Comments on: 1980′s Fanaticism – 1970′s overview – Chuck Fairbanks

By: Dick Taylor

Dick Taylor — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:05:35 +0000

Well your piece still is good. I haven’t changed my opinion as exspressed in October 2009 in your original writing but I have published a book about my years playing for Crowder, which is titled, “A Chip Off The Old Buffalo”. I attempt to cover Eddie’s first years as well as my coming of age through it all.The book is available at B&N, Amazon.com,Xlibris.com or http://www.dicktay44.com. Coach Crowder was complicated and had talent but didn’t provide to his players what he reqired of them, loyalty!

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:23:02 +0000

I respectively disagree with DT. Bill Mallory’s best CU teams were in 75 and 76 with Eddie Crowder’s players. The talent level of the players recruited to Colorado was going down hill fast, simular to the end of Gary B’s time here. Fairbanks came in and thought he could win without putting in the time or work but, the program was already in the rebuilding mode.

By: Dick Taylor

Dick Taylor — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:40:07 +0000

Mallory in my opinion was never provided the support from Crowder. Mallory had established a solid program including having the most NFL players of any program at the time. Eddie was afraid it wouldn’t work under Mallory and didn’t have the courage to support him and actually get there as would happen under McCartney. What was needed was to get rid of Eddie, which was done fortunately before he could muck up McCartney’s program. But for that Eddie would have ruined that program as well.