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Posted on 12/10/16 at 5:30 pm to atlgator
Posted on 12/10/16 at 5:30 pm to atlgator
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what hurt Foley in the eyes of the fans, is that he was too worried about those other sports to get facility upgrades for football. You can't ever lose sight of the fact that football plays the bills.
Football also gets more than its share of money spent on it. By a wide, wide margin. It takes an insane amount of money to support football operations.
Also, Foley was the athletic director, not the football director. His job was to make all of Gator athletics excellent and he did that. I find it impossible for me to criticize him for making UF the best athletic department in the nation.
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We're not broke like them.
True but the money spent in college athletics is getting stupid. The bubble is going to burst eventually. I think that in the near future we will appreciate Foley's frugality.
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Facility upgrades help in recruiting
The "prettier is better" mindset is disturbing. That said, winning is still superior.
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they help in the psyche of the team
Then they are weak.
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gives players more resources to get better on the field
This is just an excuse people use to justify ridiculous expenditures and laziness, thinking somehow the facility piece will make up for hard work and desire.
I'm OK with expanding the staff and over-signing a bit so long as ethical lines are not crossed.
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Posted on 12/12/16 at 8:43 am to UF
Facilities matter for recruiting. Kids want to go to a school that invests in its athletic program.
Foley got away with have shite facilities because Urban and Billy were really good. IMO Meyer did not press as hard as Mac is for facilities upgrades. Billy did press before he left.
Foley got away with have shite facilities because Urban and Billy were really good. IMO Meyer did not press as hard as Mac is for facilities upgrades. Billy did press before he left.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:57 am to UF
I agree with just about all of this, but I also understand that you and I are not 18 year old kids who are star athletes being told how great they are by people like Nick Saban and Urban Meyer. I'm much more disturbed by the attitude of some of these recruits than the attitude of the programs trying to court them. I remember when Tebow announced his commitment live on ESPN, a ton of people were dumbfounded that ESPN televised a high school kid announcing where he was going to college. These days, announcement videos are produced like movies, NSD is almost a national holiday, and with social media, these guys are celebrities before they ever step foot on campus.
For what it's worth, I do agree that I'd rather see the money spent on recruiting staff than facilities, but once that is in place, I'd like to see some upgrades to the facilities because like it or not, prettier is better
For what it's worth, I do agree that I'd rather see the money spent on recruiting staff than facilities, but once that is in place, I'd like to see some upgrades to the facilities because like it or not, prettier is better
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