AD expresses ‘disappointment’ in Buffs’ 0-3 start

Amid Colorado’s disastrous three-game begin to the season, athletic director Rick George launched a press release acknowledging the fan base’s discontent with the state of this system.

“Like all of you, I’ve been disenchanted to look at our soccer group wrestle this fall, most just lately yesterday at Minnesota,” the assertion mentioned. “I do know that our student-athletes are able to a lot extra that every one of you deserve higher outcomes.”

The Buffaloes are 0-3 and have misplaced by scores of 38-13 (TCU), 41-10 (Air Power) and 49-7 (Minnesota). They usually have seemed progressively much less aggressive, calling into query the standing of third-year coach Karl Dorrell.

“I would like you to know that I hear you. I acknowledge and perceive your disappointment and frustration and maybe, even anger,” George mentioned. “We now have not come near assembly our expectations this season and we personal that. I do know that Coach Dorrell, our teaching and help workers, and our student-athletes are working laborious to get us on observe, and with convention play beginning this Saturday, we hope all of us will get pleasure from a house victory over UCLA.”

Dorrell was employed previous to the 2020 season after Mel Tucker left Boulder after only one season for Michigan State. Dorrell had spent many of the earlier 12 years as an assistant coach within the NFL — with a one-year stint because the offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt — after a five-year stint as the pinnacle coach at UCLA (2003-07), the place he went 35-27.

His tenure began on excessive notice with 4 straight wins to start the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, however the Buffaloes have gone simply 4-13 since.

If Dorrell is fired previous to Dec. 31, he can be owed roughly $8.7 million, in accordance with the Boulder Every day Digicam.

Other than 2016, when the group went 10-4 and coach Mike MacIntyre was a nationwide coach of the 12 months honoree, the Buffs’ final profitable season outdoors of the 2020 COVID-19 season (4-2) got here in 2005, after they went 7-6.