For the third time in the past sixteen months, the young men who are the student-athletes representing the University of Colorado Buffaloes learned yesterday the new name of the adult in charge to whom they shall report. At a press conference at the Champions Center on the Boulder campus, Athletic Director Rick George introduced Karl Dorrell. Coach Dorrell replaces Mel Tucker, who just about two weeks ago made a middle-of-the-night departure worthy of Bob Irsay or Art Modell and skedaddled from Boulder in favor of the greener (to the tune of $2 Million per year) pastures on the campus at Michigan State University.
Things change in a hurry. Less than four weeks ago, our then-Head Coach was touting the well-regarded class he and his staff - led by the Buffs' master recruiter, Assistant Head Coach Darrin Chiaverini - recruited to play for the Buffs beginning in 2020. Now, Coach Tucker is gone. He took three of his assistant coaches with him to Michigan State. It is an open question in Boulder how many of the kids who signed their binding National Letter of Intent to play at CU under Coach Tucker shall seek to extricate themselves from their commitment to the program.
Karl Dorrell has his hands full. I wish him well. May his homecoming be a happy one. For him, his family, his players, and those of us all over the map who root, root, root for the home team.
-AK
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