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2 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Probably to add Warren Sapp?

1 hour ago, teachercd said:

I mean, for the CU fans posting here, are you dense or just lying?

 

The reason that some of the CU staff "was demoted" has to do with the fact that they were trying to HELP CU win more games but it was not in line with what Prime wanted to do.  Which is fine it is his program.  

 

None of them were demoted because THEY were bad coaches.  Tim Brewster taking that job probably says more about the fact that he wants to coach there and/or is friends with dudes on that staff and not so much about his options.  

 

Sean Lewis went from OC to demoted to a nice brand new fat HC gig at a decent school.

The changes had to do with Tom Brady, Byron Leftwich, offensive line performance and recruiting.

1 minute ago, commando said:

the coach quit...he wasn't fired.

Brewster was removed from his on field assistant coaching duties mid season and placed in an off the field role to begin his job search.

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

 

So laugh at Sanders for actually making assistant coaching changes while we have dedicated threads begging for Rhule to make assistant coaching changes?

1 hour ago, GSG said:

Look at this clown s#!t

 

 

You're giving it the attention they want.

5 minutes ago, runningblind said:

Where in the land of made up statistics did you get that number from?

That number was published this week dude.

7 minutes ago, Wistrom Disciple said:

Putting Riley and Rhule on the same level is a little wild. Riley won 10 or more games exactly once in his 17 year career. Rhule's college coaching career lists three such years in seven full seasons.

3 times!  Wow!

11 minutes ago, WWG1_we_GBR said:

Rhule got himself a big paycheck. We are his last stop. Not because he is likely to build a culture of winning but rather because nobody else will be silly enough to hire him

Exactly.

Buyout U.

11 minutes ago, lo country said:

Unsure who I would call highly qualified on his staff.

 

To date, in one month, the estimated revenue Prime has generated from CU is $280 million......For his 5 year $29 million contract.  Be interesting when Shiloh and Shedeur leave.  Shedeur good go pro, but Prime said he won't leave to be #2 behind Caleb as he won't take a back seat to anyone.  Who knows.  

 

I am ambivalent about the Rhule hire.  Really wanted Prime/Urb and Chadwell.  Still not impressed with the staff.  But it's early.  Just not what I'd have expected when Trev opened the treasure chest and Rhule looked in a box of cracker jacks for the prize.

It's not that early.

Rhule is a failed NFL coach with a career college record slightly above .500

Riley esque.

4 minutes ago, gossamorharpy said:

Where did I say we can out recruit them. I simply said I’m not slobbing over deions knob when they just got smoked by Oregon last week and don’t have any impressive wins on their slate. Great hire but let’s see how s#!t pans out, not just September 

I like the smoked by Oregon reference when we just barely lost to Michigan.  In Lincoln.

Just now, gossamorharpy said:

Let’s see how the season pans out until

we call it a home run.

 

initial momentum and exposure for CU, def a home run hire.

Do you seriously think Rhule amd his staff can out recruit Sanders?

And NIL money?  Please.  Shadeur Sanders has $$ from Mercedes Benz, Tom Bradys apparel company and who knows where else.

5 minutes ago, lo country said:

Same with Riley It took months for me to learn to spell it correctly.  Couldn't remember who else other than Frost.  The future is Optimus Prime.  He blew up the portal.  Of course he has the Hall of Fame, Super Bowl rings, contacts, World Series etc....Can't expect many coaches to bring in almost 70 guys 5 (IIRC) followed him from Jackson.  BUT if Rhule could go and get 20 solid guys that would be huge.  With our alleged NIL machine and historic reputation we might have a shot.  Hoping to develop talent will lead to us eventually being relegated to some also ran conference IMO.  Kids are not going to be developed for 2-3 years to get a shot.  They want it now.  And they might end up like Smothers going to Jax State or Crawford going to La Tech or Rogers going to Oregon....BUT they won't wait.  It's all about the benjamins now....

The winning formula was mentioned on this site when Albert's was conducting his top secret search.

A big name head coach with highly qualified assistants.

Colorado may have to renegotiate Sanders contract to keep him 

They certainly have the money now.

23 minutes ago, gossamorharpy said:

No it’s not- Deion is a once in a lifetime circumstance that isn’t easily replicable… recruiting and exposure has always been what college football is about, this isn’t new as of 2023

At least you're admitting Colorado made a home run hire.

Just now, Enhance said:

Pretty amazing that we're making these assumptions five games into the tenure of a coach who inherited a rough roster and lost five key offensive players in the last couple of months. I think the guy deserves an opportunity to build his program before we start condemning him.

And it's not like we have a choice in the matter anyways. So would you rather be miserable or hopeful? Your prerogative either way.

Better flip that rough roster.

6 minutes ago, gossamorharpy said:

No it’s not- Deion is a once in a lifetime circumstance that isn’t easily replicable… recruiting and exposure has always been what college football is about, this isn’t new as of 2023

Ummm.  Transfer rules used to be very different.  Like not that long ago.

3 minutes ago, lo country said:

I can see where you are coming from. He has always defended Frost and Riley (IIRC).  He and I often disagreed, but for the recent coaches he always appeared in their corner.

I despised the Riley hire from the announcement.

The direction of college football now is Sanders.  It's all about recruiting and exposure.

3 minutes ago, desertshox said:

 

He hasn't been one of the most positive posters. He is absolutely miserable when "his" coach isn't on the sidelines.

Rhule makes me miserable.

Enjoy your Saturday night.

7 minutes ago, Enhance said:

What do you propose Nebraska do? Sims is hurt and a turnover machine. Haarberg is inexperienced. The offense in general is woefully unequipped.

Like, I get the team isn't good, the offense in particular. But I just don't know what's expected of this staff and coaches in game 5 of their transition year. I don't necessarily "believe" in Haarberg but I'm looking across this roster and not really seeing anything inspirational.

NIL and the transfer portal has made the term "transition year" a joke.

Rhule will not get it done at Nebraska.  College football is no longer about development.

5 minutes ago, Cornfed said:

Can’t freaking wait for it to end following back to back Ls and the meltdown that will ensue when the facade is exposed. 

So if Colorado loses to top 10 teams two weeks in a row after winning 1 game last season some sort of facade is exposed?

51 minutes ago, Wistrom Disciple said:

Sure, recruiting is important, but developing the talent is more important from my perspective. The Frost era should have taught us that recruiting alone does not mean good coaching. I think looking at wins/losses alone is foolish this early into his tenure.

 

I see signs of improvement and development from Rhule that encourages me that we made a good choice. Some of those include leading the nation in sacks after two games, being top ten in rushing defense (under 2 yards per attempt), and averaging over five yards per rushing attempt. Doing all this with largely the same group of players as last year. I'm excited to see how they continue to develop the players and I'm hopeful that the wins will follow with time. 

Nebraska defense 8 sacks

Shadeur Sanders 0 turnovers

4 minutes ago, Wistrom Disciple said:

That made me chuckle. How many celebrity coaches do you think are out there? And then tell me how many of them have two sons ready to step in and play right away? Good situation for them now, I think Deion is still unproven as a coach.

Deion doesn't need to coach.  He's a recruiter.

Think any highly rated quarterbacks will have Colorado on their short list?

3 hours ago, Wistrom Disciple said:

Yes, but you have to remember that two of them are his sons. He does attract some quality skill players, but as @soup mentions it could quickly become ugly once they face some actual adversity. It was getting that way for the first quarter and a half today as their players were getting frustrated with one another leading to poor possessions. Unfortunately, we gifted them some momentum killers and once they got a two score lead, it was over. 

 

Couldn't disagree more. Sanders flipped his roster and it worked to start the year. I'm not so sure his "coaching" is the reason for their success or simply attracting some quality skill players who are exceptional. We stopped ourselves more than Colorado stopped us today. 

Sanders hired what might be one of the best assistant coaching staffs in the country..

.....and I'd guess Nebraska's team chemistry is now a hundredfold more ugly than Colorado's

Colorado is the model for college football now, especially with the portal.  Hire a celebrity head coach and let him bring in the best assistant coaches in his rolodex.

There's no question who made the better hire.

32 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

My bad.  I'll not expect you to apply critical thinking skills next time.

 

Especially when their coach has told a much different story.

I really did not intend for this ti be such a big deal.....but what different story are you referring to that Sanders told?

On 4/29/2023 at 2:28 PM, Mavric said:

 

Yeah, I'm sure they'd say that.  That definitely makes it true.

You accused me of fabricating......you used the word twice in your accusation.  I didn't fabricate.

So you moved your goalpost......

34 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

You seem to be going out of your way to fabricate reasonings that - at best - you don't know for sure and - at worst - are completely fabricated.

Regarding your highlight, safety Silmon-Craig said that was a reason he was asked to follow Sanders.  It's probably at least not too "fabricated" that you'd bring your starting quarterback son....among other top players from almost each position group.

But no, not fsbricated.

23 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

I don’t care for Deion (and care even less about CU) and I loved Tommie as our QB but nobody in their right mind would attempt to compare their recruiting and coaching abilities. Deion is at a different level than Tommie, as is Doane and CU. I took the “comparison” at face value simply based on huge numbers of players leaving. I suppose it depends on how a person wanted to take it.

It was about the number of players leaving AND how to replace them.

My point is Sanders has an exponentially better chance of replacing then with better players and he has a small core group he brought from Jackson State to provide leadership.

SSO is predicting Sanders failure based on roo many players leaving and the inability to replace them.

My "face value" take is Sanders has the ability to replace them.

I'm a Frazier fan too.  Dropped in last summer at Big Red of the Rockies for photos and autograph session with him.