Interesting tweet on UF..

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Florida update:
Stricklin wants to move quick.
Chip won’t last long on the market.
Stricklin is good with Chip.
Chip is good with UF.
Spurrier wants Frost.
Frost not looking at opps til Dec.

Big moment for Stricklin here.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

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https://twitter.com/DarrenHeitner/status/930858949120847873?s=17

If I'm Stricklin I am getting Kelly RIGHT NOW....Frost is ultimately gonna end up at Nebraska.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Was Spurrier already there when Strick took the job? I can't remember.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Sounds like

Spurrier and Foley are opposed.


Oh My!

 

[57stratdawg]

No kidding. I would guess Kelly's NCAA baggage is likely the sticking point though.

 

[aTotal360]

Certainly the red tape can't be that bad. Auburn seemed to get through it fairly easily with Pearl.

 

[vhdawg]

It would almost seem as if you're really better off waiting to fire your coach until the season is complete, because if you fire in the middle of the season everybody's expecting a splash hire out of a really shallow pool. Expectations seem less outlandish at the end of the regular season.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

The Ole Ball Coach says

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[FONT=&quot]Coach Steve Spurrier Retweeted Darren Heitner[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I am not recommending anyone for the job. We all have complete confidence that Scott Stricklin will make the best choice for our school - and we will support his decision 100 percent.
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[RocketDawg]

Does Spurrier have a real, official position there, or is he just ... Spurrier? I don't recall him actually have a job there.

 

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[FONT=&quot]Coach Steve Spurrier Retweeted Darren Heitner[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I am not recommending anyone for the job. We all have complete confidence that Scott Stricklin will make the best choice for our school - and we will support his decision 100 percent.
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Then in the fine print: As long as it’s who I want.

 

[Hail State]

This is gonna go down the same way it's gone down in the past when these blue bloods fire their coach in the middle of the season because they are ______ University and won't tolerate what they've perceive as not good enough. The era of the blue blood is over and they can't realize it.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Does Spurrier have a real, official position there, or is he just ... Spurrier? I don't recall him actually have a job there.

Lmao, yea I think he’s just got “Ol Ball Coach” on his door to his office. Doesn’t really do ****.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Spurrier has an office in the football building right down the hall from the head coach's office. Not kidding. That, along with a meddling administration and a bunch of short fat boosters that played a little high school ball, is what makes Florida a less attractive job than many others in my opinion.

 

[Lildoggy]

Stricklin has never hired a football coach. Will be interesting to see if he actually knows what he’s doing.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Not by himself

He and Cohen were there, when Mullen was interviewed and hired.

 

[Bulldogg31]

He and Cohen were there, when Mullen was interviewed and hired.

He's not hiring one by himself this time either. He's got so many helpful people around him...Foley, Spurrier, Mrs. Spurrier, Potbellied boosters, Tebow...

 

[13thEagle]

Joke that was told many moons about by Tubberville at the Gulf coast touchdown culb

Do you know why Spurrier wears a visor?

Its to hide his circumcision scar.

 

[engie]

Oh man, he's going to go rogue again isn't he?

Put me down for 20 on the co-dc at Rutgers at 5000-1**

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Peter Sirmon*

 

[Go Budaw]

Stricklin has never hired a football coach. Will be interesting to see if he actually knows what he’s doing.

He’s not hiring this one either.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

No. The fine print is "I am a South Carolina Gamecock, so I don't give a 17 who Striklin hires!" Signed Visorboy

 

[patdog]

Florida doesn't have as much tolerance for NCAA baggage as Auburn does.

 

[state2013]

He's a high paid puppet for the football program.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Rich Rodriguez would be a good hire for them. He is an offensive coach and is doing pretty well at zona this year and I don't believe he ever received a show cause.

 

[engie]

The SEC has become more of a "win the press conference" league vs just going out and getting the best guy. A lot of hires being made based more on public perception than fit for the program and aptitude of the coach.

"Muschamp is powerhouse Texas' HCIW...Let's go get him and make a splash..."

 

[johnson86-1]

The SEC has become more of a "win the press conference" league vs just going out and getting the best guy. A lot of hires being made based more on public perception than fit for the program and aptitude of the coach.

"Muschamp is powerhouse Texas' HCIW...Let's go get him and make a splash..."

I don't think it's just about winning the press conference. I think part of the problem is that no athletic departments can admit they are hiring somebody who they know is not a top 5 coach. Rich Rod has been successful at W. Va, was showing steady progress in a toxic situation in Michigan, and then has been reasonably successful in Arizona. He would probably be a pretty safe hire at Florida and much better than everyone after Spurrier except for Meyer. But he's not going to compete with Saban, so Florida probably can't hire him.

It's just crazy. Stricklin would take a lot more flak for hiring a good, proven coach than he would for hiring the current hot up & comer who has had less than 3 years coaching at a Group of 5 school, just because nobody knows enough about the up & comer to know his ceiling, and there is an extremely slight possibility that the up & comer might be the next Saban or Meyer.