Buff Club Beggin'

I got my Buff Club packet in the mail and it is basically a fancy, glossy-paged-magazine-catalog asking for money.  No less than half the pages are dedicated to asking for money, explaining the different ways you can give money, and the different deadlines on when you should/need to pay for tickets and the privileges of the Buff Club.  You open the cover and are first faced with a large photo of the Bohnhead and his letter to Buff boosters (couldn’t stomach actually reading that).  On the facing page are the 10 guiding principles for University of Colorado Athletics.  Number two states: “We will operate with integrity, honesty, transparency and fiscal responsibility” while number four tells us: “We will honor all promises and commitments.”  Hmmm…does that really apply to all aspects of the department?

Alfred Williams tweeted out yesterday afternoon that the entire 2012 football staff had been fired, “everybody”.  It was quickly refuted by a few other tweets, including Reed Marks, who said he talked directly to one staffer who knew nothing, as well as Kyle Ringo who reported that the Bohnhead said that MacIntyre is still evaluating coaches, nothing has been decided and that “"I believe to put a report out about no members of the coaching staff staying with the program is inaccurate at this time…It’s a Fluid situation.” -Well, that assures me that nothing has happened (see above with quoted guidelines).  

I actually thought something more would come of that story by this morning.  This is one that probably has more truth to it that just hasn’t come out yet; if anyone stays on, it will only be because MacIntyre wasn’t able to get his first choice.  This leaving of coaches in limbo is disgraceful and certainly not a show of integrity or transparency, and is throwing around of money that they don’t even really have yet, fiscally responsible?

San Diego Union Times reports that San Jose St. secondary coach Charles Clark is also expected to make the move to Colorado with Lindgren, Baer, Jeffcoat and MacIntyre.

Pat Forde of Yahoo Sports gave CU an A- on its hiring of MacIntyre, in his “Stepping up a class” category with the likes of Auburn/Malza , Cal/Dkes, and Tennessee/Jones, but not up in his highest “Splashy” grouping of Bielema at Arkansas, Tuberville at Cincinnati and Petrino at W. Kentucky.  Forde suggested they should have targeted MacIntyre instead of Jones in first place and that “they got a guy who looks like the right fit.”

BringtheBuff poster BoulderDevil (check out his comments on almost every post) suggests Koy Detmer as QBs coach: “I was working in the Daily Camera newsroom when he came to town as a freshman and several of the Sports reporters told me that the kid was a football savant…His work at CU speaks for itself and his help to Donovan McNabb at Philly as a backup was extraordinary. This guy can explain football. He was never big or strong enough to be a starter in the NFL, but the guys football intelligence is second to none…Hell, Rick Neuheisel can probably thank Detmer for the big bucks he got from Washington after leaving CU. Detmer led the Buffs to 10 win seasons his jr. and sr. years despite slick Rick. The number of wins dropped drastically as soon as Koy left.”  Not a bad idea, but I think OC Brian Lindgren is slated to coach QBs as well, and I don’t know that MacInytre has any connections to Detmer.  It might be a great match, but it would be a surprise to me.

From BuffStampede.com: MacIntyre said he has met with all current players individually, and said that there are a few players considering graduating and moving on, but not sure if those are in addition to the four “honored” at senior day.

It really sounds like all twelve verbal commits are sticking with Colorado so far, although that could easily change in the next six weeks before signing day-I would expect at least one or two defections still.  I hope this is not just a sign that no one else is that interested in these dozen players. 

Jack Follman of “Pacific Takes” put out a recruiting Xmas wish list for the Pac-12 teams and he listed LB George Frazier from CA, mostly listed as a two-star prospect, as CU’s “gift”.  Although Follman calls him the “most coveted of the group”, I really think Colorado needs a little (ok, a lot) more than that, and am a little disappointed Jack couldn’t dream a little bigger for us.

I wonder if CU is recruiting Monarch RB Ethan Marks, who was a junior and a leader on the Coyotes’ state championship team.  Marks has speed for the outside and downfield, and is not afraid to grind it up the middle.  The drawback is he plays in a specialized offense at a second division Colorado high school.

Hard to argue with ESPN blogger Kevin Gemmell in his “Non-bowl Primer” for Colorado when he says it is “very unlikely” that CU plays in a bowl game after next season.  Here’s his quick synopsis of the team: http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/51373/non-bowl-primer-colorado

csu lamb notes: The little brothers up north are going for the quick fix, which their academic standards do allow for, but not quite like Kansas, as they signed four Juco players, including three defensive linemen.  Grand Junction DE Austin Berk announced he is enrolling in Fort Collins in January.  Sounds like there might be a few new faces in the RMS.