IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
In the FIRST HALF no less. I happened to randomly turn that game on right as the second one was happening.Two years is certainly quick to pull the plug. But Steve Addazio at Colorado State is a case study for programs on how not to hire a coach. It started with CSU consulting with Urban Meyer and basically delegating to him the decision to handpick someone from his rogues gallery of unemployed and underemployed oddballs and misfits in his convoluted coaching tree. Addazio was then 60 years old. He was coming from Temple and BC had never coached even one game west of the Mississippi and had zero Colorado much less MWC connections. He had a losing lifetime record in conference games and bowl games. He had a 1-17 record against ranked teams while at BC and was 7-16 in rivalry games. Plateaued at seven wins in his best seasons. Was a consistently poor recruiter. Had weird Beckman-like toxic football culture issues that clouded all of his previous stints. The announcement met with nearly universal disapproval and derision by the fanbase and local media. The school passed over a very popular alumni in OSU's asst. HC Tony Alford who had been rumored for the job. There was no case for selecting Addazio and everyone knew it. And then he came in an embarrassed himself over and over once he arrived. Gaffs. Covid controversies. Reports of racial tensions between players and staff. Repeated blowouts. In his final game last week he was ejected for having two unsportsmanlike penalties which was only the second time that has happened in CFB history. Just a complete train wreck from day one for a program that in many way has all the pieces to be a top group of five program including a respectable tradition and the best facilities probably anywhere outside the power five. Hopefully they can do better this time. They can't possibly do worse.