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Karl Dorrell officially named Colorado HC
- Thread starter The Alabaster Yak
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It is not his opinion, he was passing along information directly from players and even opponents like UCLA. Tucker is a defensive coach and early on our defense sucked! Apparently the blitzing came about once Summers finally got his way more than Tucker.
So am I. Appreciate your perspective. I suspect the Buffs win 6 or more games next year and improve from there on. Recruiting will be a key.
Lotta gripers here. You have to take Allbuffs with some perspective. BTW, Alex Grinch? A guy who was the DC/DB coach for 3 years at that defensive powerhouse Wazzu, and who was DC at the sieve-like Oklahoma program last year, culminating in a playoff appearance in which LSU could have put up 100, but for the mercy of Ed O and his staff ? But I digress.....Allbuffs: Come for the Information, Stay for the Humor.
Sykobuff
Well-Known Member
Okay win 5 games again and sit home. CU has been dog **** the last 15 years, you have to start somewhere. Actually getting to a bowl game would be nice for a change.
I'd be okay with the retention of Summers. Defense was the team's strength by the end of the year, and it would provide some continuity.
4thGenBuff
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Alright I have a plan to make this better for those who strongly preferred Mel Tucker. I think KD is likely as good if not a better coach he just needs to copy some of those Mel Tuckerisms that Mich St paid 18 million for and you are all so enamored with.
1 Repeatedly tweet with the hashtag #RELENTLESS
2 Mention Integrity every other sentence
3 Wear shorts
4 Have a large Nike shoe collection
5 Dance when we win
I'm pretty he can do that for a lot less than 18 million, get over 5 wins and all you ass holes can chill out.
1 Repeatedly tweet with the hashtag #RELENTLESS
2 Mention Integrity every other sentence
3 Wear shorts
4 Have a large Nike shoe collection
5 Dance when we win
I'm pretty he can do that for a lot less than 18 million, get over 5 wins and all you ass holes can chill out.
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I can't help you if you did not pay attention to the improvements Wazzu made under Grinch. They were 7th in the country in passing efficiency defense his final season there in 2017. I repeat: Washington State had a top ten passing efficiency defense. So yeah, maybe the guy can coach a bit.
hawg1
Well-Known Member
How do you know this?
Well, just read about 10 pages of stuff. Buff fans are all over the place. My first reaction upon hearing the news was disappointment. But not because I have anything against Dorrell as much as I had my hopes up for some sort of “WOW!!” hire.
My thought is that sometimes stars align and just maybe Dorrell has spent his years as an assistant thinking about his stint as a HC and what he would do better if given another shot.
His success or failure will be greatly influenced by the staff he puts together. And putting a staff together this late will be difficult.
My thought is that sometimes stars align and just maybe Dorrell has spent his years as an assistant thinking about his stint as a HC and what he would do better if given another shot.
His success or failure will be greatly influenced by the staff he puts together. And putting a staff together this late will be difficult.
Late to the party here. In all honesty, Dorrell never crossed my mind. Now that I’ve had a day to let it sink in, not sure we could have done much better given the lurch CMT left us in. Sark would have bolted, Calhoun has never had to recruit and I heard a lot of people saying stay away from Bielema. Home run? Not really, but he’s been a successful HC and dynamite recruiter, pickings are very slim this time of year.
He's a shadow of his former self.
I would take that.
I am trying to find a positive in this hire. It’s encouraging to read some of the positive stuff people are saying. But at the same time, it’s just really a massive letdown to hire someone who was fired from UCLA and then fired from Vandy. I hope he succeeds here but sure would have been happier with someone who was a Wow kind of hire. I would have taken Jim Leavitt, Troy calhoun, Ryan Walters, DC, Ed Mcaffrey or really anyone. I just cringe at the idea of being someone’s second (or third chance) to be a coach. Our program can not afford another experiment.
You know that DBT is a bot, right?
White_Rabbit
Well-Known Member
Run on punch cards.
After giving it some thought...
For 13 consecutive coaching carousels KD has been a position coach (save one year at OC at perennial powerhouse Vandy). What does that tell you? No one, except CU, was ever going to hire him as HC. I know, everyone else is dumb and RG is brilliant. Besides, KD was just biding his time for his dream job.
This is/was a desperation hire. It is probably Embree 2.0. I sincerely hope not, but that is what I am expecting.
If KD is his own OC look out. For most of the time he has been in the NFL. We will likely see the WCO. The WCo doesn't work in CFB. WCO concepts can, but the WCO is too complicated to implement with the practice lmits in CFB. Expect to hear "We are going to simplify the offense" and the always popular "we need to execute" ad nauseum if the WCO is the base offense.
Successful CFB teams do not score TD's on 15 play 60 yard drives. They score on 5 play 60 yard drives. The WCo dinks and dunks its way down the field. Remember Shawn Watson's O? Get ready for more, most likely. Don't believe me? 4 out of 5 of the highest yds. per play were the 4 CFP teams. They break big plays, they do not dink and dunk down the field.
Don't even get me started on the D.
I really, really hope I am wrong. But this is not a good hire.
For 13 consecutive coaching carousels KD has been a position coach (save one year at OC at perennial powerhouse Vandy). What does that tell you? No one, except CU, was ever going to hire him as HC. I know, everyone else is dumb and RG is brilliant. Besides, KD was just biding his time for his dream job.
This is/was a desperation hire. It is probably Embree 2.0. I sincerely hope not, but that is what I am expecting.
If KD is his own OC look out. For most of the time he has been in the NFL. We will likely see the WCO. The WCo doesn't work in CFB. WCO concepts can, but the WCO is too complicated to implement with the practice lmits in CFB. Expect to hear "We are going to simplify the offense" and the always popular "we need to execute" ad nauseum if the WCO is the base offense.
Successful CFB teams do not score TD's on 15 play 60 yard drives. They score on 5 play 60 yard drives. The WCo dinks and dunks its way down the field. Remember Shawn Watson's O? Get ready for more, most likely. Don't believe me? 4 out of 5 of the highest yds. per play were the 4 CFP teams. They break big plays, they do not dink and dunk down the field.
Don't even get me started on the D.
I really, really hope I am wrong. But this is not a good hire.
I feel like this is the opposite of an experiment. I feel like this is a known entity of a guy Whig as a proven track record of being able to win more than he loses and be a mediocre recruiter. The hope is that he can place more emphasis on recruiting while continue winning more than he loses.
After giving it some thought...
For 13 consecutive coaching carousels KD has been a position coach (save one year at OC at perennial powerhouse Vandy). What does that tell you? No one, except CU, was ever going to hire him as HC. I know, everyone else is dumb and RG is brilliant. Besides, KD was just biding his time for his dream job.
This is/was a desperation hire. It is probably Embree 2.0. I sincerely hope not, but that is what I am expecting.
If KD is his own OC look out. For most of the time he has been in the NFL. We will likely see the WCO. The WCo doesn't work in CFB. WCO concepts can, but the WCO is too complicated to implement with the practice lmits in CFB. Expect to hear "We are going to simplify the offense" and the always popular "we need to execute" ad nauseum if the WCO is the base offense.
Successful CFB teams do not score TD's on 15 play 60 yard drives. They score on 5 play 60 yard drives. The WCo dinks and dunks its way down the field. Remember Shawn Watson's O? Get ready for more, most likely. Don't believe me? 4 out of 5 of the highest yds. per play were the 4 CFP teams. They break big plays, they do not dink and dunk down the field.
Don't even get me started on the D.
I really, really hope I am wrong. But this is not a good hire.
I think the timing is perfect. We lost to UCLA at home in basketball after thinking we could win the PAC. That’s how I’d sum up this hire. I had great expectations and this hire is an absolute failure in my opinion. Destination job? I get that we couldn’t get Sark but is this really the best they could do? If they were looking for a candidate who would cause the fan base to be depressed and demoralized, this is a home run. I’m sure i will get attacked for not drinking the kool aid on this one but this is just how I feel. What a major disappointment! I hope that RG and LC read these boards and will change their minds before it’s too late.
DON’T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN!!
I’ve had some excitement about all the football coaches we’ve hired when they started. Not this one. Not fun to be hirng a coach who others teams were so happy to be rid of.