Should Foley be given carte blanche on the next hire?
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New presidents often bring "their guys" with them, especially if they see the need due to a raging dumpster fire.
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gardnerwebbalumnigator;n77903 said:
If hiring Meyer was all Bernie, and not him, and we had to fight off Notre Dame for Meyer, then who was Notre Dame's Utah-connection, because according to your logic, it's obvious that no athletic director was involved in our hiring of Meyer, so I guess no athletic director was involved in ND's attempt to hire him.
I guess somebody other than Foley was responsible for hiring two-time national champion Billy Donovan.
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[QUOTE='78;n77910]Gatorious, please weigh in on how the search for Machen's replacement impacts going about a potential replacement for Muschamp. The letter you posted indicates the new president will be ratified Oct. 15. Obviously, there's a timing element here.[/QUOTE]
Same e-mail all members of UFAA, including myself, got. Look, even if a new president is selected by the end of this week, if you think that new president will take over within a month or even by the end of the semester, you just don't know how universities work. As a professor at a university (D-II in GA), our current president was selected in early spring semester of the year she started, and didn't take over until the start of our fiscal year, July 1 of that year. It was at least 4 to 6 months before she took over. It's very likely that whoever is selected for UF won't take over the start of Spring semester, at the earliest.
Same e-mail all members of UFAA, including myself, got. Look, even if a new president is selected by the end of this week, if you think that new president will take over within a month or even by the end of the semester, you just don't know how universities work. As a professor at a university (D-II in GA), our current president was selected in early spring semester of the year she started, and didn't take over until the start of our fiscal year, July 1 of that year. It was at least 4 to 6 months before she took over. It's very likely that whoever is selected for UF won't take over the start of Spring semester, at the earliest.
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t-gator;n77921 said:
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Hindsight is 20/20.
Truth is, other schools wanted to hire the guy as well. I thought it looked good at the time. His pedigree looked good. Players seemed to like to play for the guy. His record as a DC was solid. No way did I, or the majority of fans, think he would screw the pooch harder than Zook. (hell, its so bad now I think the pooch is actually screwing him )... anyways
Wies was a bad hire and it's been a downward spiral ever since.
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SavannahGator;n78052 said:
That being the case, this is likely to end up squarely in Foley's hands regardless. I would like to add that the point of the thread was to solicit whether posters felt Foley should be given carte blanche rather than will he be given it.
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I feel Fooley should be fired before the next coach is hired. Not because he hired Chimp but because he didn't fire him when it was obvious he wasn't capable of doing the job.
- Jun 12, 2014
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Why wouldn't the new president let the established AD do his job? that's an honest question.
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williston_gator;n78392 said:
Because then need to complain will never cease. I really feel sorry for the lead janitor at UF. It's just a matter of time before he's part of the problem.
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williston_gator;n78392 said:
Because the only thing that is established is that Fooley isn't capable of making decisions about hiring football coaches, the only part of his job that really matters.
Maybe if he prays at the goalposts more often, things will change.
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Law98gator;n78408 said:
He has like 15 sports to oversee. I don't buy into the thought football is the only part of his job that matters.
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It doesn't matter if you don't buy into it or not. Football pays the bills, the rest are just sucklings that live off the football teet.
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You know what I hate? After reading this entire thread I can't stand the fact that I hate my own school football coach with every fiber of my being. I can't believe I would ever feel that way about my alma mater's coach. I hate that part most of all. It's like I've got a migraine and I can't get rid of it. Watching the clip of Muchamp in his playing days on another thread didn't help much. No more Muschamp pressers for me for the sake of my mental and physical health. Sheesh...
