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Assistants

We're in a very good place. I had questions about hiring KD, serious ones like a lot of black and gold fans, but am feeling a lot better with his moves. Things will be announced shortly. You'll be happy. He's going to have a full team of assistants, ones that we like, before the start of spring practice. It's time for us to all get on board this train. The potential upside of where we're heading is a lot higher than with Tucker. A re-commitment to heavy recruiting in SoCal, Houston/.Dallas, and the Bayou will bring us farther than reaching for fourth-tier deep-south kids.

We're assembling a staff that aren't just using CU as a pass-through program, but as a career destination. The bottom line is a strong love for CU combined with competence and hard work. We're going to be there.
 
Big Jim said:
I'm not familiar with too many programs that have used this model successfully in the past. PSU under Paterno and the current Clemson staff come to mind.
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I want our assistants to be hired away...it means we are good! People weren't beating down the doors of many of our ACs during Hawk, Embree and Mac (with a few notable exceptions). Plus...I don't want KD to use loyalty to this program as a reason for keeping a poor performer on staff.
 
So with all this scoop info by Adam, does this mean we're headed to the new L.A. Bowl??? Pac-12s 5th selection vs. MWC Conf. Champ?
 
Bufffan68 said:
I want our assistants to be hired away...it means we are good! People weren't beating down the doors of many of our ACs during Hawk, Embree and Mac (with a few notable exceptions). Plus...I don't want KD to use loyalty to this program as a reason for keeping a poor performer on staff.
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Surely a coach would never do this.
 
pabuff said:
We're in a very good place. I had questions about hiring KD, serious ones like a lot of black and gold fans, but am feeling a lot better with his moves. Things will be announced shortly. You'll be happy. He's going to have a full team of assistants, ones that we like, before the start of spring practice. It's time for us to all get on board this train. The potential upside of where we're heading is a lot higher than with Tucker. A re-commitment to heavy recruiting in SoCal, Houston/.Dallas, and the Bayou will bring us farther than reaching for fourth-tier deep-south kids.

We're assembling a staff that aren't just using CU as a pass-through program, but as a career destination. The bottom line is a strong love for CU combined with competence and hard work. We're going to be there.
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Does that mean they are good coaches and the best ones we could find based off this criteria?
 
patebuff said:
Does that mean they are good coaches and the best ones we could find based off this criteria?
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This isn't a holding action. RG knows that it's now or never for his stint at CU to be successful or a failure. There are a number of things necessary for a winning program. Obviously talent (e.g., recruiting) is high up. In addition to having coaches who are great teachers and motivators, there's another thing that's needed. A coaching staff that is working totally in sync, all pulling in the same direction, with a sense of purpose and a compelling combination of joy and intensity. It comes down to whether there is leadership and if the personalities mesh, which is especially important if you have a struggling program that needs to achieve at a higher level.
 
pabuff said:
We're assembling a staff that aren't just using CU as a pass-through program, but as a career destination. The bottom line is a strong love for CU combined with competence and hard work. We're going to be there.
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Competence? Sign me up for that!
 
pabuff said:
This isn't a holding action. RG knows that it's now or never for his stint at CU to be successful or a failure. There are a number of things necessary for a winning program. Obviously talent (e.g., recruiting) is high up. In addition to having coaches who are great teachers and motivators, there's another thing that's needed. A coaching staff that is working totally in sync, all pulling in the same direction, with a sense of purpose and a compelling combination of joy and intensity. It comes down to whether there is leadership and if the personalities mesh, which is especially important if you have a struggling program that needs to achieve at a higher level.
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I don't think anyone would disagree with any of that. I just can't understand the thought of finding coaches who won't move on to other positions, or be promoted somewhere else. Regardless of what we think, if that is an important criteria, you will be limiting your pool of coaches significantly.
 
patebuff said:
I don't think anyone would disagree with any of that. I just can't understand the thought of finding coaches who won't move on to other positions, or be promoted somewhere else. Regardless of what we think, if that is an important criteria, you will be limiting your pool of coaches significantly.
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I'm not saying that they're committed to stay for life at CU. Just saying that their mind is totally on the job at hand and isn't obsessed on building their career for the next step.
 
pabuff said:
We're in a very good place. I had questions about hiring KD, serious ones like a lot of black and gold fans, but am feeling a lot better with his moves. Things will be announced shortly. You'll be happy. He's going to have a full team of assistants, ones that we like, before the start of spring practice. It's time for us to all get on board this train. The potential upside of where we're heading is a lot higher than with Tucker. A re-commitment to heavy recruiting in SoCal, Houston/.Dallas, and the Bayou will bring us farther than reaching for fourth-tier deep-south kids.

We're assembling a staff that aren't just using CU as a pass-through program, but as a career destination. The bottom line is a strong love for CU combined with competence and hard work. We're going to be there.
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Signed,
Dorrell's PR Rep
 
I want our assistants to be hired away...it means we are good! People weren't beating down the doors of many of our ACs during Hawk, Embree and Mac (with a few notable exceptions). Plus...I don't want KD to use loyalty to this program as a reason for keeping a poor performer on staff.

simply not true...from hawk and embo's staffs ..grimes, bedell, brown, kiesau, riddle, ambrose, bobby kennedy, steve marshall [ nfl], jeff smart and myron blacken all were hired away from CU - i am certain i am missing a few...point is hawk and embo weren't hc material, but their assistants were pretty damn good
 
slystone said:
I want our assistants to be hired away...it means we are good! People weren't beating down the doors of many of our ACs during Hawk, Embree and Mac (with a few notable exceptions). Plus...I don't want KD to use loyalty to this program as a reason for keeping a poor performer on staff.

simply not true...from hawk and embo's staffs ..grimes, bedell, brown, kiesau, riddle, ambrose, bobby kennedy, steve marshall [ nfl], jeff smart and myron blacken all were hired away from CU - i am certain i am missing a few...point is hawk and embo weren't hc material, but their assistants were pretty damn good
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I'm highly skeptical when I start reading the opinion that Riddle, Ambrose, Blacken, Kiesau, etc. "were pretty damn good".
 
slystone said:
I want our assistants to be hired away...it means we are good! People weren't beating down the doors of many of our ACs during Hawk, Embree and Mac (with a few notable exceptions). Plus...I don't want KD to use loyalty to this program as a reason for keeping a poor performer on staff.

simply not true...from hawk and embo's staffs ..grimes, bedell, brown, kiesau, riddle, ambrose, bobby kennedy, steve marshall [ nfl], jeff smart and myron blacken all were hired away from CU - i am certain i am missing a few...point is hawk and embo weren't hc material, but their assistants were pretty damn good
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Helfrich, Baer
 
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