Why didn't we hire Charlie Strong back in 2010 again?

[TheDouglas78]

"MIAMI -- Florida Gators defensive coordinator Charlie Strong believes race is a reason he hasn't been offered a head-coaching job during his 25 years in college football, a newspaper reported Tuesday."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3813793

I'm not talking about what he will say publicly about it. Charlie is too good a man to mention it publicly.

 

[divits]

From what I heard, they did not want him to be the HEAD coach. Other positions were fine. Witness what happened to Strong when he first was chosen at Texas. One booster said he was only qualified to be a positions coach. It was nice of Louisville to break that barrier. Some people still cringe when they see interracial couples, but times are slowly changing. I think that if the same situation presented itself now at Florida, Foley would go ahead and pull the trigger on it. I remember when the big issue was why arent there any black coaches in the NFL, NBA. Now that issue has completely gone away. Now if a black coach is fired, everybody knows it is not about race. Also, it seems as all the NBA players have white girlfriends or wives.

And I heard that that was a bunch of crap and that he and his wife were welcomed as were all of the coaches and their wives. And I'm missing what Texas has to do with Florida. He was never in a position to be our head coach. The timing of his career and the head coach openings at Florida didn't jibe. We had a chance to get the hottest coach in the country in Meyer and we took advantage of that opportunity.

 

[soflagator]

Nobody now a days is going to say I dont want this guy because of his race. I think that might be illegal. Everybody is PC now. They will say it behind closed doors.

" Red McCombs Bashes Texas hire"

"Longtime booster Red McCombs is not a fan of Texas' decision to hire coach Charlie Strong away from Louisville, calling it a "kick in the face" during a radio interview Monday."

"I think the whole thing is a bit sideways," McCombs said of the selection process during an interview with ESPN 1250 San Antonio. "I don't have any doubt that Charlie is a fine coach. I think he would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ie-strong-hire

I don't doubt that any school is going to have its share of backwards thinking supporters(not unique to the south either). But as I said above, if Texas--with the good ole boy money that they have--was willing to hire him despite ruffling a few feathers, do you really think it was the issue at a place like UF? Come on. By your own admission, Louisville broke the ice. The vols were falling all over themselves to land him. And eventually Texas did. You really think Foley was watching this and yet didn't or couldn't make a move because of a few redneck boosters?

 

[crosscreekcooter]

Nobody now a days is going to say I dont want this guy because of his race. I think that might be illegal. Everybody is PC now. They will say it behind closed doors.

" Red McCombs Bashes Texas hire"

"Longtime booster Red McCombs is not a fan of Texas' decision to hire coach Charlie Strong away from Louisville, calling it a "kick in the face" during a radio interview Monday."

"I think the whole thing is a bit sideways," McCombs said of the selection process during an interview with ESPN 1250 San Antonio. "I don't have any doubt that Charlie is a fine coach. I think he would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ie-strong-hire

You failed to paste some other important portions of the story. McCombs gifted 100 million to UT. He said that prior to the AD hiring Charlie Strong, McCombs publicly lobbied for Jon Gruden as the new coach. McCombs also said that when Mack Brown was hired, the boosters had a lot of input. The kick in the stomach comment was related to the fact that during this hiring process the boosters (or more specifically McCombs) had no input, not because of Charlie Strong's skin color. You remember your purely innocent race baiting thread don't you?

 

[oxrageous]

 

[G 2]

People will never publicly say I dont like this guy because he is black or his wife is white. They will say this behind closed door. I know this for a fact.

You evidently know a lot more racists than I do so I'll defer to your expertise.

 

[dubster1]

now thats hilarious

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

That's still LSU Freek's best work in a very long line of brilliant gifs.

 

[crosscreekcooter]

That there is some funny shyte

 

[URGatorBait]

Look, Strong was the one who thought race was a factor. Why don't you ask him?

Strong was the one who thought race was a factor.....with whom??

 

[divits]

Look, Strong was the one who thought race was a factor. Why don't you ask him?

But as we've shown time and time again, Strong was not speaking of Florida when discussing the race issue as you continue to allude. The very same Florida that hired him on three separate occasions. And do you really think that poorly of Foley that you believe he would bend to any such claptrap? You sure wouldn't if you met him. Boosters are influential at Florida for sure, but they sure as hell don't run the athletics department like they do at other SEC schools.

Do you really think Strong would be giving interviews about how Florida was racist at the same time he was getting ready to coach Florida in the national championship game?

 

[crosscreekcooter]

Which thread is this? You'll have to remind me.

http://gatorchatter.com/forum/polit...ord-has-charge-for-second-degree-murder/page2
see post #17

 

[KCgator]

How many did you have to try before you came to this conclusion ?

Couldn't see yours. My microscope was broken that day.