The Real Spring Practice Thread

[ChiefGator]

I do appreciate you Chief. We have no one like you on this board.

Thanks I appreciate that.

 

[ATXGator]

And if Trask wins the job. Great. We'll all cheer him on every Saturday.

You got this like for changing your avatar to show Dmitri "meat hook" Hill!

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Yes, we only have one Aspergers on this board.

 

[ufgator812]

How do you know this? Objective evidence? Or just opinion?

First hand experience brother. Wouldn't you want some bang for your buck? Maybe you just like pissing money away? I don't.

 

[ChiefGator]

First hand experience brother. Wouldn't you want some bang for your buck? Maybe you just like pissing money away? I don't.

So you are a Bull Gator and know other Bull Gators? And helping any Gator is not pissing money away, not that I actually have money to do that.

 

[LagoonGator68]

Yes, we only have one Aspergers on this board.

I'm not so sure.

 

[ufgator812]

So you are a Bull Gator and know other Bull Gators? And helping any Gator is not pissing money away, not that I actually have money to do that.

Helping any Gator? I'm talking about dumping truckloads on money into a sports program with no return on the investment.

 

[ChiefGator]

Helping any Gator? I'm talking about dumping truckloads on money into a sports program with no return on the investment.

Apparently I was not clear, having an excellent women's program is massive return on investment to me, not to mention borrowing way too much just to spend money is not acceptable. Now for other programs they either are OK with excessive debt or somehow raise more money than we apparently can. One of the ideas of having SOS back was to raise more money for all of our teams, not just football. I know a poster on another board who wanted our bball team to lose since it was a waste of funds. A waste being anything other than football. We don't want him over here ever.

 

[ufgator812]

Apparently I was not clear, having an excellent women's program is massive return on investment to me, not to mention borrowing way too much just to spend money is not acceptable. Now for other programs they either are OK with excessive debt or somehow raise more money than we apparently can. One of the ideas of having SOS back was to raise more money for all of our teams, not just football. I know a poster on another board who wanted our bball team to lose since it was a waste of funds. A waste being anything other than football. We don't want him over here ever.

Yes, having SOS back has helped to bring in more money. I'll let you guess why and from whom.

 

[ChiefGator]

You are either in the game or out....like there are no partial pregnancies.......

Foley needs to move to Vermont.

I don't think that is happening, but I do agree that at some point he should just be another important fan, when that time will be is a great question.

 

[ChiefGator]

Yes, having SOS back has helped to bring in more money. I'll let you guess why and from whom.

No guessing required.

 

[Gator2222]

But the real issue is the prioritization of the spending. We spend way more than our peers on non revenue sports and we are kicking our peers' tails in those sports. We spend way less than our peers on football and we are getting our tails kicked.

The Gators excel in so many sports it's easy to assume that we outspend our rivals in non revenue sports. Let's look at the actual data from Florida and our top rivals. All data is from 2015 (most recent available).

Participants (Includes Football):
Alabama 371 men, 400 women, 771 total
FSU 335 men, 352 women, 687 Total
Florida 362 men, 296 women, 658 total
Georgia 322 men, 331 women, 653 total
LSU 283 men, 297 women, 580 total

Total Expenses of all Men's Sports, Except Football and Basketball, Combined:
FSU $11,264,114
LSU $9,992,110
Florida $9,671,632
Alabama $8,738,482
Georgia $7,923,356

Total Expenses of all Women's Sports Combined:
Florida $20,273,664
FSU $20,143,247
Alabama $19,627,123
LSU $18,635,348
Georgia $18,626,309

Total Expenses of all Men's and Women's Sports, Except Football and Men's Basketball, Combined:
FSU $31,407,361
Florida $29,945,296
LSU $28,627,458
Alabama $28,365,605
Georgia $26,549,665

FSU actually outspends UF in non revenue sports. UF barely outspends LSU and Alabama.

It's a myth that Florida vastly outspends our rivals in non revenue sports.

https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/

 

[Swamp Donkey]

So you agree that football is the only sport in which we are cheapskates.

Any of the other nonrevenue sports get a 10 year 10 mil contract lately? I don't keep up much.

 

[Gator2222]

So you agree that football is the only sport in which we are cheapskates.

Any of the other nonrevenue sports get a 10 year 10 mil contract lately? I don't keep up much.

We do spend less than Alabama on football. In my opinion, we need to hire more off field analysts. I think it would help recruiting and on the field team performance.

 

[Blacklabgator]

So glad this practice thread has turned into a " how bad foley sucks" thread.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

So glad this practice thread has turned into a " how bad foley sucks" thread.

We could talk about spring practice and all that we or even the press are seeing. :crickets:. Except there is none.

Of how badly our coaches want Zaire maybe.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

The Gators excel in so many sports it's easy to assume that we outspend our rivals in non revenue sports. Let's look at the actual data from Florida and our top rivals. All data is from 2015 (most recent available).

Participants (Includes Football):
Alabama 371 men, 400 women, 771 total
FSU 335 men, 352 women, 687 Total
Florida 362 men, 296 women, 658 total
Georgia 322 men, 331 women, 653 total
LSU 283 men, 297 women, 580 total

Total Expenses of all Men's Sports, Except Football and Basketball, Combined:
FSU $11,264,114
LSU $9,992,110
Florida $9,671,632
Alabama $8,738,482
Georgia $7,923,356

Total Expenses of all Women's Sports Combined:
Florida $20,273,664
FSU $20,143,247
Alabama $19,627,123
LSU $18,635,348
Georgia $18,626,309

Total Expenses of all Men's and Women's Sports, Except Football and Men's Basketball, Combined:
FSU $31,407,361
Florida $29,945,296
LSU $28,627,458
Alabama $28,365,605
Georgia $26,549,665

FSU actually outspends UF in non revenue sports. UF barely outspends LSU and Alabama.

It's a myth that Florida vastly outspends our rivals in non revenue sports.

https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/

In your own "it's all about the money" thread you showed that we are second in the conference in spending for sports not including football and almost dead last for football.

I used some hyperbole, but we are one of the biggest spenders on non revenue sports. We are not when it comes to football.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

In your own "it's all about the money" thread you showed that we are second in the conference in spending for sports not including football and almost dead last for football.

And yet, so much of the money is tied up in terrible coaching hires, like paying a dude 12 million after we fire them, giving his OC a three year contract, and paying 10 million for a frickin baseball coach.

And doing the exact same damn thing with the next terrible football hire.

 

[RocketCityGator]

FSU actually outspends UF in non revenue sports. UF barely outspends LSU and Alabama.

It's a myth that Florida vastly outspends our rivals in non revenue sports.

https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/

Thank you for posting this data!

 

[URGatorBait]

I'm looking forward to a great year where our young talent gets a chance to shine.
Franks is going to OWN and DESTROY the competition this season.

It's gonna be great, believe me.