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It really was coaching hires. Some people want to make excuses why we haven't been successful, but if coaches can be successful at Indiana, Iowa State and Minnesota...no reason other than bad hires. I hope HCDK is legit...time will tell and my expectations are looooowwwwww......
I attended Holy Cross undergrad, Uncle Ken. and UM for law school. Sorry for not including my undergrad in my original message.
Bufffan68, I couldn't agree with you more. I can't remember the last time the Buffs hired someone who actually inspired confidence that he would be the guy to turn things around/get back to the level Mac had the Buffs at when he abruptly left after the 1994 season. Every single one of them seems like it was a lackluster hire that I had low expectations for, and which failed to even live up to those expectations, lol. Honestly, I guess Neuheisel and Hawkins were the only two of the bunch who I thought had a decent shot at turning out to be good to great coaches. Every other coaching hire has just been a total "meh/wtf?!" hire in my opinion.
There's multiple UMs out there. Michigan? Montana?
Ha! That is like when I was in Berlin and was asked by a local where I live (it was NJ at the time) and I answered NYC area, thinking they would not know NJ. The guy started grilling me as to where and I said NJ and he said all the New Yorkers make fun of NJ and he knew all about it because he watched how I met your mother. That was a fun conversation.
Everything I need to know about America (and Canada, actually) I learned from watching that show. Seriously.
Neuheisel was a weird one...the AD bypassed both coordinators (and Mac disciples) and elevated a position coach to HC. All of Neu-weasel's success came with Mac's players and ****...a dumbass like me could've coached that talent to a bowl game. LOL.
What you say is true, but you left off the part where after Houston and Ochs turned out to be total primadonnas, Barnett would stop recruiting anyone that sniffed of self worth. He sabotaged himself. Badly.
Perhaps Koy is an English cowboy/redneck?
Yeah. I don’t get these threads asking permission to become a fan. Weird
I apologize. I didn't mean to mislead anyone and I certainly wasn't trying to "hide" anything. If live in Hoboken, NJ. It is literally right across the river from NYC where I work, or where I used to work before the office shut down due to the pandemic. As anyone in the area knows, certain cities in the northeastern portion of NJ (such as West New York, or Weehawken or Hoboken or Fort Lee, etc.) are considered "bedroom communities or suburbs of Manhattan" since the vast majority of people who live in them work in NYC and since they are literally right across the river from the city. but if the phrase "NYC area" offended or annoyed you for some reason, BuffsNYC or anyone else for that matter, I apologize. That certainly wasn't my intent. and in response to the previous poster's question, the "UM" in question referred to Michigan. I attended the University of Michigan Law School.
FIFY - and that is odd.
Bufffan68, yeah I neglected to mention Barnett in my post. He was a good hire and I thought that he would possibly bring the Buffs back to perennial top 10-15 status after 2001, but he just seemed to peak that year and the slowly lose momentum afterward. I actually had high hopes for Neuheisel...granted I was only in high school at the time of his hire after Mac abruptly left, but I honestly was sold on him as the "next big thing" in coaching, as young, energetic offensive genius who was going to kind of be a Spurrier type of coach for the Buffs. I was very disappointed in how things started to slip under his regime once Mac's players were no longer playing. His time at UW proved that he can win with another coach's players, but he is incapable of actually building anything himself. I agree regarding what you said about the MMac hire as well. It is a shame that 2016 didn't really lead to anything. A flash in the pan type of season.
yes. I am originally from Thibodaux, LA, which is close to Baton Rouge. I grew up there until my family moved to SC when I was 13. Impressive guess, CarolinaBuff.
Hoboken is my second favorite NJ town, right after Weehawken.
My kid "goes" to school at Stevens (only freshmen allowed on campus and in person)- if you see him, do me a favor and smack him upside his head for me if you see him. Tall kid, with out of control hair and plays volleyball at the pier since Stevens won't let the team on campus to train. Please smack him - he needs it.
In the control room, no less.
