en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1251947 Comments by BuffRic http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16746366#IDComment113074124 Mac is out of touch and not up on the new offenses. How long would it take him to get up to speed on the new game. Can he be be as effective at age 70 - I don't think so and I speak from experience. You think a man can put in the 70 hour work weeks and keep that pace? Not for long - yeah, heah, I know about Paterno. What would we look like if he caught his religious fervor again and quit? Let him contribute from an administrative oversight position - leave the X's and O's to Bienemy or one of the other top prospects. Cut the negative talk on radio - we're heading the PAC 10! Do you think their local sports talk put their programs down? Let's get together on this and keep an open mind - in the best interest of the Buffs! Wed, 1 Dec 2010 08:25:41 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16746366#IDComment113074124 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16746366#IDComment113040520 Somehow as I remember the old CU -- Air Force rivalry I just didn't see an ex-AF coach fitting in at CU - water and oil. Thank goodness Air Force decided to cut CU from the schedule before CU's problems arose - just couldn't handle losing to the zoomies. Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:21:42 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16746366#IDComment113040520 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16746366#IDComment113035810 Listening to CJ & Klatt today one would think that the only viable candidate is McCartney. I continue to think that Coach Mac would best serve CU in an advisory role and leave the coaching to someone with recent involvement and experience in the game. This is not about old loyalties despite what these two loyal Buff fans would have you believe - "You can't go home again." I say Bienemy is the best candidate. Klatt, your continued negative comments re CU are not exactly helpful to the Buffs - what is your beef with the academic side? CU is not a melting pot but neither is it as unfriendly as some conservative states - Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma? They may cheer for their football heroes there but will they have them over to dinner? Why don't we make the decision about football? Wed, 1 Dec 2010 05:58:30 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16746366#IDComment113035810 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16618576#IDComment109970498 Hey CJ & Klatt, I gave up on trying to get on your talk show but hope my comments reach you because you guys need some advice. I have been a loyal Buff fan for almost 40 years. Sat there in the bad weather with some 18,000 fans and watched Drake beat CU. I cheered both of you guys on as I have all of the other Buff players for so many years BUT, I want to pick a fight with you - both of you! Your continued slant in favor of McCartney is getting too obvious. Yes, I guess, Coach Mac should be considered but do all of the conversations have to begin and end with him? Now you're shooting arrows at Chancellor DiStefano because he made some nefarious comment about "recent experience". Shouldn't that be a significant criteria? CU has just survived some dark years and we cannot afford to fail to consider every qualified prospect, including those with recent experience (over McCartney). The game has changed, the players have changed. Yes, we need a coach who teaches character but that is a peripheral issue - We're headed to the PAC 12 - We need a football coach! What would we do if Coach Mac had another attack of religious fervor and decided to leave the program - again? Boy, would Bohn catch hell then! Mac heard this calling once before and it is still not too far from the surface. Leave him in the proud history he left but lets not cannonize him as the second coming of Mac. We need a football coach with gridiron muck in his fingernails and in his blood.. No religious zealotry needed. Now, about that slant.... Go Buffs! Ric Rivera Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:36:10 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16618576#IDComment109970498 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16570058#IDComment109131168 Mac changed direction when he left CU. We need a hardcore football guy who has been in the mix , not a guy who lost his passion for the game and became a mega-moralist preacher. What is wrong with Bienemy - he never left the game and could certainly relate/recruit with credibility and fire. We need a long-term solution, not a man who changed careers and now wants to revisit old glory. Yeah, I know, I better get my shield out. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:38:11 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16570058#IDComment109131168 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16574328#IDComment109109337 Kiesau has given CU no reason to keep him on. Hawkins wasn't alone in this fiasco. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:52:30 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16574328#IDComment109109337 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16570058#IDComment109108678 We need a coach that will be there for the duration, not a few years - Woelk called it, CJ & kLATT seem to have tunnel vision (coach Mac). Memo to CJ & Klatt: "Search" as defined in Webster's is "To look...explore...examine..." Nowhere does it default to a coach from the past. Also, enough of the negative comments re the situation at CU. Would you rather make $150,000 at Ames, Iowa, Lincoln, NE or Normal, Oklahoma or $100,000 in Boulder? When is the last time you stepped outside and looked at the Flatirons and enjoyed the weather? If Bienemy is the guy (I say great!) why should he be under Mac? I say Bienemy with Cabral getting a promotion too. Leave Mac in the record books. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:47:29 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16570058#IDComment109108678 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16569975#IDComment108977436 Too much talk about coach Mac and Logan. Coach Mac's heyday was some 20 years ago. Logan, while a wildly successful h.s. coach has, to my knowledge, never recruited at the college level and Div. I football is a world away from h.s. football. CU just went through a dark period - I agree that a well thought out search across the country is in order. The candidate with the best current experience in the pros or Div. I football should be considered. Leave the emotional regional and past history out of it. CU needs to hit the PAC 12 UNDER THE BEST POSSIBLE conditions. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:43:56 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16569975#IDComment108977436 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16570058#IDComment108975143 We will always appreciate and remember what coach Mac did for CU but that was almost 20 years ago. Division I football requires 60 - 70 hour weeks and boundless energy. I say leave the past to memory. I am all for Bienemy, Cabral or some OC who is in a good program now. Both Bienemy and Cabral have Black and Gold fire in the belly. Surely there are other candidates who can be considered. "You can't go home again." -CU cannot afford another experience like we just lived through. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:19:09 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16570058#IDComment108975143 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16559630#IDComment108791541 Still taking arrows over my preference for Leach or the Oregon OC. Think I will sit on the sidelines on them now. But remain concerned over McCartney's age and time away from the game. CU can still offer some good assistant a good home and Boulder is a #1 city to live in with a great lifestyle and a beautiful campus to recruit to. I bleed Black and Gold so will let you younger minds select the coach - no more mistakes! There are first-year coaches out there who have turned programs around in a very short time. The PAC 12 affiliation is Golden! Go Buffs! Good luck Hawkins - hope you enjoy the bus ride out of town - the fans sure will = we might even wave goodbye. Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:29:06 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16559630#IDComment108791541 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16559630#IDComment108727787 BuffChick is right on - I still say Mike Leach. So the guy made a mistake re the shed. There is no excuse for that but aren't we about giving people a second chance? If we can give Hawkins two whole years of screwing the program up can't we hire a guy who has the experience and proven track record? Put a shed clause in there. Tue, 9 Nov 2010 04:42:07 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16559630#IDComment108727787 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16559630#IDComment108725908 And there was joy in Mudville.... I am taking arrows for suggesting Mike Leach or the Oregon OC. O.K., O.K. - I'm not that savvy on coaches - Help! I just don't think that the nostalgia thing with a 70+ year old who brought us glory some 20 years ago is the answer. The game has changed, much faster action, offenses have changed, players have changed. We can't afford another iffy choice. Suggestions? There must be several Assistants out there who would fill the bill. Not in the McCartney camp. Tue, 9 Nov 2010 04:34:40 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16559630#IDComment108725908 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16554845#IDComment108625268 How about the OC at Oregon? Shouldn't we be talking to these guys instead of defaulting to McCartney? Mon, 8 Nov 2010 21:38:04 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16554845#IDComment108625268 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16554845#IDComment108625178 Please, please consider Mike Leach. McCartney has been out of the game 17 years - he hasn't coached in that time. Due to McCartney's age we cannot take a risk - Mike Leach is a proven man! Mon, 8 Nov 2010 21:37:22 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16554845#IDComment108625178 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16525239#IDComment108476155 Looking at the schedule I say CU should hire Mike Leach - this week! Mon, 8 Nov 2010 04:21:13 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/football/ci_16525239#IDComment108476155 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_16543298#IDComment108323127 OMG - Channel 7's sports gal tonite (CU Alum "Kamm") made mention of a Cody "laser" pass - they showed two passes, tho completed point out the fallacy of Cody's lasers - they literally looked like wounded ducks. We're lucky there were not more interceptions. "Lasers" - NOT! Kamm, you need to talk to somebody about what a tight spiral looks like! Then I hear another report late tonite that there will be no coaching change until the end of the year - am hoping that was a misinformed talking head. Sun, 7 Nov 2010 04:34:57 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_16543298#IDComment108323127 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16543547#IDComment108305949 Time to man up! Hawkins owes the players and the fans an apology -- followed by his resignation. It needn't be any longer than his 17 second post-game interview. Ditto for Cody - he was mouthing off with an over-abundance of cockiness as he expected a field day at lowly KU (no offense, no defense??). CU needs to start the rebuilding process Monday morning - the PAC 12 awaits. Sun, 7 Nov 2010 01:59:47 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16543547#IDComment108305949 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16539319#IDComment108273247 Announcers questioning the play calling several times - "why pass when the running game was working.." Wouldn't be because we wanted to pad Cody's stats would it? He threw three or 4 picks and announcers said two more should have been picks. We can't protect a 45 - 17 lead and lose to the doormat of the Big 12. Just how far down must we go with this mess. I don't want to hear another word about Cody's "record". We have all asked for more and all we get is more Hawkins garbage. I feel like throwing up! Sat, 6 Nov 2010 21:47:28 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16539319#IDComment108273247 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16504912#IDComment107718925 The offense will once again be designed around cody's shortcomings. I will also be surprised to see any kind of creative play calling and we'll end up with cody throwing a third-down pass into somebody's wrist. How did it all come down to this! Please, somebody call a moving van for Hawkins. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 04:16:17 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16504912#IDComment107718925 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16500985#IDComment107530084 I am the eternal optimist and foresee better things ahead for CU. With a new coach (not McCartney), and the move to the PAC 10 we will get a new life. Recruiting in California will improve - heck, we might even get some decent assistants. These dark days will pass. Wonder if they will have a nepotism clause in the new coaching contract. Go Buffs! Wed, 3 Nov 2010 05:29:58 +0000 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_16500985#IDComment107530084