Jon Embree doesn’t feel worried.
He’s not feeling the heat of the first days of August practice. He’s not fretting taking over the Colorado Buffaloes after a tumultuous firing and season a year prior. He’s not bothered by joining what could be the toughest conference in America and thus 13 straight weeks of downright dogfights.
The sweat on his brow is from none of these things; it’s from the lack of air conditioning due to a weak swamp cooler in the Dal Ward Athletic Center. (The upwards of 50 media members jam packed into a little press conference room probably didn’t help either.)
But that lack of concern is concerning.
With less than a month until his first game, and only 4 full days of practice as the head coach under his belt he shouldn’t be as snug as a bug. ‘This isn’t his first rodeo,’ but technically it is. He thinks that this job is just football, and its easy pickings.
As a fan, as a sportswriter, as a person who has seen this program struggle the last three years for numerous reasons this is not the kind of attitude I want to see. Strife, turmoil, upheaval should be the environment at CU; instead it’s nonchalant, harmonious, and relaxation.
The Buffs were the best when students were burning couches, throwing marshmallows and, most importantly, when the football team was unmercifully demolishing their opposition.
Be concerned, or get worried.
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