Chip Kelly to UCLA: $4 Mil/Year

[78]

I would have assumed that UF officials had something very concrete in hand before allowing the orchestrated twitter emojis from players. That wouldn't seem to be the kind of thing you would put in motion without a serious agreement, something more than just "we're hopeful that Chip will sign the contract we had talked about".

Or they were advised we're on hold 24 hours, don't say a thing. But if you must, here's what you can say.

 

[LongTooth]

I would have assumed that UF officials had something very concrete in hand before allowing the orchestrated twitter emojis from players. That wouldn't seem to be the kind of thing you would put in motion without a serious agreement, something more than just "we're hopeful that Chip will sign the contract we had talked about".

I would think a done deal would result in something besides a "hmmm" emoji.

 

[BluH2OGtr]

I would have assumed that UF officials had something very concrete in hand before allowing the orchestrated twitter emojis from players. That wouldn't seem to be the kind of thing you would put in motion without a serious agreement, something more than just "we're hopeful that Chip will sign the contract we had talked about".[/QU
Good point. Now, if we don't sign him, how will the players view it?

 

[GatorShea]

I sure hope this is true but with so much information out there that goes in twenty different directions, it's hard to not feel down right now.

 

[Jaguar45]

I stepped away for a few hours to try and show my wife I’m a respectable husband... I come back to chaos and excitement and joy then misery. I was all on board the Chip Kelly train, but the **** he just pulled tonight... **** that guy. First off... It’s UCLA... They’re completely second tier to UF. And you don’t entertain the UF officials coming to your place fully knowing you intend to blow them off!

He’s totally leveraging UF, using UF for his personal gain and that’s a pretty douche move and only Bc he dooped UF pretty bad. We need a guy who’s ALL in. That **** has pissed me off, and honestly, I’m good without him now Bc of it. Stricklin did what he needed to do, it’s the other party that’s to blame.

 

[MertzJay26]

I sure hope this is true but with so much information out there that goes in twenty different directions, it's hard to not feel down right now.

Who freaking knows at this point.

 

[jdh5484]

Remember when we could all agree we sucked and didn't have to depend on a Twitter source to confirm it?

Fun times.

 

[Fishon]

step one: open bottle of woodford reserve
step two: pour
step three: sweet slumber until noonish tomorrow

 

[divits]

There's already a few. I think anyway you slice this bid, we're moving outside our normal comfort level. You might even say we're selling our soul to a degree.

Yeah, a little bit. Desperate times call for desperate measures. And there's no other way to say it but UF, through years of mismanagement and downright buffoonery, has become embarrassingly desperate. If this deal falls through we will be the laughing stock of college football.

 

[BluH2OGtr]

UCLA firing Mora wasn't a surprise. UCLA's people had to have already reached out to Kelly.

Exactly

 

[gatorfan81]

It all boils down do you want to compete with the big boys and go up against NFL caliber defenses. Or take the easy road and have one or two hard games a year and get blown out when you face a real team. If he wants to go back to the NFL, showing them that his offense can go toe to toe
with SEC defenses would raise alot of eyebrows.

 

[78]

Yeah, a little bit. Desperate times call for desperate measures. And there's no other way to say it but UF, through years of mismanagement and downright buffoonery, has become embarrassingly desperate. If this deal falls through we will be the laughing stock of college football.

We'll be laughed at, but that's not saying much in this day and age. Everyone loves the other guy's misery, esp when it's your rivals reveling in it.

Kelly's an elephant and we all know what happens when you go elephant hunting. We have no worse than a 50/50 if rumors are accurate and Frost's still at play. I'm not ready to jump off a ledge just yet.

But I am frustrated. Never seen anything quite like it.

 

[LeeForThree]

Logic says the guy who's dad is on the search committee spilled the beans before he should have, then they had to blast a bunch of rumors saying it wasn't done. This can be seen by a bunch of people with ****ting sources saying they confirmed that it wasn' done like Andreu and Dooley

 

[LongTooth]

Andrew Hall @DudeYouCrazy says it's a done deal.

Bruin Report is going with the 247 story that UCLA got in the mix at the last minute and there's no deal just yet.

Insane.

 

[LaYzieGaTor]

Wow , Kelly played us hard to get Mora fired. Well played chip, well played

 

[Born2beagator]

UCLA is a skidmark on the underpants of college football. They don't have the chance to amount to anything. Ever. Why go there???

 

[GatorShea]

We've had an ex-Dawg and a guy that loves peanut butter and corn as our past two coaches. I want the next guy to be 100% all Gator and not just a lover of waffles.

 

[Since65]

I would think a done deal would result in something besides a "hmmm" emoji.

Actually I think it would more likely support the John Ivory theory....that UF wants to manage the announcement on their own terms. The players emojis were intended to be a big tease but the actual unveiling was to be done by the higher-ups at the appointed time. If Kelly is the hire then the announcement should be done with pomp and ceremony, not leaking out over several hours from the Twitter accounts of Gator players.

I just don't think they would have told the players to put out the "h-mmm" emojis without being absolutely sure that there was good news to follow.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Again, a reminder, Urban listened to ND after Fooley very publicly flew out there and left empty-handed.

 

[gingerlover]

At this point the UAA should just put us out if our misery. The last 7 years are bad enough without them botching this and us ending up with a 3rd tier coach.

If it’s done then just announce it. We’ve done our suffering long enough