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Posted on 12/3/14 at 6:12 am to mikeytig
Posted on 12/3/14 at 6:12 am to mikeytig
This is probably close to a done deal if all the minor details are worked out...McElwains attorney will review contract wording today and there will be give and take....we already know McElwains attorney is a smooth guy.
There is no way Foley would have flown out to Ft Collins to interview McElwain if the coach hadn't already proclaim an eagerness to be UFs new HC...why set yourself up for a turn down? It means that McElwain has already had that all important talk to his wife and his children may be all grown now or close to it.
They probably have tired of the snow skiing and ready for water skiing. Believe McElwain is a Montana guy...but obviously he has coached in the SEC and knows what fanatic fans are like. We need to keep Durkin and a few other coaches on the staff..but offensively there isn't anyone I feel strongly about. Chris Leak needs to get more experience at another school and maybe become an OC eventually.
Im sure McElwain will have some of his staff follow him and that's part and parcel of the details being ironed out now...he should feel comfortable with a staff that will make or break his tenure.
Worse case scenario is that minor details become big details and we come up empty handed. That would be major suckage.
There is no way Foley would have flown out to Ft Collins to interview McElwain if the coach hadn't already proclaim an eagerness to be UFs new HC...why set yourself up for a turn down? It means that McElwain has already had that all important talk to his wife and his children may be all grown now or close to it.
They probably have tired of the snow skiing and ready for water skiing. Believe McElwain is a Montana guy...but obviously he has coached in the SEC and knows what fanatic fans are like. We need to keep Durkin and a few other coaches on the staff..but offensively there isn't anyone I feel strongly about. Chris Leak needs to get more experience at another school and maybe become an OC eventually.
Im sure McElwain will have some of his staff follow him and that's part and parcel of the details being ironed out now...he should feel comfortable with a staff that will make or break his tenure.
Worse case scenario is that minor details become big details and we come up empty handed. That would be major suckage.
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Posted on 12/3/14 at 6:19 am to reel_gator8
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Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 12:07 a.m.
In only his third year as a head coach, Jim McElwain already is developing a reputation for being a program changer. That's what he's done at Colorado State in a short time.
Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley was interviewing McElwain for the Gator football coaching job that came open when Will Muschamp was fired last month. Foley flew to Fort Collins, Colo., on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the opening.
When McElwain, 52, took over the Rams' program in 2012, he inherited a team that was coming off three consecutive 3-9 seasons and was immersed in a culture of losing.
After going 4-8 in his first year, the Rams broke through in his second, going 8-6.
This season, McElwain and the Rams have been one of the biggest success stories in college football. Colorado State finished the regular season 10-2, including signature victories over state rival Colorado and Boston College, which beat Southern Cal earlier in the season.
McElwain came to Colorado State from Alabama, where he spent four seasons as the Tide's highly successful offensive coordinator under Nick Saban.
McElwain helped the Tide win two national championships (2009, 2011) with a potent and balanced pro-style offense. He coached a Heisman winner (tailback Mark Ingram) in 2009 and a Heisman finalist (tailback Trent Richardson) in 2011.
During his four seasons in Tuscaloosa in which the Tide went 48-6, McElwain's offense turned the ball over fewer times than any team in the nation — 57 over that span.
In 2011, McElwain's offense led the SEC in rushing (219.8 yards a game) and was second in total offense (433.4 yards a game).
This post was edited on 12/3/14 at 6:21 am
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