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Kwahn Drake to be named new DL coach

I’ve been uber busy and now I’m drunk...can someone tell me in a simple, non-typical-asshole-AllBuffs way if this is our 10th assistant?
 
I don't believe Mac numbers the coaching positions. The answer was to the question, are we finished hiring coaches.
 
After watching the two videos of Drake at Tulane, I like this hire. Our biggest weakness on the staff was recruiting. Drake seems like he has the personality to be a good recruiter. We will have to see if he puts the effort in, but my guess is he will. Nola is a 5 hour drive to Houston so if he stays west of Nola he is in our footprint. Ambrose was a good hire too. Drake will likely improve recruiting in Texas and Ambrose will likely improve recruiting in so cal. That is critical.
Also it looks like Drake will bring some intensity. Elliott seems more cerebral so the energy needs to come from somewhere else. Drake (and Ambrose) can bring some of that. Jeffcoat's laid back style worked better with Leavitt's hair on fire personality. The Jeffcoat, Elliot, Els and Brown combo lacked some of the motivational energy we got from Leavitt. I think Drake and Ambrose will really help with that.
 
Q: What is one of the most common recruiting complaints seen here on Allbuffs?
A: Well of course it would be the inability to recruit both quality and quantity of High School interior DL.

These are the HS interior DL recruited to CU during the Jeffcoat years(I did not include 2018 as JJ was on his way out):

Jalen Sami(CO) Terrance Lang(CA)
Terriek Roberts(CO)
Frank Umu(CO) Lyle Tuiloma(HI) Brett Tonz(AZ)
Eddy Lopez(TX)
Timothy Coleman(CO) Jase Franke(CA)

IMO the Colorado kids likely would have come to CU regardless of which individual coach was recruiting them. So for out-of-state numbers alone (5 in 5 years) I'm fine with trying something new. Having a bright, young, articulate and energetic young coach recruit interior DL to CU from a place outside our recruiting "footprint" is well worth a try, because what we're doing aint working.

Even if Drake focused solely on the state of LA, where he is obviously well connected, it would probably yield far greater results than what we're used to. Add in Houston and we may be in business. I would guess(wild-ass maybe) that the state of LA plus east Texas produce 5 times the number of P5 interior DL in 1 year than the state of CO does in 5.

Welcome Coach Drake!
 
cu62nu36 said:
Q: What is one of the most common recruiting complaints seen here on Allbuffs?
A: Well of course it would be the inability to recruit both quality and quantity of High School interior DL.

These are the HS interior DL recruited to CU during the Jeffcoat years(I did not include 2018 as JJ was on his way out):

Jalen Sami(CO) Terrance Lang(CA)
Terriek Roberts(CO)
Frank Umu(CO) Lyle Tuiloma(HI) Brett Tonz(AZ)
Eddy Lopez(TX)
Timothy Coleman(CO) Jase Franke(CA)

IMO the Colorado kids likely would have come to CU regardless of which individual coach was recruiting them. So for out-of-state numbers alone (5 in 5 years) I'm fine with trying something new. Having a bright, young, articulate and energetic young coach recruit interior DL to CU from a place outside our recruiting "footprint" is well worth a try, because what we're doing aint working.

Even if Drake focused solely on the state of LA, where he is obviously well connected, it would probably yield far greater results than what we're used to. Add in Houston and we may be in business. I would guess(wild-ass maybe) that the state of LA plus east Texas produce 5 times the number of P5 interior DL in 1 year than the state of CO does in 5.

Welcome Coach Drake!
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Jeffcoat also had about as close to zero to do with the signings of Lang, Tuiloma and Tonz as is possible by their future position coach.
 
I like the way he coaches. He demonstrates a real attention to detail that seemed to be missing last year, judging by the myriad of little mistakes that plagued us all season. I’m a MM fan but if he and his staff don’t clean it up, I’m off the bandwagon.
 
Darth Snow said:
Never been this far west in his LIFE!!? Hope he's got contacts in eastern Texas at least...
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After reading his Bio and watching the film, his enthusiasm and technique are qualities that Jeffcoat seemed to lack. As far as his recruiting capabilities go, we'll see. Welcome Coach Drake!
 
Hugegroove said:
After reading his Bio and watching the film, his enthusiasm and technique are qualities that Jeffcoat seemed to lack. As far as his recruiting capabilities go, we'll see. Welcome Coach Drake!
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Can’t be anything but a positive from what Jeffcoat did. I liked JJ, but that was an amazing bad job of recruiting for as long as he was employed here.
 
FlatironsBuff said:
Can’t be anything but a positive from what Jeffcoat did. I liked JJ, but that was an amazing bad job of recruiting for as long as he was employed here.
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To think that he and Neinas were our Texas recruiters on the original staff.

We also had Walters, but he's much more of a cerebral type than a salesman type.
 
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