kid who went to school in Vermont, the Early 90’s buffs were my college team as most of my high school friends were in Boulder and uvm had no program. I will definitely be paying attention.
Been a fan of him for a while, now admire him even more
The truth used to be a valuable tool for educators. Today telling those in your charge the truth, as you see it, can cost you your job
So blessed to have been raised in the era I was, taught me to be tough and responsible for myself
Me too born in 1964
Of course previous generation (ww2) though we were coddled too
They were correct to a point
Todays its 10x Worse Some parents have done a horrific job trying to be kids bff instead of some discipline and respect
One, it's not a premier job. He's making a better name for himself and impression where he's at. He resurrected a terrible program to the top of the HBCU very quickly.
Beyond the football, he seems to genuinely care about building the whole program on and off the field. He cares about building up these kids into productive men. I thought he stay longer to really make a difference until a major job opened for him.
My daughter graduated from CU so I am a little bais but kids want to play for Prime and he will be the best recruiter out there add in a great environment and they have the opportunity to build a big time program. Also let's be honest the Pac-12 is wide open and available for the taking.
I'm an alum. Best decision the school has made in 20 years.
CU's leadership has hamstrung the football program ever since rolling over for a politically ambitious DA that never had the evidence to level a single charge in the manufactured "recruiting scandal."
After Dan Hawkins turned out to be a pumpkin the school torpedoed itself with self-imposed limitations to appease an academic elitist community with off base grandeur of becoming a "public ivy" image. Those limitations include arbitrarily high academic standards for incoming HS recruits and very rigid credit requirements for transfers. Basically, CU's athletic department has been operating as if its Stanford when its really just a middling state school. Meanwhile, the purse strings were increasingly tightened with every buyout given the revolving door of cast off coaches.
So the job was bad but only because the school's administration made it so. The facilities are top notch with a +$100mm football specific facility having been built a few years ago. The quality of life in Boulder is terrific and Denver is 30 minutes away. There are 300 days of sunshine a year which surprises many who expect cold and gray. The program has a national championship and Heisman on display. Mel Tucker and Mike McIntyre proved you can win there, recently.
The inflection point came a few months ago when a new President was named at CU who seemingly has made it a priority to leverage the football program as a "front porch" brand extension of the university system. Boosters have said he directed the bureaucrats to dismantle any institutional hurdles for recruits/transfers and he's directing student fee funds towards the AD. This is how you now have a relatively unproven Coach Prime with a contract well exceeding $5mm and a deep pool of funding for assistants, with what I'd presume to be strong NIL channels.
If you're Prime you're getting a job where the competition is relatively weak, meaning that the path to a playoff birth is easier than it might be in the SEC or otherwise. He has great facilities and a beautiful campus to sell and he seems to have been given a blank check for his efforts and those of his assistants. Meanwhile, he's basically been given institutional control of the athletic department with a direct line to the university President. Finally, the expectations are incredibly modest. He could win eight games a year in Boulder and the Buff faithful would build a statue in his honor.
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McCartney made it a good job. Thought he should take South Florida but maybe he has booster backing that we don't know about. Boulder is beautiful but not a recruiting hotbed, he's going to have to get California, Arizona, Texas to make it work.
I hasn’t seen this, great speech.
I doubt he takes this job not expecting to win big.
Agreed. I thought he was heaed for Cincinnati to follow Fickell.
believe Sanders only makes $300Kish at JaxSt. Which means his assistants obviously make less. And I've heard him say that his next HC opportunity is about finding a situation where he can pay his assistants considerably more. I found that to be very magnanimous.
Deion is an extraordinary recruiter. Travis Hunter- case in point. If he can bring that to the Bison, maybe he can make chicken salad...
I would go play for that guy in a heartbeat!
That’s a dumb take
The truth used to be a valuable tool for educators. Today telling those in your charge the truth, as you see it, can cost you your job
So blessed to have been raised in the era I was, taught me to be tough and responsible for myself
The truth used to be a valuable tool for educators. Today telling those in your charge the truth, as you see it, can cost you your job
So blessed to have been raised in the era I was, taught me to be tough and responsible for myself
Me too born in 1964
Of course previous generation (ww2) though we were coddled too
They were correct to a point
Todays its 10x Worse Some parents have done a horrific job trying to be kids bff instead of some discipline and respect
Probably not, no but it's another springboard for him with end goal being FSU in due time. We'll see.
Beyond the football, he seems to genuinely care about building the whole program on and off the field. He cares about building up these kids into productive men. I thought he stay longer to really make a difference until a major job opened for him.
After Dan Hawkins turned out to be a pumpkin the school torpedoed itself with self-imposed limitations to appease an academic elitist community with off base grandeur of becoming a "public ivy" image. Those limitations include arbitrarily high academic standards for incoming HS recruits and very rigid credit requirements for transfers. Basically, CU's athletic department has been operating as if its Stanford when its really just a middling state school. Meanwhile, the purse strings were increasingly tightened with every buyout given the revolving door of cast off coaches.
So the job was bad but only because the school's administration made it so. The facilities are top notch with a +$100mm football specific facility having been built a few years ago. The quality of life in Boulder is terrific and Denver is 30 minutes away. There are 300 days of sunshine a year which surprises many who expect cold and gray. The program has a national championship and Heisman on display. Mel Tucker and Mike McIntyre proved you can win there, recently.
The inflection point came a few months ago when a new President was named at CU who seemingly has made it a priority to leverage the football program as a "front porch" brand extension of the university system. Boosters have said he directed the bureaucrats to dismantle any institutional hurdles for recruits/transfers and he's directing student fee funds towards the AD. This is how you now have a relatively unproven Coach Prime with a contract well exceeding $5mm and a deep pool of funding for assistants, with what I'd presume to be strong NIL channels.
If you're Prime you're getting a job where the competition is relatively weak, meaning that the path to a playoff birth is easier than it might be in the SEC or otherwise. He has great facilities and a beautiful campus to sell and he seems to have been given a blank check for his efforts and those of his assistants. Meanwhile, he's basically been given institutional control of the athletic department with a direct line to the university President. Finally, the expectations are incredibly modest. He could win eight games a year in Boulder and the Buff faithful would build a statue in his honor.