MacIntyre did some good things but this year I still thought they were overrated despite the early success.
He’s an okay coach. I though Leavitt was his best hire and Phil Knight stole him so other than that I think he’s mediocre at best and Colorado has been pretty meh with him there.
They had 1 good season and I charted their recruiting showing how that was possible but in the data that recruiting season that matured was an anomaly.
Colorado won’t be good unless they hire someone like Niumatolo from Navy or some tripple option guy and get a stout defense.
That’s pretty much been the recipe to consistently win there and you kind of have to do that in the high elevation thin air / snow to really play to your advantage.
If they get some great defensive coach and bring the tripple option back i’d believe they would come back to prominence, but until then they will struggle.
You aren’t going to our recruit spread passing offensive players with Us, USC, Zona, ASU, Cal, UW, Oregon and do it in that windy thin air atmosphere.
You have to do it on the ground with a tough defense and wear out the other teams lungs and bodies while playing ball control.
CU hasn’t played like that in 25 years and won’t have success until they do.