I think Stricklin wants to spend more now.
Woody > On Nov 30, 2017, at 11:26 AM, Jay Cicone <jay.cic...@raymondjames.com> wrote: > > $60mm is a lot of jack for a facility. > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Woody > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 11:25 AM > To: Gatortalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: The Back Nine: Inquiries > during coach search not job offers > > There were several people who said not to listen to Pat, etc because they > were just the UAA's sounding board and only reporting what the UAA wanted out > there which is kind of ridiculous considering who they are saying should be > credible sources. > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Oliver Barry <bar...@realtracs.com> wrote: > It’s funny that Pat starts out talking about twitter rumors. There were a lot > of people trashing him because he wasn’t endorsing Chip Kelly, etc. > The bloggers were all over the rumors. They are the ones with egg on their > faces today. > > It’s interesting that Jimbo Fisher is talking to A&M. The story today is > that he didn’t get funding for a football complex at Tallahassee. He finds it > difficult to compete with stronger programs who have plenty of funding. > > And, could it get any worse for Tennessee? Their fans I am connected with > here are beside themselves. > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > PARKS > 305B Indian Lake Blvd > Suite 220 > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Phone: 615-826-4040 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > bar...@realtracs.com > > From: gatorn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatorn...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 7:50 AM > To: GatorNews > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: The Back Nine: Inquiries during coach search not > job offers > > The Back Nine: Inquiries during coach search not job offers > By > Pat Dooley > (Gainesville SUN) - > November 30, 2017 > 2 > 55 > > <image001.jpg>University of Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin, left, > smiles as he talks to Florida's new football coach Dan Mullen after Mullen > arrived at the airport in Gainesville on Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Long) > The Back Nine comes at you a couple of days late, because something happened > Monday and that sound you heard was the collective popping of corks by the > legitimate media boys and girls because another coaching search has ended. > > 10. As this crazy carousel of coaching searches continues, there are two > things to remember — 1. Not everything on Twitter is real (which I think you > already knew); 2. When a school inquires about a coach or even talks to him, > he is not being offered the job necessarily. Athletic directors talk to a lot > of agents and a lot of reps and a lot of coaches before settling on the guy > they want to go after. Certainly, there is some semantics in play here. An AD > may say to a coach, “So if we offered you this and this would you be > interested?” And the coach might say no and you move on. Florida was > definitely interested in Chip Kelly, but he wasn’t about to go to the SEC > when he could go to the Pac-12. The great Chris Dufresne of TMGSports wrote a > terrific column about why Kelly is the smartest coach in the world because he > didn’t fit in the SEC and preferred a job in a city where UCLA might be the > sixth or seventh biggest story. He fits at UCLA. The SEC isn’t for everybody. > Instead, Florida got a coach who knows the SEC, knows how fierce it is and > how mean it can be and wants to be a part of it. In the end, things couldn’t > have worked out better for the Gators. > > 11. I went back and looked at the over/unders posted in the preseason for all > of the SEC teams and seven of the 14 teams actually exceeded their projected > win totals. Four were under (Florida by a lot, Tennessee by almost as much, > Arkansas and Vandy) and three of them will have new coaches next year (there > were two pushes). The ACC likes to point out that their league has dominated > the SEC at the in-state rivalry level over the past three years (13-3) but > this year the SEC went 5-4 overall against the ACC, 6-4 if you count Notre > Dame. We all know that the perception of the league will come down to the > national championship, which is a little myopic. Bowl games are just > exhibitions. And a special shout out to those of you who picked Auburn to win > the West and you know who you are. > > 12. We all knew Florida would probably have a drop off defensively because > the Gators were so young in 2017. Florida is 31st nationally with the > championship games to go. That’s not a terrible drop off, but Florida’s last > nine defenses have finished the season ranked 15th or higher with eight of > them in the top nine. Still, defense wasn’t the problem, as you all know. The > narrative on Florida for the last several years has been if the offense could > just get into the top 50, the Gators could be a championship team. The final > numbers on this season: > > • First downs — 118th. > > • Rushing — 78th. > > • Passing — 101st. > > • Total offense — 112th. > > • Long plays from scrimmage — 107th. > > If Mullen’s offense gets consecutive first downs next season, they may start > work on sculpting a statue. > > 13. Some quick thoughts on college football before we switch gears: > > • Agents are making a killing and certainly are making the sport disgustingly > bloated financially. It gets more and more difficult to argue that players > don’t need to be paid when coaches are getting paid millions of dollars and > then more millions when they don’t do their jobs. > > • The real winner in the coaching changes in the SEC East is Kirby Smart, > because of Florida paying Mullen $6 million a year and Tennessee offered Mike > Gundy $7 million a year, Smart, at $3.5 million a year, is about to get a > giant raise. > > • The early signing period really sped up the coaching searches to the point > of being ridiculous. Scott Stricklin made this point the other night that > Nick Saban was hired in January of 2007 by Alabama. You can’t wait that long > anymore. If nothing else, the fan bases won’t allow it. > > • Who would have thought that the worst thing Alabama could have done this > season was make a tackle on FSU’s quarterback and knock him out for the year. > What looked like a huge win now resonates with a loud meh for the College > Football Playoff Committee because the Seminoles’ season went south after > Deondre Francois went down. I think the Tide is out no matter what happens > this weekend, because of the lack of quality wins. But the committee also > seems to change its criteria week to week so we’ll see. > > 14. I have had a bunch of people say this to me — “So Florida is a Final Four > team, huh?” Well, no. There are no Final Four teams. You might think you know > who will be there at the end, but that’s the beauty of March Madness. Nobody > knows. Florida is a really good team that is exciting to watch, but we all > know it comes down to match-ups, last-second shots and avoiding upsets if you > are a high seed. If John Egbunu comes back in January and is the same player > he was when he was injured last year, it helps solve UF’s biggest defensive > problem. In two games at the wonderful PK80 tournament, the Gators gave up 69 > points and 27 rebounds to the ridiculously talented Johnathan Williams and > Marvin Bagley. That’s a problem. Egbunu should make a difference, but who > knows if the Gators will see two guys like that in March? The point is that > there are no guarantees in The Dance. And it’s a long way to go. > > 15. Count me among the golf geeks who is excited about Tiger Woods teeing it > up today. Not that anybody should expect too much even if the word out of the > Bahamas is that he’s looking good. “I’m winging this,” he said, “because I > don’t know what my body can and can’t do yet.” I just hope he stays healthy. > Golf is much more interesting with Tiger playing. If he’s legitimately > competing, man, you may have to switch over from the boring NFL games Sunday. > > 16. We would be remiss not to grasp the incredible Mary Wise and what she has > done at Florida. To win 900 times is ridiculous and Gator fans should > treasure her and what she has meant to volleyball and to this community. > Tonight, she takes her team into the jungle that is postseason play and she > and this team deserve your support. Again, she has a Final Four-type team but > there are no guarantees. The only real guarantee is that she’s a tremendous > coach and a better person. > > 17. The Tweet of the Week came from James Guarantano, the father of Tennessee > quarterback Jarrett (you knew it had to be Tennessee related) — “I have a > fair question for all the Vol fans that protested the (Greg) Schiano hire. > When our AD hires our next HC, and if all of you ‘like’ the hire, are the > players allowed to protest and say that’s not who they wanted? Get ready > cause Pandora’s box just got opened!” Ya think? > > 18. Maybe now we can go back to important things such as Christmas shopping > and Camellia Bowl prep work. Seriously, we are 16 days away from the opening > of bowl season. At this time, make sure your seat backs and tray tables are > in their full upright position and that your seat belt is correctly fastened. > And check out this playlist: > > • “Midnight” by Tor Miller. > > • “Nothing Without You” by Big Moon. > > • “The Joke” by Brandi Carlisle. > > • “Zombie” by Langhorne Slim. > > • And for an old one from one of my faves, “A Well Respected Man” by The > Kinks. > > Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at pat.doo...@gvillesun.com. And follow > at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier > (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier > (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier > (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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