To: Mike Bohn
CU football coach Dan Hawkins has embarrassed our proud football tradition on and off the field and caused damage to our program that will take years to rectify. He needs to be fired immediately for the following reasons:
1. Inability to recruit Big 12 caliber players -- the best players on the team are walk-ons.
2. Big losses to mediocre teams in mediocre conferences.
3. 13-26 win/loss record in 4 seasons. No winning seasons.
4. Calling aggressive plays for starting players when there is clearly no chance of winning, thereby disregarding CU players' safety.
5. Players are poorly coached in the games' fundamentals such as tackling, blocking, and catching.
6. Talented players sit on the bench and watch the team lose.
We sincerely ask you to consider replacing Dan Hawkins with a new head coach as soon as possible. By not doing so, you are putting your credibility and career in jeopardy.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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I agree with you on everything, except where you say Hawkins has embarassed us OFF the field. Hawkins has more class than any coach I can remember at CU. He truly is a class act off the field. And that is not a slight to Coach Mac, he had a lot of class too.
ReplyDeletePoint taken. I may not have worded it perfectly, but I meant things like promising "10 wins no excuses" before this season and his inability to attract quality recruits. I'm embarrassed that Toledo has way more athletic players than us (a direct result of Hawkins' actions off the field).
ReplyDeleteThis is not an attack on your intent to get Coach Hawkins fired, however your points 3 thru 6 are not valid points. They sound more like whining. 13-26 is not good, I agree. I find it really hard to say Hawk should be held accountable for his first or even his second season at CU. I'm not a pump sunshine kind of guy, however all but this current season has a somewhat valid reason (excuse) on the win/loss record. I'm going to assume the dangerous play calling you are referring to was the hit Jr took. What kind of plays was he suppose to call? Why not just kneel on every down if the game is considered out of reach? Better yet, why not put in the scrimmage team to save the starters from injury? To me, that play Jr took the hit was a broken play and probably not intended as a bootleg. The fundamentals point is weak too. You make it sound like the current players never knew how to catch, tackle or block before coming to CU. They all knew the fundamentals when they played HS football, don't you agree?
ReplyDeleteLove the website. 0-3 after this weekend. If Wyoming is is only down a couple of points to texas at halftime, that translates to a 25pt lead against the buffs at the half.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious he wasn't the reason that Boise was a good team. They are still kicking butt, long after he left. CU needs to either get a real coach, or get rid of their football program all together. They are a disgrace to the Big 12.
ReplyDeleteCompare CU to WY. Christiansen brought in a pretty good freshman QB who could get things done and also started more freshmen than any other D-1 team--and WY got into a bowl. Hawkins made a big bet on Cody that failed and his offensive line was D-III terrible. They got worse every year.
ReplyDeleteIn any recruiting battle, all things equal, who would have the edge, Laramie or Boulder?
Losing road record...talent wins...as a CU alumni and parent of two CU grads it more than time for this program to be a viable D1...let's move forward now, goodbye Dan!
ReplyDeleteClass off the field? Are you kidding me? The guy prances around like the most arrogant s.o.b. i've ever seen. And he starts his own son at QB? Come on man !!!
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