https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/05/colorado-football-hires-coach-mel-tucker/
Thoughts? I don't know much about him.
Thoughts? I don't know much about him.
Following failure with an offensive guy at the helm, CU was looking for a guy with strong defensive credentials (hmmmm, sounds familiar). The background that Tucker brings to the job is pretty impressive. Much like his most recent boss, Kirby Smart, he spend a number of years working for the master - Nick Saban.NVBear78 said:
Some people say he's great but he's never been a college head coach and is going into foreign territory. Personally I don't see it...
Interesting, you mentioned only one of five places where JW was a DC. In case, you were not aware, Boise, TN, UW and Wisconsin were the others....Cal84 said:
Well they definitely had more money to throw at the hiring than we did. And for that they get a guy who was a successful DC at Georgia whereas we got a guy who was an unsuccessful DC at SuC. Still doesn't guarantee he'll be successful at CU. One thing that will likely be similar - it'll take him a couple of years at least to get the team reconfigured the way he wants it. He does have one advantage that JW didn't have - he will inherit an established QB, always a plus.
McIntyre has had mostly defensive jobs in his career, including defensive coordinator for Duke.71Bear said:Following failure with an offensive guy at the helmNVBear78 said:
Some people say he's great but he's never been a college head coach and is going into foreign territory. Personally I don't see it...
71Bear said:Following failure with an offensive guy at the helm, CU was looking for a guy with strong defensive credentials (hmmmm, sounds familiar). The background that Tucker brings to the job is pretty impressive. Much like his most recent boss, Kirby Smart, he spend a number of years working for the master - Nick Saban.NVBear78 said:
Some people say he's great but he's never been a college head coach and is going into foreign territory. Personally I don't see it...
My concern would be similar to yours - the lack of experience working in the west. It will be interesting to see how he does in Boulder.
Wilcox came from Wisconsin that had a pretty ******* good defense when he was there. At least as good as this guy at Georgia (most recent data).Cal84 said:
Well they definitely had more money to throw at the hiring than we did. And for that they get a guy who was a successful DC at Georgia whereas we got a guy who was an unsuccessful DC at SuC. Still doesn't guarantee he'll be successful at CU. One thing that will likely be similar - it'll take him a couple of years at least to get the team reconfigured the way he wants it. He does have one advantage that JW didn't have - he will inherit an established QB, always a plus.