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https://www.si.com/college-football/2014/12/03/jeremy-foley-florida-will-muschamp-jim-mcelwain 10 yrs after the Domers wiffed
Lotsa truth there, except for the Dickrod Bowden and Mullett comments.Ten years to the day of White’s ill-fated trip to Salt Lake City, Foley’s voyage to Fort Collins unfolded like a bungled modern coaching search, with fans and journalists live tweeting along the way. Foley waited a year too long to fire Muschamp and then proceeded to run a search without the same discretion and aggressiveness that allowed him to outfox Notre Dame a decade ago. We’ll reserve judgment on McElwain for what he does on the field. But the lost 2014 season at Florida and squandered opportunities for Foley to hire a more established and bigger name coach shows just how far he and the Gators have fallen.
How has Foley messed up things in the last decade? Let us count the ways. Start with the candidates Foley likely could have lured to Gainesville. There are four coaches with better track records and decisively more potential that Foley missed or ignored. The timing of Foley’s firing of Muschamp cost him a shot at Charlie Strong and James Franklin last year. For reasons that are still unclear, Foley ruled out Rich Rodriguez and Dan Mullen before this search even began. The result is the rest of the SEC snickering at Foley, who has two football flops -- Ron Zook and Muschamp -- and a Hall of Famer (Meyer) on his track record. McElwain deserves a shot, but there aren’t a lot of signs that he’s the next Meyer.
beteez;n124233 said:https://www.si.com/college-football/2014/12/03/jeremy-foley-florida-will-muschamp-jim-mcelwain 10 yrs after the Domers wiffed
Why, because he's hired some good softball, volley ball, and track coaches? He's showing what a clown he is and the guy got it just right.Law98gator;n124247 said:Lotsa truth there, except for the Dickrod Bowden and Mullett comments.
I think there are several who won't approve of a national media member failing to praise Fooley as the best AD in the history of forever.
I'm pretty sure no one on the GCMB writes for SI.Mudd;n124369 said:It seems to me this guy gets his info from this board. I've been reading the same crap for three months now here on Gator Chatter. Foley has never hired a big name coach and never will. he has always gone for the up and coming or next big thing head coach for all sports here at UF. Why would anyone think he would do anything different now? Like 78 and Swamp Queen said Hack and Joke. I wonder which one the hackjokes on this board wrote it.
oxrageous said:I'm pretty sure no one on the GCMB writes for SI.Mudd;n124369 said:It seems to me this guy gets his info from this board. I've been reading the same crap for three months now here on Gator Chatter. Foley has never hired a big name coach and never will. he has always gone for the up and coming or next big thing head coach for all sports here at UF. Why would anyone think he would do anything different now? Like 78 and Swamp Queen said Hack and Joke. I wonder which one the hackjokes on this board wrote it.
stephenPE;n124362 said:SInce the 21 century began JF has been our AD (and long before). We are just talking the last 14 years. UF has two national titles in football and basketball along with much success and other titles in other sports our university sponsors. We are ALWAYS top three in the Sears Cup. We almost always win the SEC when all sports are considered. Just considering the four titles in the BIG two sports NO OTHER school comes close. But in this world of "what have you done for me lately (meaning last week) it is not enough. Stupid sh@t is the order of the day.