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Update: Kelly buzz..."The Thread" Hall of Fame bound.

Discussion in 'GC Hall of Fame' started by tilly, Nov 10, 2017.

  1. evermoresg

    evermoresg All American

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    Mike Leach is 56. 6yr/$5m per, bring Alex Grinch(wazzu might promote him to HC), and let it fly. Ten years of Leach would leave us grinning on and off the field.
     
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  2. gator_lawyer

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    I didn't post on GC back then, but I recall a whole lot of people being furious that Spurrier spurned the Gators after he was told that he had to apply for the job.
     
  3. bobbybaker86

    bobbybaker86 GC Hall of Fame

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    I wouldn't say all of that man. Urban proved himself at Bowling Green and at Utah as a HEAD COACH prior to us getting him. He had only EIGHT losses in 4 years before taking the UF job. It was obvious he was going to be great which is why we engaged in a bidding war to get him
     
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  4. rmonteag

    rmonteag GC Hall of Fame

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    Nope
     
  5. twodaparty

    twodaparty GC Hall of Fame

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    There was never anything definite, no agreement, no back door handshakes. Nothing. When the legitimate media actually started picking up on this, it was pathetically so on a message board rumor. National outlets never do that but because we struck up such a storm (group think you name it) they actually went out of character and started referring to “insiders” on “message boards.” This is why people make the big bucks and we sit behind keyboards gossiping. They have reputations and their names to uphold. We get to hide behind silly monikers and will never be held accountable for referencing our “sources.”
     
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  6. j7

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    You might want to look into what CK did with the Philadelphia Eagles when he was given the control he wanted. I'm sure UF just wanted to avoid a repeat of something like that.
     
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  7. Gatorfred

    Gatorfred GC Hall of Fame

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    After 1030 all we got was another. ‘ Bob Stoops has agreed to be the new coach’ thread
     
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  8. 62gator

    62gator GC Hall of Fame

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  9. GatorSean

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    These are the same people who said the deal was done last week. Nobody has any idea what's going on. And it's a leap to assume 'not financial' means 'more control' and even if it did, more control over what exactly??

    You're bashing the UAA over something that is completely abstract right now. Maybe Kelly didn't want Spurrier's name on the stadium... didn't like the huge shadow it cast. Would you be OK with that?
     
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  10. tegator80

    tegator80 GC Hall of Fame

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    You may not remember, but he was doing amazing things at Utah, culminating with the win in their bowl game against I believe a Stoops Oky team that was highly rated. He WAS a wunderkind in a non-football frenzy place.
     
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  11. howdygator

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    That anecdote doesn't preclude people wanting Meyer
     
  12. chunks1

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    As i told someone earlier this is the wildest game of i know something you dont know that i have ever witnessed. It is a mess
     
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  13. 08Gatorbait

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    You will ban people for insulting UF staff? What do we need safe spaces now on GC? Come on now...that's ridiculous. I understand not wanting porn like photos..but opinions of all kinds should be tolerated as long as they are not harmful. Let's not be SJW snowflakes here..will ruin the forum.
     
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  14. evermoresg

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    Hey, Mike Price and Freeze did, nothing wrong for a single man to work that into the contract.
     
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  15. howdygator

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    And in the end nobody knew anything
     
  16. JStewUF

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    I’m still hoping for CK or Frost, but Mike Leach at SEC Media Days would be beyond epic.
     
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  17. swampbabe

    swampbabe GC Hall of Fame

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    That was a bunch of BS, too
     
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  18. chunks1

    chunks1 GC Legend

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    Cause now we are mad with kelly so i led to believe.
     
  19. chunks1

    chunks1 GC Legend

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    Exactly
     
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  20. gator_lawyer

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    Hindsight is a beautiful thing. After Charlie Strong and Teddy Bridgewater destroyed the Gators in the Sugar Bowl, it was obvious that Strong was going to be great. It didn't happen.

    Urban had a great track record at lesser schools, but that doesn't definitively prove greatness. Look at Dave Doeren.
     
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