Chip Kelly to UCLA: $4 Mil/Year

[divits]

Not to try and be a bummer, but at this point I will be surprised if Kelly decides to coach at Florida. The more I read about him the more I think he's a wild card who doesn't look at situations the way others do. I don't think money is a motivator for him like most people. He's shown that in the past when he's had opportunities to more than double his salary and move up the coaching ranks and turned it down.

We all think Florida makes sense to him because of recruiting talent, fan support, the money we can pay, etc. . But he was able to recruit the kind of talent he needed at Oregon so I don't think he needs to be in Florida to get the kind of guys he needs. And I don't think he cares about fan support at all. I think he's one of those guys who likes to design things and gets personal satisfaction and enjoyment out of watching his inventions work and doesn't care what others think.

Either way, it's hard to determine with this guy what the mitigating factor is that will attract him to a job. And with the plethora of coaching jobs coming open there are more and more options available that might hold the secret sauce that he, and only he, is looking for. He's definitely a different dude.

 

[GatorShea]

I'll be surprised if his name is already on a contract. I highly doubt it is. I'd love for us to have him but I'm not holding my breath. I hope SS isn't vested in only this option.

 

[TonyD]

I'll be surprised if his name is already on a contract. I highly doubt it is. I'd love for us to have him but I'm not holding my breath. I hope SS isn't vested in only in this option.

This is what I am afraid of two... all the eggs in one basket... it tells all the other candidates that they are playing second fiddle... Haven't heard word one about anyone else other than our own speculation...

 

[TheDouglas78]

If you are Kelly why would you sign a week before all the possible jobs are on the market. Is his agent that dumb, not to look at all the jobs that will be in play after "black Monday".

 

[TonyD]

This is what I am afraid of two... all the eggs in one basket... it tells all the other candidates that they are playing second fiddle... Haven't heard word one about anyone else other than our own speculation...

Ummm... "too"... jeez... I need more coffee...

 

[Daryl]

If you are Kelly why would you sign a week before all the possible jobs are on the market. Is his agent that dumb, not to look at all the jobs that will be in play after "black Monday".

Because UF is the top job open... or will be open

 

[alcoholica]

This isn’t how i feel reading about Chip Kelly not coming to UF rumors

 

[B52G8rAC]

So, the Kelly rumors are all subterfuge. We are paying him a retainer to make innocuous and meaningless statements about being courted by Florida. Even took the whole University brain trust to New Hampshire for lobster to bolster the claim. We are really pursuing an up and coming high school coach from Michigan so our AD will not need to hire another coach. Guys, we will have another football coach. It will be someone who has D1 experience. It will take two years to put out this dumpster fire. Nothing else is a fact until we see signed papers.

 

[Daryl]

A lawyer on TOS says that a contract can be signed by both parties but not executed until a future date which would protect Kelly’s NFL money, but would also lock Kelly into to UF and lock UF into Kelly. With this coupled with what the insiders are saying that it’s a done deal, the conclusion over on TOS is that Kelly and UF officials HAVE signed the contract, but it simply can’t be executed until after the FSU game to protect Kelly’s $5 million in NFL money. And UF definitely does not want to announce it until the contract is fully executed and in effect. The lawyers opinion is that announcing a signed but not fully executed contract may muddy the waters and give an opening for the NFL teams to not pay Kelly the $5 mil. Basically no reason to rush the announcement when they already have a signed and binding contract in hand. Also the legal explanation of the NFL clause is that Kelly can’t work for another college or NFL team during that team’s season or he doesn’t get paid the $5 million however once our regular season is over, he is good to go. This also most likely means that we will not accept a bowl invite if beating FSU makes us bowl eligible if going to a bowl would delay the execution of the contract until after the bowl game. And also the mods over on TOS believe that report from Buddy Martin (the $5 million NFL story) was likely fed to him by Stricklin or another UAA official in order to calm Gator Nation and walk everyone back from the ledge. They say that Buddy has been plugged into Gator athletics for decades and he doesn’t report garbage. They believe that the most likely source for that kind of information in regard to the NFL money likely came from the top or very close to it. This all lines up with what TG and insiders here have been saying. Just another source. All signs point to an announcement after the FSU game sometime this weekend or possibly on Monday.

 

[rogdochar]

A friend of mine, flying from Atlanta to LA, sore Chip Kelly was a passenger, My friend was sure it was Kelly because he went to the cockpit door and shouted heading corrections to the pilots and pressed his loud I-Pad music ag'in the metal door.

I like Kelly as HC, like his innovative style, like what his player-expectations are, etc. I worry that he is such a departure from the typical, that high-star players will avoid UF? It's risky to expect SEC area players to "buy-in" to Kelly's system last used 6 years ago way out northwest?

Don't get making excuses for Kelly getting fired twice by NFL teams; surely no one is saying that's an asset? Plus, his "dream-job" is back in the NFL? This "speaking-in-tongues" religious zeal worries me over blind acceptance.

 

[gooneygoogoo]

Sometimes you gotta hit rock bottom before you turn things around.

This brings up an interesting question. I saw some people on here getting heat for sort of hoping for us to lose games so that we could get rid of Butters. Assuming we land Kelly it could be said that some of the losses were the best thing for us. I can’t outwardly pull for us to lose games but imagine if we had beaten LSU, lost big to uga, lost a close one to A&M and beaten USC. There would be nothing to look forward to except maybe hoping for a home run OC hire in the offseason. We would miss out on Kelly, Frost etc and have more boring football to watch next year.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

This brings up an interesting question. I saw some people on here getting heat for sort of hoping for us to lose games so that we could get rid of Butters. Assuming we land Kelly it could be said that some of the losses were the best thing for us. I can’t outwardly pull for us to lose games but imagine if we had beaten LSU, lost big to uga, lost a close one to A&M and beaten USC. There would be nothing to look forward to except maybe hoping for a home run OC hire in the offseason. We would miss out on Kelly, Frost etc and have more boring football to watch next year.

no argument here. I have zero shame in admitting that knowing now that a 5 game losing streak would get him canned, if we got a do over I’d say heck no.

Sometimes a little failure and disappointment early can result in long term success. The only thing worse than butters in his current state would be butters doing just enough to stay alive and us turn into uga under richt. Can you imagine 10 years more of the last 2?

 

[Gator Fever]

This brings up an interesting question. I saw some people on here getting heat for sort of hoping for us to lose games so that we could get rid of Butters. Assuming we land Kelly it could be said that some of the losses were the best thing for us. I can’t outwardly pull for us to lose games but imagine if we had beaten LSU, lost big to uga, lost a close one to A&M and beaten USC. There would be nothing to look forward to except maybe hoping for a home run OC hire in the offseason. We would miss out on Kelly, Frost etc and have more boring football to watch next year.

Yep I think without that LSU loss the wheels may have not come off quite enough later for them to fire Mac.

 

[GatorShea]

Most knew that Butters was toast and we are glad that breakfast came sooner than later.

 

[ATXGator]

Maybe I need to rephrase – how could they? What legal leverage do they have to do something like that? The commissioner works for the presidents. Not the opposite way.

Unless the president is doing something that legally binds or damages the SEC, why would the other presidents use the commissioner to force a sanction? Particularly against a powerhouse like UF?

That is why I used the term "push" instead of "force". I don't think they can legally force us to do it, but I'm sure they can put pressure on the administration to take it if they thought it was what was best for the SEC.

 

[Fishon]

A lawyer on TOS says that a contract can be signed by both parties but not executed until a future date which would protect Kelly’s NFL money, but would also lock Kelly into to UF and lock UF into Kelly. With this coupled with what the insiders are saying that it’s a done deal, the conclusion over on TOS is that Kelly and UF officials HAVE signed the contract, but it simply can’t be executed until after the FSU game to protect Kelly’s $5 million in NFL money. And UF definitely does not want to announce it until the contract is fully executed and in effect. The lawyers opinion is that announcing a signed but not fully executed contract may muddy the waters and give an opening for the NFL teams to not pay Kelly the $5 mil. Basically no reason to rush the announcement when they already have a signed and binding contract in hand. Also the legal explanation of the NFL clause is that Kelly can’t work for another college or NFL team during that team’s season or he doesn’t get paid the $5 million however once our regular season is over, he is good to go. This also most likely means that we will not accept a bowl invite if beating FSU makes us bowl eligible if going to a bowl would delay the execution of the contract until after the bowl game. And also the mods over on TOS believe that report from Buddy Martin (the $5 million NFL story) was likely fed to him by Stricklin or another UAA official in order to calm Gator Nation and walk everyone back from the ledge. They say that Buddy has been plugged into Gator athletics for decades and he doesn’t report garbage. They believe that the most likely source for that kind of information in regard to the NFL money likely came from the top or very close to it. This all lines up with what TG and insiders here have been saying. Just another source. All signs point to an announcement after the FSU game sometime this weekend or possibly on Monday.

I thought bowl games were considered post season?

 

[StPeteGator]

It’s all there to see. I’ve given 252 dislikes, but 12,503 likes....

Damn, Smalls, 12,503 likes?? You make me feel like an effin ahole. :cool:

 

[StPeteGator]

Went to bed at 10 last night and missed almost 20 pages?

No you didn't

 

[Durfish]

Most knew that Butters was toast and we are glad that breakfast came sooner than later.

I saw what you did there. Butters, toast, breakfast. It's a thematic post.

 

[TheDouglas78]

I thought bowl games were considered post season?

They are