I look at several criteria with Foley, and really don't like what I see when it comes to managing the football program.
I really don't like he didn't back up Spurrier over FSU, swindle, and I also feel he let Machen pick Meyer. Probably thought it was the best move for his job and Spurrier and he probably conflicted a lot by then.
Foley's perception and decision making with Muschamp, ie, not firing him at appropriate times and instead offering him 2 extensions within 2 months making it cost prohibitive to fire him and draining the coffers for 6 million when the inevitable finally happened, was horrible management and negotiation. I can only guess, at the time he thought he couldn't get someone better at the cheap salary he was willing to pay. ( which now reminds me of our low associate coach pay as well)
Finally, a stat I saw reminded me of his probable job performance criteria. The stat said that UF was in the top 10 in net UAA profits. That's nice for Foley and UF.
However, he did it at expense of staying competitive with facilities and instead speaking platitudes about wanting only students who liked our tradition and wanted to be Gators so much they didn't care about facilities ( The fact Mac had to get the nutrition budget doubled (!) is not a good sign. of how things were)
He raised season ticket prices when our games were Muschamp agony to watch.
And then there are those extensions and bonuses which is money that could have gone toward facilities or food. Or coaches salaries. Muscramp made out like a bandit, but other than that...
His bottom line looks good in net profit school comparisions, but I don't care for how he achieves it. It was short sighted for the program although beneficial for him and admin. And didn't someone point out above, that the net profit went down?
That said, I am grateful, the money is being spent now to keep up facilities. Desperation and a persuasive HC who has probably indicated he would take the job and save Foley's legacy IF Foley agreed to certain criteria..
