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Jeremy Foley - Best SEC AD Ever?
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:53 pm
I'm sure Gator fans have a complaint here-n-there but from an outsider's perspective his run at UF was very impressive.
It would bring me great joy to replace Joe A. with Jeremy F. - if somehow we could.
It would bring me great joy to replace Joe A. with Jeremy F. - if somehow we could.
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Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:56 pm to AlwysATgr
Pretty darn OK. Florida's population boom helped a bit.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:59 pm to AlwysATgr
Mal Moore is better
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:03 pm to AlwysATgr
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It would bring me great joy to replace Joe A. with Jeremy F. - if somehow we could.
Can you tell me what would give you any hope that this would happen?
Jeremy started in the ticket office as an intern in the 70s. I think he's not gonna entertain any offers from LSU or any other school. He'll probably take a position focusing on fund raising for the AD and school overall.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:04 pm to AlwysATgr
No way. Anyone remember the "Jeremy Foley Rule" that he created for the SEC? He was a coward, simple and plain.
He also started the tradition of firing coaches at mid-season, which is something that only pro teams used to do. I think this has been very bad for college athletics.
Bill Arnsparger was actually the one who built UF's program, borrowing Bob Brodhead's model from his LSU days. You should have kept Brodhead if you wanted a good AD. Foley mostly followed Arnsparger's model.
He also started the tradition of firing coaches at mid-season, which is something that only pro teams used to do. I think this has been very bad for college athletics.
Bill Arnsparger was actually the one who built UF's program, borrowing Bob Brodhead's model from his LSU days. You should have kept Brodhead if you wanted a good AD. Foley mostly followed Arnsparger's model.
This post was edited on 6/18/16 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:04 pm to MoarKilometers
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Pretty darn OK. Florida's population boom helped a bit.
Didn't realize he's been there since 1950.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:09 pm to AlwysATgr
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I'm sure Gator fans have a complaint here-n-there
We have a few that do but not many. Foley loved UF, won trophies in almost every sport and mostly made great choices along the way.
The only complaint I could think of is his stubbornness regarding facilities.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:14 pm to biggsc
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Mal Moore is better
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:19 pm to ohiovol
Dave Hart sure isn't
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:27 pm to AlwysATgr
He was in the right place at the right time. His last 6 years handling football was a disaster. His financial decisions have been horrible as well. SOS built UF football. NR sports benefited the most along with BBall. Glad to seem him go.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:29 pm to TJGator1215
Here is our resident liberal Foley hater right on cue.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:37 pm to AlwysATgr
I'm sure harboring a murderer and other thugs on your football team to win games won't be a black eye on his body of work at all.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:39 pm to biggsc
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Mal Moore is better
Nice troll.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:42 pm to MoarKilometers
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Pretty darn OK. Florida's population boom helped a bit.
Then why is FSU's athletic program WAY behind UF's?
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:56 pm to roadGator
He's the Bobby Bowden of ADs. He directly caused this mess. He should have left when Meyer retired again. Him allowing Meyer to hold the program hostage, paying him $1M bonus not to coach and the entire WM disaster and hiring Mac is his legacy. His arrogance has cost this program almost a decade and now we're stuck with an average staff that can coach but recruits like they've at Missouri or Arkansas. He chose to extend WM after 2012, He chose to not fire WM after 2013, He chose to hire an unknown coach to recruits who can't balance a staff between recruiters or coaches while paying $7M to CSU. Nord, Shannon, Callahan, and Summers are trash recruiters and we sit at #12 in the SEC right now with no buzz around the program. He decided not to improve facilities until he was forced to. You say we won the East. We won it because we were he least shitty team and we got lucky. Kirby, Les, Saban and Jimbo are dragging their nuts all over Mac. We've signed 35 3*s the last 3 years. Every metric and result says this will be a disaster and now that the East is getting better and UF is just idling while our rivals kick our arse IN THE STATE. Excuse me if I've got beef with Jeremy Foley, because dammit he's earned it. 
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:58 pm to AlabamaAlum07
Because they focus on football. How's that worked out for then. There's football, basketball and the Director's Cup participation trophy sports.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 8:46 pm to TJGator1215
You're discounting his hiring of Billy Donovan and O'Sullivan, and I'm leaving out a boatload of other great coaches. Football has been hit or miss, but we have two BCS titles and were in it in several of other years. Let's see what coach Mac does.
I, for one, call his tenure a resounding success.
ETA: And Foley ran a clean program. I'm looking at you Ole Miss, Bama, Auburn, Tennessee!
I, for one, call his tenure a resounding success.
ETA: And Foley ran a clean program. I'm looking at you Ole Miss, Bama, Auburn, Tennessee!
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 6/17/16 at 8:50 pm to Rhino5
Thx
Posted on 6/17/16 at 8:54 pm to TJGator1215
The SEC overall All-Sports Trophy has gone to the Gators in 24 of Foley's 25 years as the AD. Just STFU
Posted on 6/17/16 at 8:58 pm to biggsc
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Dave Hart sure isn't
I agree. It's tough between him and a dead Mal Moore.
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