Foley is a boss

[oxrageous]

The question is, does that overwhelm his 25 years presiding over a UF athletics championship BOOM?

YES, by leaps and bounds. Tiddlywinks national championships don't justify the complete destruction of the football program. No one gives a crap about the other sports, including basketball.

 

[The Original DC]

YES, by leaps and bounds. Tiddlywinks national championships don't justify the complete destruction of the football program. No one gives a crap about the other sports, including basketball.

 

[oxrageous]

I'm still a DC nutswinger.

 

[FireFoley]

Gosh I can't wait for the day that Fooley is so far gone and removed that he won;t even be a memory. But I got to thinking. Forget about death and taxes, but you know when you own a home in most of Florida the 2 things that you can never rid yourself of are weeds and ants. They been around for a zillion years and will be around another zillion. Why do I get that feeling about Fooley and UF?

 

[BMF]

From a thread on the 2nd page:

UF spent most of any Power 5 program on buyouts last 15 years

 

[FireFoley]

From a thread on the 2nd page:

UF spent most of any Power 5 program on buyouts last 15 years

Good read. After I vomited, I got to thinking that Fooley had some knack for hiring football coaches didn't he? With a WHIFF % that large, I would have said Fooley was either a weatherman or an economist. The only 2 professions where you can be wrong 80% or the time and keep your job b/c you have to explain why you were wrong for the next few years.

 

[YLGator]

What's really the most amazing tribute to the man's complete and utter incompetence is that twice he managed to give himself an entire year to find his next coach (in 2010 when he convinced a completely burnt out Meyer to stick around an extra year, and in 2014 when he inexplicably gave Chump another year after going 4-8 and losing at home to an FCS school), and both times he hired unproven clowns. Mind boggling.

 

[oxrageous]

DC, did you ever see this interview?

 

[TheDouglas78]

The real question should be asked if Foley walked into the situation that was pre-Car as AD, and with his obviously limited vision for the program. Where would we be now, see pre-1980 UF sports. When the funding exploded, along with the demographics, and other factors. Foley would have benefited from the demographics still and a number of the other factors. But did he have the vision to change the way the athletic department raised funds, to restructure it, to build on the foundation including facilities without being pushed. People forget about the facilities improvements across all sports that were already in the works before Foley came on board (the track, baseball field, etc).

 

[t-gator]

DC, did you ever see this interview?

Seriously, I laugh every time. It never gets old

 

[The Original DC]

DC, did you ever see this interview?

yes, absolutely hilarious.

 

[NVGator]

All I can say is it's great to have @The Original DC back on the board. He was truly missed.

 

[The Original DC]

No one gives a crap about the other sports, including basketball.

I’m with you on the importance of football.

Pop quiz for the board, first one with the correct answer receives 20 bonus Ox Bucks (Ox can’t answer) and a Gator Starter cap autographed by The Original DC.

Who was Florida’s Athletic Director for all three of UF’s football national championships?

Hint* - This person presided over 3 football national titles in 25 years. The program has played 87 other seasons without him as AD and won 0 football championships during that time.

 

[The Original DC]

All I can say is it's great to have @The Original DC back on the board. He was truly missed.

Good to be back, old friend. Missed you all as well.

 

[FireFoley]

I’m with you on the importance of football.

Pop quiz for the board, first one with the correct answer receives 20 bonus Ox Bucks (Ox can’t answer) and a Gator Starter cap autographed by The Original DC.

Who was Florida’s Athletic Director for all three of UF’s football national championships?

Hint* - This person presided over 3 football national titles in 25 years. The program has played 87 other seasons without him as AD and won 0 football championships during that time.

Very good question and I was always taught to never answer a question with a question. But in this case I will break the rule. What AD has been at the helm when 3 national championships in football were won with 2 different head coaches, yet that one AD had ZERO to do with the hiring of either head coach?????????

 

[The Original DC]

Very good question and I was always taught to never answer a question with a question. But in this case I will break the rule. What AD has been at the helm when 3 national championships in football were won with 2 different head coaches, yet that one AD had ZERO to do with the hiring of either head coach?????????

Oh, sorry, INCORRECT answer.

Only one attempt per poster, so you’re out.

 

[oxrageous]

Oh, sorry, INCORRECT answer.

Only one attempt per poster, so you’re out.

All three of those titles were won in spite of Foley, not because of him. He gets ZERO credit for any of the three.

 

[The Original DC]

All three of those titles were won in spite of Foley, not because of him. He gets ZERO credit for any of the three.

You’re ineligible to answer the question, sir, but that too is INCORRECT. No worries, I’ll send you a Starter cap anyway.

 

[The Original DC]

Here’s a second bonus question for the anti-Foley faction:

Name your favorite AD in the 100+ year history of the University of Florida and list their 3 greatest accomplishments.

 

[oxrageous]

Here’s a second bonus question for the anti-Foley faction:

Name your favorite AD in the 100+ year history of the University of Florida and list their 3 greatest accomplishments.

An argument can be made that UF hasn't had a good AD in their entire history.