The Coaching Search Thread

[gatormandan]

No more "its a done deal" talk please.....

 

[gatormandan]

Bama , UGA, FSU, Auburn, hell even Miami would've landed Kelly. We are the only school that could **** up that situation. Now we won't get frost either.

 

[ChiefGator]

Anybody know what Lovie Smith is up to? Could be a good fallback option.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovie_Smith

Not even a last position choice.

 

[rogdochar]

I think taking 2-3 years off is my plan regardless.

I think there'd be more on-board you taking that off than were hoping we landed Kelly. In Fact, I think Stricklin-Fuchs would send a plane for ya, along with a Kamikaze pilot.

 

[Gatorraid81]

Thank Willis.

Not sure what in Norvell's past would boot him from the search. If we went after Kelly and all his baggage, why not Norvell?? Smokescreen maybe?

Yeah I'm wondering what about his past that people keep alluding to. What did he do? Bang Stricklin's wife or something

 

[Concrete Helmet]

I agree he must get this right but look at our attendance record thru 3 bad coaches. Gator fans still show up for games.

Who doesn't want to see a train wreck?
It is more of a testament to the endurance of the fans base.....The endurance is coming to an end though.

 

[78]

It's Sunday morning, Nov. 26, and there are a ton of you ready to throw in the towel and condemn UF for having screwed the search. To which I say: Why?

Let me please remind you of a few facts:

• Chip Kelly was at once the wild card and fly in the ointment. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. The one obvious candidate with whom we didn't need to wait out the regular season to pursue a commitment. You have to make a play for a guy like that.
• If you're second-guessing the initiative or the aggressiveness with which we went about it -- and, yes, Nevada, we were on Kelly before UCLA fired Mora -- then you're either playing mind games or you never really wanted the guy. You give it all you can, including money, and walk away knowing you did your best.
• Frost is almost the equal gamble given the logical interest from his alma mater. Once again it's a situation where Florida makes more sense but intangibles could put us on the short end. As of this moment, we have no idea what's been said or if contract talk has even taken place. It's way premature to judge what we did or how went about it. Did we get a late start? Of course we did. We chased Kelly for 10-14 days.
• Contrary to perception, the race to name a coach isn't over, not by any stretch. It's merely the warm-up lap. If you're chasing an incumbent, all you or anyone else has done till now is put out feelers and follow up on them. We've likely been in contact with a ton of people, some of whom may surprise.
• I'm personally impressed with Norvell and I wouldn't mind a look-see at Fuentes. After that, based on what I've read, we probably fall into a lower tier that includes Mullen, Strong and Taggart due to state of Florida ties. Not my personal choices, but at that point the field is thin, which is also not our fault either. It's always been about fate -- timing and availability.

Four tiers, the top two laden with uncertainty due to factors out of our control. This isn't quite as easy as some of you would like to believe.

I understand the frustration and sense of inevitable doom given the curse that has hovered over the program these past several years. I also understand the impatience. We've all spent far too much time combing the internet and Twitter for possible clues. Hours seem like days, days like weeks.

You have no choice but to give it some more time. If you're like me, you haven't given up hope.

 

[williston_gator]

@DanWolken: If A&M actually pulls the Jimbo Fisher thing off I’ll be super impressed. The real question is what their Plan B looks like.

 

[Slevin]

Blount pushing hard for frost to uf

 

[JCTow]

I know it’s a looooooong shot. But wasn’t Gundy interested in the job before we hired butters? Why has his name not gotten more attention? I know his buyout is crazy but we bought out smackelwain. Just thinking out loud

 

[Slevin]

wow impressive

 

[JCTow]

wow impressive

We don’t have a fumble problem. We have a qb throwing it to the other team problem. #colorblind

 

[rogdochar]

Contrary to perception, the race to name a coach isn't over, not by any stretch. It's merely the warm-up lap.

Yep, and the stretches are all by the media-monkies.

 

[alcoholica]

Norvell apparently didn’t pass a background check by the UAA? What in the absolute **** is going on at UF? Norvell can’t pass but kelly can?

The only thing I find odd in people saying this is that he was a candidate for OC when we hired Roper. We didn't hear a peep back then. Was our control of info that much better just a few years ago?

 

[jereed16]

Grab Norvell before he too is off the market. Frost would probably be great but there is serious heat about him and Nebraska. Why put yourself in a similar situation to CK and UCLA?

 

[78]

Grab Norvell before he too is off the market. Frost would probably be great but there is serious heat about him and Nebraska. Why put yourself in a similar situation to CK and UCLA?

Agree. I think you have to say to Frost's people, look, you're our #1 pick but we can't afford to wait this out. We need to know right now if we should pursue this any further.

 

[TN G8tr]

It's Sunday morning, Nov. 26, and there are a ton of you ready to throw in the towel and condemn UF for having screwed the search. To which I say: Why?

Let me please remind you of a few facts:

• Chip Kelly was at once the wild card and fly in the ointment. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. The one obvious candidate with whom we didn't need to wait out the regular season to pursue a commitment. You have to make a play for a guy like that.
• If you're second-guessing the initiative or the aggressiveness with which we went about it -- and, yes, Nevada, we were on Kelly before UCLA fired Mora -- then you're either playing mind games or you never really wanted the guy. You give it all you can, including money, and walk away knowing you did your best.
• Frost is almost the equal gamble given the logical interest from his alma mater. Once again it's a situation where Florida makes more sense but intangibles could put us on the short end. As of this moment, we have no idea what's been said or if contract talk has even taken place. It's way premature to judge what we did or how went about it. Did we get a late start? Of course we did. We chased Kelly for 10-14 days.
• Contrary to perception, the race to name a coach isn't over, not by any stretch. It's merely the warm-up lap. If you're chasing an incumbent, all you or anyone else has done till now is put out feelers and follow up on them. We've likely been in contact with a ton of people, some of whom may surprise.
• I'm personally impressed with Norvell and I wouldn't mind a look-see at Fuentes. After that, based on what I've read, we probably fall into a lower tier that includes Mullen, Strong and Taggart due to state of Florida ties. Not my personal choices, but at that point the field is thin, which is also not our fault either. It's always been about fate -- timing and availability.

Four tiers, the top two laden with uncertainty due to factors out of our control. This isn't quite as easy as some of you would like to believe.

I understand the frustration and sense of inevitable doom given the curse that has hovered over the program these past several years. I also understand the impatience. We've all spent far too much time combing the internet and Twitter for possible clues. Hours seem like days, days like weeks.

You have no choice but to give it some more time. If you're like me, you haven't given up hope.

Thanks '78, I think we needed that.

 

[Gatorraid81]

Agree. I think you have to say to Frost's people, look, you're our #1 pick but we can't afford to wait this out. We need to know right now if we should pursue this any further.

And they would probably dick us around for a week before turning us down, just like Kelly.

 

[LongTooth]

Blount pushing hard for frost to uf

guys like frost operate on loads of self-confidence. if he believes he can be the guy to draw athletes to the huskers he'll drop us like the hot rock we are.

i want the dude to come here but UF is under a black cloud and the fans are getting bitch slapped at every turn.

 

[TN G8tr]

SS needs to be aggressive with them. Hey, if you want it we'll wait til the game is over. If not, you're out and we're moving on.