that's because he's bringing in his guys.. and trust, he's recruiting guys just as good if not better than that top DB recruit... Deion is a little different... If anything, he's probably helping a lot of programs level up...
He still has the number one player in the country this year, a CB, and the number one player in the country last year, a CB on the team. He recruited and kept them. He did not lose any top DB he recruited. Maybe a top DB from the team that was 1 and 11, to which he is replacing with much much better players.
Problem is that’s not the goal.. And having 2 top rated corners is nice but there are other critical pieces needed. We’ll see. How much time does Deon get to make the Buffs a legit competitor? With the PAC facing a crisis and at least some B12 folks saying you aren’t high on our expansion list, I’m not sure going 3-9 in a transition year buys him too much. And when you make wholesale changes that is very possible.
Which is scary as hell considering they have a better record over the last 10 years than we do. Ugh.
Deion probably gets 3 years at least and this jag is the reason why. For what reason is Deion or U-Col being discussed on a UConn board, 1,900 miles away?
I think you underestimate Deion... He's the most precise outspoken HC I've seen as of late, and has proven results of winning... Sure, other established FBS/P5 coaches have a better resume... right now, but, there's something about this guy... Don't think Colorado will be losing for long...
I don’t know if he has 20 starters returning though, it just saying 20 returners. Most of their experienced starters are in the portal.
Also had 13 players transfer this week
I think that was the consensus prediction for UConn on the BY last year. The talking heads were saying 1-11.
My wife is a JSU alum so I watched some of their games. He had far better talent than most of his competition yet, when they got to the HBCU championship game, they came up short both seasons. Something was missing when they met an opponent that pushed back. He's certainly got a dynamic personality, but after selling the HBCU experience to P5 class athletes only to ditch the HBCU as soon as he got a P5 job and then running out most of the existing roster, how much commitment to the program will there be among the band of mercenaries (and yes, I know that question could be asked of many programs but this is the most extreme case)?
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That was my point earlier....he really is an unknown as a coach. He out-talented teams. That won't be as easy to do in a P5 conference. He may do it...but you can't say the guy has proven he is a good coach.
Step one in attempting to out-talent teams is getting rid of the marginal talent on the 1-11 team and bringing in a bunch of ringers, which so far he had been pretty successful at in terms of Pac-12 for sure.
No it really wouldn’t be. They were 5-7 two years ago.
Fair assessment... but let's revisit this come mid November...I'm a little more bullish on Deion than most.
Definitely won't be easy to do in the PAC-12 with Kelly at UCLA and Riley at USC. Hell even Oregon can recruit the same level of talent as those two schools. I want to see how he coaches against Riley and Kelly. To me, that'll show if he has the chops at this level. I don't necessarily think he needs to consistently beat those schools (although that's what he was hired to do), but if he can have Colorado competitive in those games, I think will show he's up to the challenge.
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