Seems to be alot of loose ends with Ron, thom1507. Job title and description. Salary. Does he even want the job? As in the full scope of it. Family situation and possibly his age. I think the reason the University has made no definitive announcement is related to the above list and perhaps more.
You may be right, but the ends are that loose. He's still under contract through 2025 so not sure what we expect the University to announce. I guess we'll see if UF bumps his salary from the 950K he is slated to get this year or if someone comes in and drops a bag for his services. One data point to consider up to now is AA left and not RR.
Hello Hawaii - Come visit us in Philly, a balmy 22F with 40 mph winds! LOL I wish I was in Wahiawa myself. (yes I've been there) OK on topic - So the Gator You Tubers are buzzing about Robert.......as in, IS HE the presumptive heir to the DC title or not? Ron also does not make the same money as Austin, although it's close. Unless I'm mistaken the "pundits" are waiting for an official announcement about Rons future with UF. Me, I hope he gets the official DC position, or at the very least, stays in his current capacity. I say this based on the improvement of the defense and a desire to see that side of the ball have some continuity heading into the 2025 campaign.
No thanks on Philly! My wife is from just outside of there. I am no longer in Hawaii either, I ended up transferring out of there to the LOVELY NYC. Now I retired back down to Florida. All the YouTubers have a job to do, promote themselves. They do that by talking and getting a buzz. To me, it makes no sense to make something out of nothing. He was the co-DC, when one of the DC’s leave, it defaults to there only being one DC. If he is under contract, then there is no reason to be sitting on the edge of our seats for news or to say we are looking for a new DC. To me, it’s dumb. I dislike the pundits that sit around and provide nothing to society except to parrot what someone else said, who did the same with what someone else said and so on and so on.
dont shoot the messenger, but i’ve seen it floated around that Ron Roberts ALLEGEDLY Spoiler: Rumor said something to a minority staff member about they need to go back to Afr….and some players heard it I’m not looking any deeper into it to verify if it’s true or not, just relaying what I’ve read (via a lot folks on Twitter btw). I mean, idk what happened but if we’re actively shopping for a DC when we have one on the staff who’s seasoned as he is and still under contract, then i’m led to believe that SOMETHING may have had to happen behind the scenes imo
Agreed. Personally posting, I don't think Ron and Austins role / relationship was ever specifically defined by CBN when Ron was brought on. Nor do I (or GC IMO) know all of the details or the scope of work required of Ron when it was the Austin/Ron show. I could be missing something of course. I'm posting about it because between podcasters talking about it, the CHUMP coming back story, and as a general topic of conversation, it does not seem clear (at least to me) that it is settled that Ron is coming back as the head DC. I certainly hope so because 3.5 years of UF being helpless defensively was ENOUGH for me. The last 1/2 of 24 saw a defensive resurgence at UF, the Gators (outside of texas) played competent defense and even looked good at times. Especially the pass rush. While there are certainly good DC's out there, as a Gator fan, I'm a bit nervous about a complete DC coaching change, especially in philosophy, simply because of fear of getting "off track" again.
I can't argue with this. While I enjoy various Gator podcasters, most of them feel it necessary to go live every day or every couple. Things can get rather slow in College Football, even in todays environment, so yeah, some of the talking heads will drum up anything to talk about and to solicit subscribers and likes. I hope the DC stuff is just talk and innuendo, I really liked where UF was heading defensively at the end of 24, and hope there is continuity with staff and of course with continued good play in 25.
Are we sure he didn’t just watch Belly and was quoting Nas? kidding aside, if there’s truth to that, then so be it, doesn’t need to be around.
That rumor was reported months ago. Seems like the type of thing that would have been dealt with immediately rather than at the end of the season. Just my assumption
