Here’s What I Would Do If I Were Stricklin

I will take Bourbon over Scotch Stricklin!

 

If we finish with 5 straight losses again or a 3rd consecutive losing season that will never happen.

 

One that would jump at the chance to be the AD at one of the best athletics departments in the country and is confident in being able to do the job no matter who his/her boss is. IOW, one that we should want to be here.

 

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Who is going to search for this amazing, successful AD that is just dying to come here? I’ll wait.

 

Why not? Didn't he make the same ultimatum to Mullen to can both Hevesy and Grantham?

 

Its not difficult. Put an ad on Indeed and they would be lined up around the block.

 

Maybe he did. Are we certain about it? At any rate, it's why I mentioned the exception. An AD making ultimatums about asst coaches, though, should be the exception and not the norm. What coach wants to work under those circumstances?

 

Either the coach knows to make the decisions or not. If you have an A.D. making those types of decisions, you don’t have the right coach.

 

The AD at FLA does not hire or fire head coaches. It's done by commitee as are all expenditures over a certain amount. He's a manager. An employee. Not the King or CEO. A lot of very powerfull people have a say so in the hiring process. Also, could their be a worse time to fire and hire a coach. A huge buyout and hiring expence for a game with no rules? Do the big dog FLA alum want to support a pay for play system. Can they compete if they want to? Take whatever potion of that coaching change money that can be diverted to NIL use it there,wait for the NCAA situation to stabilize and avoid the huge buyout. A new coach is not going to make a difference wih the current NIL situation.

 

I don't think Napier has a big enough vacation home for that many people because that's where he'll be next year.

 

I get what you are saying, it’s a bit of a double edged sword. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Why waste money on NIL for a coach that can’t develop or coach his way out of a paper bag? Recruits aren’t going to want to come.

I think this going to come down to who the powers that be can get to come.

 

I'm saying that coaching is not as important as nil. The coach won't matter unless your program is willing to outbid Texas-Oklahoma oil monery ect. There's and old saying and it's a fact. It's the Jimmy's and Joes not the X's and O's. Their's no new off or def out that going to beat 5 stars with 3's. Recruiting no longer matters it's all about the money. Even the beer baron rerobates that started the nfl knew that unrestricted pay for play did not work. A new coach will not solve FLA's problem until the NIL situation is resolved

 

I mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, but in my industry, interims often make the difficult or unpopular decisions on purpose in order to give the next person the best chance for a smooth start and long term success. The limited time nature of the interim specifically allows them to "till the field" for their successor without the personal fallout that an extended or open ended tenure might have them thinking twice about dealing with the blowback.

 

The UAA has a board of directors. The current AD is the ex officio chair. But there are certainly people, including and excluding the interim UF president, with authority and responsibility.

 

The AD is usually responsible for the coaching search right? I assume that the AD know’s the proper channels to go through to contact coaches off the record. That is part of the AD’s job. So you are saying that a board of directors and an interim Pres is going to do that? That they are going to evaluate and reach out to coaching talent? God help us if that is the case. These board members I am sure are qualified to vet and hire a coach with a 10 figure buyout.

 

The info out there is kinda mixed on if UF has an NIL problem. Maybe a conservative implementation? But I look it as people right now aren’t going to open up their wallet for this current regime and many may stop all together. So are we supposed to set ourselves back even further by keeping this guy in charge.

A new regime “MIGHT” change the outlook.

It’s kind of chicken or egg.

 

The question I was responding to wasn't about hiring a football coach. You asked who would search for a new AD, implying the interim UF president situation was the issue precluding that. There is a UAA board that is capable of contacting, interviewing, and hiring a new AD. It's certainly possible they wouldn't be used in this manner during our current interim situation, but they could be. They were a part of contacting, interviewing, and hiring Stricklin.

 

A new president doesn’t come for at least another year. Then I assume he needs a year to fire SS - unless you have a theory that he fires him on day one, which is absurd. So you are looking at 2 more years to have “the process work.” To borrow from Einstein, insanity would be repeating the last three years for another two years and expecting a different result.

Yes, SS is not the optimal decision maker (and he should already be fired imho) but Napier is SO incredibly bad that I’d rather take a chance on a new coach than watch him flail for 2 years after which an unknown president can pick an unknown athletic director to hire an unknown coach.