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New member here and while I've visited and read the board for a long time, and have seen what I call "TheBullspen Grumpy Old Men", I'm still shocked at some of the negativity around Jeff Scott. If you look around the Twitterverse and fansites, this guy is at the onset, a great hire. Clemson insiders and fans alike are lauding this hire for us if it is indeed what unfolds. For everyone pining for Leavitt, stop and go get some help. You all sound like jilted lovers who just can't seem to get over that first love. As a kid, going to USF games, I was in awe of The Jim and how he built this

Can we stop the suspicion and name-calling of each other? New members join and are routinely attacked or challenged because they disagree with one partisan block or the other. Please focus on topics and debate and not who’s a troll, “Leavitt slurper” or “just joined two days ago!” and hence is buried in skepticism. Some of you are too happy to insult others that have a different opinion, read of the tea leaves or simply want something different for USF or themselves No need to vilify those you disagree with or feel you defeated them because of the alleged selection of the n

If anyone is still debating the wisdom of hiring Jeff - just stop it. You guys got the real deal. He will excel in ways you never thought. Congrats and GO BULLS!

The Jim angrily crashed the negotiations and head butted everyone in the room. They're all dealing with concussions as a result so negotiations are suspended pending all parties entering the protocol.

For the love of God CJS bring back the pregame video of the bull running thru the crates. It was the best! Put to a bit of AC/DC my man!

Concern trolling from a 3 day old account

Why wouldnt MK know how they would vote before even attempting the move for Leavitt? I dont believe this.

The only thing I want him to "bring back" is winning.

Make sure you pad his resume a bit. Also...be vague. i.e. Experience: turned USF football program around in three seasons. Just don't mention which direction....

I don't think it is all of our biggest fear, that he is successful and pays us money to leave. My biggest fear is that he sucks and we have to pay him to go away.

lol - was that 2010? or 11? and UCF does suc.

Michael Kelly is trying to schedule a home & home while he’s there

Did he graduate Clemson?

That's just what Vladimir Putin would want you to say. *Wink*

All of our donors should be on board with the IPF. Every gift helps!!

0% chance Franks doesn't get drafted this year or next. 6'6" 230 lb QB who put up 25 TDs in the SEC.

NFL future? Did you watch the same Franks As I did at UF?

I’m just too full of optimism and try to see the good in every person and situation

My source told me xCJL couldn’t get past the academic committee.

I've got MK and Les Muma on my cell. Haven't heard a thing.

Did the bot block this one too?

The only way to perfectly pour a Bud Light is in the toilet.

This reply bears repeating. Over and over. This rumor is simply absurd.

Its like being at a strip club. Son....sometimes you gotta just enjoy the naked lady grinding on you and worry about your bills tomorrow! ....who am I kidding Im way to frugal to even enjoy saying this joke lol But u get the point!

Haphazard, not equally distanced between them and not monogrammed, hopefully this is not a preview to his attention to detail, I may be the first calling for his dismissal.

Was teaching his young daughter how to throw up the horns! GO BULLS!

I preferred when we had you wanting to fire Dabo

I would much rather have a coach who isn't used to having the best players in the country. He is in for a rude awakening. Hope he has a plan and wins a lot of games though.

Have to imagine staff budget at the very least was discussed during their initial meetings. The way this has all went down seems like a contract wording issue Well he fired Charlie Strong, so far so good on that front

They are the ones that got rid of him. So I'm confused as to why it is sad they don't want him back. It would be fine if he comes back but my goodness. I divorced my first wife. She remarried and got divorced again. I guess I should field her calls or call her?

9-3 with a true freshman QB and a top 10 offense where your 3 losses are by a combined 7 points is underperforming? sign me up

Only CJL successes count.

I don’t disagree with the merits of “reconnecting the program” with CJL’s involvement. I disagree with people who view it as a dealbreaker for their support one way or the other. And I vehemently disagree with the spreading of unfounded rumors, like this BoT rejecting CJL as MK’s top pick ‘rumor’. Unsubstantiated rumors (and yes, you must consider the source) are damaging too.

There's nothing to support the theory that MK picked his guy and was only then rebuffed by the BOT. For all we know he gave him a courtesy interview but knew he couldn't get the deal done. Kelly is a pretty savvy guy, and has USF experience. I agree with others that have already said that it is very unlikely he took a deal to the board that would be rejected. That's just not how these things work. People vet the temperature before they make that type of formal pitch. In any event, I think all the speculation was fun, and hopefully renewed some fans' interest. I was starting to talk myself

If you have reason to think the BoT played a role, spit out your evidence or stop stirring the pot. There is nothing suggesting this is the case other than a user who only joined here half a week ago.

If Scott got hired away by another University then that must mean he has left our program in much better shape, I know I feel a whole lot better about where we are now vs how we ended the season. Hopefully we can get like 15 coaches to Jilt us and then we maybe in contention for a national championship.

One of my sources just told me Scott never finished his degree from Clemson.

That's the way it is supposed to be until all things are finalized.

Better to get news from Clemson than make up BS rumors about the BoT, MK, and CJL

There is no way MK would offer the job to CJL before speaking to the BOT first. MK is a very intelligent person, so this rumor is BS.

Well, if he gets poached by a P5 program from USF, that means we have had a couple of 10 win seasons so

Yes... because in every program across America, when a new coach is hired, 100% of fans love the hire! We "grumpy old men" have just had enough of the rental coach... either he is good and he's gone in 3 years, or, he's bad and he's gone in 3 years (if we can afford it, which is fun). On the good side, it takes a bad hire about 1.5 years to tear it down again. As for donors... I hope you're right, but, I would be hard pressed to open my checkbook as a big time donor when this guy tells me that "we're building something here" and that thing we're building is a ladder for him to climb

No. This is not true. Scott has been USF’s top target. They’ve talked to other coaches, but the focus has been on Scott from the beginning.

The salty taste of Leavitt fanboi tears is very enjoyable.

Wrong, they will ***** for another 20 years.

And what are people going to do if the board did in fact cross him off? Nothing.

My source told me his number has been blocked and he tried to borrow Taggart's cell phone to get through to Kelly

I had my heart set on Rich Bisaccia.