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And they are famous for bait and switch. They promise improvements then always come back with a plan for some Sunbelt level improvements after the coaches have signed.Top coaches aren't coming here bc it is obvious to them that the admin is neither serious about or even understands the level of financial commitment it takes to win in today's game. That is the problem we face.
That's admirable Chief, but unfortunately every sport isn't equal. They just aren't. From what I've seen, Football generates about $50M a year after expenses. Basketball is slightly in the black and all other sports are $20M in the red. Based on that, why would anyone siphon so much money from football to support the sports in the red to the point that you have to raise funds to get football what it needs to continue to generate the revenue that supports the entire enterprise?
This makes no fiscal sense to me. Perhaps its thinking like this that has resulted in a drop of Booster contributions by $9M year over year. When you don't give the customer what they want, you lose your customer and then you don't have any money for your pet projects.
What he said. I guess we should expect all this gdmm hand wringing in the summer but for God sake(Mullen just got here. The world is not coming to an end (depending on which side of the PF you ask) and our "brand" is still THE UNIV of FLORIDA. We have titles and Heismans and a great modern history. We have seen quick turn arounds in college football and even success from schools not in the big 15 or what evenr # you choose. Mullen is our guy. He has been here. He saw what it took to win big. He had MSU playing some damned good ball with a QB nobody knew much about. Like M1 Im excited about this year and see no need to get migraines over anything yet.I’m all in on Mullen because I have to be. Nobody else took the job. DM is here, wants to be here and has done a lot before even coaching his first game. I’ll take him warts and all until he proves he can’t do the job and we go looking for a new batch of guys who really don’t want the job and we settle again.
I’m going crazy right now. I can’t wait for the season to kick off. Game day is special for us. We make it a weekend. We bring the whole crew. We get there a day early and stay a day late to take it all in. We throw down cold one’s and tell the same stories we told last year...and the year before...and so on. The kids like to laugh at me how when they were young I would make them ride with me all over Gainesville and look at every place I ever lived. Every. Single. Trip.
UF is special. Gainesville is special. I can’t wait to get back there. It’s going to be a fun year....that I can guarantee.
This! The administration has some kind of weird arrogance going on. They don't think we need facilities or a good coach to win.Top coaches aren't coming here bc it is obvious to them that the admin is neither serious about or even understands the level of financial commitment it takes to win in today's game. That is the problem we face.
You really think a person who started out selling tickets did not understand football or our fans? Now I agree he made some bad (in retrospect) choices for coaches. Football is probably the worst, but women's basketball is right there as well.
Our "brand" is not where we would like it to be, but it is far from "damaged".
This! The administration has some kind of weird arrogance going on. They don't think we need facilities or a good coach to win.
Even the IPF was half the size and cost of the ones being built at mid tier schools and that was TWICE the facility that Foley wanted.
It takes a 4.0-plus GPA and a whole lotta begging to get into UF. Compare that to, say, 30-40 years ago when you got in if you were alive, breathing and able to chant IT'S GREAT TO BE.I’m not convinced Tigert Hall cares.
Do you have links at Swamp Gas that discuss this forum? If a member here is trashing this board on other forums, I will ban them quicker than a pit bull jumps on a poodle, and then they can enjoy that cesspool over there full time.Oh, yeah. They had a thread a while back making fun of this forum, and they were mentioning specific posters by name. Bazza, Byrd, wingtee, crl, etc all came up. They just began trashing Byrd and talking about how he ruined this forum. The funny thing is the joke is on them because I pm’d Byrd to let him know they were talking trash about him and now he’s gone over there and totally warped the complexion of that board. He posts over there more than he does here now...lol.
http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/threads/annual-thread-where-did-these-posters-go.403538/Do you have links at Swamp Gas that discuss this forum? If a member here is trashing this board on other forums, I will ban them quicker than a pit bull jumps on a poodle, and then they can enjoy that cesspool over there full time.