First off we can't afford to RS any blue chip QB we might get. And they will continue to use Cody against us long after he's gone(assuming Hawk is still here). They will question his coaching decisions and ask the kid if he want's to place a possible NFL career in Hawkins' hands.
This Cody Hawkins fiasco will haunt Dan for a long time imo.
Agreed. Even after he is gone people will continue to say that he cannot develop a QB, even one that was under his roof. Fair? No, but this is recruiting and football. Until a solid QB is developed it's going to be hard for Hawk to get a blue chipper in here. We need a proven QB coach on staff for us to get one. Either that happens or someone that is willing to take a
risk on this staff...then again what would an 18 year old know about taking risks?!?! If I was a blue chipper there's no way I'd come to CU right now. I'd rather sit on the bench at USC for 2 or 3 years to get my shot.
Dan has killed himself with the media and it'll only come back to haunt him. The intramurals quote was EMBRACED by the fans. We loved his enthusiasm. We loved him being brash. No one here expected a Big 12 championship this year, but we wanted improvement. Improvement over last year which was riddled with excuses. We are starting to see that improvement, but it's mid-season. By turning against the fans and alums he is only hurting himself.
We came out flat against CSU and Toledo because they were trying "new" things. They should have realized our safeties were green and they should have put Burney on the field in fall ball. They should have realized that our DL was going to need help and put more young guys on the line last year (our senior DTs last year got something like 85% of the snaps). Our WR situation was mostly out of their control, but we knew that. We were going to run it. We couldn't run it against CSU though? We panicked and abandoned it though even when they weren't running away with it. TCU is favored by 19 over CSU today. Toledo is probably a big underdog to whoever they are playing. No excuses, but yet that's what we hear. I can take a CSU defeat if it's close. It wasn't. We got blown out after tearing them apart last year, they just couldn't put up points. Toledo was inexcusable though and I'm blaming Collins for that. Since Collins is on staff and has defended his gameplan against Mizzou for 2 years now I put the blame largely on Hawk for keeping him around. No way the Toledo QB is better than Colt and his arsenal of WRs and TEs. None.
Oh and to people that say that you don't know what it's like having kids or taking risks well blah, blah, **** you. You are right, I don't know what it's like having kids. HOWEVER, he chose to have kids. He chose to have his kid be his QB. He chose to be a HC at a big school. You aren't a victim when you get to make the choices. We all make choices in life. Sometimes they are great, sometimes they are good, sometimes there are bad and sometimes they are terrible. Learn from them in any case and you'll be a better person for it. Admit when they are wrong and bask in the glory when they are right. Hawk hasn't accepted responsibility for his team's performance and put the blame on his shoulders. Taking the heat for poor play is one thing, but taking responsibility for it is a different matter. That's why I'm not on his bandwagon anymore.
