Let's hire Les

[GatorJB]

Les is a better option than what we have, but he's not the answer. He's started too many crappy QBs during his career to make me think we would get something different. I'm sick of terrible QB play.

I wish the university could force Foley into paying for Mac's buyout because all of this mess is ultimately his fault.

 

[gingerlover]

I think you have 1 more year for Petrino to leave. HE has one more year with jackson and then he bolts to highest bidder

 

[Concrete Helmet]

I know the timing is kinda bad for this suggestion, buutttt unlike Miles or our present coach, Bert ACTUALLY tries to make adjustments when things aren't working like hiring a different OC...he gets decent QB play from average QB's, has functional offensive lines, is used to working with 3 stars, runs a clean program, ACTUALLY BEATS RANKED TEAMS, 5-4 in the last 2 seasons....The only thing he's missing is a fertile recruiting area.....

 

[gatormandan]

I know the timing is kinda bad for this suggestion, buutttt unlike Miles or our present coach, Bert ACTUALLY tries to make adjustments when things aren't working like hiring a different OC...he gets decent QB play from average QB's, has functional offensive lines, is used to working with 3 stars, runs a clean program, ACTUALLY BEATS RANKED TEAMS, 5-4 in the last 2 seasons....The only thing he's missing is a fertile recruiting area.....

Fvkk Bert and the doughnut shop he rode in on.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Fvkk Bert and the doughnut shop he rode in on.

If you had to chose between the two to coach the Gators next year who would you take? BERT>mac

 

[GatorJB]

I know the timing is kinda bad for this suggestion, buutttt unlike Miles or our present coach, Bert ACTUALLY tries to make adjustments when things aren't working like hiring a different OC...he gets decent QB play from average QB's, has functional offensive lines, is used to working with 3 stars, runs a clean program, ACTUALLY BEATS RANKED TEAMS, 5-4 in the last 2 seasons....The only thing he's missing is a fertile recruiting area.....

I don't think he'd recruit well in that fertile recruiting area. Mac stole two out-of-state recruits from him last year and he still is having a hard time keeping his best in-state recruits from going elsewhere.

We definitely need a coach that can recruit and that the recruits will be excited about.

 

[ergator920103]

I agree with OX on this one. I would offer Chip Kelly $10 MM/year to come back to college. If he was our coach, we would have 5 stars lined up at the door to play here - especially the offensive players.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

I don't think he'd recruit well in that fertile recruiting area. Mac stole two out-of-state recruits from him last year and he still is having a hard time keeping his best in-state recruits from going elsewhere.

We definitely need a coach that can recruit and that the recruits will be excited about.

I'm not at all serious but it kind of proves the point about stealing 2 out of state recruits from him......If the coach of UF can do that what does it say about Arky as a desirable place to play?

 

[gatormandan]

If you had to chose between the two to coach the Gators next year who would you take? BERT>mac

Honestly? Neither. I certainly would never chose Bert. Never.

 

[jeeping8r]

Any opinions on the new guy at UCF? They seem to be playing well.

 

[FireFoley]

I know the timing is kinda bad for this suggestion, buutttt unlike Miles or our present coach, Bert ACTUALLY tries to make adjustments when things aren't working like hiring a different OC...he gets decent QB play from average QB's, has functional offensive lines, is used to working with 3 stars, runs a clean program, ACTUALLY BEATS RANKED TEAMS, 5-4 in the last 2 seasons....The only thing he's missing is a fertile recruiting area.....

This is something I mentioned at the beginning of the season about the SEC East. Prior to the beginning of the season who would most have said is the best HC in the East? You have 2 new coaches, 1 retread and 4 others. My answer before the season and again right now would have been the Vandy coach. Yes you have to judge him a bit differently b/c although their players are not at the same academic standard as the general student population there, the athletes still are not morons. Vandy can't recruit just anyone. I have seen enough from the 2 new coaches to show me they stink at game management based on some questionable decisions. The other 4 are just awful. I am not saying Bert is the guy, but I use him as an example in regards to his mentor Barry Alvarez. When Alvarez took over a middling to bottom WISC team, the Big 10 was still the Big 2 Little 8, but littered with awful coaches especially at Michigan (Moeller, Carr, etc.) and Ohio State (John Cooper). Hell Hayden Fry was still at Iowa. So the fact that WISC hired a guy who turned out to be a good coach in regards to fundamental football allowed WISC to reach near the top of the Big 10 quickly. Bielema's teams do a lot of things that I personally like, but the point I was making early in the summer was that if UT, UGA, or UF could hire the absolute best coach, they could dominate the SEC East for 10 years, similar to how Alvarez was able to get WISC going quickly. The difference is that UT, UGA and UF are already near the top and just need the right sideline manager. I would love to find a guy who did a lot in terms of fundamentals without any 5 star talent and then let him apply those teachings to a group loaded with athleticism.

 

[FireFoley]

I agree with OX on this one. I would offer Chip Kelly $10 MM/year to come back to college. If he was our coach, we would have 5 stars lined up at the door to play here - especially the offensive players.

FWIW I just saw where Kelly says he is not interested in going back to college ball. But since Kelly is a noted liar, it probably means he is interested. I personally have no interest in him as our coach b/c I have no interest in watching and losing games 60-50, I am one of the few who enjoy a game like alabama-lsu much more.

 

[GatorRaz]

Scott Frost is the guy at UCF and is a former Nebraska qb. Also coached at Oregon previously.

Not a big fan of bringing in Kelly to the SEC however, it would be better than what we have now.