Literally everyone is staying until they’re not. Everyone wants to make it work until someone wants them more or they are in a better position to succeed.
End of the Prime mystique
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His seemed pretty clearly a lie as I recall the timeline. He told his players he’d be taking them back to Pasadena while he must have already agreed to the CU contract.
I think we all had a problem with the way barnett left. But he also performed a miracle so most fans weren’t that mad.
Plus our idiot AD at the time signed Kevin O’Neill to a bigger contract than what Barnet was getting. It was ludicrous.
Yeah he didn’t have the Colorado contract. He was, however, negotiating with UCLA while in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl.
Here’s a quote from Chicago Tribune article Thursday, Jan 21, 1999 which was a day after it was announced he was leaving for Colorado. It says he sent a message to players “that week” that he was staying which couldn’t have been more than 2 days before he left (right now I can’t find a story saying exactly when the message to the players was sent). Obviously he would have interviewed and negotiated by the time he was sending that email to the players.
“For example, his players cited a mass e-mail from Barnett this week, assuring them that he wasn’t going to Colorado. Imagine their surprise when they awoke to find “Gary’s Gone” splashed in bold type across the front page of Wednesday’s Daily Northwestern.
“To tell you the truth, it made a lot of people lose respect for him because of the e-mail and what was said,” sophomore running back Brian Marshall said. “He gave us his word. When anybody goes back on his word, you lose respect for him. How can you trust him?””
Colorado was completely unprepared despite having the Heisman Trophy winner and likely two top 5 NFL draft choices playing for them. The game was not even as close as the score indicates. All hype, little substance.
2 yards rushing. FOR THE ENTIRE GAME!
Also, did anyone else watch the game? The announcers were the most egregiously one sided (pro-Colorado) commentators I think I’ve ever seen from a “neutral” broadcast.
I had it on mute.
Colorado/Prime are in such a better place than 2 years ago. It's basically an IMG sports academy at college level
People love to come in here and blast Prime whenever they stub their toe.
Only coral, who apparently has a poster of Deion on the ceiling above his bed.
Will this be Sanders’ last game for CU? His schtick would work great in Vegas. He can draft his QB son. The cameras can follow them around 24/7!
I don't know if he leaves this offseason but I am confident he won't be there long.
Oh no, he took over the arguably the worst P5 program (tied with us?) two years ago and only won 9 games this year after losing to a higher ranked team in a bowl! Only 7-2 in conference!
He convinced absolute studs to join him at an HBCU (unprecedented) and transfer there because they love playing for him. He changed the culture of his program by bringing in guys who wanted to be part of the team. And his incoming class is amazing.
He raised the profile of his university overall and admissions skyrocketed, especially among POC applicants. Donations way up.
He preaches respect for women, manners (no hats indoors, saying sir or ma’am), and is strict on marijuana use (in Colorado, at a state school, with 18-22 year olds).
But he’s too flashy so certain poster(s) have to root against him. Or maybe it’s because he will leave a more positive legacy on CU than Gary Barnett and they’re bitter about it.
He convinced absolute studs to join him at an HBCU (unprecedented) and transfer there because they love playing for him. He changed the culture of his program by bringing in guys who wanted to be part of the team. And his incoming class is amazing.
He raised the profile of his university overall and admissions skyrocketed, especially among POC applicants. Donations way up.
He preaches respect for women, manners (no hats indoors, saying sir or ma’am), and is strict on marijuana use (in Colorado, at a state school, with 18-22 year olds).
But he’s too flashy so certain poster(s) have to root against him. Or maybe it’s because he will leave a more positive legacy on CU than Gary Barnett and they’re bitter about it.
An an amazing recruiter as the head coach, National Publicity (Sports Illustrated, ESPN, 60 Minutes) 2 top 5 picks, a Heisman winner, NIL better than most programs and world class facilities they could not beat a mountain west team in their bowl.
He definitely benefited from a weak schedule. It’ll be interesting to see if/where he goes this offseason.
Coral, you are incorrigible when it comes to Coach Prime! Wait until he ends up at your other school , when Christobal the king of fizzling out gets replaced in Coral Gables.
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Will Coach Prime still be in charge when Colorado visits the new Ryan Field on Sept. 19, 2026? That's all I care about him.
