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I really don't understand the examples you provide to "support" your points.
I’m not saying that at all, I’m saying most successful head coaches don’t forego hiring a coordinator and try to do both jobs. Bronco not hiring a DC at all and doing that job himself is very different than Andy Reid calling plays with EB as his OC. So far the only other example people can point to of that arrangement is Mike Leach - how may other do that?
I would expect there to be a "DC." Just like many report that Reid has an "OC," and Belichick has a "DC."
...as long as he doesn't turn around and quit.
If he takes us to a NY6 bowl who gives a ****
Not to be an amateur psychologist here but if you read between the lines of Bronco's explanation of his departure from Virginia, it's my strong guess that his wife really didn't like that part of the country for some reason(s) and that the resignation had largely to do with that.
To keep it in terms from the business turnaround and startup world, Bronco is a home run on "blocking and tackling" (fundamentals of an efficient & profitable organization) but isn't the guy who brings "secret sauce" (unique value proposition).
I get it. We will likely never know what the real reason was. If CU had an admin with a track record of making sound decisions, I probably would not keep bringing it up. But look who is at the helm on the hire.
Melvin Huckster showed the admin what a HC trying to win actually looked like and it scared the poo out of them. Thus, the merry band of mediocres are looking for the HC that hits a sweet spot. The sweet spot of just enough success to keep the majority off their back while they cozy up to their "peers", but not any sort of competitive edginess that will cause anyone any discomfort whatsoever.
I like Charlottesville, but it can be kind of snotty among the money crowd. And if you can’t hang with the academic crowd either, you can be a man without a country (or woman as it were).
This CU fan does. In ****braska's dominant era, they had dudes from NJ, most of those states really. Then they went cherry picking in Florida, Texas, and some Colorado kids. It worked.
Much more important to me is not that EB doesn’t call the plays is that it’s not his offense. He’s just the manager. Remember the team manager in high school?
ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
*IF* they are, in fact, viable options. And with CU, WTF knows?
And the reverse of this is why I've been preaching about recruiting footprint for years. Our attrition rate with players from East of the Mississippi is horrible.
Huge difference between a guy who instantly be the 8th winningest active coach in the sport and a dumb**** who underachieved at UCLA when I was in high school.
Sounds like a tough town for a mormon carpetbagger.
I’ll re-phrase: CU can’t afford to screw this up.
We've been saying that for over a decade, and yet here we still are, on the precipice of not being able to afford to screw this up.
In the end, you may entirely right that Bronco is the only viable candidate. That is a stinging commentary on the University "leadership". [Cue yakkety sax soundtrack.]
This. Given where this program is in terms of wins and respectability (zero) it has to be a Home Run hire, otherwise it becomes a 4 word, one hour long entry on the ESPN home page and an unnoticed chyron blip everywhere else. That's not going to get us the attention we need with both the media and recruits. And what this team needs is renewed enthusism and excitement (donations and ticket sales) and roster turnover (**** recruits and transfers).
