Thanks for posting this, Ox. Fascinating read to say the least.
Time to move on...we know he f-ed up the program....I am hopeful we have the right guy in place now...time to close that chapter, move on and enjoy being Gators and winning again.
BS, I hope this stuff keeps being brought up for decades. Hopefully more of these stories will come out. The man is a thief and needs to be humiliated as long as he's alive.Time to move on...we know he f-ed up the program....I am hopeful we have the right guy in place now...time to close that chapter, move on and enjoy being Gators and winning again.
BS, I hope this stuff keeps being brought up for decades. Hopefully more of these stories will come out. The man is a thief and needs to be humiliated as long as he's alive.
There has to be some way to get him arrested.While I wish this could be true nothing will humiliate him, he is wealthy and has a pretty good paying job. I bet he does not care one whit.
I still to this day don't know how Mac happened. At least Muschamp was a name that was floating for years as the next big head coach even if I didn't want him either. With Mac Foley just threw a dart at a map, went there, and then proceeded to outbid himself on a coach that nobody else was after.
Oh.... he cares. It is why he brought it up constantly.While I wish this could be true nothing will humiliate him, he is wealthy and has a pretty good paying job. I bet he does not care one whit.
Otherwise I agree.
Ironically, Foley was bargain shopping for a diamond in the rough. But, shopping for a coach is like shopping for a used car. If it’s a bargain there is a reason why.
In the end Butters cost Florida many millions of dollars. He wasn’t a bargain at all. Thanks Foley.
Local businesses taking a beating on game days.
Still dont have upgrades? Still havent STARTED on upgrades.. How did they not see that we needed upgrades? (and we STILL don't have the upgrades
And it's almost impossible to measure how much he really cost us. Not including his salary & his buyout, but his assistants over-inflated salaries & buyouts. Look at the empty seats in the stadium. I'm sure donations went down. Less UF official merchandise purchased. Local businesses taking a beating on game days. Local homeowners who make an extra $1000 or more parking cars in their lawns losing out. It goes on and on. There's still empty seats from the residual of his incompetence.
I still have a hard time believing the UAA (Foley and company) didn't see what was going on, especially w/ the S&C program. Foley's been here since before Spurrier was hired and probably witnessed at least 5 or more S&C coaches come through. He couldn't tell something was up?
I still can't believe Foley let the facilities, especially dorm rooms, just go to sh*t. While other schools were building 5-star resorts right under his nose. Foley and UAA officials/employees go on several road trips per season, likely visiting every SEC school (and non-SEC schools, such as FSU). They meet w/ these other schools athletic departments and I'm sure they take tours of facilities. How did they not see that we needed upgrades? (and we STILL don't have the upgrades).
It's shameful and Butters is simply a piece of what happened. Plenty of fingers to point. I'd rank the top 4 as: 1) Foley, 2) Butters, 3) Muschamp, 4) Mike Kent
There's no way he didn't know, unless he was being willfully blind. I think Stricklin knew pretty much right away and was disturbed by it (particularly the S&C program), but that didn't stop him from giving raises and extensions, incredibly.I still have a hard time believing the UAA (Foley and company) didn't see what was going on, especially w/ the S&C program. Foley's been here since before Spurrier was hired and probably witnessed at least 5 or more S&C coaches come through. He couldn't tell something was up?
There's no way he didn't know, unless he was being willfully blind. I think Stricklin knew pretty much right away and was disturbed by it (particularly the S&C program), but that didn't stop him from giving raises and extensions, incredibly.
My theory is that they gave Mac a buyout instead of firing him for cause because they didn't want their own blatant incompetence exposed in a lawsuit. Mac could very easily have made the argument that if he was so awful, why was he just given an extension and a raise? Both AD's really crapped the bed.
And it's almost impossible to measure how much he really cost us. Not including his salary & his buyout, but his assistants over-inflated salaries & buyouts. Look at the empty seats in the stadium. I'm sure donations went down. Less UF official merchandise purchased. Local businesses taking a beating on game days. Local homeowners who make an extra $1000 or more parking cars in their lawns losing out. It goes on and on. There's still empty seats from the residual of his incompetence.
I still have a hard time believing the UAA (Foley and company) didn't see what was going on, especially w/ the S&C program. Foley's been here since before Spurrier was hired and probably witnessed at least 5 or more S&C coaches come through. He couldn't tell something was up?
I still can't believe Foley let the facilities, especially dorm rooms, just go to sh*t. While other schools were building 5-star resorts right under his nose. Foley and UAA officials/employees go on several road trips per season, likely visiting every SEC school (and non-SEC schools, such as FSU). They meet w/ these other schools athletic departments and I'm sure they take tours of facilities. How did they not see that we needed upgrades? (and we STILL don't have the upgrades).
It's shameful and Butters is simply a piece of what happened. Plenty of fingers to point. I'd rank the top 4 as: 1) Foley, 2) Butters, 3) Muschamp, 4) Mike Kent
And it's almost impossible to measure how much he really cost us. Not including his salary & his buyout, but his assistants over-inflated salaries & buyouts. Look at the empty seats in the stadium. I'm sure donations went down. Less UF official merchandise purchased. Local businesses taking a beating on game days. Local homeowners who make an extra $1000 or more parking cars in their lawns losing out. It goes on and on. There's still empty seats from the residual of his incompetence.
I still have a hard time believing the UAA (Foley and company) didn't see what was going on, especially w/ the S&C program. Foley's been here since before Spurrier was hired and probably witnessed at least 5 or more S&C coaches come through. He couldn't tell something was up?
I still can't believe Foley let the facilities, especially dorm rooms, just go to sh*t. While other schools were building 5-star resorts right under his nose. Foley and UAA officials/employees go on several road trips per season, likely visiting every SEC school (and non-SEC schools, such as FSU). They meet w/ these other schools athletic departments and I'm sure they take tours of facilities. How did they not see that we needed upgrades? (and we STILL don't have the upgrades).
It's shameful and Butters is simply a piece of what happened. Plenty of fingers to point. I'd rank the top 4 as: 1) Foley, 2) Butters, 3) Muschamp, 4) Mike Kent