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SOURCE: Hugh Freeze is top coaching target Part III
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TheDouglas78;n118208 said:
I guess Air Force took Colorado State's coach off the list also. Crazy stuff on a Friday.
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Gator Fever;n118274 said:
Can't really speak to McEwain's prospects (haven't followed him enough), though I believe he has promise as a HC someday, but I don't think 2015 would be that season. And I don't think Foley is going to go into the Saban tree anytime soon again.
The last weekend both days Friday and Saturday always something crazy happens. Remember what happened in 2006 to open the door for us to have a shot at the National Title.
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According to Dooley he thinks Hugh freeze is the main target with Larry fedora as the back up plan. I'd be happy with both. With freeze it would be a quicker turn around because he'd have an immediate impact on the recruiting trail. With fedora he's probably got a better offense and eventually recruiting would take off. Two very good choices imo.
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A candidate all but lined up?
We reported Wednesday that a second source had informed us that Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has legitimate interest in the Florida job and would seriously consider it if offered.
Our sources have only solidified their positions on that line of thinking in the last 48 hours. From what we're hearing now, not only would Freeze consider the Florida job, but he would likely lean toward taking it as things stand now.
The story with Freeze has always been two-fold: 1) Is he fooling the people close to him into thinking he has legitimate interest to draw a raise from Ole Miss? 2) Is Florida actually interested in him and/or close to offering him the job?
Starting with the latter, at least two media entities have already claimed Freeze has an offer. GatorBait.net has not been able to confirm that, and any offer Freeze may have would likely be an informal one anyway.
Even though it's possible Jeremy Foley has made some progress in lining up who he wants to offer first and discussing it some via back channels, he's not going to publicly extend a formal offer until the regular season is over for a coach.
That said, it's really just semantics. If Foley has his guy, there's almost certainly been some groundwork put in place already.
Remember, Foley has been working on this since just after the Missouri loss. He'll want to move quickly to help salvage Florida's recruiting class, which means being pretty sure about his top target is important.
If Freeze is the guy, it's easy to envision a scenario where both Florida and Ole Miss play their games at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, then Foley flies out to Oxford after getting permission to speak with Freeze late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. In that case, there could be movement on the coaching front as early as Sunday or Monday.
That would be absolute best-case scenario for Florida, allowing the Gators to potentially salvage not one but two recruiting weekends before the dead period in mid-December.
But back to our first point: Is Freeze serious about considering Florida? After all, he's an Oxford native, he's doing well at Ole Miss and the Rebels have all but guaranteed him an extension and a raise.
Freeze could just as easily be fooling the people close to him into thinking he has serious interest in the Florida job only to draw a bigger raise out of Ole Miss. Both of our sources close to Freeze insist he's serious about the job, though.
It's a move that makes sense: Florida can pay well, Freeze would have a much stronger recruiting base and he can more consistently hope to compete for conference and national titles.
In any case, we should get some clarity on the Freeze front soon. Freeze's window for contact for the job would open Saturday night, and there's absolutely no reason for Jeremy Foley to wait if Freeze is the guy he's targeting.
Freeze is the top name to keep an eye on going into this weekend.
Neal McReady, who works for the Ole Miss Rivals site, is calling it "a fluid situation".
We reported Wednesday that a second source had informed us that Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has legitimate interest in the Florida job and would seriously consider it if offered.
Our sources have only solidified their positions on that line of thinking in the last 48 hours. From what we're hearing now, not only would Freeze consider the Florida job, but he would likely lean toward taking it as things stand now.
The story with Freeze has always been two-fold: 1) Is he fooling the people close to him into thinking he has legitimate interest to draw a raise from Ole Miss? 2) Is Florida actually interested in him and/or close to offering him the job?
Starting with the latter, at least two media entities have already claimed Freeze has an offer. GatorBait.net has not been able to confirm that, and any offer Freeze may have would likely be an informal one anyway.
Even though it's possible Jeremy Foley has made some progress in lining up who he wants to offer first and discussing it some via back channels, he's not going to publicly extend a formal offer until the regular season is over for a coach.
That said, it's really just semantics. If Foley has his guy, there's almost certainly been some groundwork put in place already.
Remember, Foley has been working on this since just after the Missouri loss. He'll want to move quickly to help salvage Florida's recruiting class, which means being pretty sure about his top target is important.
If Freeze is the guy, it's easy to envision a scenario where both Florida and Ole Miss play their games at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, then Foley flies out to Oxford after getting permission to speak with Freeze late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. In that case, there could be movement on the coaching front as early as Sunday or Monday.
That would be absolute best-case scenario for Florida, allowing the Gators to potentially salvage not one but two recruiting weekends before the dead period in mid-December.
But back to our first point: Is Freeze serious about considering Florida? After all, he's an Oxford native, he's doing well at Ole Miss and the Rebels have all but guaranteed him an extension and a raise.
Freeze could just as easily be fooling the people close to him into thinking he has serious interest in the Florida job only to draw a bigger raise out of Ole Miss. Both of our sources close to Freeze insist he's serious about the job, though.
It's a move that makes sense: Florida can pay well, Freeze would have a much stronger recruiting base and he can more consistently hope to compete for conference and national titles.
In any case, we should get some clarity on the Freeze front soon. Freeze's window for contact for the job would open Saturday night, and there's absolutely no reason for Jeremy Foley to wait if Freeze is the guy he's targeting.
Freeze is the top name to keep an eye on going into this weekend.
Neal McReady, who works for the Ole Miss Rivals site, is calling it "a fluid situation".
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t-gator;n118373 said:
I like Fedora better, but it's all semantics at this point. I'm just ready to get excited about Gator football again.
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Fedora might be a decent candidate but he'll never get an offer from Foley. I am sure Jeremy will not forget how Fedora and some of the former Zook staff were condutcting themselves the week leading up to the peach bowl vs. Miami.
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And it's not even close.lagator;n118164 said:
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Law98gator;n118144 said:
Especially when you have about a quarter of the talent of the team you lose too...oh, and a broken QB and it's on the road to a team trying to win a divisional championship, by a TD. Boy that loss is so bad they should send the moving trucks to his house so his stink doesn't permeate their illustrious football program that is Arkansas.
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Gator Fever;n118274 said:
Don't worry Mullin and MS will make all the Freeze pumpers wish he wasn't on the list later today.....
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Rumors of Freeze to UF are all over the internet.
https://hottytoddy.com/2014/11/28/rumors-of-freeze-fleeing-to-florida-run-rampant/
https://hottytoddy.com/2014/11/28/rumors-of-freeze-fleeing-to-florida-run-rampant/
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Bleacher report had linked an article trying to give credit to that radio guy for breaking that when you had it here over a week prior to him and Scout.
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The Original DC;n118062 said:
Great point DC. It isn't one game or head to head it's experience and results . UF IMO needs a coach with 10 years or so with a PROVEN track record including championships and bowl wins. We have a hodge podge of offensive players. My belief is we need a coach who can make adjustments to our personnel and win right away. I don't think you can just plug a system into a program and do that unless you happen to have a Cam Newton, Tim Tebow or Johnny Football type QB. We also need a guy who can maintain our defensive integrity while manipulating the offense.
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oxrageous;n118426 said:
Stop I'm getting ill
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oxrageous;n118424 said:
If OM losses today ending the year on a 4 game losing streak and Foley hires him I won't be shocked. He kept a coach that ended last year on a 7 game losing streak......But if it happens I won't post on here for say at least 1 day, deal ?
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