From The Gazette in the Springs.
Some interesting stuff in there, including a bit of enlightening stuff about the state of the program at the time MacIntyre was hired. Barnett weighed in on the effect that becoming a national embarrassment had on galvanizing support for football to an unprecedented level at CU.
There is hope again.
Here's a bit on the hiring process with MacIntyre in 2012:
By 2012, MacIntyre had lifted San Jose State to a 10-2 record and a national ranking. He was preparing for a bowl game when he started receiving phone calls from CU leaders.
They offered a simple question:
Are you interested in coaching the Buffs?
No, MacIntyre said.
"I had a great thing going," MacIntyre said. "We had just built the best San Jose State team in the history in the school. It had been a tremendous amount of work."
His phone kept ringing. At first, MacIntyre looked at the reality in Boulder and saw what he calls "the worst BCS program in America."
But as he lingered on the view, he began to see the possibilities. CU leaders promised big changes and convinced him to accept the challenge.
CU leaders weren't making an empty pitch. MacIntyre works in a freshly built $156 million football complex with a 16,000 square-foot locker room and an 8,000 square-foot players' lounge.
"The best football facility in America," he said.
http://gazette.com/ramsey-macintyre-promises-better-football-days-ahead-for-cu/article/1553976
Some interesting stuff in there, including a bit of enlightening stuff about the state of the program at the time MacIntyre was hired. Barnett weighed in on the effect that becoming a national embarrassment had on galvanizing support for football to an unprecedented level at CU.
There is hope again.
Here's a bit on the hiring process with MacIntyre in 2012:
By 2012, MacIntyre had lifted San Jose State to a 10-2 record and a national ranking. He was preparing for a bowl game when he started receiving phone calls from CU leaders.
They offered a simple question:
Are you interested in coaching the Buffs?
No, MacIntyre said.
"I had a great thing going," MacIntyre said. "We had just built the best San Jose State team in the history in the school. It had been a tremendous amount of work."
His phone kept ringing. At first, MacIntyre looked at the reality in Boulder and saw what he calls "the worst BCS program in America."
But as he lingered on the view, he began to see the possibilities. CU leaders promised big changes and convinced him to accept the challenge.
CU leaders weren't making an empty pitch. MacIntyre works in a freshly built $156 million football complex with a 16,000 square-foot locker room and an 8,000 square-foot players' lounge.
"The best football facility in America," he said.
http://gazette.com/ramsey-macintyre-promises-better-football-days-ahead-for-cu/article/1553976
