CU accidentally approved illegal contract for Mel Tucker

[9and4]

A former student of mine broke this story today about CU:

State law prohibits any higher education employee to be contracted for more than five years. So why did University of Colorado Board of Regents approve a six-year contract for new football coach Mel Tucker on Wednesday?

In a word: oops.

Wednesday morning, the board voted 6-2 in favor of Tucker’s contract to run Jan. 1, 2019 through Dec. 31, 2024. That’s six years. Based on the language of the approved contract, which includes annual raises of $275,000, the deal is worth $18.5 million rather than $14.8 million.

 

[rrthusker]

Won’t matter, they will can him before then.

 

[barney44]

Won’t matter, they will can him before then.

Hell, they all say that about Nebraska with Frost..

 

[TruHusker]

Hell, they all say that about Nebraska with Frost..

Who said that or are you just being sardonic?

 

[barney44]

Who said that or are you just being sardonic?

Just random posters on Rivals, plenty from Iowa.

 

[blackshirts25]

Thought this was about Crayton at first. My how times have changed.

 

[Hugo_Stiglitz7]

Won’t matter, they will can him before then.

My dream of front-butt landing in or on Colorado, lives on.

 

[rrthusker]

Just random posters on Rivals, plenty from Iowa.

They have said it but Frost will be here, Tucker will be lucky to finish his contract.

 

[barney44]

They have said it but Frost will be here, Tucker will be lucky to finish his contract.

I’d have to agree..

 

[F5Tornado]

They have said it but Frost will be here, Tucker will be lucky to finish his contract.

They might have to keep Tucker as long as they did Macintyre, cu is not considered big time enough for a top flight coach to take the job there. cu didn't have Tucker in mind immediately when they fired Mac, kind of like when Solich was let go, "let's just give it to the first one that accepts."

 

[rrthusker]

They might have to keep Tucker as long as they did Macintyre, cu is not considered big time enough for a top flight coach to take the job there. cu didn't have Tucker in mind immediately when they fired Mac, kind of like when Solich was let go, "let's just give it to the first one that accepts."

True and Tucker comes in and brags about their national prominence, history and facilities like they are Alabama.

 

[vanzandt]

True and Tucker comes in and brags about their national prominence, history and facilities like they are Alabama.

Hey, for 18.5 million I would say the same thing....

 

[JohnRossEwing]

They might have to keep Tucker as long as they did Macintyre, cu is not considered big time enough for a top flight coach to take the job there. cu didn't have Tucker in mind immediately when they fired Mac, kind of like when Solich was let go, "let's just give it to the first one that accepts."

Yeah...how is this a thing? Their new coach just signed a lotto ticket for 18 million dollars...the idea that coaches may or may not think a job is worth the risk is outdated. The money talks.

 

[Charlie Marlow]

They could have hired me for half of that. I would have accepted the 'risk'.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

They could have hired me for half of that. I would have accepted the 'risk'.

Amen...

People need to stop acting like this is a start up business that you are doing alone...or a sales job based on 100% commission.

This is a freaking lotto ticket.

 

[schuele]

Tucker doesn't even have to do all that well to keep the job. Had McIntyre's Buffs not completely melted down at home against an absolutely horrible Oregon State team, he goes 6-6 and probably gets another year. Get that game and a win over any one of three other bad teams - Arizona, USC or Cal, and the Buffs are 7-5 and Mac is probably safe for another 2-3 years.

Tucker may or may not work out, but the expectations of him are not exactly lofty.

 

[F5Tornado]

Tucker doesn't even have to do all that well to keep the job. Had McIntyre's Buffs not completely melted down at home against an absolutely horrible Oregon State team, he goes 6-6 and probably gets another year. Get that game and a win over any one of three other bad teams - Arizona, USC or Cal, and the Buffs are 7-5 and Mac is probably safe for another 2-3 years.

Tucker may or may not work out, but the expectations of him are not exactly lofty.

A fair amount of cu fans still think they are an elite program and that they should be a top 20 team every year, especially the nuts on netbuffs. This is going to be the hire that will elevate them back to late 80's, early 90's type of success.

 

[Hastings4Huskers]

A fair amount of cu fans still think they are an elite program and that they should be a top 20 team every year, especially the nuts on netbuffs. This is going to be the hire that will elevate them back to late 80's, early 90's type of success.

This is kind of what we're hoping for out of HCSF correct? Hate to say it but we haven't been elite for many years.

 

[F5Tornado]

This is kind of what we're hoping for out of HCSF correct? Hate to say it but we haven't been elite for many years.

Did I infer that Nebraska was elite lately?

 

[burkek]

Just random posters on Rivals, plenty from Iowa.

Iowa sucks!

 

[EATAFAT1]

Illegal contract you say. No, not them there smurt culluradinns. Gosh, durr hurr, maybe that them boyz need to stop smokin that green wacky before writing and signin up them con-tractz

 

[huskerhooligansdotcom]

Tucker doesn't even have to do all that well to keep the job. Had McIntyre's Buffs not completely melted down at home against an absolutely horrible Oregon State team, he goes 6-6 and probably gets another year. Get that game and a win over any one of three other bad teams - Arizona, USC or Cal, and the Buffs are 7-5 and Mac is probably safe for another 2-3 years.

Tucker may or may not work out, but the expectations of him are not exactly lofty.

Very crazy their downfall this season.... they were undefeated and ranked in the top 25. Next time i heard from them they were firing their coach.

 

[SkerInCo]

LOL CU.

 

[Solana Beach Husker]

They could have hired me for half of that. I would have accepted the 'risk'.

Half...how bout a tithe....imagine getting 1.8 million...that is enough for most people to live on for 30 years....

 

[oldjar07]

A fair amount of cu fans still think they are an elite program and that they should be a top 20 team every year, especially the nuts on netbuffs. This is going to be the hire that will elevate them back to late 80's, early 90's type of success.

Colorado shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as they are for the last decade plus. There's no reason they shouldn't be a top 30 type of program.

 

[phoenix4nu]

Colorado shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as they are for the last decade plus. There's no reason they shouldn't be a top 30 type of program.

They seem like an odd fit in the PAC 12 to me. Maybe the move there has hurt them.

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

They seem like an odd fit in the PAC 12 to me. Maybe the move there has hurt them.

The universities lack of commitment to athletics, the overall snooty attitude of the academic administration, that is what is hurting Colorado. IMHO

 

[9and4]

The universities lack of commitment to athletics, the overall snooty attitude of the academic administration, that is what is hurting Colorado. IMHO

This. I worked for CU Boulder until 2017.

 

[F5Tornado]

When Gordon Gee was at cu, he made it easier for academic at risk players to get into the university, no coincidence that the buffs had a rise in better athletes during his time and for a short time after. But the high tower folks who detested sports let their feelings be known, and there was quite the war going on inside the administration that still lingers today.