I read Woody Paige’s column in the Denver Post today and thought part of it was a little unfair to Dan Hawkins. So I thought I would share a different perspective here.
I’ve covered the Colorado football program every year Dan Hawkins has been the coach and I can tell you it is not unusual that Hawkins “disappeared” in December and January. Hawkins immerses himself in recruiting and doesn’t do a lot of interviews or public appearances at this time of year because he spends a great deal of his time on the road or focused on recruiting.
But if you really need to talk to him about something, he will make the time. At least that has been my experience with him. Before the NCAA stupidly instituted a rule a few years ago preventing head coaches from participating in the spring evaluation period off campus, Hawkins used to fall off the grid then, too. The man likes being on the road, meeting with high school coaches, recruits and their parents.
That’s what you want in a head coach when it comes to recruiting.
Hawkins wrapped up recruiting in Hawaii last week before coming home to host a group of recruits on campus. Trust me, the man was not on vacation. He has been recruiting Hawaii hard since his days at Boise State and even earlier. CU has several prospects in Hawaii this year, as it does most years. So it was perfectly logical for him to be there.
I don’t have any problem with the rest of what Woody wrote. I’m not trying to defend Hawkins’ record or anything. I just saw something that I know to be a bit off base. So I thought I would share my view of it.
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Earn your way back, Simas. Come back to the team a smarter, bigger, humbler man.
Agreed. Simas, from what I saw last year you have the chance to be a terrific player. Don't let this setback ruin your career. Learn from your mistakes, admit the problem, and work to overcome it. We need you in black and gold next year!
someone help me with this one……..simas may get to come back after all his "incidents" yet sumler was denied his last semester of scholarship cause he needed to pursue his master's somewhere else and leave cu—he always appeared to play by the rules. he just wanted to finish his undergraduate work at cu. where am i missing something?
i agree simas did well last year..but what about hawkin's comment saying "once is a mistake and twice is behavior"…conistency deems to be a problem for hawk, on and off….. .
sumler had a football scholarship… quit the team, yank the scholarship and use it for somebody else. makes sense to me. he can apply for other scholarships down the road like everybody else (read: non-football player).
true, however he could have just waited to let hawk know, til may……but instead he was courteous enough to let hawk know so it would benefit recruiting. imho…i might be way off. but, sumler could have finished spring semester and then told hawk…probably sumler's error…i really don't have all the facts at all…just a very outside thought