First it was he was a bad coach and Colorado wouldn’t do anything.
Yep, that's pretty much it. He's one of the best defensive backs ever, and he's never boring (as a player or a coach), I'll give him that.
I doubt a larger program is poised to hire him at the moment and he absolutely hasn't achieved any kind of turnaround at Colorado as of yet.
“Increased the profile of the university” I guess is one way of putting it. Embarrassing the university is another (calling out the media, throwing the team under the bus when they lose, running off players). 4-8 last year and I predict the same this year.
Applications are up 20% in a post Deion world… but CU was averaging a 10% annual increase in applications for over decade, so at least half of that is endogenous to the school.
Yeah, it’s a temporary bump for sure. After he goes 4-8 again this year and then bolts, will applications go back to BAU? Who knows. We could look at what happened at Jackson state. Quick search shows enrollment is down since he left in 2022.
I also wonder if the bump is temporary or not or if it has staying power in the black community. I honestly have no idea. If it’s a one time bump it’s worth a little, but not a lot long term. Ultimately winning solves everything, and he’s shown no ability to do so, especially considering he’s got nothing in the cubbard after his sons and Hunter.
I know our fanbase is preconditioned to having such a thing happen, but they aren’t going 0-7 to end the year.
Enrollment is down at a lot of places. Lower birth rates will lead to fewer graduating from HS and when others see that the value is not really there as it was in the past. I would guess that a lot of places are going to have some problems going forward
That’s exactly the point of why they hired him. They overlook the fact that he can be a jerk to put their program in the spotlight.
Media needs more calling out. Media in present day is an embarrassment to the media of older generations. Makes one feel better about the demise of print journalism.
If there’s one thing that will make me side with Sanders 10 times out of 10, it’s professors whining about everything.
If his players are:
I am not a fan and i especially won’t draft his son if I was a NFL GM, but it is silly that people care so much about what he does. What you see is what you get!
The guy he ‘hurt’ is also a fraud. The kid is an entitled silver spoon but the guard is a tool.
Congrats to him. Still shady as hell. Will be interesting to see if he sticks around
My father, a CU alum, was born 96 years ago today. He was a CU season ticket holder for maybe 60 years. He died of COVID-19 in 2020 which was a tragedy aside from the fact that it spared him from the Coach Prime era.
Sorry for your loss. I'm curious as to whether the majority of older (60+) CU alumni are anti-prime because he's flashy and represents a new world of NIL college football or if they are happy to be relevant. Colorado is ranked and is 5-2 for the first time since 2005. Donations are up across the board so I'm assuming a good chunk is the latter but I'm sure there's a good percentage of older alumni who would appreciate a more conservative Jim Tressell sweater-vest or a Dabo Swinney (no portal) approach. In other words, how much of the anti-prime sentiment is generational?
If you liken it to “The U” culture, it did not seem to foster sustained success or fan base for Miami.
Unless you play or work for the program, you are not in position to judge its "culture." How do you know what the culture inside the program is beyond a few sound bites? A distinct culture that ejects individuals who have different values is not necessarily a bad culture. Strong, distinctive cultures can be hallmarks of high functioning organizations. It does not have to be all-inclusive to be "good."
Ok guy. Just google Colorado football toxic culture. Plenty to see (including instructing the stadium DJ to play his son’s rap song instead of the school fight song after TDs). None of it really my concern, just o serving from afar.
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What about their culture rubs you the wrong way I wonder? The student athletes are performing in the classroom, on the field, and staying out of trouble. What's bad about that culture? Are they too 'street' for you?