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Not a lot of explanation yet, but he is definitely out, most possibly involuntarily. I never blamed him too much for leaving Boulder; Uncle Phil offered him life-changing money that Colorado couldn't begin to match.
 
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Leavitt tweeted on Feb. 5: “Happiest I’ve been in awhile. Been gone 3 weeks and to come back and see the players was incredible! These guys are special! Go Ducks!!”

I asked Cristobal if he saw the tweet.

His reply: “As far as Twitter and coaches tweeting I don’t pay any attention to it or give it much value... I think Twitter continues to be used by coaches to promote themselves rather than their programs."
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SIAP but Grantham staying at Florida after interviewing with Cincinnati. Another big win for Dan Mullen.
 
The book on Cristobal is that he has a huge ego and is hard to get along with. The AD at FIU could not wait to fire him. There was a lot of vitriol there. Of course, that ego makes him a great recruiter, something he’s done well at every stop and continues to do at Oregon. He is not, however, an Xs and Os guy, and never been a coordinator.

Leavitt has a huge ego too, and is a below average recruiter. We know that from his time at CU. However, I still think he’s a terrific DC. In many ways, those two could have complimented each other well, given their strengths and weaknesses. This is a big loss for Oregon. Like I said about Jim Mora at UCLA, wait a few years and you’ll see the win totals really trail off with Cristobal.
 
Here's how it went:

Cristobal had many talks with Leavitt regarding improved performance with recruiting
Leavitt called his bluff and went MIA for weeks at a time
Oregon lands elite class anyway
Cristobal fires Leavitt after NSD just to prove a point
 
sliderNcider said:
Here's how it went:

Cristobal had many talks with Leavitt regarding improved performance with recruiting
Leavitt called his bluff and went MIA for weeks at a time
Oregon lands elite class anyway
Cristobal fires Leavitt after NSD just to prove a point
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If the rumors are true that JL circumvented Mario and the AD to go directly to Phil trying to get a raise, that would likely be the proximate cause for the firing. You can't have an assistant going rogue like that and thinking he's a special case who doesn't have to fall in line with the chain of command. That's what didn't work when he was in Boulder and was going to drag things down if he had stayed.
 
Yeah, you can’t go over your boss’s head and expect to remain employed long. It might work in the short term, but you’ve basically signed your own pink slip when you pull a stunt like that. I’ve seen it happen in the business world.
 
Buffnik said:
If the rumors are true that JL circumvented Mario and the AD to go directly to Phil trying to get a raise, that would likely be the proximate cause for the firing. You can't have an assistant going rogue like that and thinking he's a special case who doesn't have to fall in line with the chain of command. That's what didn't work when he was in Boulder and was going to drag things down if he had stayed.
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That happened in 2017 iirc.
 
sliderNcider said:
Here's how it went:

Cristobal had many talks with Leavitt regarding improved performance with recruiting
Leavitt called his bluff and went MIA for weeks at a time
Oregon lands elite class anyway
Cristobal fires Leavitt after NSD just to prove a point
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Leavitt was also pretty certain he would have a good shot at a head coaching job.
 
Buffnik said:
If the rumors are true that JL circumvented Mario and the AD to go directly to Phil trying to get a raise, that would likely be the proximate cause for the firing. You can't have an assistant going rogue like that and thinking he's a special case who doesn't have to fall in line with the chain of command. That's what didn't work when he was in Boulder and was going to drag things down if he had stayed.
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But that was in 2017 right? Seems like that really started things off and then his complete no show for a large part of his job and a mediocre year of defensive play did him in. Just seems weird to me that Cristobal waited this long instead of trying to find a quality candidate earlier in the cycle.
 
onealcd said:
But that was in 2017 right? Seems like that really started things off and then his complete no show for a large part of his job and a mediocre year of defensive play did him in. Just seems weird to me that Cristobal waited this long instead of trying to find a quality candidate earlier in the cycle.
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He knew he was promoting from within imo and didn't want to risk his top recruiting class
 
sliderNcider said:
That happened in 2017 iirc.
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And likely sealed his fate.

I have no idea if this story is true, but if it is, I can imagine a scenario where the AD and Cristobal got together to come up with a plan to fire him once it became clear he wouldn’t get a HC job. They probably were hoping somebody would hire him away. When that didn’t happen, they fired him.
 
sliderNcider said:
He knew he was promoting from within imo and didn't want to risk his top recruiting class
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Well that is a huge reg flag on Cristobal if he didn't want to find a qualified candidate over Hayward. I thought he might have learned a lot being under Saban for those years and losing Leavitt wouldn't have had any effect on their recruiting class.
 
sliderNcider said:
Here's how it went:

Cristobal had many talks with Leavitt regarding improved performance with recruiting
Leavitt called his bluff and went MIA for weeks at a time
Oregon lands elite class anyway
Cristobal fires Leavitt after NSD just to prove a point
Click to expand...
 
Buffnik said:
If the rumors are true that JL circumvented Mario and the AD to go directly to Phil trying to get a raise, that would likely be the proximate cause for the firing. You can't have an assistant going rogue like that and thinking he's a special case who doesn't have to fall in line with the chain of command. That's what didn't work when he was in Boulder and was going to drag things down if he had stayed.
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It’s a mess, but now imagine being the AD having to explain to Phil why your coach fired a guy that Phil just gave a bunch of money to.
 
onealcd said:
Well that is a huge reg flag on Cristobal if he didn't want to find a qualified candidate over Hayward. I thought he might have learned a lot being under Saban for those years and losing Leavitt wouldn't have had any effect on their recruiting class.
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Doesn’t like alphas with egos.
 
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