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Florida strength coach Craig Fitzgerald accepts same position at Boston College

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by GoCocks3877, Feb 11, 2024.

  1. Claygator

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    Perhaps. But I don't think that is how it works.
     
  2. Claygator

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    But he did have two options:

    1. Fail, and collect a buyout. Something virtually no other American has; or
    2. Succeed, and win more games, which is what he was hired to do.

    I seriously doubt Kelly is getting paid more as a coordinator at OSU than he was as head coach at UCLA, so I don't think money was the reason he left.
     
  3. volungator

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    Dude believes the BN is a dead man walking. No one and mean no leaves UF for BC in a lateral move.
     
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  4. Wanne15

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    A lot less work and responsibilities plus may win a bit more. Daily life has to be better.
     
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  5. ufstrong57

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    O no, maybe he has been following Ali, Ben and Chris on social media? "What, I'm to help coach ST's and BN still calling plays, I'm outta here..."
     
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  6. gatorbait23

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    But can he have a classic Muschamp postgame press conference this upcoming season?

    “Do you know what a midline is?” Is some of the funniest ish ever.
     
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  7. paidinfull

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    Buyouts for assistant coaches can usually be finagled around anyway. They’re generally allowed out of their contract if the move is considered to be a promotion. It’s how we get the weird titles like “associate head coach of the defense” that this board is always crying about.
     
  8. GameTime1

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    It’s interesting how many folks want iron clad contracts for all these positions. Do other schools do that? Do we want to be a school that forces coaches to stay when other opportunities arise?
     
  9. MarineG8R

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    Nice guys finish last
     
  10. kryptonite

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    His buyout was going to be down to 4 mil after this year, so he wasn't going to be leaving a lot on the table. He'll make a lot at OSU.
     
  11. The_RH_Factor

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    Sounds like the transfer portal.

    My solution is Tuten.
     
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  12. ajoseph

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    I hear you, but I see no problem with some line-drawing moments.
     
  13. nawlinsgator

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    Come on folks, this is funny!
     
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  14. Claygator

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    "Not leaving a lot on the table"? What's your definition of a "lot"?

    He would make $6.2 in salary at UCLA for 2024; his buyout, if you are right, would be $4 million AFTER the 2024 season.

    He is getting paid around $2 million per year in salary at OSU, with a $1.5 million buyout.

    Just for fun, let's say Chipper made it through 2004 and 2005 at UCLA before he got fired. In that event, he would earn $12.4 million in salary plus $4 million in his buyout--$16.4 million.

    If the same scenario transpired at OSU, he would earn $4 million in salary, plus a $1.5 million buyout- $5.5 million. Assuming things work out for him at OSU, and no one gets fired, nor are there major adjustments in his salary, it would take him basically 8 years to make what he would have gotten out of UCLA.

    And if Day gets fired in a few years, Chipper takes it in the shorts, bad.

    Sounds like a "lot" of money to me.

    Chipper didn't leave over money.
     
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  15. MarineG8R

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    There’s always that one person with a stick up their ass, or mommy and daddy didn’t love them enough.

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  16. Wanne15

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    I hear ya. But staying for one season isn’t too much to ask. What kind of dickhead takes a job for five weeks.
     
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  17. Wanne15

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    It is but it’s kinda like your wife laughing at your junk.
     
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  18. LTG61

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    That's giving him a lot of credit, considering that he has already been a college HC for 6 years.
     
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  19. shane4three

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    I didn’t Know Miami’s was that highly regarded. Hopefully we can grab someone really quickly. This is a position that is extremely important obviously so getting somebody quickly that can step right in would be really important.
     
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  20. shane4three

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    Love to see us offer Scott big money.
     
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