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Colorado Buffaloes (official thread)

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Onebuckfan;2266003; said:
I wouldn't wish this job on anyone but if a program ever needed stability this is the one. They need a JT..they don't need flash and dash.
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joelklatt: My very short list for CU (no order) Jim Tressell, Derek Mason, Justin Wicox, Jeff Tedford, Paul Rhodes, Troy Calhoun

JT 1x!
 
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JT has a show cause for the next 4 years or something like that. Not gonna happen.

JT is probably done coaching. He was likely going to retire when his last contract was up after next season (I think it was next season) at Ohio State.
 
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Former Colorado Head Coach Bill McCartney Claims Racism in CU Firing of Jon Embree

Former Colorado coaching legend Bill McCartney accused the university of racism in its handing of recently fired coach Jon Embree.

Embree, who is black, was fired after winning just four games in two seasons. McCartney, who coached the Buffs to a national title, said he won seven games in his first three years with the program and was given a contract extension in 1984. When asked on the radio why he thought he was given an extension and Embree was fired, McCartney didn't mince words.

"Honestly, I believe it's because I'm Caucasian. I believe black men have less opportunity, shorter time if you will," McCartney told ESPN radio in Denver.

"It's just like, Dan Hawkins got five full years. Why not give Jon Embree five years? You signed him to a five-year contract.

"Men of color have a more difficult road to tread. It didn't happen to me. Why should it happen to a black man?"

Saying Embree was fired because of his race has been a popular argument in Denver as the state continues to be divided on whether Embree should have been given more time to repair the damage left after Hawkins.
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Hate to say it, but I think this one has merit here. Since the 1970s, there have been about 47 African-American head coaches hired and fired in the NCAA. Of those 47, only ONE was rehired after he was fired (Willingham).

Then, you got a guys like Chizik, Weis, Newheisel that are absolute garbage head coaches that 'seem' to always get another opportunity elsewhere?!?
 
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alexhortdog95;2267602; said:
Hate to say it, but I think this one has merit here. Since the 1970s, there have been about 47 African-American head coaches hired and fired in the NCAA. Of those 47, only ONE was rehired after he was fired (Willingham).

Then, you got a guys like Chizik, Weis, Newheisel that are absolute garbage head coaches that 'seem' to always get another opportunity elsewhere?!?
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Well.. what you're really saying is (and I don't remember Chizik getting canned at Iowa State, so I'm not sure he counts) that Notre Dame sucks at hiring HC's and worse, there are morons stupid enough to take a shot at sloppy seconds at their castoffs.
 
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alexhortdog95;2267602; said:
Hate to say it, but I think this one has merit here. Since the 1970s, there have been about 47 African-American head coaches hired and fired in the NCAA. Of those 47, only ONE was rehired after he was fired (Willingham).

Then, you got a guys like Chizik, Weis, Newheisel that are absolute garbage head coaches that 'seem' to always get another opportunity elsewhere?!?
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That stat might speak to a larger problem, but I don't think it applies in this situation at Colorado. They've gotten progressively worse under Embree (3-6, average loss by 19.6 under Hawkins in his last year, 3-10 average loss by 26.3 in Embree's first year, 1-11 average loss by 30.7 in Embree's second year) and they weren't even competitive in 75% of their games.

College football in 2012 is a whole different animal than college football in 1982 when McCartney took over.
 
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Mrstickball;2267633; said:
I'd say that could be a good fit for Mangino, but when was the last time he actually fit into anything?
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Colorado could do worse. He took Kansas (Kansas!) to a BCS game. The only problem might be that he'll probably double the state's obesity rates.
 
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I had, before the Mangino tweet, thought about punctuating my post with, "One could as easily argue Embree was fired because he's overweight"

Apparently, one actually couldn't.
 
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