Danm1983

I always get jealous when i see some team that was a dumpster fire have a good run in year 2 or 3 and announcers talk about their recent records and give props. I want to be that team again. We were that team in 2015 and it's not unreasonable that this team has to wait 4-5 years to be competitive and win games again. He's got some warm takes but he's not wrong, he can't fix the past, but can make the right moves and get this team on the winning track again. Doesn't mean he has to go 10-2 next year (though we'd all take it). I'm not as burnt out as a fan as I've had little time to be as rabid as i used to be so it's easier to dismiss the suckage.

He'll make a good valet, but I'm not sure how agile he has been, I haven't watched WWE like I used to. Seeing him rumble down the floor of the basketball court, it would be interesting to see him in action, but most big guys aren't top rope guys, mostly brute force styles.

In the world of wrestling, showed up as a ninja on a PPV match Sunday night. Is working with NXT and developmental WWE. Not sure what his character will be like, but he surely fits the big man mold. https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/identity-of-the-giant-ninja-who-appeared-at-wwe-backlash-during-cinematic-match-between-viking-raiders-and-street-profits/

I do. My entire USF tenure was in the IT program at USF Lakeland. This was the goal the entire time, to make it a satellite UF campus - Polk County and Lakeland is a huge UF area, and the good ole boy system is alive and well. The BS they pulled finagling poly away from USF and that PCC campus, their endgame was always to make it tied to UF somehow - they tried to pull that early on under the guise of using the UF accreditation umbrella and that failed spectacularly, and there was that county commish who was tied to Ben Hill Griffin/Alico (who benefitted immensely from selling land to make way for FGCU) who was shady too (Alexander). I got the hell out, only ever go back to Polk to visit the folks and most of the time they come to me. Edit - also, this goes to show the entire FL Poly scheme was built with intentions in mind and now that it's been considered a failure to some and a tax burden to others, they're trying to save it. These are the same people who are forcing toll roads to no where conveniently along their and their buddies' old land in the name of "rural sprawl and commerce innovation".

It's all fun and games until you try to recruit the Africa map.

I like em. #BeatUCF

The offense looked good. Even if it's not the Gulf Coast 'score every 30 seconds and put up 50' at the start, it looks like it will have a focus on being balanced, spread, and using multiple looks out of the same formation will help keep some things simple and hopefully be productive. Clemson didn't win last night but their offense did well. LSU came up with a few more stops than their defense did, and the better team won, but I'll still take that offense. Watching some of the film breakdown by the other guys (those bloggers everyone here hates for some reason), I think this staff can get some production out of our current roster believe it or not. At least to the point where we can be somewhat exciting, put some points on the board and win a few games, maybe even six next year. Time will tell, but at the very least, the new coaching staff can hopefully coach the kids up and get the best out of them. While we might have a lack of talent to some, maximizing the talent they do have is the quickest fix.

I will be rooting for the Tigers. /ba-dum-tsh

I wonder if Texas Tech and Kansas fans burp the worm over coaches fired 10 years ago for "issues not pertaining to wins or losses" as well.

Jason Jones has a pretty solid resume. So to get back on topic, I don't see a problem with some of the hires. USF may not necessarily have better talent than FAU right NOW (i don't do 'cruitin stats), and I think every logical person on this board knows next year won't be a 10 win season, and may be a struggle to be a 6 win season, but USF CAN and SHOULD recruit better talent than FAU. So if these coaches at FAU can coach up nobody kids to a couple solid seasons, they should be up to the task to do it to the talent level that can be had at USF. I'll go talk to Rick and Morty - maybe they can find a parallel universe where Leavitt comes back and we can find out if there's any inkling of success...

Not bad. Seems to go along with some consensus from Clemson folks and those who know him that he will rely on an OC to actually call plays perhaps and will use the money to bring in and/or keep good assistants on staff. Also, I know most will say you never turn down more money, but perhaps he's a good humble guy and isn't looking for the big bucks payday (or knows if he earns it he'll enjoy it at that time), in order to have that money for his staff.

it's judy, kelly probably gave her a text all excited and she fwded to brett!!!!! conspiracy!

he's back!

eh i got no problem with it. he's no adam schefter, but he gets the info.

I don't think it's insane to consider Kiffin a possibility for USF. I mean, he *is* at FAU right now. He probably could've landed in the AAC to rehab at some point if he wanted to. And who is to say he's ready to be a head coach in the SEC again, even after his rehabiliSaban stint? SEC teams, even the doormats like Ole Miss and Arky, may not be ready for him yet and may want to take other routes. I think USF fans think Kiffin to USF is insane, and I can agree that he's not the type USF typically likes to hire, and doubt Kelly is seriously looking at him but can't dismiss it, esp. when people are willing to not dismiss certain other candidates.

signing with both schools would be a classic Kiffin move.

Candle has trended downward after some of Campbell's guys have rotated out. I think you have a better shot at this point.

usc is retaining helton. he's moving into a consultant role, and with the other guy already in place, seems he's looking to actually step back/away as they may have had something in place to have the other guy step up as he steps down. a lot of banter online is that he may actually be moving towards retiring or tv gigs, some coaches don't run it into the grave.

i got what you were putting down lol but it's funny the fsu folks online are preaching similar to us "don't complain about the coach and then when he gets fired, complain the recruits are all leaving too".

A lot of FSU armchairs are quick to spout Jimbo left the cupboards bare, especially at QB and then they tried to rely on that one ND transfer who didn't pan out. Most FSU fans as usual were delusional and spoiled to want Taggart out so quick when some of them who knew what he walked into wasn't going to be pretty, and Taggart absolutely was the someone who knows how to turn it around - doesn't mean Taggart was meant to be there more than 3-4 years but they probably would've been 6-6 this year if they hadn't fired him yet. They'll be in for a surprise when they don't go 11-1 next year lol

In the end, we'll never know what the 2010-2019 seasons would have looked like if Leavitt had remained coach. We could've tanked and moved on from him, or he might have gotten us to a BCS bowl and/or 10/11/12 win seasons. 8 or 9 wins likely would've gotten old by 2013-2014 if we entered the AAC and still couldn't win a championship, much less a division. Do I think Leavitt's team beats Notre Dame still? Yes. Do I think they beat Florida? No. Do I think they eek out a win over Miami somewhere and get Randy Shannon fired still? Yes. Do i think they win another game against FSU? Yes. I don't think we'd have ever lost, much less been blown out, to McNeese State, or ever have gone 2-10. I honestly think Leavitt would've kept the team from tanking in 2011-2013 like Holtz did. But I could see 5-7 seasons and rebuilding as well. If he never gets fired, we'd know.

I do think Kelly has his list of possibles, including pipe dreams that he'll reach out to and get a No (but always take your shot). On the other end of the spectrum (and there's very little way to prevent or know if someone will end up doing this), I don't want to pull the whole early hire and we're all gung ho, and then he gets a big sack of money from someone else and bolts after being on the job for a week or two. It's happened, though I don't think I foresee it happening here...which is because I don't think we're very good at hiring anyways, so the people we're hiring aren't getting bigger offers two weeks later from a big P5 school. We've now had two "promotion" coaches in Holtz and Taggart, and one retread in Strong. Holtz wasn't ready for the next level. Willie was and then climbed the ladder (to find he belongs no higher than our rung at this point - though I believe he could've been better at Oregon than at FSU if he stayed). At this point, I want to give an OC a shot at a promotion. The arguments about "can they be a HC" are moot to me, we've hired already-been-HC's and we see where it got us. This is the AAC, and the offenses are churning. We need that young energetic OC to get his shot at the HC position and get us exciting and efficient again. Defense will need a good DC hire, but in many of these leagues we just need to be where we are now - serviceable. We can get one at a decent value and an exciting team, even if we lose 1-3 games a year, will put butts in seats.

I know many want to fire Charlie into the sun this morning, but Kelly is a very measured guy. I think he waits until the end of the season. I could see him booting Charlie before the UCF game, likely not earlier. It would surprise me, at least. I get it, the whole "fire early and put your name in the hat" for all of the prospective coaches to lure, but to me, USF isn't in a position to take advantage of that like the FSU's of the world are.