If UF is not the #1 destination of all head coaches, we need a new AD

[tharber]

I am sick to my stomach seeing UF listed as #2 or #3 for best places to coach. This should never be allowed to happen. I know the majority of this board hates Foley but he made UF a destination school for anyone that wanted to win a NC. Stricklin needs to step down and maybe we let someone with a 'set' run things. I am disgusted.

 

[Kevlo911]

What cave have you been sitting in the last decade? This has been discussed many times.

Praising fooley is dumb, him not wanting to join the arms race in the early 00s led to our issues now

Let's see how this search goes and what president we get. Until then we are stuck with ss

 

[PCGatorAlum]

Of course it’s bias against Florida everyone hates Florida and does not want Florida to be good because they know what that means for the rest of the SEC.

 

[FireFoley]

Fooley mad it a destination school for anyone who wanted to win??????

With section 8 housing and dilapidated facilities? Delusional.

 

[soflagator]

I am sick to my stomach seeing UF listed as #2 or #3 for best places to coach. This should never be allowed to happen. I know the majority of this board hates Foley but he made UF a destination school for anyone that wanted to win a NC. Stricklin needs to step down and maybe we let someone with a 'set' run things. I am disgusted.

Yeah I think that Foley narrative gets extremely over exaggerated. He inherited Spurrier, was handed Machen(though I guess you can credit him for closing the deal), had hires of WM and McElwain while severely hamstringing the football program by stubbornly refusing to compete when other teams were improving their facilities and football related focus. Whether a misguided view of the built in advantages UF enjoyed, pure arrogance, or a combination of both, he set us on the current trajectory. You can credit him for Donovan and all the other non-revenue sports, but it would be easier to argue he did more harm to football than good.

I would almost contend that Stricklin has at least swung for the fence with guys like Kelly and Frost(something I don’t see JF doing) and only has the one really bad hire in Napier, which no one foresaw being as bad as he was.

But I do agree that it’s criminal what’s been done to our perception as a program.

 

[AuggieDosta]

 

[MJMGator]

Glad tosee you woke up out of hibernation for what appears to be about a decade.

 

[Sec14Gator]

 

[NVGator]

(though I guess you can credit him for closing the deal)

How so?

which no one foresaw being as bad as he was.

Excuse me?

 

[Altitude Gator]

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Is the OP arguing that UF should be the #1 current opening or the #1 of like all time? Historically, hell no and not even close. Currently is even questionable from the perspective that both LSU and PSU showed they care more about winning by firing one coach who was in the playoffs last year and had a respectable record there and LSU while having made a mistake with Kelly got rid of him after much better results than the waterhead failure that we held onto for 2 years too long.....sooooo there are those things

 

[Swamp Donkey]

We need a new athletic director. We've had three winning seasons in the last 8 years. There's really no debate.

And we need the powerwash everyone else out of the athletic department, beginning with the leftover slumlord Foleyites.

 

[soflagator]

How so?

Excuse me?

I’m saying someone could state he had to officially sign him, not Machen. Not an endorsement of any kind. He was Bernie’s hire, we all know that.

I know many here weren’t sold on BN from day one(you may have been one of them), and they were certainly vindicated. I just don’t remember seeing a lot of under .500 through 4 seasons and losing to USF and Vanderbilt type predictions.

 

[NVGator]

We need a new athletic director. We've had three winning seasons in the last 8 years. There's really no debate.

And we need the powerwash everyone else out of the athletic department, beginning with the leftover slumlord Foleyites.

It’s almost like it’s been said since Chump.

 

[Back Alley Gator]

LOL....UF hasn't been a destination school for football coaches since the mid 2000s. You're 20 years too late with this take.

 

[MJMGator]

I’m saying someone could state he had to officially sign him, not Machen. Not an endorsement of any kind. He was Bernie’s hire, we all know that.

I know many here weren’t sold on BN from day one(you may have been one of them), and they were certainly vindicated. I just don’t remember seeing a lot of under .500 through 4 seasons and losing to USF and Vanderbilt type predictions.

You’re correct. He was much worse than any of us could have imagined…for far too long.

 

[Sec14Gator]

I know many here weren’t sold on BN from day one(you may have been one of them), and they were certainly vindicated. I just don’t remember seeing a lot of under .500 through 4 seasons and losing to USF and Vanderbilt type predictions.

I found the selection depressing and very anti-Florida, with a likely slow failure rate. I did not expect it to be so bad so fast, yet still so slooooow for the school to fire him and still not fire Stricklin.

To the original post, I actually think we are the top job in the Country for anyone who spent time coaching in the South, and therefore, in Baton Rouge. Jimbo chose aTm over LSU. We haven't struck out much, with the Mullen hire being the only time since Shanahan saying no led to Zook.

We may not be everyone's #1 of the currently open jobs (and nationally, we are likely behind Texas, Oh St., and USCw for reasons beyond football but taking account of families and wives and location), but we are likely most coaches top choice of this cycle and I don't see any other job possibly opening that would be better.

 

[deuce]

Drunkin Rant????

 

[AugustaGator]

Stricklin is on the take. BN should have been paid only 250k base salary and a dollar buyout.

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Drunkin Rant????

You'll have to be more specific....which post(s) in particular?