Realistic Florida Coaching Candidates?

[GoBigOrangeVols]

He'd be a good one.

 

[VolnJC]

Doesn't look like anything will happen tonight. I spoke with CSU TE Jordan White and he denied the rumor that there was a team meeting called for later tonight or tomorrow

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

Called it a month ago

 

[Jake]

I live here in Fort Collins and most of us here that understand football (opposed to caring more about legal weed), love Coach Mac. CSU pays him $1.5M/year and he has been worth every penny based on what kind of product he is putting on the field. The RAMS are impressive, and IMO, UF would be gaining a gem of they hire Jim McElwain. He gets a lot out of his players and coaches fundamentals very very well.

He turned the CSU offense into a well balanced attack in two years...the change here was amazing.

 

[HialeahGator]

Foley has never tipped his hand before. This will take a few more turns before a HC is named.

 

[skasper06]

I read reports on CBS that Colorado State's McElwain is the front runner for the job. Personally, I still hope it goes to Lane Kiffin...but that's just my high hopes.

Anyone else we should be hoping for?

Report: Colorado State's McElwain, Florida closing in on agreement - CBSSports.com

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Derek Dooley would do big things there, give him a call

 

[TNDeb3]

Personally, I'm just thankful we're not part of this episode of Coaching Circus 2014. I hope we're not for many many years!!!

GBO!!

 

[vtvol98]

I'd like to see the Old Ball Sack return to UF. Butch owns him.

 

[Rudy123]

It's pretty far-fetched actually.

The media often convinces people that there are job rankings and that a coach might consider leaving the #5 job for the #3 job. Coaches typically don't think that way. Stoops knows he can win big at Oklahoma and he knows he can win big at Florida. But he's been at Oklahoma for 15 years, so it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to completely uproot his family and start over for a lateral move.

Stoops also makes $5.25 million per year. Unless Florida is willing to bid in the $8 million range, seems unlikely he'd leave for purely monetary reasons.

You have a better shot at Mike Gundy IMO. For whatever reason, he seems a bit disgruntled at Oklahoma State. I was shocked that he considered Tennessee in 2013, because Ok State is his alma-mater and it's not like he isn't compensated well by T. Boone Pickens. Clearly, he's unhappy about something there, but it wasn't enough to lure him away in '13. Maybe it's gotten worse since then, though.

My guess is that in 2013, he used his supposed interest in the Tennessee job to leverage a raise at OSU. Doudt he would come to U.T.

 

[tennesseeduke]

I would love to see Florida hire Chad Morris. He's extremely overrated.

Can't he's the new coach at SMU!

:thud:

Tennesseeduke

 

[CobbVol]

Obviously Chip Kelly is not a realistic candidate:

@EaglesInsider Chip Kelly: Florida hasn't contacted me. And if they did, I wouldn't listen. It's false. I think false things are silly.