Former Asst Coach Bill McCartney possible Colorado Coach
ESPN is reporting that Bill McCartney, former assistant coach under Bo and out of coaching since 1994, is potentially interested in the coaching vacancy at Colorado. The Buffs won their only National Championship under McCartney, partially with the infamous 5th Down vs. Missouri. 1994 also was the most painful Michigan loss I witnessed, with the Kordell Stewart 64 yd TD pass to end the game. It would be interesting to see if this happens . . . at 70 years of age, Bill McCartney seems a bit long in the tooth. But then, I guess if Joe Paterno is still coaching, anything can happen.
November 10th, 2010 at 12:47 PM ^
In name alone is well perceived, especially on this blog. Please send the titrle of your post to your editor ASAP!
November 10th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
If Bill Snyder can come back to K-State at age 69 (and do pretty well -- certainly better than Ron Prince), why can't McCartney come back to CU at age 70?
November 10th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
He'd follow Bill Snyder in the reunion tour.
Next up, Darrell Royal at Texas!
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Darrell_Royal
Barry Switzer at Oklahoma would be fun, too.
November 10th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
Need to see that one to believe it.
November 10th, 2010 at 12:55 PM ^
rebuilding a program from the bottom up as they enter a new conference with a different recruiting geography will require lots of energy. i can see this fitting very well. as an AD, maybe, but it seems like someone fresher will be a better face for the program. whoever this year's skip holtz is would be my guess.
November 10th, 2010 at 12:56 PM ^
Bill Snyder was out of coaching for a fraction of the time McCartney has been. Recruits were two years old the cast time McCartney coached a game. Seems a stretch.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:00 PM ^
In the fourth year (1985), McCartney spoke and Colorado's football program rose from the dead that was the Bill Mallory/Chuck Fairbanks era:
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/Playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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Colorado Buffaloes (Big Eight Conference) (1982–1994) | |||||||||
1982 | Colorado | 2–8–1 | 1–5–1 | T–6th | |||||
1983 | Colorado | 4–7 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
1984 | Colorado | 1–10 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
1985 | Colorado | 7–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | L Freedom | ||||
1986 | Colorado | 6–6 | 6–1 | 2nd | L Bluebonnet | ||||
1987 | Colorado | 7–4 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
1988 | Colorado | 8–4 | 4–3 | 4th | L Freedom | ||||
1989 | Colorado | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L Orange | 4 | 4 | ||
1990 | Colorado | 11–1–1 | 7–0 | 1st | W Orange | 2 | 1 | ||
1991 | Colorado | 8–3–1 | 6–0–1 | T–1st | L Blockbuster | 20 | 20 | ||
1992 | Colorado | 9–2–1 | 5–1–1 | 2nd | L Fiesta | 13 | 13 | ||
1993 | Colorado | 8–3–1 | 5–1–1 | 2nd | W Aloha | 16 | 16 | ||
1994 | Colorado | 11–1 | 6–1 | 2nd | W Fiesta | 3 | 3 | ||
Colorado: | 93–55–5 | 58–29–4 | |||||||
Total: | 93–55–5 | ||||||||
National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
3-6 in bowls. Hmph, just like Bo.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
He can keep his daughter away from the locker room this time around. Last time, she got around so much she could probably field her own offense with former CU players' childrens.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:10 PM ^
Is simply not needed.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:20 PM ^
Oh come on. I made a "Bill McCartney's daughter" joke in another thread so I'm a little defensive. But you don't think it's even a little jokeworthy? This guy is the founder of the Promise Keepers, for chrissakes, and his daughter was involved in secret affairs with at least two of his players. I don't mean to "slut shame" his daughter per se, but for a guy whose whole public life has been about extolling a regressive family model in alignment with a fiercely anti-feminist social organization, it's a little funny that his own family life (and football program) seems to fall way outside the model he preaches.
November 10th, 2010 at 3:26 PM ^
I hope your child never does anything to embarrass you, and I see nothing "funny" about his family life being so messed up that he gave up football.
Pretty asinine to judge someone about his daughter's personal problems. You think that's funny?
Douche.
November 10th, 2010 at 3:43 PM ^
Have to agree and back you up on this - it was distasteful
November 10th, 2010 at 4:05 PM ^
I also hope my kids never do anything to embarrass me. But if I happen to be a public figure at the time and telling other people how to raise their families then I'd have to expect that my family's issues would rise to a joke, especially among those who I'd attacked in the past.
November 10th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^
I think the juxtaposition between someone lecturing others how to live while not being able to manage his own house is the point here... albeit made in a crass way.
It’s NOT like Mac started PK as “lessons learned” from his own house. I’ve been to a PK retreat. One. Like I mentioned earlier, it’s a cult; part Tammy Faye Bakker and part Amway. It has nothing to do with Scripture nor fellowship nor values. It’s solely based upon control.
Nevertheless, the proportion of kids being wild to how strict or sheltered they were raised in not a new dilemma. I bet many of us have preacher's daughter tales from undergrad days... mostly freshman year.
I'm not taking sides between you or MGoCards/Hibble but one thing you have to consider between your kid doing something embarrassing and others is if that other person is a public figure or not. I'm not saying it's right but when people look for notoriety or fame, they are going to be under more of a microscope these days.
November 10th, 2010 at 3:35 PM ^
Well, love child #1 was or is still a Qb at LSU. Don't know if he graduated, I just remember Les Miles recruited his dad to Colorado and then let Jr play for LSU. I'm not sure where love child #2 wound up, but if #1 is a Sr, then #2 could be a sophomore.
I'm not going to condemn Mac for starting his organization. I certainly try to teach my kids right and wrong, but in the end it's their decision what they do. Mac started his organization as a result of not living up to what his ideals were and walked away from coaching to do that. How many of us would walk away from a good gig to pursue less lucrative interests on moral principle alone?
If he comes back, that's great. But, I would have to think there's better candidates out there.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:37 PM ^
Sal Aunese, anybody?
November 10th, 2010 at 1:14 PM ^
This Denver Post article runs down some of the top candidates. McCartney does seem like a questionable choice given his age and that he's hasn't coached in 16 years. Post writer says he "might be a short-term solution to a long-term problem."
November 10th, 2010 at 1:34 PM ^
I mean he is a good coach
but why is he on everyone's short list?
November 10th, 2010 at 4:33 PM ^
Like the Freep, I avoid the Post... Kizsla and Paige are the Rocky Mountain version of Sharp and Rosenberg. For all four of those douchebags, their primary job is ratings. Everything else takes a back seat -- I don't beleive a word that comes out of their mouths.
For them to say that McCartney is a candidate in the first place is ridiculous.
For starters, McCartney has fallen off the deep end. There's nothing wrong with religion but I had a couple of friends from church talk me in to going to a Promise Keepers retreat. That organization is a cult and a misogynistic one at that. Sure, if you look at their charter on paper, you'd think what's wrong with this. Until you experience how they warp and twist words from Scripture to justify their views. They run their big meetings like revivals and get everyone more worked up than an Amway retreat -- to keep the pocketbooks wide open and dollars flowing in from feeling sooooo good about what they have to offer.
I bring this up because there is no way in hell the community is going to accept McCartney coming back. For as whacked as McCartney is to the right, the greater Boulder community is just as whacked to the left. It's not going to mesh well.
Why is this important? Because Boulder hates the football team right now. From how poorly Elizabeth Hoffman handled scandals to the PC crowd still being pissed over Katie Hnida, those hippies a lot of disdain for many things at CU. That school eats its own.
Which is unfortunate. Colorado should have a top program and a highly ranked recruiting class every year... It has everything a young man wants, lots of pretty girls (imported from SoCal and Arizona), beautiful campus, lots of shit to do, decent academics, (well, better than Sparty), and where else can you comfortably golf and ski in the same day?
CU's long term problem is stability and its relationship with the community. There's no marketing or corporate support either. McCartney may be a Michigan Man but his politics has transformed him into a polarizing person and for that alone, even if he was the greatest football coach ever, should keep him off any short lists of potential hires for CU.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:30 PM ^
...chant for a few weeks. I guess I can do that now.
I do wonder if that could put Moeller on the short list of assistant coaches on McCartney's staff, it this does happen.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:35 PM ^
The only reason why McCartney is being considered by CU is cost. He is getting a pension from the school anyways, they probably would not have to pay him anything on top of that.
However, I suspect the Les Miles rumor has legs if CU can find a whiteknight for Les' LSU buyout.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:52 PM ^
to stay away from the flavor of the month hire.
November 10th, 2010 at 3:45 PM ^
Always remember Ufer referring to his D as "McCartney's Monsters".
November 10th, 2010 at 5:08 PM ^
1-2-3 Kick, 1-2-3 Kick, 1-2-3 Kick especially against Mark Hermann and Purdoo.