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re: Gator booster has some words about yesterdays game…
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:13 pm to imjustafatkid
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:13 pm to imjustafatkid
quote:Cocaine is a hellava drug…
UF isn't a better job than Ole Miss.
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Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:15 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe
Again why would anyone leave a great situation for a dumpster fire?
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:16 pm to Mizzoufan26
I could see Kiffin doing it for his ego. I see him going where he could make the biggest splash, and Floridas ceiling is higher as a program.
No offense to Ole Miss. I would also agree with similar arguments concerning ego that he would try and do it at Ole Miss and raise their ceiling even more.
He’s a bit of a wildcard lol
No offense to Ole Miss. I would also agree with similar arguments concerning ego that he would try and do it at Ole Miss and raise their ceiling even more.
He’s a bit of a wildcard lol
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:18 pm to Ancient Astronaut
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Again why would anyone leave a great situation for a dumpster fire?
because every coach has an ego.
You can win a NC at UF. I am not sure you can at OM.
ETA It was mentioned earlier. UF was basically a doormat. Mid-tier SEC at best. bear said if UF could ever get the right HC, they would be dangerous. He didn't live to see it, but he was right.
This post was edited on 9/1/24 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:19 pm to imjustafatkid
quote:UF has consistently been a top 5 school in NFL players. Even though we’ve sucked the last 15 years, we still have been top 7ish. The real tragedy is the school allowed other schools, especially Bama, UGA, Ohio State, Clemson, etc., come in and steal the top players. I blame Foley for scrimping on facilities and hiring coaches learning on the job. It’s unbelievable how bad Florida football has been given the resources and location.
Florida the state is not Florida the school.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:22 pm to MrAUTigers
High caliber coaches are generally not that stupid though
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:22 pm to finchmeister08
His homework can start on learning how to spell his last name.
I mean I understand that Lane is a relative newcomer to football, has never coached in Florida, has never coached in the SEC until this gig, and isn't from a football coaching family that has ties to Florida or anything, but he should still learn how to spell that guy's name.
I mean I understand that Lane is a relative newcomer to football, has never coached in Florida, has never coached in the SEC until this gig, and isn't from a football coaching family that has ties to Florida or anything, but he should still learn how to spell that guy's name.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:23 pm to ABearsFanNMS
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Florida fans will end up like Auburn fans two years ago. You honestly think he would even entertain U of FL when his daughter has 2 more years at Ole Miss and his son is moving to Oxford next year?
Y’all need to do some research before making yourselves look foolish!
I'm pretty sure they could transfer to UF. Also, I think their mother is a UF alum, daughter of John Reeves, big time UF player back in his day. It's not like they would be walking into the land of the unknown.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:26 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe
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UF has consistently been a top 5 school in NFL players. Even though we’ve sucked the last 15 years, we still have been top 7ish. The real tragedy is the school allowed other schools, especially Bama, UGA, Ohio State, Clemson, etc., come in and steal the top players. I blame Foley for scrimping on facilities and hiring coaches learning on the job. It’s unbelievable how bad Florida football has been given the resources and location.
I agree with you, but what you describe here is exactly why what I'm saying is correct.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:28 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe
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UF has consistently been a top 5 school in NFL players. Even though we’ve sucked the last 15 years, we still have been top 7ish. The real tragedy is the school allowed other schools, especially Bama, UGA, Ohio State, Clemson, etc., come in and steal the top players. I blame Foley for scrimping on facilities and hiring coaches learning on the job. It’s unbelievable how bad Florida football has been given the resources and location.
It's only because Foley was tight with things that UF could do what it's been doing the past few years. Also, none of these were concerns for Spurrier and Meyer, who won and recruited, no matter the facilities.
And, space is really limited. If you remember campus, that area where IFAS and the bug people are at - they need to send the bug people to a satellite campus in Columbia County and send IFAS to a satellite in Marion County, and open up that entire area for athletics. There is no more space by the stadium. UF has expanded so much the past 30 yrs or so, there's no more land. Facilities were a real logistics problem for many years, not just a commitment / money issue. The one thing UF needed and waited too long for was an indoor facility due to weather. But that's fixed now.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:30 pm to finchmeister08
This is a weird post to me?
Ole Miss is the better job. Why would Lane take a step backwards? Because he likes Florida?
Ole Miss is the better job. Why would Lane take a step backwards? Because he likes Florida?
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:32 pm to finchmeister08
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Kiffin wouldn’t be the first person that lied about not leaving Ole Miss.
Read the article on ESPN published this week. Landry is a Soph at Ole Miss, Knox is moving to Oxford and all the things I have heard from people in Oxford is he settled in. He may leave for the NFL because that is the only job that gives him the level of autonomy that he enjoys now.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:32 pm to imjustafatkid
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UF isn't a better job than Ole Miss.
With a modern AD and Chancellor that supports him it could be quickly. But without those two things it will never recover.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:34 pm to Smokeyone
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With a modern AD and Chancellor that supports him it could be quickly. But without those two things it will never recover.
Agreed.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:37 pm to POTUS2024
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I'm pretty sure they could transfer to UF. Also, I think their mother is a UF alum, daughter of John Reeves, big time UF player back in his day. It's not like they would be walking into the land of the unknown.
You think he cares about his ex-wife’s opinion? Once again please read and tell me what says this guy is about to bail out……
ESPN Article Published just this week
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:37 pm to fallguy_1978
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Lane is a nomad. He's always going to be looking for that next step up.
You lost credibility with this post. He left Tenn after 1 year because his dream job opened. He was fired at USC. Left Bama to be HC at FAU. Left FAU after 3 years for Ole Miss and is now in year 5 at Ole Miss. Go read that article Chris Low wrote from this past week. What you think Lane is, is not what he is in 2024.
This post was edited on 9/1/24 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:41 pm to ABearsFanNMS
quote:His adult children can't go to school in a different state?
You honestly think he would even entertain U of FL when his daughter has 2 more years at Ole Miss and his son is moving to Oxford next year?
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:43 pm to fallguy_1978
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Right and they are the only SEC school in the state. That's a pretty significant recruiting advantage
So what happened to this "advantage" the last 10 years?
EVERYBODY recruits the state especially South Florida.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:45 pm to imjustafatkid
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NIL makes anything you're thinking about there irrelevant in terms of recruiting, and the UF fanbase has unrealistic expectations.
Fanbase wants competency. We knew Zook was a good guy and loved the school but he didn't appear competent in running the program. It was sad to see him go but it just came to a point where it had to be done. Same for Muschamp. Good guy, good family, grew up in Gainesville. But things went south. McElwain was so ill-equipped for head coach at a big program he faked death threats to get out of town. Mullen was always a disaster and people called it from the second the AD announced him. The expectations are not really unrealistic. Be competent, know what you're doing. Charley Pell came in and went 0-10-1 in his first season but he knew what he was doing and it was obvious. Fans stuck with him.
Fans will gladly stand behind a competent guy and stay with him even if that means a lengthy rebuild. UF fans know the NIL era is a different animal, but you can't trot out there like you're in a coma for massive in-state rivalry games, like Napier, and then look incompetent.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:51 pm to POTUS2024
quote:I understand your comments and can understand being conservative with spending but we clearly lost a huge advantage around 2006, where we were on top of the sports world. I know kids that visited UF and were embarrassed with the facilities, especially no indoor practice facility, locker room, weight room, etc. we fell off and other schools took advantage and here we are a decade and a half later. How we didn’t have the top recruiting class each year should have been a huge warning sign.
It's only because Foley was tight with things that UF could do what it's been doing the past few years. Also, none of these were concerns for Spurrier and Meyer, who won and recruited, no matter the facilities. And, space is really limited. If you remember campus, that area where IFAS and the bug people are at - they need to send the bug people to a satellite campus in Columbia County and send IFAS to a satellite in Marion County, and open up that entire area for athletics. There is no more space by the stadium. UF has expanded so much the past 30 yrs or so, there's no more land. Facilities were a real logistics problem for many years, not just a commitment / money issue. The one thing UF needed and waited too long for was an indoor facility due to weather. But that's fixed now.
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