AllBuffs | Unofficial fan site for the University of Colorado at Boulder Athletics programs
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
-
Prime Time. Prime Time. Its a new era for Colorado football. Consider signing up for a club membership! For $20/year, you can get access to all the special features at Allbuffs, including club member only forums, dark mode, avatars and best of all no ads ! But seriously, please sign up so that we can pay the bills. No one earns money here, and we can use your $20 to keep this hellhole running. You can sign up for a club membership by navigating to your account in the upper right and clicking on "Account Upgrades". Make it happen!
If you were AD... MacIntyre's job security
- Thread starter Buffnik
- Start date
He has his foibles and may not be the messiah for this program but I think he is doing a good job this year and is making progress overall. At this point I would hate to lose he or his current staff. I think the pieces are in place to have some excellent years moving forward.
I think this is on point. Overall, there have been valid criticisms in the past.
I want to see how HCMM leverages success this year into recruiting.
But riding this train right now is fun as shjt!
I’m behind him, but if we never get any elite recruiting classes his ceiling will be limited. I’d just like a class that really rocks, with some big uglies on both sides of the ball.
Gonna need to worry about Chiv here very soon...
chitownbuff
Club Member
Worry about what - who he’s going to hire for his staff after MM leaves? I’m probably too optimistic, but I envision a scenario where MM goes back home and Chiv takes this program to a new level with better recruiting.
Yep. At some point someone is going to offer him a HC job.
Always BUFF
I post stupid ****
If MM wins 8-10 games this and next year he'll get poached because he won't be viewed as a 'fixer' so much, I'd expect he'll ask Chiv to go with him. The real question then will be if RG gives credit where credit is due as to how much of MM's success will he attribute to the recruiting, coaching and play calling of Chiv? and does he give Chiv a look to promote.
Chev has already said his goal is to be a HC and that he hopes it’s at CU someday. I could easily see it as a Lincoln Reilly situation in Oklahoma where he’s content just being OC until MM moves on.
BerkeleyBuff
Well-Known Member
At the moment that sounds great, but damn that might be a long time he’s waiting.
Brett Fulton
Well-Known Member
Maybe I'm off base on this, but I think he is at least 4-5 years away experience wise from being a head coach, especially at the P5 level. There is just no substitute for experience. My hope is that HCMM likes it here, and wants to stay bc I think stability is one of the underrated factors to building a consistent winner in college football. Recruit consistent top 30 (or better) classes, then every now and again you get a couple Laviskas that far our perform their expectation and you are near the top of the national stage. Otherwise you win 7-10 every year. I know Chiv won't be a coordinator forever, but being a head coach takes a number of different skill sets and there is no indication that he (or anyone without the experience of doing it) has all of those skill sets. 3-5 more years of HCMM, then Chiv steps in as a replacement when HCMM leaves to coach the Cowboys.
Whats better: Being the HC of SMU/San Jose State/Fresno State/etc or being the OC for your alma mater CU with essentially being groomed for the HC job (which I imagine is probably Chev’s dream job)?
CU is going to have to pay him to be sure, but he’s on the fast track to his potential dream job; an opportunity he may never get again. He’s also young enough to not feel the need to jump on the first G5 HC job that’s offered.
Besides, there is no need for elite coordinators to settle for a G5 job when they can be candidates for P5 HC jobs. See Jeremy Pruitt, Kirby Smart, Tom Hermann, Dabo, Dave Aranda (eventually), etc.
the way this season is going, i'd advocate for "let's keep the whole band together in 2019." mm, chev, roper, montez, viska, etc. look, if we end up winning 9 or more this season and finish ranked, we are going to start the season next year ranked, and with montez/viska back, we are going to be getting a ton of pub and will be well positioned for a big year. whatever happens after that, we will have taken another step up the ladder to a return to greatness.
BerkeleyBuff
Well-Known Member
Let’s hope.
And that’s great. All this talk about promoting him to HC if/when MM leaves is very premature. We would far rather have a guy with some experience putting together a staff, IMO. If Chev gets a shot as a HC, that’s good for everybody.
Always BUFF
I post stupid ****
If this plays out it'll the perfect storm..waiting for the 19 season to start would be unbearable.
No one at the beginning of this season believed we could beat either SC or Udub on the road, that's now being questioned. Take down SC we'll rise in the rankings, lose a close one to udub drop a spot, then run the table.
The tough games will be uu & wazzu at home and those are good odds.
Always BUFF
I post stupid ****
Definitely it does in recruiting @ the QB & WR positions, aside from those I don't see another player on the roster close to leaving early.
maybe some of you have deep inside information, or are clairvoyant (you have ESP, where I only have ESPN) but from my view and experience, Coach Mac has this program going in the direction he wants with the culture he created. He has the facilities that stack up to anyone's, a dynamic staff, and a positive recruiting trend.
This idea that he'd want to trade this for an ACC eternal also-ran with severe academic restrictions--G-tech, or some SEC eternal homecoming opponent (Vandy, Ole Miss) just escapes me. Sure, if a true blue blood, like Alabama-Michigan-Oklahoma-Ohio State came calling I could see it. But to take a step down after all he's worked to create here? I just don't see it as likely.
This idea that he'd want to trade this for an ACC eternal also-ran with severe academic restrictions--G-tech, or some SEC eternal homecoming opponent (Vandy, Ole Miss) just escapes me. Sure, if a true blue blood, like Alabama-Michigan-Oklahoma-Ohio State came calling I could see it. But to take a step down after all he's worked to create here? I just don't see it as likely.
Last year he would have left if a lateral opportunity had been there. A lot can change in a year, though. At this point I think it would take someone offering obscene money or it being a program that people would perceive as a bigger job -- maybe both of those things.
Yes. Macintyre’s attitude LY was really bad. I understand that winning makes things feel better, but the HC being mopey doesn’t get young men motivated. When the HC is dancing and smiling, that’s great. But, can you find a way to smile and have a sense of purpose/joy even when you lose? The team has a sense of purpose, no quit this year. When they face even more adversity, it’s up to Macintyre to keep it together.
His kids have graduated from CU. Someone with cash to burn will throw money at him.
Always BUFF
I post stupid ****
There's these: SEC HC job $1mill more a year, he's already recruiting to meet academic restrictions, personal history and by all accounts he does like a challenge & last his age. His roots in CO are shallow when you consider his prior coaching by geography. I can see it happening and it would make sense considering we've seen him blow a gasket or two with P12 officials. Beating some/most of the P12 coaches currently pale compared to the opportunity of beating Saban.