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Mel Tucker (HC Michigan St. Spartans)

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Checking in on Colorado fans today:

Mel Tucker killed my love of college athletics
https://www.allbuffs.com/threads/mel-tucker-killed-my-love-of-college-athletics.143375/

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CFPBuckeye said:
Sigh...

You know, I’m going to have to check with UNLV first but I think there is room for CU in the Unfair Conference.
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The post is spot on though. There are maybe 10-12 programs that have a real shot of doing anything at a national level and all but THE, USC (currently a clusterfuck) and OU (arguablu in the South) are in the South. While it's fun to be one of the lead dogs, if the playoff is going to be the same six or programs every year, it's not great for the game.
 
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Jagdaddy said:
The post is spot on though. There are maybe 10-12 programs that have a real shot of doing anything at a national level and all but THE, USC (currently a clusterfuck) and OU (arguablu in the South) are in the South. While it's fun to be one of the lead dogs, if the playoff is going to be the same six or programs every year, it's not great for the game.
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I hear you. I agree the post is correct. But that person doesn’t understand reality. If they did, there would be no reason to complain. Just accept and move on. It is what it is and he shouldn’t have been so invested in CU starting long ago because they haven’t been competitive for years. Same advice goes to UNLV guy who wanted the government to step in and somehow create a level playing field so UNLV would be relevant. Aint happening. CU has been an afterthought for long before Tucker bolted. This!? Now!? Is what finally broke him? Where’s he been? CU is in a power 5, located in beautiful Boulder, travels to AZ and up and down the Pacific coast. They just lost their coach, to dreary East Lansing. A school mired in controversy currently and what will always be the second team in TSUN. Ohio State’s bitch. Granted, Tucker is an alum of Sparty but c’mon. Their coach bolted for a job nobody wanted. Where did he think CU was in the pecking order?

If the current landscape has killed his fandom, that fandom should have been dead 15 years ago. What took so long to wake up? Did he somehow think things were different for CU 3 days ago with Tucker at the helm?

Not arguing anything is fair/unfair. It just is what it is and has been for a long while.
 
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I hear you. I agree the post is correct. But that person doesn’t understand reality. If they did, there would be no reason to complain. Just accept and move on. It is what it is and he shouldn’t have been so invested in CU starting long ago because they haven’t been competitive for years. Same advice goes to UNLV guy who wanted the government to step in and somehow create a level playing field so UNLV would be relevant. Aint happening. CU has been an afterthought for long before Tucker bolted. This!? Now!? Is what finally broke him? Where’s he been? CU is in a power 5, located in beautiful Boulder, travels to AZ and up and down the Pacific coast. They just lost their coach, to dreary East Lansing. A school mired in controversy currently and what will always be the second team in TSUN. Ohio State’s bitch. Granted, Tucker is an alum of Sparty but c’mon. Their coach bolted for a job nobody wanted. Where did he think CU was in the pecking order?

If the current landscape has killed his fandom, that fandom should have been dead 15 years ago. What took so long to wake up? Did he somehow think things were different for CU 3 days ago with Tucker at the helm?

Not arguing anything is fair/unfair. It just is what it is and has been for a long while.
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The difference is that in the past, even 15-20 years ago, a school like CU, with a so-so natural recruiting base, OK tradition, and "power 5" conference affiliation could, if it wasn't at any given time dysfunctional and hired a good coach, compete at a pretty high level with some consistency and make a legit run at being elite for a season here and there. Now, with disparities in conference payouts and truly national recruiting by the handful of the biggest and richest national powers, a school like CU can do everything right (and they mostly seemed to with Tucker) and still have little to no shot at being more than middling. CU did pretty much everything right here. MSU, which is no great power itself, did pretty much everything worng. But because of BIG money, MSU got what it wanted. That's not healthy for the game. Ohio State has committed to being a great power and reaps the rewards. MSU hasn't and shouldn't but because BIG, it does.
 
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Jagdaddy said:
The difference is that in the past, even 15-20 years ago, a school like CU, with a so-so natural recruiting base, OK tradition, and "power 5" conference affiliation could, if it wasn't at any given time dysfunctional and hired a good coach, compete at a pretty high level with some consistency and make a legit run at being elite for a season here and there. Now, with disparities in conference payouts and truly national recruiting by the handful of the biggest and richest national powers, a school like CU can do everything right (and they mostly seemed to with Tucker) and still have little to no shot at being more than middling. CU did pretty much everything right here. MSU, which is no great power itself, did pretty much everything worng. But because of BIG money, MSU got what it wanted. That's not healthy for the game. Ohio State has committed to being a great power and reaps the rewards. MSU hasn't and shouldn't but because BIG, it does.
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That’s why CU fan needs to let it go. It is what it is. It’s why I quit on the Reds. MLB baseball is a joke. It’s not fair nor does it pretend to be. The large market teams dominate with few exceptions. Baseball doesn’t care about a salary cap so why would I get worked up over the Reds getting outspent by 3 to 4 dollars for every 1 they spend? FA will never come if they are high dollar stars. Not since Ken Griffey Jr. have they signed a high caliber player that other teams wanted. The Reds don’t get me down because I understand the reality that they face as a team and I, as a fan. Joe Stud can spurn the Reds’ offer (if they ever made one lol) for the Dodgers or Yankees and it’s not going to break me. I knew what it was from the start. CU is a small market team. Sparty is a B1G market team. No pun intended.
 
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CFPBuckeye said:
That’s why CU fan needs to let it go. It is what it is. It’s why I quit on the Reds. MLB baseball is a joke. It’s not fair nor does it pretend to be. The large market teams dominate with few exceptions. Baseball doesn’t care about a salary cap so why would I get worked up over the Reds getting outspent by 3 to 4 dollars for every 1 they spend? FA will never come if they are high dollar stars. Not since Ken Griffey Jr. have they signed a high caliber player that other teams wanted. The Reds don’t get me down because I understand the reality that they face as a team and I, as a fan. Joe Stud can spurn the Reds’ offer (if they ever made one lol) for the Dodgers or Yankees and it’s not going to break me. I knew what it was from the start. CU is a small market team. Sparty is a B1G market team. No pun intended.
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Fair enough.
 
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