Flasback to 2005; Dan Hawkins Named Colorado Head Football Coach

[fatbuff]

I would like to point out the fallacy of someone a few posts above me implying that we are losing now in a manner that is similar to the way we were "losing" under Barnett. I am not sure what your definition of losing is but Barnett won significantly more games than he lost.

Downhill momentum was gathering under Barney, and he didnt have the energy or desire that was going to change it. Blame it on whoever you want but we didnt have the talent or depth to compete in the Big 12, or D1 for that matter, after Barney picked up his last check. Hawk may be doing a piss poor job of getting us out of the hole, but he didnt create it. This ****ing revisionist history is driving me nuts.

 

[fatbuff]

You attribute the scandals of recent past to

players
coaches
bad luck
vast left wing conspiracy
Bade taste in hos and kickers

Just curious

Ho kickers.

 

[Mick Ronson]

I do not buy that Hawk was hired only to come in and only run a clean program. the guy had the highest active win % in CFB. he was gonna get a good but BCS job.

we were "lucky" we were the first BCS school hiring that year in the proverbial "carousel".

next time we hire we are looking at guys who have been turned down for other jobs or other moronic failures with Mac former players. according the internet. Hawk was close to number 1 and bad nation wide (to paraphrase ZZ Top when they were good).

Hawk's failure was he didn't get experienced Big XII (they are out there) or BCS type coordinators assistants in year 1. he thought he was too smart, even though he's never called plays or been a coordinator.

 

[Buffnik]

Hawk's failure was he didn't get experienced Big XII (they are out there) or BCS type assistants in year 1. he thought he was too smart, even though he's never called plays or been a coordinator.

Unfortunately, being a good husband seems to have been one of the more important job requirements to be on Hawk's staff.

If Hawk does survive to next season, I'm glad he's opening things up with Ambrose joining the mix. We need some more color on that staff, too.

 

[Mick Ronson]

Unfortunately, being a good husband seems to have been one of the more important job requirements to be on Hawk's staff.

If Hawk does survive to next season, I'm glad he's opening things up with Ambrose joining the mix. We need some more color on that staff, too.

i'm not sure what this post means, but there's an SI article about how why Stoops left Snyder to UF and the old Ball Coach and did the same when he first got to OU about real working hours and families. family nights in the coaches offices. why the stoops left KSU because their dad died of heart attack on the football field and they didn't want to do that.

let's not go overboard here. i don't think our problem is we are reading too many kids books at bedtime while the other guys grind their children into sand and dysfunction.

 

[Waylon Van Smack]

Wish the actual thread from 05 could be reposted.

 

[leftybuff]

i'm not sure what this post means, but there's an SI article about how why Stoops left Snyder to UF and the old Ball Coach and did the same when he first got to OU about real working hours and families. family nights in the coaches offices. why the stoops left KSU because their dad died of heart attack on the football field and they didn't want to do that.

let's not go overboard here. i don't think our problem is we are reading too many kids books at bedtime while the other guys grind their children into sand and dysfunction.

There is fun in dysfunction...:smile2: