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Ray Finkle;n88109 said:
No, not at all. It's like Foley is rubbing ALL of our noses in it. In all seriousness please explain to me why this is being drug out ?
SOURCES: While not yet public, Will Muschamp has been fired * SECOND UPDATE*
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No, not at all. It's like Foley is rubbing ALL of our noses in it. In all seriousness please explain to me why this is being drug out ?
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I have no answer. I'd say two or three do right nowConcrete Helmet;88113 said:
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Does anybody know if it affects the buyout whether or not he makes it until the end of the year ? Douglas78 said we can't contact coaches from other schools until the end of the season. If that is correct it kind of puts us behind in the time aspect of the search. Either way it is putting us WAY behind in recruiting as if we needed any help with that already. Please god don't let us become UT !!!!
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You can't contact a coach, but every coach has people. I'll have my people contact your people kind of thing. We won't fully become UT and we may and probably will take a hit in recruiting this year. I can't answer the buyout question. If he gets paid monthly then yes, we would owe more by firing him now. That's the way I see it, but the difference would be pretty small in the grand scheme of things.Concrete Helmet;88123 said:
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oxrageous;n88133 said:
Which is why I said"if". I have no idea and don't really care enough to even try to find out if it is factual.
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I did come up with the term T-bro for T. I need advice from one of you lawyers to see if I have a case against this "tebro" fella
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Perception: This should be easy, right? Athletic director Jeremy Foley will tab former Gators offensive coordinator Dan Mullen as his next head coach. Mullen has led Mississippi State to the No. 1 ranking, and he’d bring to Gainesville many of the things Muschamp lacks -- extensive SEC head coaching experience, a distinguished offensive pedigree and polish with the media. (There was even ahiredanmullen.com, until Mullen spoke out against it.)
Reality: It’s much more complicated. It would be considered a major surprise if Foley even calls Mullen. Foley advised Mullen against taking the Mississippi State job when he left Florida in December 2008 (considering the century of bad football in Starkville that probably wasn’t bad advice). The two don’t have a bad relationship, but its more neutral than chummy. Foley hiring Mullen would be an admission that he made a mistake in overlooking him last time. The Florida brass would also likely have to welcome back Mullen’s co-offensive coordinators, Billy Gonzales and John Hevesy, neither of whom exited Florida on the greatest terms (Gonzales bolted for LSU and Hevesy left with Mullen for Mississippi State. So did operations guru Jon Clark, who would surely come along). The feeling here is that if Mullen ends up getting hired, it happens because someone from the outside pressures Foley. So that means it’s unlikely.
Mullen wasn’t exactly beloved during his time at Florida, as fans called for his job and administrators were ambivalent. Foley isn’t itching for a tie to the Urban Meyer era, either. Some of this comes down to Foley’s ego and whether he can swallow his pride. The guess from almost every corner is that Mullen won’t get the job.
​Perception: In the watered-down SEC East, Florida’s a quick fix.
Reality: Florida could easily be back atop the East in two years if it makes the right hire and finds a competent quarterback. But the Gators have coasted on the notion that “It’s Florida†for too long. That certainly worked when Tim Tebow was gashing defenses and Meyer led the Gators to national titles in 2006 and ‘08. But Florida has failed to keep up in the facility game. Florida’s stadium is iconic, but the rest of its football facilities are considered from pedestrian to poor by SEC standards. Florida upgraded its practice fields this summer, but it still lacks the type of gaudy stand-alone football facility, with indoor space, that have become commonplace in the SEC. Florida is looking into whether to build an indoor facility to catch up to its SEC peers, but nothing has been formalized.Foley is one of the best athletic directors in America, but this is one of the areas where he’s missed.
Who is next? Expect Foley to make another run at Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops. But there’s nothing to indicate Stoops will take the job this time. Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze is an intriguing candidate, but Foley is plugged in enough to have concerns about reports that the NCAA is looking into the Rebels program.
Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez has the offensive ingenuity and head coaching success to fit in Gainesville, but the low-key Rodriguez and hard-driving Foley seem like an odd couple. Rodriguez’s success recruiting Florida while at West Virginia would be a plus, but he’d likely need a staff upgrade. It’s debatable if he’d do that.
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Perception: This should be easy, right? Athletic director Jeremy Foley will tab former Gators offensive coordinator Dan Mullen as his next head coach. Mullen has led Mississippi State to the No. 1 ranking, and he’d bring to Gainesville many of the things Muschamp lacks -- extensive SEC head coaching experience, a distinguished offensive pedigree and polish with the media. (There was even ahiredanmullen.com, until Mullen spoke out against it.)
Reality: It’s much more complicated. It would be considered a major surprise if Foley even calls Mullen. Foley advised Mullen against taking the Mississippi State job when he left Florida in December 2008 (considering the century of bad football in Starkville that probably wasn’t bad advice). The two don’t have a bad relationship, but its more neutral than chummy. Foley hiring Mullen would be an admission that he made a mistake in overlooking him last time. The Florida brass would also likely have to welcome back Mullen’s co-offensive coordinators, Billy Gonzales and John Hevesy, neither of whom exited Florida on the greatest terms (Gonzales bolted for LSU and Hevesy left with Mullen for Mississippi State. So did operations guru Jon Clark, who would surely come along). The feeling here is that if Mullen ends up getting hired, it happens because someone from the outside pressures Foley. So that means it’s unlikely.
Mullen wasn’t exactly beloved during his time at Florida, as fans called for his job and administrators were ambivalent. Foley isn’t itching for a tie to the Urban Meyer era, either. Some of this comes down to Foley’s ego and whether he can swallow his pride. The guess from almost every corner is that Mullen won’t get the job.
​Perception: In the watered-down SEC East, Florida’s a quick fix.
Reality: Florida could easily be back atop the East in two years if it makes the right hire and finds a competent quarterback. But the Gators have coasted on the notion that “It’s Florida†for too long. That certainly worked when Tim Tebow was gashing defenses and Meyer led the Gators to national titles in 2006 and ‘08. But Florida has failed to keep up in the facility game. Florida’s stadium is iconic, but the rest of its football facilities are considered from pedestrian to poor by SEC standards. Florida upgraded its practice fields this summer, but it still lacks the type of gaudy stand-alone football facility, with indoor space, that have become commonplace in the SEC. Florida is looking into whether to build an indoor facility to catch up to its SEC peers, but nothing has been formalized.Foley is one of the best athletic directors in America, but this is one of the areas where he’s missed.
Who is next? Expect Foley to make another run at Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops. But there’s nothing to indicate Stoops will take the job this time. Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze is an intriguing candidate, but Foley is plugged in enough to have concerns about reports that the NCAA is looking into the Rebels program.
Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez has the offensive ingenuity and head coaching success to fit in Gainesville, but the low-key Rodriguez and hard-driving Foley seem like an odd couple. Rodriguez’s success recruiting Florida while at West Virginia would be a plus, but he’d likely need a staff upgrade. It’s debatable if he’d do that.
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601Gator;n88163 said:
Ox, your source just posted something, you need to resticky this thread.
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601Gator;n88207 said:
Yeesh. If that's true, hope he has a full recovery.
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