RickUSF

I say we pull the switch and go after Butch Davis. The guy left a mess at UNC but has proven to also clean up messes at Florida schools. He cleaned the Dennis Erickson mess at UMiami and proved to be an amazing recruiter. Do you all remember how loaded that 2001 Miami team was with all his recruits?

If i was Bridgewater, I'd go to Auburn.. that offense, after Cam Newton, will not skip a beat with Bridgewater at the helm.

I'm over these mobile quarterbacks.. give me someone who can stand in the pocket and pick apart a defense

Not knowing those stats, I can still say Leavitt was a better coach.   I talk to a few UCF fans and if there is one thing that got them pist about O'Leary, it was that he didn't care about out of conference games.  He didn't use it as a game to prove UCF's worth.   UCF fan's told me that when USF played a superior opponent (Florida, Miami, FSU, Auburn, etc), you could see the confidence of our players (they believe they could win it).  That always traces back to your coach.   A team takes the personality of their coach.  O’Leary had a laid back I don't care attitude towards a lot of games.  He only cared about in conference games. 

Don't you think that ultimately lead to Leavitt's demise?  the fact that he performed so poorly when conference play rolled around?

what is the point of beating Auburn when you're gonna lose to rutgers, uconn, and cincy in a row, losing your #2 ranking to unranked?

what is the point of beatin Kansas when you're gonna go 2-5 in BE play and headed to a St Pete bowl?

what is the point of beating FSU when you're gonna go 3-4 in BE play, getting blasted 34-17 to Cincy, 41-14 to Pitt, and 31-0 to rutgers?

another thing, i didn't realize the head coach schedules the games.. i always though it was the athletic director

Do we really need a thread like this?  Does it matter?  News flash:  Leavitt isn't our coach anymore ... who cares who the better coach is? 

Relax.  It's a basic opinion/discussion.. he's about to win a division title and he's still got a job.  for all the UCF/GOL bashing that goes on in this forum and in the past, you can't take a way the fact that he gets results with his program.

Jim may have had better athletes due to being in a BCS conference, but was he the better coach?  GOL is on the verge of winning his second Conference Title and has won a Conference Division 3 times.

before someone brings up the 4-0 record vs UCF, but that could also be due to talent disparity.. by that logic, Leavitt is a better coach than Skip Holtz due to the 1-0 record vs ECU

you shouldn't have put this on the main board... forum nazi's will move this to the State of Florida section

Much like our #2 ranking of the past, this is just representative of their body of work thus far, not how good of a team they are.  We all know they probably couldn't beat any of the Big 3 or us if going head to head.

Kudos to them for having a great year thus far.  That Godfrey kid is a keeper and could catapult them to a conference title.

So your saying the guys these coaches were coaching to be their guy at ECU is a reach and not a good qb? Are you saying he is not a system qb? Maybe he is not a Big East qb? I am confused as to what you ate trying to say. How was he a reach?

At least by his recruiting film I saw he scanned the field to find his open WR. Daniels hasn't shown he can do that  

From what I remember, Gunsby was a guy that Holtz and crew were recruiting from their ECU days that flipped to us when Holtz came over.  So, i guess you can say that he is "C-USA - level" talent.. but at this point, with the Big East the way it is, I think he has enough to be competitive in conference.  I don't think the BCS conferences are completely Head & Shoulders above the mid-majors like C-USA in terms of talent (with the exception of maybe the SEC).

again, it all comes down to coaching and I think Holtz and crew don't want to mess this Gunsby kid up, even if its during a transition period.  And like he says, he doesn't like the idea of "baptizing" a kid into college football on the road in hostile environments against conference foes.  Its hard enough to do it, even with knowing the playbook inside & and out.

We don't know if he will be the savior, but i'm willing to bet he is better than what Leavitt left us at the helm

I'm not sure starting Eveld or Gunsby is the best option.. i think our only hope is to switch to a purely run-option offense.

Gunsby isn't the future at USF either. I'd be surprised if he was ever a starter here; I think Weatherford has a ton more upside.

Whatever Gunsby is, he is a better "fit" for the offense.  I'm not saying he's cam newton, he's just not BJD.

Would you rather have Jeffrey Godfrey or BJ Daniels at QB?