Barnett's downfall
From the Associated Press - Gary Barnett's tumultuous stay at Colorado ended Thursday when the coach reluctantly stepped down, accepting a $3 million payment to sever a tenure riddled by off-the-field problems and finally done in by bad results on the field.I just read the above story on CBS Sportsline and couldn't help but blurt out my frustrations to all my co-workers. What in the heck is wrong with college football? More importantly, what is the major malfunction of college administrators?
Gary Barnett is basically fired from Colorado after taking his team to the Big 12 Championship game. Sure, they got pissed on by Texas 70-3 in that game. (I should remind everyone, a Texas team that will play USC for the national title) But Colorado was the Big 12 North Champs. They've owned that title four times under Barnett - 3 in the last 4 years. Barnett himself has been named Big 12 coach of the year twice while at Colorado. So what's it gonna take for a school to be happy with their coach? Better yet, what's it gonna take for a coach to keep his job these days?
May I remind college administrators, there is only one national champ. Not every school can win the title. Not every school can be conference champs. Not every school can have a winning record. It's basic statistics here kids. You're the college administrators...you should understand these things.
Fact is, Barnett had his program winning titles. He had his program going to bowl games. One of these days, he could have had his program win a national title. Just ask coaches like UNC basketball coach Roy Williams. Look how successful he was before finally winning a title with UNC. And look how long it took him. Had Kansas fired him for one bad season, or for one bad game, where would he be? Had UNC fired him after finishing 19-11 his first season, would they have won the title last year?
One of these days college admins will figure out they are shooting themselves in the foot by firing coaches left and right. One of these days, Colorado will see Barnett be successful...Somewhere else!!!
posted by DVS @ 3:23 PM
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Poor Bob Barnett, or Fred, or Ralph or Juan or ... anyhow, I mean, like, you know? Like, poor Herb Barnett now is FORCED, REQUIRED, to sit ta home, git up late, watch tv, play golf (the world's dullest game), guzzle adult beverages, go buy a boat or a big suv or get a haircut and figure out how to spend 3 MILLION DOLLARS! 3 mil to NOT work! 3 followed by 6 zeros to lose 2 football games by 100 points! That's like some government program!
Man, that's sufferin'! That's crool, inhuman, and not nice neither. (How do I git in on that?)
Anyhow, wonder if poor Lyle (or was it Billie Bob?...never mind) needs a hired hand to keep him in crying towels.
Thank you. Yur pal, Ardie
How about the Raiders signing some of those "black Hole" people to play. They'd certainly do better than what we got.
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