Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
I think it's an awful hire for them. Not because he's definitely terrible...he may turn out to be great. But the advantage of being Florida is that you don't have to take these chances.

Foley is now making the kind of hires programs like us and Ole Miss are usually forced to make...take a chance on an 'up and coming' guy. By making these hires, he's just knocking them down to our level.


Awful hire? Really? His first year, his team lost 8 conference games. He has lost a total of 8 conference games the last 3 years and has finished 1st or tied for 1st in his conference each of the last three years. He hasn't had the tournament success, but I would say that's the exact type of coach you want if you can't get a proven winner.

And my main point was that I'm glad Florida got to him before Ole Miss did. (Granted, I may be slightly biased. I met him back when he was in school in '98 or so, and had a friend on his coaching staff a few years back. By all accounts, he is a good coach and will be successful).