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Displeasure with Downing

What coaching job in this country could you win 6 games in 4 years and still have a job??...DING DING DING!!!!. We have an answer the University of Northern Colorado...what does this tell recruits..Im pretty sure it tells them were ok being at the bottom of the Big sky year after year and that its no ones fault it just happens. HA HA HA IF THEY HIRE DOWNING I GUARANTEE WE DON'T WIN MORE THAN TWO GAMES NEXT YEAR AGAIN!! AND IT SAYS THAT DOWNING IS CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS MAYBE ONE OF THOSE IS GO PLAY ON THE FREEWAY! JUST A THOUGHT!
 
Here is what CU fans tried to do to get Hawkins fired but unfortunately it didn't work. Fans also emailed him so much that the university changed his email and made his new email address unknown to the public.

http://www.firehawkins.net/
http://firedanhawkins.spreadshirt.com/
http://www.allbuffs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38671
 
So his current contract goes through roughly half of next season. So if he got another year, then he is on the books for 1 1/2 seasons?

This is just strange. If he gets another year then Benson and Boyle should get lifetime contracts.
 
bearsden123 said:
What coaching job in this country could you win 6 games in 4 years and still have a job??...DING DING DING!!!!. We have an answer the University of Northern Colorado...what does this tell recruits..Im pretty sure it tells them were ok being at the bottom of the Big sky year after year and that its no ones fault it just happens. HA HA HA IF THEY HIRE DOWNING I GUARANTEE WE DON'T WIN MORE THAN TWO GAMES NEXT YEAR AGAIN!! AND IT SAYS THAT DOWNING IS CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS MAYBE ONE OF THOSE IS GO PLAY ON THE FREEWAY! JUST A THOUGHT!
I think it would be fun for all of you that don't like our team to march right down to the weight room and tell the players how you feel about the team in person and what losers they are. When you get back from the ER then you can write some more about what wimps they are.
 
HEY BUDBEAR I THINK THE TEAM HAS A LOT OF TALENT BUT NO COACHING TO LEAD IT...YOU WANNA MAKE JOKES GO JOIN DOWNING ON THE HIGHWAY!!! WISE GUY!
 
budbear said:
bearsden123 said:
What coaching job in this country could you win 6 games in 4 years and still have a job??...DING DING DING!!!!. We have an answer the University of Northern Colorado...what does this tell recruits..Im pretty sure it tells them were ok being at the bottom of the Big sky year after year and that its no ones fault it just happens. HA HA HA IF THEY HIRE DOWNING I GUARANTEE WE DON'T WIN MORE THAN TWO GAMES NEXT YEAR AGAIN!! AND IT SAYS THAT DOWNING IS CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS MAYBE ONE OF THOSE IS GO PLAY ON THE FREEWAY! JUST A THOUGHT!
I think it would be fun for all of you that don't like our team to march right down to the weight room and tell the players how you feel about the team in person and what losers they are. When you get back from the ER then you can write some more about what wimps they are.

This post is the perfect example of the point being missed.
 
If he is considering other options, whatever they may be, I hope UNC isn't going to wait around for him to make a decision. Seriously if I offered an extension to a coach, and he said let me think about, I'd open the door to other candidates right away. This situation is turning into a clusterf*ck.
 
NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

WTF?!?! How!?!? Why?!?! I just cant wrap my brain around it, the guy is inept, does Jay just hate football and want to run the program into such a deep hole that it will never recover?!?! Hell it seems even Downing doesn't think he can right the ship!!! Is Jay just going to string him along with one year contract extensions, and give some lame excuse a slow process and point to the miniscule amount of progress made each season? Jay was so eager to can coaches who had better records than Downing when he first got here, where has that enthusiasm gone?
 
Well, we have heard and seen what the Admin in Greeley thinks and feels. It is sad to see, A once proud program go down like this. It is really to bad. My logical guess is that the AD feels like he will look bad if fires the guy he and picked. There really is not anything anybody can say or do. I just want a Downing supporter to say on what grounds was the decided on. Losing close games? You still lost.
College athletics is based on wins and losses. Period! The losses out weigh the wins by a lot. No can tell me any different. If this is the direction they still want to go then so be it....... But i bet there are some teams in the Big Sky who are happy with this. Portland State hired a creditbale replacement, Idaho State has made some changes. UNC nothing. So we will see. I have state facts not speculation. I am a business man, this does not make good business sense at all. Cut your loses while you still have a chance. Because if there ever is a next guy, he will have a even bigger hole to climb out off now. I will predict that there will be even less support for UNC athletics now then ever before. Oh how I miss the days of team that walked on the field knowing they were going to win! Sad,sad day for the Ol Blue and Gold. I could be wrong, I hope I am not. But if history repeats itself, like it often does. I am not wrong. As for going to the weight room and telling the players anything. Get over yourself, it is a mess and admit it.
 
I would feel better about this if Downing would let go of some coaches. Darnell just needs go. The game has passed him.
Some bright spots.
1. Players like him
2. Small, very small police blotter. He doesn't settle for the players to miss behave and we haven't seen any problems with players besides his first year and those guys were Daltons goofs.
3. We're not that fare off from NAU, Weber, PSU.


Some glaring weaknesses.

His record sucks.
 
I had heard at begining of season from a very credible source had had to a .500 record last year for any consideration to be retained. It looks like the bar has been lowered and it was not that high to begin with.
 
I Must Dispose Of The Cat

I don’t understand what’s going on here.
It makes me have questions about my
career.
I used to have pride, I thought I was
shrewd,
So how come my game plan is coming
unglued?
My countermoves backfire, my plots go
awry,
I’ve got indigestion from Pete’s humble
pie.
It’s happened so often, I’m starting to think
This cat will eventually drive me to drink.
Chorus:
So to save the dignity of my ranch,
To stop this mental avalanche,
I hereby burn the olive branch.
I must dispose of the cat!
It’s not that I’m bitter or violent or mean.
I’m not in the habit of making a scene.
I don’t take positions from which I won’t
budge,
Yet now I’m holding a grudge.
There’s nothing too personal in this, I
submit.
Well, maybe I’m bothered by cats, I admit,
Their hissing and yowling and humping
their backs.
I hate them, that’s all, it’s as simple as that.
Chorus:
El Gato is rumored to have several lives,
Nine, I believe, which is four more than
five.
But gato and gravy, served up on a plate
Will get the grand total down closer to
eight.
A kitty for supper, a kitty for lunch,
A kitty con queso, a kitty with punch.
A kitty for snacks, oh my this is fun!
And shortly the total will shrink down to
none.
So to save the dignity of my ranch,
To stop this mental avalanche
I hereby burn the olive branch.
I must consider the pros and cons
Of bumping off the cat!
:twisted:
 
Not that far off from Weber,NAU? This situation has made us loose sight of reality!!!!!!
Weber is a 2 time playoff team!!! The playoffs are not in this teams vocabulary. NAU was one win away from playoffs. PSU was close not any more. Have seen the resume of the guy they just hired?
I was wondering last night still amazed at yesterdays events. Does anybody think that we had so many close games this year, that our opponents just played down to our level. When hey realized that they were giving us a glimpse of hope they turned it on? Just a question. Anybody can say that does not happen. I seem to believe most of us on this board are educated so you should believe that it does happen. Teams look at our record and relax a little bit, sorry it is the truth. So we will see much better we will be next year. Instead of going to my three home games a year. San Diego (slow), Montana State (up and coming, that DL and those RB's rocked us all day) Portland State (made a change lost to them in the snow) I will have to really think if I want to drive back to Greeley. I will but not happy about it.
 
Funny how Charlie Weis get fired for only winning 6 games this year, with 5 years remaining on his contract. But good old Scottie D gets an extension after only winning 6 games in 4 years, with only 5 months remaining on his contract!
 

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