Foley Bashers Rejoice! Foley set to announce retirement today

[Double Gator Dad]

1960's era football coach. Probably would have been a better AD in...the '60's. I don't remember all the specifics, but I always felt he got the AD job because he was a big name in football around the state of Florida. Maybe more figurehead than administrator, but to be fair, this was probably more the prototype back in those days. I might be mis-remembering, but hiring Don Devoe as an interim hoops coach was a disaster. The Pell years are a matter of record and have been spun in several directions and I personally think that Hall was set adrift (if I have my data correct). Wasn't overly impressed back then, but somebody with a say obviously liked him.

I agree completely with your assessment and I will go a little deeper.

I felt like Arnsparger allowed cheating in football to occur under his watch and then left Galen twisting when a violation surfaced a few years later. Although I am not defending Norm Sloan's actions, I could not believe how Arnsparger went beyond leaving Norm hanging and actually seemed to execute the NCAA's agenda for them by strong arming Norm into resigning. It is one thing to take the highroad when things happen, it is yet another thing to go out of your way to undermine a coach under your employ.
I always thought the guy was a phony figurehead that seemed more concerned about his reputation and his legacy than anything involving UF. I was very happy to see him go.

Now that I have said this, I can't wait to have everyone explain to me what was soooo bad about Foley. He was always loyal to the program, something that cannot be said about his predecessor.

 

[Chomper]

Now that I have said this, I can't wait to have everyone explain to me what was soooo bad about Foley. He was always loyal to the program, something that cannot be said about his predecessor.

I totally agree. You don't have to agree with 100% of Foley's decisions of the past 25 years but there has never been a doubt to where his loyalty lies. And as AD, he is one of the best ever, anywhere. We will be lucky indeed if we can replace him with someone who even comes close to his abilities.

 

[MJMGator]

I agree completely with your assessment and I will go a little deeper.

I felt like Arnsparger allowed cheating in football to occur under his watch and then left Galen twisting when a violation surfaced a few years later. Although I am not defending Norm Sloan's actions, I could not believe how Arnsparger went beyond leaving Norm hanging and actually seemed to execute the NCAA's agenda for them by strong arming Norm into resigning. It is one thing to take the highroad when things happen, it is yet another thing to go out of your way to undermine a coach under your employ.
I always thought the guy was a phony figurehead that seemed more concerned about his reputation and his legacy than anything involving UF. I was very happy to see him go.

Now that I have said this, I can't wait to have everyone explain to me what was soooo bad about Foley. He was always loyal to the program, something that cannot be said about his predecessor.

He let Bama install a solid gold waterfall in the locker room pisser before we did.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Now that I have said this, I can't wait to have everyone explain to me what was soooo bad about Foley.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

We will be lucky indeed if we can replace him with someone who even comes close to his abilities.

Yes, clearly no one could find coaches as good as Ron Zook and Will Duncecap.

 

[t-gator]

List of possible candidates: I think I would be happy with the guy from Stanford or Arizona.

https://www.onlygators.com/06/14/20...es-to-replace-florida-gators-ad-jeremy-foley/

Stanford sucks in basketball, always have and they've had a few decent football years.

 

[NCOGator]

I think as his last official act of duty should be to get a great band and or comedian at Gator Growl this year.

 

[Jenny On The Railroad]

I think Fuchs will name whoever Foley wants to replace him.

I suspect that is true.

 

[Jenny On The Railroad]

"Tealer's also known as Florida's contract specialist"

So, they are considering PROMOTING the person responsible for Will Duncecap's contract?

She should have been fired on the spot after someone got around to reading it.

If she is the one who negotiated that, it is appalling and frightening. I'd have to ask, who's daughter (granddaughter) is she?

 

[Delg8tor]

I think as his last official act of duty should be to get a great band and or comedian at Gator Growl this year.

I thought they cancelled Gator Growl because there wasn't enough student participation. Could be wrong of course.

 

[Jenny On The Railroad]

https://campusinsiders.com/news/ap_...jeremy_foley_retiring_20160613094738255044608
blah blah blah........
Under Foley, the Gators won national titles in 13 different sports. They had won nine national championships in five sports before he took over. He is one of two sitting ADs - along with UCLA's Dan Guerrero - to have won at least one national title in each of the last seven years. Foley's streak continued when the men's track and field team won the NCAA outdoor crown last week.

Foley also is the only AD in Division I history to lead a program that won multiple national championships in football (1996, 2006, 2008) and men's basketball (2006, 2007).

Foley and Florida made history in 2006 when the Gators became the first to win national championships in football and men's basketball in the same year. Foley was rewarded with an 11-year contract that paid him $1.2 million annually and set up his retirement.

The deal included a clause that gives Foley the option of serving as emeritus athletic director and senior adviser to the university president for five years after his retirement, either full or part time. Foley also can choose to be an adviser to his successor.

Foley made it clear he plans to remain connected to the program, especially during the completion of several on-campus facility upgrades. The O'Connell Center is undergoing a $64.5 million renovation that will be completed in December, and a $25 million academic center for student-athletes is expected to open later this month.

"I've invested a lot in this place," said Foley, who also has 130 SEC tiles on his resume. "Everybody who knows me knows I'm not putting my feet up. I still have some work to do for this organization."

I don't like the retiring but not really retiring connection. Like Urban leaving but being told he can stay and be "advising" the new coach. This line "Foley also can choose to be an adviser to his successor." is bad news, IMO. The same attorney that wrote Muschamp's contracts must have written it. Foley should not be the one to say whether he is to be an advisor to his successor. That should be the successor's decision.

This makes me think they are hiring one of Foley's underlings who will not really be able to be in charge. If not, how do you get an outside AD candidate who is a take charge go getter to comes in willing to have the old AD giving him unsolicited advice from a contracted sanctioned position? .

 

[oxking]

That's not saying much, is it? I'd vote for Avatar over those two.

You got me there :-).

 

[oxking]

I'd like to know of anyone's opinion of the previous AD: Bill Arnsparger.

I heard he had to be threatened by Ben Hill Griffin to hire SOS.

 

[Rentmoneygawd]

Law has a personal vendetta against Foley? Geez, I couldn't tell

 

[NCOGator]

I thought they cancelled Gator Growl because there wasn't enough student participation. Could be wrong of course.

I saw something the other day that set the date. I could be wrong as well it was on Facebook.

 

[Gator Fever]

I agree completely with your assessment and I will go a little deeper.

I felt like Arnsparger allowed cheating in football to occur under his watch and then left Galen twisting when a violation surfaced a few years later. Although I am not defending Norm Sloan's actions, I could not believe how Arnsparger went beyond leaving Norm hanging and actually seemed to execute the NCAA's agenda for them by strong arming Norm into resigning. It is one thing to take the highroad when things happen, it is yet another thing to go out of your way to undermine a coach under your employ.
I always thought the guy was a phony figurehead that seemed more concerned about his reputation and his legacy than anything involving UF. I was very happy to see him go.

Now that I have said this, I can't wait to have everyone explain to me what was soooo bad about Foley. He was always loyal to the program, something that cannot be said about his predecessor.

Don't remember a whole lot about the specifics but wasn't Arnsparger brought in while Florida was serving its previous sanctions prior to Hall. His last two big coaching picks were pretty good with Spurrier in football and Lon Kruger taking us to a final four in basketball. I think it was also under his watch that we went up to the top 5 area in the overall sports standings. I have no idea if he knew about the violations beforehand but I thought some of the ones under Hall an AD would probably not know much about them.

 

[GatorBart]

Don't remember a whole lot about the specifics but wasn't Arnsparger brought in while Florida was serving its previous sanctions prior to Hall. His last two big coaching picks were pretty good with Spurrier in football and Lon Kruger taking us to a final four in basketball. I think it was also under his watch that we went up to the top 5 area in the overall sports standings. I have no idea if he knew about the violations beforehand but I thought some of the ones under Hall an AD would probably not know much about them.

Hall got railroaded. I don't know Arnsparger's role in it, but I doubt he had any knowledge of Hall's penny-ante violations. From what I remember, one of the biggest things he got in trouble for was paying assistant coaches more money out of his own pocket, and I'm pretty sure we were only talking about a few hundred dollars here and there. Pffft!!

 

[Gator Fever]

Hall got railroaded. I don't know Arnsparger's role in it, but I doubt he had any knowledge of Hall's penny-ante violations. From what I remember, one of the biggest things he got in trouble for was paying assistant coaches more money out of his own pocket, and I'm pretty sure we were only talking about a few hundred dollars here and there. Pffft!!

Yep and someone helping a kid make a child support payment I think or something similar. I don't remember much about the basketball violations but I think they were much worse than the football ones under Hall.

 

[GatorBart]

Yep and someone helping a kid make a child support payment I think or something similar. I don't remember much about the basketball violations but I think they were much worse than the football ones under Hall.

Yeah, Norm Sloan lost control, mostly due to Vernon, from what I remember.
Darnell (FB) and Devoe (BB) - 1989 was a year to forget, huh?

 

[78]

Yeah, Norm Sloan lost control, mostly due to Vernon, from what I remember.
Darnell (FB) and Devoe (BB) - 1989 was a year to forget, huh?

That's odd, too, because the Sloan I remember from a road trip to Ole Miss was a bit of a control freak. I mean, the guy literally came up to every table at breakfast (the media ate with the team) and poured every single person their glass of OJ. Kind of a father figure. Maybe he got carried away with it. I liked ol' plaid coat. Crusty old dude.