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McElwain adds to support staff
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- Jun 9, 2014
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This is the Kyle Trash hire of our athletic staff.
Sometimes I wonder if we actually PAY the people who make these decisions. Surely somewhere there was at least one FOOTBALL coach, maybe even one with college experience, or at least a high school guy with contacts in the area, that was willing to take our position. Surely.
Or maybe not.
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Comparing to future HOFer, Trask! High praise indeed. (Maybe a little over the top.)
- Jun 14, 2014
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This is more to do with relationships and how to "get in the door" to see these kids, period. Nothing wrong with Mac beefing up the staff to hit south FL hard. I don't care if the guy is a badminton coach. If he produces, then great. If not, hit the bricks.
- Aug 25, 2014
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No, he's not going to be a coach...yet. One of the benefits of hiring guys as non-coach support staff/admin positions is that you get additional football coaches on the staff and you can do many things with those guys, including putting them on the staff as coaches when slots open up. The admin positions are really just a way to circumvent the rules on how many coaches you can have on staff. Filling one of these slots with a basketball coach who brings nothing to the table as it relates to knowing and coaching football, and who will never be a full fledged coach on our staff (hopefully), is really puzzling.
- Jun 9, 2014
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Wait, still struggling with this Pumpthink. So this pee wee league basketball coach is the one who has all the relationships with the football coaches in the state?
- Oct 15, 2014
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No. He is just a whole lot smarter than you.
- Jun 14, 2014
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Wait ... what if Mac knows this is a temporary hire because Mac has his eyes on a tall 9th grader
down south who loves playing basketball and football ... a Charlie Ward type but tall and with
modernity style as QB or WR ?.... huh, huh what if ?
down south who loves playing basketball and football ... a Charlie Ward type but tall and with
modernity style as QB or WR ?.... huh, huh what if ?
- Jun 12, 2014
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All he's doing is coordinating recruiting visits on campus. You don't need to be a good football coach in order to do that. You just need someone who is friendly, organized, and knows how to deal with athletes and their families. Nothing wrong with the hire. It's not like he'll be coaching our current players or anything.
- Sep 8, 2014
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I completely agree there's "nothing wrong with the hire"....but I also feel he could have found a veteran HS football coach to do the same thing. Either way, good for Herron. He's a UF grad. This has to be exciting for him. He's promoting his alma mater.
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- Sep 8, 2014
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Agree, would be interesting to know how he landed on McElwain's radar. Are there headhunters for this type of work? Maybe he'd be interested in a veteran CG officer who will be retiring soon? Or possibly a CG Master Chief??? :D
- Oct 5, 2014
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Exactly. But Mac could get better results using hostesses and ordering some doughnuts.
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- Aug 25, 2014
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- Jun 9, 2014
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Did you say hoestesses?
Poor lil hoe on the right is like the Monica Lewinsky of college football.
- Jun 24, 2014
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And how are his management skills? Has he done this before? Basketball? Weird. We could have hired a janitor and you'd be raving about the hire. It's what you do.
- Oct 15, 2014
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And your a idiot, thats what you do.
- Sep 8, 2014
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Gotta agree w/ Rex here. It's like those trying to argue a 3-star is just as good as a 4 or 5 star because our coaching staff is so good at evaluating talent compared to every other staff in the country....
Again, good for him. But it seems like hiring a veteran HS football coach would have made more sense.
I know, I know...."trust the coaches" (the same things that were said by the Ron Zook and Will Muschamp lovers).....
