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FIRE the AD and clean house at the UAA!!!

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by twodaparty, Aug 31, 2024.

  1. Claygator

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    Who has SS hired?
     
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  2. Claygator

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    Jeez. Not this nonsense again. Information is not accurate.
     
  3. Bowiegator

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    Foley is the best when it comes to spring sports ever. When it comes to football and basketball he got lucky with Donovan and ever since then he is controlling how we hire for football and basketball through his do boy Stricklin. We need to hire football and basketball coaches like AL hires football coaches. We are hiring football coaches thinking we will hit lightning in a bottle like the Donovan hire. When AL needs a football coach 18 years ago they hire Saban. When they needed one a year ago they got the most accomplished P4 coach behind Dabo and Kirby. We have just as much resources as AL if not more. Hire football coaches like they do and let Foley stay to help advise on non revenue sports where is the best of all time. Foley got lucky with Urban only because help from President and Urban was the best available and he happened to be at a non p5 program at the time but was beating p5 programs while at Utah. don't take anymore chances on next hire and don't let foley influence this decision unless he can help get Lane.
     
  4. Wanne15

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    There’s probably 40 or so AD’s that priority numero uno is hiring a football coach. It’s difficult as there aren’t very many coaches capable. Then guessing the up and comers is beyond anyone’s ability to predict. Kiffen is possibly the surest bet right now and still comes with plenty of risk. An AD’s job is crazy. I’m sure it’s a collective effort and he’s not out there by himself making that decision but he still loses his job when the best candidate available fails. Kiffen could win a couple national championships or be the biggest mistake yet. Roll the dice and see what ya get basically.
     
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  5. Wanne15

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    Football and basketball are only things that really matter. Football has been another failure, but that was that way before he got here and kind of the same with basketball. Basketball does seem to be on an upswing. I think Billy Donovan and urban Meyer are more important than Scott Stricklin or Foley. Finding that next Hall of Fame coach is not something that can just be expected. It was discussed on another thread that Alabama went through several of these coaches before Saban got there and it’s not because they’re just idiots at Alabama. I agree it’s time for a new and some fresh blood, but it is a crapshoot.
     
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  6. KronoGator

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    Well it's not pretty

    Football
    Mullen: 34-15 (fired) Napier: 12-16 (....)
    Mens Basketball
    Golden: 40-29
    Womens Basketball
    Newbauer: 46-71 (fired) Finley: 56-42
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    Amato: 4-12-4 (fired) Bohon: 11-20-11
    Mens Tennis
    Steinberg: 13-12
     
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  7. Dinogator

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    For those scoring at home those total:
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    If your goal is batting .500, SS is almost perfect!
     
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  9. MarineG8R

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    She's been pretty adamant about flushing the UAA. I think it doesn't matter who we hire the end result will be the same as long as holdovers are still present. They've been the constant in all of the failed regimes.
     
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  10. Crusher

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    Amen....go look at the UAA leadership page. 1 UF grad. That pretty much tells the story right there.....they're a bunch of administrators just looking out for their paychecks (just like our coach).
     
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  11. twodaparty

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    Bingo. Clean f’ing house.
     
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  12. gatorwalrus

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  13. kes

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    What is this “lose his job” you speak of?
     
  14. Wanne15

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    He might not
     
  15. kes

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    Be a travesty if SS stays imo.
     
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  16. volungator

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    Like:
    Ray Perkins (32-15-1)
    Bill Curry (26-10)
    Gene Stallings (62-25)
    Mike Dubose (24-23)
    Dennis Franchione (17-8)
    Mike Price (0-0-0) Fired for cause before even coaching one game.
    Mike Shula (26-23)

    Nick Saban (206-29)
    DeBoer (2-2)
     
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  17. Skink

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    Really sad how that went. The SEC and the NCAA just f*cked us over in classic hypocrite fashion. Felt so sorry for our team and even worse for Charley
     
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  18. SewaneeGator

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    Before we were the coaching carousel joke of college football, it was Tennessee, cycling through coach after coach, trying to recreate Fulmer's best days. And before Tennessee, it was Bama who was the joke, hiring and firing coaches, always trying to find the next Bear. Gene Stallings was the closest, but even he took a ton of heat. And they were considered to be stuck living in the past until Saban's second year. Many prestigious programs go through coaches looking for the right one. And when they find them, everyone seems to forget how unsuccessful and how mocked they were before hand.
     
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  19. volungator

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    You do recall that Pell left Clemson on probation too right.
     
  20. Skink

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    Yes I do. He also built a national champion there, likely doing nothing worse than McKay, Hayes, Schembechler, Dooley, Bryant, and a couple more “chosen few” had done before.

    You do recall that the NCAA has played favorites for over half a century, right?
     
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