lawgator1
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I don't think it would be a lateral move, and it definitely isn't a step down. UF Athletics as an entity still has more resources and potential than OM. UF running on all cylinders achieves way more than OM running on all cylinders. It's just that at the moment UF reminds me of UT Athletics circa 2012 or 2017. They will eventually figure it out like we appear to have done, and they'll compete for + win titles again. I just hope they swing and miss a few more times before doing so.The new play offs system, NIL and transfer portal has changed the game. Five years ago I’d have agreed that Kiffin moving to Florida would be a big step up for him.
Now it’s probably a lateral move, maybe even a step down. The fact is that location is no longer as necessary as it once was for recruiting. Toss in the fact that Florida is in uncertainty hell with no president, a lame duck AD and a recruiting class that is being poached badly…I just don’t see why Kiffin would leave a program that is currently in the top five for that.
I don’t even think Kiffin is the goat like so many think he is so him going to Florida doesn’t scare me. But I just don’t see it.
Could be wrong, we’ll just have to see
I disagree, from what I can tell UF’s facilities aren’t vastly superior to OM’s. Their NIL program is a mess and no need to point out how bad their administration is.I don't think it would be a lateral move, and it definitely isn't a step down. UF Athletics as an entity still has more resources and potential than OM. UF running on all cylinders achieves way more than OM running on all cylinders. It's just that at the moment UF reminds me of UT Athletics circa 2012 or 2017. They will eventually figure it out like we appear to have done, and they'll compete for + win titles again. I just hope they swing and miss a few more times before doing so.
In terms of a personal financial decision for Kiffin though, I am not sure it is worth it for him. Unless UF wants to offer him more money than Kirby (unlikely), he isn't getting an eye-popping raise to go to Gainesville and that job comes with so much added pressure and high expectations. He makes high-end money and they are OK if they lose to Alabama, LSU, UGA, etc. every year.
Not sure many schools in the SEC will allow an AD (especially one without a huge feather in his cap elsewhere) to potentially go 0-3 in hiring football coaches...
If it’s one lesson I’ve learned after our string of bad coaches is that the first thing you need is a good AD. Letting bad AD after bad AD pick our coaches just continued the blood letting.Word out of Gainesville is the reason why Napier isn’t already gone is because the BoR is looking at options to axe Stricklin too.
Hug your competent ADs a little tighter today folks.
I didn't say UF is better than OM right now. They clearly are not. I'm saying that if UF "gets right," their ceiling is way higher than OM's. They were behind on facilities for a number of years but caught up. They are behind on NIL, but in all likelihood will catch up. Being behind at the moment doesn't mean they'll be behind forever.I disagree, from what I can tell UF’s facilities aren’t vastly superior to OM’s. Their NIL program is a mess and no need to point out how bad their administration is.
Yeah maybe if UF was firing on all cylinders but they aren’t and haven’t for awhile. They are in a deep hole right now and don’t really have anyone of note that seems to know how to dig them out of it. Again, no president and an AD that everyone wants to kick out the door with Napier.
I just don’t see how Florida is currently any better than OM right now. Kiffin would have rebuild entirely from scratch while navigating a dumpster fire of an administrative mess with the AD and the university as a whole while also having to re set their NIL program.
Meanwhile OM is on the rise and smooth sailing.
Really the only cache Florida has right now is legacy status. They have the past glory’s to hold up as a trophy for what they were and want to be again. Being an old school blue blood in the SEC is no joke and yeah, it’s easy to write off OM as just OM since they haven’t the accomplishments that Florida has had in the past.
But if you objectively compare current program to current program, Florida is not in any way a step up.