CU President Betsy Hoffman reinstates Gary Barnett

jtg33 · May 28th, 2004, 02:41 AM

University President Betsy Hoffman reinstated Gary Barnett as the head coach of the University of Colorado football team this week. She also announced that Athletic Director Dick Tharp will keep his job too. Hoffman went on to say there would be closer ties between the athletic department and the...
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boner26 · May 28th, 2004, 04:56 AM

The best thing to do here is clean house from the top down. Fire everyone and bring in a new staff and let them run the team. Also, put the program on probabtion. If the fuck up, they can't play - plain and simple.

jtg33 · May 28th, 2004, 05:09 AM

A lot of people here think that's what should be done. The only problem is, as usual, money. The state of Colorado is having a terrible budget crisis, and higher education spending has been cut a good deal in recent years (thank you, Governor Owens). College football brings in a lot of money to CU, as football does all across the country. Hoffman and Bynny are reluctant to clean house because of this reason.

If Barnett and Tharp and just about everyone else in between them were to be fired, that would leave only three months to get everything organized in time for the season. This could be a disaster for CU. Season ticket sales would most likely drop drastically, and the stadium might not even fill up on game days. The less money there is coming into the program, then less money there is to help the team and reorganize the program. That's something that, at this point, the Univeristy of Colorado could not afford to do.

On the other hand, I think Barnett and Tharp will be shown the door within three years unless the football program turns around dramatically - something like winning a couple Big XII Championships. Once Barnett's contract is up, his time at CU will probably be over as well.

Hopefully by that time the program will have straightened out and it won't be a problem to have the athletic department reshuffled.

boner26 · May 28th, 2004, 10:47 PM

I guess you have a point there.

jtg33 · May 29th, 2004, 12:57 AM

It's a mess, that's for sure. It'll probably take a couple years for this all to settle down and be fully resolved.

boner26 · May 29th, 2004, 03:00 AM

Ny state is the same way, but that's our own fault. Our budget has been late fro the last 20 or so years. The state funding is FUBAR'ed. The collegee are starting to feel the strain as well.

jtg33 · May 29th, 2004, 03:13 AM

I personally blame Governor Bill Owens for making this mess worse. Yes, there were budget issues before he came to power in 1998, but he's been cutting away at higher education for the past six years and large universities like CU and CSU are really beginning to feel the pressure.

Unfortunately, this mess will only get worse before it comes close to getting any better.

boner26 · May 29th, 2004, 03:20 AM

It always gets worse before better. Our problem has been poor planning by the state. Of course 9-11 didn't help either.

jtg33 · May 29th, 2004, 03:26 AM

Yeah, I would have guessed that part. Hopefully these continued budget cuts won't cripple the universities in this state, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

boner26 · May 29th, 2004, 04:40 AM

Same here, been late for 20 years, why be on time now and break tradition.

jtg33 · May 31st, 2004, 10:45 PM

This is my first actual story, by the way. I was originally going to put this in the College Sports forum, but it just kept getting longer and longer and longer.

In any case, there's still more of this whole investigation in the news around these parts, so I'll put more in here later if it's Rantworthy.

boner26 · June 4th, 2004, 06:42 AM

Yeah, keep us updated on the local dirt.

May 28th, 2004, 02:41 AM	#1
jtg33 Join Date: 03-17-2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,487	CU President Betsy Hoffman reinstates Gary Barnett University President Betsy Hoffman reinstated Gary Barnett as the head coach of the University of Colorado football team this week. She also announced that Athletic Director Dick Tharp will keep his job too. Hoffman went on to say there would be closer ties between the athletic department and the... Full Article Last edited by jtg33; May 28th, 2004 at 02:47 AM.

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May 28th, 2004, 04:56 AM	#2
boner26 Join Date: 09-01-2003 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,667	The best thing to do here is clean house from the top down. Fire everyone and bring in a new staff and let them run the team. Also, put the program on probabtion. If the fuck up, they can't play - plain and simple.

May 28th, 2004, 05:09 AM	#3
jtg33 Join Date: 03-17-2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,487	A lot of people here think that's what should be done. The only problem is, as usual, money. The state of Colorado is having a terrible budget crisis, and higher education spending has been cut a good deal in recent years (thank you, Governor Owens). College football brings in a lot of money to CU, as football does all across the country. Hoffman and Bynny are reluctant to clean house because of this reason. If Barnett and Tharp and just about everyone else in between them were to be fired, that would leave only three months to get everything organized in time for the season. This could be a disaster for CU. Season ticket sales would most likely drop drastically, and the stadium might not even fill up on game days. The less money there is coming into the program, then less money there is to help the team and reorganize the program. That's something that, at this point, the Univeristy of Colorado could not afford to do. On the other hand, I think Barnett and Tharp will be shown the door within three years unless the football program turns around dramatically - something like winning a couple Big XII Championships. Once Barnett's contract is up, his time at CU will probably be over as well. Hopefully by that time the program will have straightened out and it won't be a problem to have the athletic department reshuffled.

May 28th, 2004, 10:47 PM	#4
boner26 Join Date: 09-01-2003 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,667	I guess you have a point there.

May 29th, 2004, 12:57 AM	#5
jtg33 Join Date: 03-17-2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,487	It's a mess, that's for sure. It'll probably take a couple years for this all to settle down and be fully resolved.

May 29th, 2004, 03:00 AM	#6
boner26 Join Date: 09-01-2003 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,667	Ny state is the same way, but that's our own fault. Our budget has been late fro the last 20 or so years. The state funding is FUBAR'ed. The collegee are starting to feel the strain as well.

May 29th, 2004, 03:13 AM	#7
jtg33 Join Date: 03-17-2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,487	I personally blame Governor Bill Owens for making this mess worse. Yes, there were budget issues before he came to power in 1998, but he's been cutting away at higher education for the past six years and large universities like CU and CSU are really beginning to feel the pressure. Unfortunately, this mess will only get worse before it comes close to getting any better.

May 29th, 2004, 03:20 AM	#8
boner26 Join Date: 09-01-2003 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,667	It always gets worse before better. Our problem has been poor planning by the state. Of course 9-11 didn't help either.

May 29th, 2004, 03:26 AM	#9
jtg33 Join Date: 03-17-2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,487	Yeah, I would have guessed that part. Hopefully these continued budget cuts won't cripple the universities in this state, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

May 29th, 2004, 04:40 AM	#10
boner26 Join Date: 09-01-2003 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,667	Same here, been late for 20 years, why be on time now and break tradition.

May 31st, 2004, 10:45 PM	#11
jtg33 Join Date: 03-17-2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,487	This is my first actual story, by the way. I was originally going to put this in the College Sports forum, but it just kept getting longer and longer and longer. In any case, there's still more of this whole investigation in the news around these parts, so I'll put more in here later if it's Rantworthy.

June 4th, 2004, 06:42 AM	#12
boner26 Join Date: 09-01-2003 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,667	Yeah, keep us updated on the local dirt.

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