Unfortunately for Colorado fans, his team's defensive play reminds me of the French Army...lots of running backwards.
While his offensive attack last year vs. a quality UGA defense looked less like a Steve Spurrier creation and more like something Benedict Arnold would create (ie lots of helping the wrong team). But I digress.
A big story on ESPN.com last week (sorry..this has been in my draft folder for a while) involves Hawkins' son Cody's commitment to play QB for the Buffs. The story states:
Cody Hawkins attended most spring football practices after surprising his father on national signing day in February by committing to play at CU.Am I the only person who thinks Hawkins just made a huge blunder?
"If Cody were 6-foot-2, he would be one of the top quarterbacks in the nation," Dan Hawkins said on signing day. "He is unbelievably accurate and he has never lost a football game since he's been in sixth grade."
Rule #1 in the Coaching Handbook says:
"Never hype a true freshman QB. You don't have to because the fans will do it."
Rule #2 in the Coaching Handbook says:
"Never get caught sleeping with a male cheerleader." But that's not really relevant to this story.
Rule #3 in the Coaching Handbook says:
"Never hype your own kid."
Hawkins just broke two of the big three. This kid is either:
- A. Going to never win the starting job so it won't matter.
B. Going to win the job and have everyone wonder if it's only because he's "Daddy's Boy".
C. Going to win the job and scare away 2-3 years worth of quarterback recruits.
If Hawkins were smart, he'd fly Cody under the radar. Besides, when was the last time a 5'11" and 176 lb QB did much at the BCS level? Joe Hamilton? Doug Flutie? Those guys are few and far between.
Cody's role model visits Six Flags.
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How quickly we forget...Eric Zeier. Pretty good college qb, I'd say. He might be 6' with high heels on.
i had classes with Eric. He was closer to 6'1" than 5'11".
GeorgiaDogs.com lists him as 6'2"
SI.com's NFL page lists him at 6'1"
Dont get me wrong...I loved Eric Zeier. He did a great job for us, and it is my theory that the reason we didnt win an SECC during his tenure was that the defense was not up to the standards set by the offense....but....
Good as Eric was, we didnt win an SECC. We didnt play in a major bowl. We didnt beat Florida. (it hurts me to compile this list). Even if Cody Hawkins IS the next Eric Zeier, what does that say about the direction of Colorado football?
I guess Dan Hawkins is a good coach. He sounds like a fun guy, and I'm sure he takes his job seriously. However, as I noted last summer before the Boise St-UGA game, at some point, optimism has to give way to physics. All that rah rah, Art of War/Jedi mind trick stuff didnt exactly keep Hawk from wetting the bed in Sanford, did it?
Unless Hawk gets Cody some OL who can play, backs who can run, and a D that can actually stop people, it wont matter if Cody is the next Peyton Manning (who, by the way, didnt win an SECC, either, did he? And he's well over 6 feet.)
FWIW, Joe Ham never "technically" played at GTu. His exploits are null.
Technically Joe Ham played as a FR and Soph for GT because the NCAA's statute of limitations only extended back to 1998 despite NCAA and GT agreement that the cheating extended to 1992 or earlier.
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