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Tosh Lupoi - DC Alabama

buffedup said:
Read the linked articles. Things like “gaining confidence” are sprinkled in there. Sorry, I don’t want a guy who is basically green behind the ears and doesn’t even call plays taking over at such a critical time. He’s not ready.
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Huh? Where did it say it didn’t call plays? Saban and everyone else praised him in that article. His work ethic and how hard he has worked to learn everything on the defensive side of the ball over the last 4 years. I get your reservations, you’re entitled to them.
 
TSchekler said:
This is the first year he’s calling plays, second year as the DC/Co-DC, so he’s definitely progressing.

IMO, this is the type of hire that could vault CU into a championship caliber program. The talent will come and he has seemingly matured quite a bit as a coach and person. If it doesn’t work out in the W/L category, the cupboard won’t be bare, that’s for sure. Definitely worth the risk to me.
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Lake and Lupoi have similar experience. Great recruiters. Limited time as coordinators at great programs.
 
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TSchekler said:
10 years as a P5 assistant in Pac 12 footprint, and 2 years as a coordinator for the best program in the country and some are worried about experience? The ONLY question I have is the staff he assembles, but I have the same question about any coordinator we hire.
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I agree 1000%. He can clearly recruit, he can clearly coach. You don’t go from OLB coach to DC under Saban as a gift. If we can get him a top flight staff, he could excel.
 
sweaty teets said:
Why do you even try Buffnik?
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Jens1893 said:
My biggest question with him would be how big the sanctions are when he gets busted, but I think I might be down for it regardless. The guy is an absolute monster recruiter.
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He almost lost his career over the infraction issue at UW, and definitely took a big step down in his career trajectory. Then served time carrying a clipboard for Saban, and working up from there. I like that actually.

I think his ability to recruit in the PAC12 would actually dwarf what a very good recruiter like Lake could do. This is the type of buzz that would have me keep my season tickets.

And there's lots of risks (why I'm not always a big fan of hiring recruiters as your head coach, thus most of my justification of the MM hire on here). But I feel the timing is right for Colorado to roll the dice, with a guy who's worked under a couple of the best head coaches in the business (and got in trouble under one of the worse).
See Tedford, Sarkisian, Saban, not in that order.

Sometimes, the message gets stale and when you replace the boss, you got to hire the opposite guy.
 
I think it is also worth noting that spending money on tutoring to help get a kid to the academic level where he qualifies to enroll in a program is different than lavishing gifts and no-show jobs on a recruit and their family to effectively buy them off. I’m not saying what Tupoi is accused of having done is right but it seems no where near as egregious as people are making it out to be. Hopefully he has learned from it and knows exactly what not to do.
 
I would feel uneasy about this move.

I want a head coach that has had success game planning and calling plays (offense or defense), not just some super recruiter. I'm pretty sure I could coach Alabama's defense with Saban's help.
 
Buffnik said:
Same thing could have been said about Bill McCartney when he came here from Bo's Michigan staff as the ace recruiter DC.
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I wasn't a CU fan then so I'll take your word for it.

How about Jon Embree, Tim Brewster, David Beatty, Ron Zook or Willie Taggart?
 
CUwhit21 said:
I would feel uneasy about this move.

I want a head coach that has had success game planning and calling plays (offense or defense), not just some super recruiter. I'm pretty sure I could coach Alabama's defense with Saban's help.
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Well, you certainly could as you seem to be a living human being with a pulse, but I think you'd spectacularly fail. So would I, for that matter.
 
CUwhit21 said:
I would feel uneasy about this move.

I want a head coach that has had success game planning and calling plays (offense or defense), not just some super recruiter. I'm pretty sure I could coach Alabama's defense with Saban's help.
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As mentioned, Tosh has been DC at Alabama for almost two seasons now and has called plays this year. He’s definitely been involved with, under the tutelage of Saban, the game planning.
 
TSchekler said:
As mentioned, Tosh has been DC at Alabama for almost two seasons now and has called plays this year. He’s definitely been involved with, under the tutelage of Saban, the game planning.
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I don't view the Alabama DC title as highly as others, apparently. I viewed Tosh as a recruiter for hire a few years back. Maybe that's changed. Maybe not.
 
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