Menu
What's new
By:
Filters
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!

Recruiting weekend (12/9-11)

BuffinCali said:
I expect the chrome lids soon
Click to expand...
Not a fan, but it doesn't matter what I like :) I predict he will make a lot of changes, some will be hard to palate, some will be AWESOME and we will be wondering why we didn't do them sooner. The blue hairs will grumble and curse...and then cheer. My only humble request is that he keeps the BLACK
 
It's going to be "cold" for the SEC country recruits, but there are quite a few recruits who are from the Midwest and northeast who will find out the difference between mid to upper 30s with 70% humidity and mid to upper 30s and <10% humidity, along with mostly sunny conditions.
 
manhattanbuff said:
VERY cold.
Click to expand...
Steve Austin Wrestling GIF by WWE
 
The mistake many CU fans make is in thinking it's the specific Mac tactics that have to be maintained. It's a different era. Vision and strategy may be the same in many cases, but the tactical specifics of getting us there evolve.
 
Buffnik said:
The mistake many CU fans make is in thinking it's the specific Mac tactics that have to be maintained. It's a different era. Vision and strategy may be the same in many cases, but the tactical specifics of getting us there evolve.
Click to expand...
Some mention that they want to keep the "timid or the weak" quote, but if we're being honest, that has only been a popcorn saying for a long time. Nobody in the football program, the AD and certainly nobody in the administration has taken that quote to heart over the last 15-20 years and actually tried to uphold it. Most of this stuff are skeletons of a 30+ year old era that have been shoved down the throats of people who had nothing to do with it, and the two HCs who did were the two worst coaches in this program's history.
 
The Alabaster Yak said:
Some mention that they want to keep the "timid or the weak" quote, but if we're being honest, that has only been a popcorn saying for a long time. Nobody in the football program, the AD and certainly nobody in the administration has taken that quote to heart over the last 15-20 years and actually tried to uphold it. Most of this stuff are skeletons of a 30+ year old era that have been shoved down the throats of people who had nothing to do with it, and the two HCs who did were the two worst coaches in this program's history.
Click to expand...
It's hard for that quote to have any weight after almost 20 years of being weak.
 
Leon Sandcastle said:
I had a similar thought pattern when it was being rumored that HCP was going to be hired. A little context...
Some of the biggest things that we consider to be untouchable traditions around here, were developed by Bill McCartney: No red allowed in the building (brought here from Michigan). Nebraska game in red letters (brought here from Michigan). "The Pride and Tradition of the Colorado Buffaloes will not be Entrusted to the Timid or the Weak" (brought here from Michigan). Are these really our traditions, or things that we are protective of because they represent the only time we were nationally relevant during our lifetime? Barnett was a Mac guy so he continued them. Hawkins threw it all out the window, and was lynched for it because we sucked. Embree was hired to bring it back, thinking these traditions would make us successful again. They have largely been untouchable since then.

I am certainly not advocating doing away with them, BUT...HCP can do what ever the **** he wants as far as I am concerned...Just don't touch: Running out behind Ralphie, Sal, Rahsaan Salaam. So long as he wins, new traditions will come from it and no one will GAF.
Click to expand...
Agree, Ralphie is the one untouchable.

Other than that get back to the "tradition" of Colorado being a program that wins a lot of football games and I will be happy.

Other than our emotional attachment I do think that the Black and Gold color combination gives us an advantage. You can do some cool things with it and they are colors that fit the styles HS kids like.
 
Buffnik said:
The mistake many CU fans make is in thinking it's the specific Mac tactics that have to be maintained. It's a different era. Vision and strategy may be the same in many cases, but the tactical specifics of getting us there evolve.
Click to expand...
I know this will be unpopular, but the example that comes to mind for me is the complete ban on red- it strikes me as archaic.

For starters, I can't imagine a color ban would be popular with recruits. Secondly, it strikes me as a little sad- the original motivation was to set our sights on nubs as the program we wanted to tear down. Our goals are considerably higher than defeating nubs now. Finally, I hate those mother ****ers more than anyone else, but we haven't even been in the same conference since current recruits were in kindergarten.
 
Denver_sc said:
I know this will be unpopular, but the example that comes to mind for me is the complete ban on red- it strikes me as archaic.

For starters, I can't imagine a color ban would be popular with recruits. Secondly, it strikes me as a little sad- the original motivation was to set our sights on nubs as the program we wanted to tear down. Our goals are considerably higher than defeating nubs now. Finally, I hate those mother ****ers more than anyone else, but we haven't even been in the same conference since current recruits were in kindergarten.
Click to expand...
It's living in the past, who we used to be and who they used to be. All of which is meaningless to the kids we are recruiting (and frankly the coaches who are recruiting and coaching them.)
 
A lot of kids from moderate to hot climates actually love the climate here. And what kid ever doesn’t love snow? I mean, I hate it. But I’m old and my circulation sucks. But my kids went to school in shorts when it was in the 20’s. :LOL:
 
SotaBuff said:
Easy fix.

Just need to tell recruits that when we get you to the next level are you gonna have a problem playing in Buffalo, Green Bay, Chicago, etc?

Get used to it now and man the F up.
Click to expand...
More importantly - a lot of NFL teams have outdoor stadiums in cold weather climates and they make draft decisions on whether a player has shown he can handle it. This is their home field advantage when making a playoff push or hosting a playoff game. It can impact your draft position if you have playmaking in a cold, windy day on your resume.
 
Buffnik said:
The mistake many CU fans make is in thinking it's the specific Mac tactics that have to be maintained. It's a different era. Vision and strategy may be the same in many cases, but the tactical specifics of getting us there evolve.
Click to expand...
The other thing they miss is that coach Mac came in and changed everything. He was disruptive in the way coach Prime is because what was there previously wasn’t working.
 
The Alabaster Yak said:
Exactly and couldn't agree more.

A couple posters on 247 were lamenting the idea that Prime is going to "swag out" the uniforms at some point, and one said that he "had to earn the right to change our uniform traditions". I quickly pointed out, the only constant with CU's uniforms throughout its history has been change, both to the color and design and acting like we are in the same class as programs with Texas, Alabama, USC, etc when it comes to never changing the classic design or look is ridiculous.
Click to expand...
20131005_FB_CUvsOREGON_0023.jpg

This and the reverse white version are the only jerseys CU will ever need. They are perfect.
 
The Alabaster Yak said:
I liked these, and they were obviously a modern tribute to the glory years, but I think you and others who want this should probably come to terms with the fact that they are probably going to be closer to the Oregon style than this
Click to expand...
He should have 100% power to change them however he sees fit. But you know, I’d love it if we could always find our way ‘home’ to the OG unis.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top