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If Prime Were To Leave

Going back and forth in this over beers with the CU fellas while watching MNF and the consensus seems be we all wouldn’t be terrible broken up about it at this point. 😩
 
I wonder if he’d develop health problems there too.
For sure. After winning 10+ for a few years and maybe a natty, reports (and maybe images) would surface of him drunkenly hooking up with strippers and students. This would be followed by him announcing his retirement in a tearful press conference about his deep faith, putting his family first, and needing to take the advice of his doctors about some private health issues.

If I was a Bruins fan, I'd say, "Worth it!"
 
I definitely think ya'll can hire a better coach than Prime. The problem is, will they have success? You have that weak ass recruiting map. It might be weaker post prime. The good is the NIL is at least middle of the pack for the conference. It was bottom of the league before Prime got here and the investment in it is huge. I don't see a world where you can fire Prime. I can see world where he leaves and you hire someone within to maintain most of the players or most will bail. There is no 30 player limit as there is in cfb26.

If Prime was to leave, I would hire Helow and try to keep as many defensive players as possible. Even make Brett the OC and try to keep as many offensive players as possible. You will need so much patience. Maybe 4 to 5 seasons. Considering conference alignment, Prime is just too critical till 2031.
 
This thread continues to devolve further and further.
:rolleyes:
Urban would be an amazing hire. Bruins would be the top team in LA within 1-2 years and be one of the nation's elite programs within 3-4. They already sold their soul when they broke the Pac. May as well go all in.
UCLA has a NIL that rivals some G5s and it's expensive to run a program in LA. I don't see that job as even an average one. That's one of the worst jobs in the P4. The only thing they have is that damn recruiting map. Their alum base is weaker than schools like Oregon State and Wazzu. I don't see it for them. No lie.

Chip Kelly ran from that job. They hired Foster because all of the coaches who interviewed couldn't get none of the assurances needed. Foster basically took that job with no assurances like an idiot and got fired and now looks like a dumbass when people i spoke to say he's not a bad coach, just a bad job. UCLA always been a tough job even before NIL but now it's a dead end job. Their athletic department is bleeding money. Chip asked for assurances and he left because they couldn't do it. Bad job. Real bad job.
 
Georgia Tech had the 23rd ranked recruiting class (21st HS and 32nd transfer) last year.

CU had 24th overall (38th HS and 19th transfer).

Do you get the feeling that this current offensive style that isn’t a “system” is developing anyone?
GT has an insanely better recruiting map than CU. They recruit especially for their scheme. We recruit for the NFL. Who looks like they can play in the league.
 
UCLA has a NIL that rivals some G5s and it's expensive to run a program in LA. I don't see that job as even an average one. That's one of the worst jobs in the P4. The only thing they have is that damn recruiting map. Their alum base is weaker than schools like Oregon State and Wazzu. I don't see it for them. No lie.

Chip Kelly ran from that job. They hired Foster because all of the coaches who interviewed couldn't get none of the assurances needed. Foster basically took that job with no assurances like an idiot and got fired and now looks like a dumbass when people i spoke to say he's not a bad coach, just a bad job. UCLA always been a tough job even before NIL but now it's a dead end job. Their athletic department is bleeding money. Chip asked for assurances and he left because they couldn't do it. Bad job. Real bad job.
On that note, with the current donor support and Foster being an ace with HS relations and traditional recruiting, Texas Tech would be a very scary program if they hired him back.
 
Eh. Is there that perception at Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas, Utah, ASU, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan State, etc? If we are willing to pay $7-10m for a HC, $1-1.5m for coordinators, fully fund revenue sharing, are committed to facility upgrades, and continue having football friendly transfer and admission standards, plenty of high quality coaching candidates will come.

I honestly think there’s a lot left to be desired in recruiting efforts and I’m not sold on the narrative that what Prime is doing with it is CU’s ceiling.
CU saves a lot of recruiting budget due to the fact that Prime doesn't travel for recruiting. You hire someone, the budget massively goes up. There is a lot of expenses that you have to take into account if Prime is gone.
 
I think they attracted the WRs because Shedeur was legit and they knew they were going to throw the ball around 40+ times/game. If that’s the development angle then I agree. I don’t agree that defensive guys like BJ Green wouldn’t have come. You can still emphasize NFL development and have a winning team
I don't think Prime pitch is come to CU and lose. His pitch is about winning games and development for the NFL as well as becoming a pro in life.
 
We have a Dir of Personal, Dir of Recuiting, Chief of Staff, Dir of Player Development and a few other staff positions. I’m starting to question what the hell all these guys do. When the car starts sputtering, you look under the hood.
They all work hard but when you lose, everyone gets questioned
 
I definitely think ya'll can hire a better coach than Prime. The problem is, will they have success? You have that weak ass recruiting map. It might be weaker post prime. The good is the NIL is at least middle of the pack for the conference. It was bottom of the league before Prime got here and the investment in it is huge. I don't see a world where you can fire Prime. I can see world where he leaves and you hire someone within to maintain most of the players or most will bail. There is no 30 player limit as there is in cfb26.

If Prime was to leave, I would hire Helow and try to keep as many defensive players as possible. Even make Brett the OC and try to keep as many offensive players as possible. You will need so much patience. Maybe 4 to 5 seasons. Considering conference alignment, Prime is just too critical till 2031.
You no likey BOX STATE BOYZ?!!!
 
GT has an insanely better recruiting map than CU. They recruit especially for their scheme. We recruit for the NFL. Who looks like they can play in the league.
It's about a decade old, but this heat map from 2016 (1st graphic) which plotted the geographic origins of every FBS player in the country and was consistent over multiple years... along with this 247s map of where the top 15 recruits home towns were for 2000-2021 (2nd graphic) really drive home that CU is dead center of the "Blue Chip Desert."
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CU can and has been humming when it has built the right staff to kill it with a footprint of LA/OC/SD, DFW/H-Town, and in-state I-25 corridor. But the talent concentrated in ATL greater metro and Tampa/Orlando/Miami is a flippin' bonanza if we can tap into it beyond that traditional footprint. CU requires a much larger recruiting budget and a very strategic organization & staffing to compete at the top by being a targeted national recruiting program.
 
It's about a decade old, but this heat map from 2016 (1st graphic) which plotted the geographic origins of every FBS player in the country and was consistent over multiple years... along with this 247s map of where the top 15 recruits home towns were for 2000-2021 (2nd graphic) really drive home that CU is dead center of the "Blue Chip Desert."
CqjTwxHXEAEkC5k.jpeg

2000_2021_heat_map_recruits.jpg


CU can and has been humming when it has built the right staff to kill it with a footprint of LA/OC/SD, DFW/H-Town, and in-state I-25 corridor. But the talent concentrated in ATL greater metro and Tampa/Orlando/Miami is a flippin' bonanza if we can tap into it beyond that traditional footprint. CU requires a much larger recruiting budget and a very strategic organization & staffing to compete at the top by being a targeted national recruiting program.
This is a vibes-based recruiting operation right now, which is scary to think about what it could look like if they actually put some traditional money and effort into it
 
I don't think Prime pitch is come to CU and lose. His pitch is about winning games and development for the NFL as well as becoming a pro in life.
His secret heart of hearts play was likely getting his sons and company playing time on a bigger stage than Jackson State... Which is great.

Now were in the part where we need to see if he can actually do the job without the players he spent years previously developing. In my mind there is a learning curve now for CP.
 
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