ESPN's Pete Thamel reported Monday that Sean Lewis is joining the Colorado Buffaloes as offensive coordinator.
Some may question his decision to become an offensive coordinator at Colorado, but I have felt all along that Coach Lewis was better suited as an offensive coordinator than a head coach. The truth of the matter, the reason Lewis had a 7-7 record last year was because of Dustin Crum. Without Crum this year, the Flashes regressed to a 5-7 record. And if Maurice Linguist and the Buffalo Bulls didn't blow their 14-point lead in the 4th quarter against Kent State, Lewis would have finished with a 4-8 record.
And if blowing a 24-10 lead with 7 minutes left in the game wasn't bad enough, the Bulls gave the game away in overtime when somehow, they chose to be on offense first instead of defense. Had the Bulls elected to be on defense first, they would have gone for a touchdown to tie the game instead of kicking the field goal.
After the game, Linguist said that linebacker James Patterson was supposed to say they wanted the ball second, but that was a communications issue. How pathetic is that?
Such incompetence helps explain why Buffalo struggled to defeat Akron 23-22 even when the Bulls needed the win to become bowl eligible.
Knowing the MAC next year will be much more competitive than it was this season, Lewis knew his chances of a winning record in 2023 were slim and it was time for him to move on.
I have to believe Lewis sought the guidance of Dino Babers in deciding whether he should accept the OC position at Colorado. And if that were the case, I believe Babers told him to take it because that would better position Lewis for a P-5 head coaching job in the future.
One day, Lewis would like to make the kind of money that Babers is getting at Syracuse and perhaps that day may come. But it will take more time.
Baber's salary at Syracuse
2022 $3,983,295
2021 $3,504,958
2020 $3,208,683
2019 $2,268,825
Lewis' salary at Kent State
2022 Kent State $530,000
2021 Kent State $510,000
2020 Kent State $433,167
2019 Kent State $440,000
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Some may question his decision to become an offensive coordinator at Colorado, but I have felt all along that Coach Lewis was better suited as an offensive coordinator than a head coach. The truth of the matter, the reason Lewis had a 7-7 record last year was because of Dustin Crum. Without Crum this year, the Flashes regressed to a 5-7 record. And if Maurice Linguist and the Buffalo Bulls didn't blow their 14-point lead in the 4th quarter against Kent State, Lewis would have finished with a 4-8 record.
And if blowing a 24-10 lead with 7 minutes left in the game wasn't bad enough, the Bulls gave the game away in overtime when somehow, they chose to be on offense first instead of defense. Had the Bulls elected to be on defense first, they would have gone for a touchdown to tie the game instead of kicking the field goal.
After the game, Linguist said that linebacker James Patterson was supposed to say they wanted the ball second, but that was a communications issue. How pathetic is that?
Such incompetence helps explain why Buffalo struggled to defeat Akron 23-22 even when the Bulls needed the win to become bowl eligible.
Knowing the MAC next year will be much more competitive than it was this season, Lewis knew his chances of a winning record in 2023 were slim and it was time for him to move on.
I have to believe Lewis sought the guidance of Dino Babers in deciding whether he should accept the OC position at Colorado. And if that were the case, I believe Babers told him to take it because that would better position Lewis for a P-5 head coaching job in the future.
One day, Lewis would like to make the kind of money that Babers is getting at Syracuse and perhaps that day may come. But it will take more time.
Baber's salary at Syracuse
2022 $3,983,295
2021 $3,504,958
2020 $3,208,683
2019 $2,268,825
Lewis' salary at Kent State
2022 Kent State $530,000
2021 Kent State $510,000
2020 Kent State $433,167
2019 Kent State $440,000
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