Mel Tucker leaves CU for Michigan State

[ahoelsken]

Meh, enough time has passed. If anyone recalls Rezjohn Wright (plays for Oregon State), he was a silent commit at CU but then eventually committed/signed with Oregon State because he wasn't going to be admitted to CU. Admissions leniency was absolutely one of the issues RG promised to MT and either knew he was lying or is as stupid as I think he is. Probably both.

That's also a sign that the administration above RG still doesn't give a ****-and its a huge problem.

 

[Buffnik]

Rezjohn was actually a verbal commit until admissions denied him.

Admissions is a major issue and not sure how it gets fixed.

Regent Kroll, who publicly argued against Tucker's contract, is in CU admissions.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

Regent Kroll, who publicly argued against Tucker's contract, is in CU admissions.

Now DiStephano could crack down on that, but Kroll is also his boss. All elite organizations set themselves up like that with circular org charts.

 

[patebuff]

Regent Kroll, who publicly argued against Tucker's contract, is in CU admissions.

Edit: What JR said

 

[SINKRATZ]

Of course you're rooting for them. How many 1-2 year stints does Tucker have on his resume? Even Todd Graham thinks hes a job hopper.

 

[Denver_sc]

I honestly just don't think enough people care about CU football and Tucker knew that. We had a supporters get together at a brewpub in Longmont and Tucker was there and we had perhaps 150 people show up. At a real football school, we'd had 1500 or 15000.

I don't know about this- it depends on how you define "real" football school. Attendance and support has been pretty good this year for such a ****ty product. I don't know of too many schools where there has been a sellout between a 1-5 team and 1-4 team this year.

 

[manhattanbuff]

I don't know about this- it depends on how you define "real" football school. Attendance and support has been pretty good this year for such a ****ty product. I don't know of too many schools where there has been a sellout between a 1-5 team and 1-4 team this year.

Parent’s Weekend on the heels of COVID seems to be a much better explanation.

 

[BuffWarHog]

I don't know about this- it depends on how you define "real" football school. Attendance and support has been pretty good this year for such a ****ty product. I don't know of too many schools where there has been a sellout between a 1-5 team and 1-4 team this year.

Who’s 1-5?

 

[DBT]

Rezjohn was actually a verbal commit until admissions denied him.

Admissions is a major issue and not sure how it gets fixed.

Now that SAT’s and ACT’s are not being used, maybe it will be easier? That’s a question.

 

[leftybuff]

Now that SAT’s and ACT’s are not being used, maybe it will be easier? That’s a question.

It reads a little more like an observation.

 

[DBT]

Parent’s Weekend on the heels of COVID seems to be a much better explanation.

I was at both the WSU and UU games in 2016. The stadium was packed and the atmosphere was electric. Give people a winner and fan support will be there.

 

[RollTad21]

Yep. Wright and the other guy who ended up at OSU. Lost two recruits because of denied admissions.

I look at CU admissions the same as USC. Guaranteed loss every year.

It's too bad those two had to end up at such a poorly respected academic school like Oregon St.

That has always been a problem at CU. The university continues to think it is Stanford.

 

[DBT]

Admissions standards are a puny excuse.

 

[hokiehead]

I was at both the WSU and UU games in 2016. The stadium was packed and the atmosphere was electric. Give people a winner and fan support will be there.

I was there for both of those as well. I think your memory is off a bit -- the WSU game wasn't even sold out in 2016, much less packed.

 

[DBT]

I was there for both of those as well. I think your memory is off a bit -- the WSU game wasn't even sold out in 2016, much less packed.

You have a different recollection than me then. Maybe my section was the only one that was packed. The attendance was over 48,000. The Utah game was over 52,000 which is, basically, a sellout.

 

[hokiehead]

You have a different recollection than me then. Maybe my section was the only one that was packed. The attendance was over 48,000. The Utah game was over 52,000 which is, basically, a sellout.

it's come up a few times that in 2016 (our best season of the last decade), we only sold out one home game (UU)

 

[DBT]

Wasn’t CU at the top of the Pac in attendance as a percentage of capacity that year? Or am I confusing football attendance with basketball attendance?

 

[DBT]

it's come up a few times that in 2016 (our best season of the last decade), we only sold out one home game (UU)

Take Idaho St. and csu in Denver out of the equation we averaged over 48,000, or 92% of capacity. But yeah, I envy the Michigan’s and aTm’s of the world.

 

[manhattanbuff]

I was at both the WSU and UU games in 2016. The stadium was packed and the atmosphere was electric. Give people a winner and fan support will be there.

I was at the games then too. Of course we all want a winning product. Why do you think we want Rick George and Karl Dorrell gone?

 

[leftybuff]

I was there for both of those as well. I think your memory is off a bit -- the WSU game wasn't even sold out in 2016, much less packed.

They say the memory is the first thing to go.....

 

[ShnaultzSaltNMaltAssault]

Admissions standards are a puny excuse.

I agree but I think most people are talking 'the administrations unwillingness to let non qualifiers in.' Slightly different, and much longer to say, but most accurate with more validity

 

[Not Sure]

It goes beyond just admitting kids who are on the margins, academically. A true commitment would require not only allowing academic risks, but providing the requisite academic support those kids would need to succeed in addition to offering academic tracks that might be easier to handle for somebody in that position. CU has shown almost zero willingness to do any of those things.

 

[Da Lama]

Because he can. He actually gave CU a discount.

 

[Da Lama]

Some one clearly said time to ban him. The whole talk of whether deplatform is cancel culture or not is irrelevant or misdirection. I think most of my post comes across as trolling because It is insane to agree with grumpy old men. For example I am no longer upset with Mel Tucker. CU should priotize teaching young men over winning. Against firing a coach after 5 games into a season with a young freshman QB. You can call me a troll.

Not a troll, an idiot.

 

[Da Lama]

Rezjohn was actually a verbal commit until admissions denied him.

Admissions is a major issue and not sure how it gets fixed.

"But, but, but - HARVARD OF THE WEST!!!"

 

[skibum]

It goes beyond just admitting kids who are on the margins, academically. A true commitment would require not only allowing academic risks, but providing the requisite academic support those kids would need to succeed in addition to offering academic tracks that might be easier to handle for somebody in that position. CU has shown almost zero willingness to do any of those things.

A side bonus of doing this would increase the number of first generation college kids on campus (aka increase diversity).

 

[Not Sure]

A side bonus of doing this would increase the number of first generation college kids on campus (aka increase diversity).

If only there was a person at the school, in some kind of leadership capacity, who could, you know, implement these kinds of initiatives. Maybe like a Chancellor or something. Just spitballin.

 

[Jello Bear]

Hello, friends. I have a few questions. How does one change their avatar on this bad boy to the ol’ green and white? Also, is there a “Boulder Insurance Company” because I need to know.

Does Mel like to be called MT or what? I want to ensure we have all of our ducks in a row before touchdown...literally.

It’s for reals, Buff bros as reported by the reliable and gigantic Hondo “I could easily eat a” Carpenter from MSU sources. He may be large, but he’s in charge of legit breaking stuff.

Got the flight tracker up already for an early arrival in EL. Things are moving fast according to donors here...

What assistant coaches do you think are good enough to tag along?

Hi.


You OK?

 

[Jello Bear]

Hi.


You OK?

I paid a visit today to the originator of this alias on the MSU 247 board today. It's going well so far.

 

[Jello Bear]

Was fun while it lasted