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No. I had never heard of Jim McElwain a month ago. I don't consider this a "splash hire" in the least. Doesn't mean it's a bad hire, though.NCOGator;n123702 said:Ox crazy question. Is this the hire that you thought about a month ago that Gator Nation would be fired up over?
Gatoravatara;n123703 said:Are we getting into a bidding war over this guy?
I think it's a good hire but not the splash that we needoxrageous;n123704 said:No. I had never heard of Jim McElwain a month ago. I don't consider this a "splash hire" in the least. Doesn't mean it's a bad hire, though.
oxrageous;n123718 said:The only specific thing I heard about McElwain from a source came from the best one I had, the Freeze source. It was three things:
1) Freeze was the #1 target and he was expected to be persuaded
2) Foley didn't like Dan Mullen
3) McElwain's buyout was too high
FWIW
chferg;n123725 said:This is turning ugly. Really makes Foley look bad going out there and coming back empty handed.