Tad Boyle

[BeBe]

Some history and some current events:

How Tad Boyle Has Made CU Men’s Basketball Into a Powerhouse

The Colorado native has made the Buffs a consistent winner. But does he have the support he needs to lead CU deep into March Madness?

www.5280.com

 

[gone native]

Loved that write up. I liked the end where he talks about needing to create that chip on their shoulder for these new highly rated recruits that had their pick of schools.

 

[Goose]

Some history and some current events:

How Tad Boyle Has Made CU Men’s Basketball Into a Powerhouse

The Colorado native has made the Buffs a consistent winner. But does he have the support he needs to lead CU deep into March Madness?

www.5280.com

This was a great article, and I'm thrilled Tad is getting the love he deserves, but I can't help but add this to the pile of concerns I have about the state of our school moving forward.

 

[Robert Sorell]

This was a great article, and I'm thrilled Tad is getting the love he deserves, but I can't help but add this to the pile of concerns I have about the state of our school moving forward.

Namely:

“Everything about Boulder, Colorado, and the University of Colorado makes it an unbelievable place for school, for living, for all that,” says John Calipari, the men’s basketball coach at the University of Kentucky. “It’s just a tough basketball job. … What happens is what Tad has done—you’ve got to feed the beast. You’ve built it to a point. And now, it eats more.”

Boyle, despite offers from well-heeled universities, says he has no plans to leave the Buffs for another school. He might not coach much longer anyway.

But during the 2019-’20 fiscal year, the most recent period for which data is available, CU spent just $6.5 million on basketball, according to the Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. That was the third-smallest amount in the Pac-12 and about half of what UCLA, the conference’s biggest spender, shelled out.

 

[Goose]

It's not just basketball either. There's lots situations that I feel like CU just steps on their own dicks.

 

[Not Sure]

Weird. I was told that the issue doesn’t go beyond the AD. Maybe that’s just for football.

 

[Bison]

CU is only spending half of what UCLA is spending and about 1/3 of what Kentucky is spending on basketball. Any plans on for renovations to The Keg anytime soon? Suite boxes? CU pumped in a lot of $$$ into football and the results yielded hasn't met the expectations of that money. We should be pumping money into basketball instead while it is still hot.

 

[Goose]

Weird. I was told that the issue doesn’t go beyond the AD. Maybe that’s just for football.

In this case, it doesn't. Keep being snarky if you want, but the AD has a LOT of stupid little things he could do that would make a big difference.

Like you, RG only seems to focus on the big things that are out of his control. He needs to realize that there are smaller things he can do to avoid stepping on his own dick that will make a difference.

 

[Buffnik]

In this case, it doesn't. Keep being snarky if you want, but the AD has a LOT of stupid little things he could do that would make a big difference.

Like you, RG only seems to focus on the big things that are out of his control. He needs to realize that there are smaller things he can do to avoid stepping on his own dick that will make a difference.

Exactly. Bohn was so much better for basketball. Beyond the big thing (practice facility), there was a lot with supporting the band, student section, encouraging fan travel to roadies/P12T, promos, Keg enhancements, etc that created an atmosphere without costing a lot. RG has taken the approach of football is underfunded so they get every possible dollar while every other sport gets neglected.

 

[Goose]

Exactly. Bohn was so much better for basketball. Beyond the big thing (practice facility), there was a lot with supporting the band, student section, encouraging fan travel to roadies/P12T, promos, Keg enhancements, etc that created an atmosphere without costing a lot. RG has taken the approach of football is underfunded so they get every possible dollar while every other sport gets neglected.

Im fine with football getting every dollar (to a point). It prints the dollars for the other sports. But the thing is that it seems they only chase the big shiny objects in football too instead of getting the occasional small victory. The athletic department is the dude who goes to the gym and does nothing but bench presses and then wonders why he’s not stronger.

Rick George skips leg day.

 

[jumped ship]

Im fine with football getting every dollar (to a point). It prints the dollars for the other sports. But the thing is that it seems they only chase the big shiny objects in football too instead of getting the occasional small victory. The athletic department is the dude who goes to the gym and does nothing but bench presses and then wonders why he’s not stronger.

Rick George skips leg day.

bench press is too much of a compound, functional workout for this metaphor...RG is the guy who sits on a bench curling over one knee then eventually pops a bicep

 

[BuffsNYC]

bench press is too much of a compound, functional workout for this metaphor...RG is the guy who sits on a bench curling over one knee then eventually pops a bicep