Like it or not, there are different standards for a coach that come with a third season on the job. It's true of any sport and it's true no matter what condition the team was in when the coach took over.
Goodbye, honeymoon. Hello, expectations.
Colorado football coach Mike MacIntyre is keenly aware of those facts as he approaches his third season in Boulder. Players report for the start of practices in just three weeks. Yet, MacIntyre also knows better than anyone where his program stands in the rebuilding process and how it stacks up to the rest of the Pac-12 Conference, a league he considers the best in the nation.