McElwain to be next Florida coach (merged)

#78
#78
Looks like a pretty solid hire. He's a offense guy. You knew that was probably the way they were going..
 
#79
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gunner said:
If he can recruit at the same level that Muschamp was able to recruit at while developing a QB and finding a few playmakers UF will challenge next year in the East because thier defense is good and loaded with talent. UF was a QB away from having a great team this past season!
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And that is usually what makes the difference between decent and championship teams.
 
#80
#80
Can't be too exciting for the Florida faithful. Muschamp was the much bigger name when they hired him
 
#83
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SpringBokVol said:
This is a better hire than most are giving credit
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It definately is a solid triple. Vol fans secretly know had they hired Richard Simmons we still might struggle to beat them. My one knock was the financials but it sounds like CSU president screwed the pooch on that anyway and UF will slip out with more reasonable buyout. Either way they will be married to him a loooooong time.
 
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MedicT said:
Could be a cautionary tale for some Vol fans. Florida has the facilities, the program, and in the middle of one of the most fertile recruiting grounds in the country and it is still difficult to attract what many would call a "top tier" coach to come get beat up and beat down in the SEC.
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Many have mentioned that FL lacks the facilities needed to compete for the top coaches/recruits.

Facilities and expectations.

Did you know that Florida doesn't have a standalone football operations building? In an era where practically every major school has a top-of-the-line indoor facility or is building one, Florida is still at the mercy of having practices altered by weather (which is certainly a concern in the spring and late summer when thunderstorms tend to roll through the area).

Though Florida built office space, an expanded weight room and a recruiting reception area onto a side of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in 2008, Florida's facilities have fallen behind the curve nationally and even regionally, with Florida State pouring millions into facility upgrades the last few years. Even Mississippi State and Ole Miss now have more modern, comprehensive football buildings, not to mention Tennessee, Auburn, Clemson and what's being constructed at South Carolina — all schools that try to invade Florida for recruits.

"It's mind-boggling," one person said. "That place should have the best facilities in the country. How was that allowed to happen?"

And it's unclear that athletics director Jeremy Foley is interested in doing anything about it. At the news conference Monday to discuss the coaching change, he practically dismissed the suggestion that Florida's facilities needed to be addressed and cited the fact that the school is working on an expansion of the academic center for athletes.

"We're not into bells and whistles," Foley said. "We're not getting into an arms race, and they're not any issue in my opinion affecting our success."
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Full article here
 
#87
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DD4ME said:
How much do UF fans speculate the entire deal will cost you? That was my one shocker for you guys. The coach makes total sense but the money didn't.
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Given the buyouts on both sides, it's easily the most expensive head coaching hire in school history.

I expect UAA's annual donation to the university will be much smaller than in recent years, for the next several years.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Given the buyouts on both sides, it's easily the most expensive head coaching hire in school history.

I expect UAA's annual donation to the university will be much smaller than in recent years, for the next several years.
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What I figured. That really is the lone thing that makes this not a home run type hire. At that dollar value you are committed to a good but not completely proven coach for a very long time. A lot of that of course is just the Muschamp half of the equation but at those dollar values one would have thought you guys could shoot the moon and be the talk of CFB. Just my 2 cents.
 
#90
#90
I believe Urban was brought to Gainsville by the University President who came from Utah. Between Zook and Muschamp, Foley has not had a great deal of success hiring football coaches. I hope this one will be a miserable failure as well
 
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DD4ME said:
What I figured. That really is the lone thing that makes this not a home run type hire. At that dollar value you are committed to a good but not completely proven coach for a very long time. A lot of that of course is just the Muschamp half of the equation but at those dollar values one would have thought you guys could shoot the moon and be the talk of CFB. Just my 2 cents.
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Your points are valid.

Good news is Foley has been fiscally responsible for a very long time.

Our recruiting expenses are relatively low considering our talent pool's footprint, and UF doesn't need to schedule unnecessary OOC road games 2-3 time zones away.
 
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#92
#92
This hiring illustrates how important buyout negotiations are for the AD's. Foley got it wrong and CSU got it right, mostly.
 
#95
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Lawrence Wright said:
Your points are valid.

Good news is Foley has been fiscally responsible for a very long time.

Our recruiting expenses are relatively low considering our talent pool's footprint, and UF doesn't need schedule unnecessary OOC road games 2-3 time zones away.
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You guys can definately afford it I just mainly meant if I was a fan I really don't like the return on the investment. Muschamp was really costly for you guys in a number of ways.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Your points are valid.

Good news is Foley has been fiscally responsible for a very long time.

Our recruiting expenses are relatively low considering our talent pool's footprint, and UF doesn't need schedule unnecessary OOC road games 2-3 time zones away.
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scheduling used to be the knock against Georgia, they never played anyone outside the south....then they played Boise .....ouch....I think that game was in Atlanta

Anyway This is a good hire, I just hope it fails
 
#97
#97
Good coach. Looks like FL will be back at the top of the SEC for years to come. They really wanted this guy paying his buyout of 7.5 million in addition to Muschamp's 6.3 million.
 
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Otis07 said:
scheduling used to be the knock against Georgia, they never played anyone outside the south....then they played Boise .....ouch....I think that game was in Atlanta

Anyway This is a good hire, I just hope it fails
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UGA also played road games at Colorado and Arizona State.
 
#100
#100
This doesn't scare me that much. An offensive coach from the Saban tree seems underwhelming for Florida.
 
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