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[quote author=winflop link=topic=16408.msg185717#msg185717 date=1484004978]

• "the bears could have hired Mike MacIntyre instead of Sonny Dykes" - I don't think this is true.  My recollection is that Barbour reached out to MacIntyre and he turned her down
  

Well, I don't think anyone outside of the principles really knows. Cal did hire Dykes first. Story among the weenie faithful is that Barbour preferred Dykes for the offensive fireworks. Of course it is possible that she preferred Dykes because McIntyre told her he thought he had better offers coming down the pipe.
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Was Colorado really a better offer? I guess they probably have more resources, but in football terms you'd have to think that Cal was in a better spot. Sure, they were terrible that year, but had been decent recently and Goff was already committed, right? Colorado had nothing.

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[quote author=winflop link=topic=16408.msg185717#msg185717 date=1484004978]

• "the bears could have hired Mike MacIntyre instead of Sonny Dykes" - I don't think this is true.  My recollection is that Barbour reached out to MacIntyre and he turned her down
  

Well, I don't think anyone outside of the principles really knows. Cal did hire Dykes first. Story among the weenie faithful is that Barbour preferred Dykes for the offensive fireworks. Of course it is possible that she preferred Dykes because McIntyre told her he thought he had better offers coming down the pipe.
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Was Colorado really a better offer? I guess they probably have more resources, but in football terms you'd have to think that Cal was in a better spot. Sure, they were terrible that year, but had been decent recently and Goff was already committed, right? Colorado had nothing.