Griffin is a very good db. He has gotten limited time to play so far. I was more disappointed in our safety play

(12-28-2014 12:47 PM)knightastic Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:45 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:38 PM)NavyKnight Wrote:  I would be ok on taking the chance on an up and coming assistant coach. What's the worst to happen we go to the st Pete bowl? It's access bowl or bust for all G5. Three options access bowl, a not so great AAC bowl with no real reward to a conference champion, or no bowl. I say take the chance and see if UCF football can find a way to be a top 25 caliber team consistently.

You can see how well that hire and fire is working for schools like usf trying to find the next hot coach. Southern Miss is another example firing Bower. If you want the access bowl, o'leary gives us the best shot. If we make 1 play on the last drive at Penn State and it wasn't 40 degree and raining at uconn, we get the access bowl slot. That is a lot of "ifs", but that wasn't a big leap for us even after losing our OLINE and top 3 pick QB.

Butch Davis would make everyone forget about GOL very quickly ..we would actually have a team with speed and recruit Florida again

did you actually say Butch Davis?? He got UNC in a world of crap that is still coming out. He is the last person I would want.

(12-28-2014 05:33 PM)jollyroger Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:47 PM)knightastic Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:45 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:38 PM)NavyKnight Wrote:  I would be ok on taking the chance on an up and coming assistant coach. What's the worst to happen we go to the st Pete bowl? It's access bowl or bust for all G5. Three options access bowl, a not so great AAC bowl with no real reward to a conference champion, or no bowl. I say take the chance and see if UCF football can find a way to be a top 25 caliber team consistently.

You can see how well that hire and fire is working for schools like usf trying to find the next hot coach. Southern Miss is another example firing Bower. If you want the access bowl, o'leary gives us the best shot. If we make 1 play on the last drive at Penn State and it wasn't 40 degree and raining at uconn, we get the access bowl slot. That is a lot of "ifs", but that wasn't a big leap for us even after losing our OLINE and top 3 pick QB.

Butch Davis would make everyone forget about GOL very quickly ..we would actually have a team with speed and recruit Florida again

did you actually say Butch Davis?? He got UNC in a world of crap that is still coming out. He is the last person I would want.

Our posters go mental after a loss. Not sure how butch Davis even gets a look even if your fcs.

(12-28-2014 02:37 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 11:38 AM)jaredf29 Wrote:  I don't want Key, it's not a very exciting hire. UCF won't draw a P5 coach away that's been successful so the best option is to hire a good coach away from a winning G5 program or a highly vaunted coordinator from a great program, the Kirby Smart types (although we couldn't get him). Someone mentioned Geoff Collins, which sounds like a good idea. He was mentored by GOL and took over Ole Miss' defense and made them into the land sharks. I wouldn't be opposed to Bo Pelini. He's basically GOL but thirty years younger.

*took over Miss ST defense*.

Thanks, good catch.

(12-28-2014 12:45 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:38 PM)NavyKnight Wrote:  I would be ok on taking the chance on an up and coming assistant coach. What's the worst to happen we go to the st Pete bowl? It's access bowl or bust for all G5. Three options access bowl, a not so great AAC bowl with no real reward to a conference champion, or no bowl. I say take the chance and see if UCF football can find a way to be a top 25 caliber team consistently.

You can see how well that hire and fire is working for schools like usf trying to find the next hot coach. Southern Miss is another example firing Bower. If you want the access bowl, o'leary gives us the best shot. If we make 1 play on the last drive at Penn State and it wasn't 40 degree and raining at uconn, we get the access bowl slot. That is a lot of "ifs", but that wasn't a big leap for us even after losing our OLINE and top 3 pick QB.

Well, if you are getting a lot of ifs back, then ECU gets back the last minute at Cincy and vs UCF, plus the 40 degrees and raining at Temple. Now that we're being fair, would UCF have gotten the Access Bowl? Nope. Would have gone to ECU. But I get your point. UCF is better off with GOL.

Well if GOL does retire, then our old ball coach is available... talk about totally killing me! Harbaugh was just let go by the 49ers and Leavitts future is uncertain, though I bet he goes to Michigan.

Another name many forget about but I think he would do very well at UCF... and I hope like hell you dont get him... Greg Schiano. Rutgers is hard to recruit to and yet he landed a ton of talent out of Florida, plus he turned that doormat of a school into a contender. Hes actually grown from his experience. A recent interview actually made me not hate the guy and I have to say that if USF doesnt win next year, I hope he gets a shot with us.

(12-28-2014 11:11 PM)mtmedlin Wrote:  Well if GOL does retire, then our old ball coach is available... talk about totally killing me! Harbaugh was just let go by the 49ers and Leavitts future is uncertain, though I bet he goes to Michigan.

Another name many forget about but I think he would do very well at UCF... and I hope like hell you dont get him... Greg Schiano. Rutgers is hard to recruit to and yet he landed a ton of talent out of Florida, plus he turned that doormat of a school into a contender. Hes actually grown from his experience. A recent interview actually made me not hate the guy and I have to say that if USF doesnt win next year, I hope he gets a shot with us.

I think Schiano while an ahole is a very good college coach. If he doesn't get a BIG10 offer I'd love him to be the next head coach

So O' Leary is retiring? We are just waiting on formal announcement?

(12-29-2014 01:03 AM)No Bull Wrote:  So O' Leary is retiring? We are just waiting on formal announcement?

No, he's not retiring. There will be major changes on the horizon but O'Leary is staying for 2015.

(12-29-2014 01:19 AM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  

(12-29-2014 01:03 AM)No Bull Wrote:  So O' Leary is retiring? We are just waiting on formal announcement?

No, he's not retiring. There will be major changes on the horizon but O'Leary is staying for 2015.

Hopefully we get a new offensive line and running backs coach, There is room for improvement.

If he was planning on leaving he isn't leaving now given the dc just left

(12-29-2014 08:00 AM)Knightbengal Wrote:  If he was planning on leaving he isn't leaving now given the dc just left

I think the opposite would be true. If a bunch of assistants are leaving for better jobs this would be the perfect time for GOL to retire.

(12-29-2014 09:52 AM)SteveUCF19 Wrote:  

(12-29-2014 08:00 AM)Knightbengal Wrote:  If he was planning on leaving he isn't leaving now given the dc just left

I think the opposite would be true. If a bunch of assistants are leaving for better jobs this would be the perfect time for GOL to retire.

He is not the type to leave Hitt and stansbury in a lurch. I think he sees Ucf as his legacy

Knight Light lacks a life let his spin his spin. No lone believes his spiel.

(12-29-2014 12:56 PM)Sideshow2313 Wrote:  Knight Light lacks a life let his spin his spin. No lone believes his spiel.

the guy has a spin ready for literally every scenario for UCF/O'leary, never seen a fan of any school like it

(12-29-2014 01:21 PM)knightastic Wrote:  

(12-29-2014 12:56 PM)Sideshow2313 Wrote:  Knight Light lacks a life let his spin his spin. No lone believes his spiel.

the guy has a spin ready for literally every scenario for UCF/O'leary, never seen a fan of any school like it

I must say that dude does his homework. Must be an analyst or something. I wonder if I've run into him around town.

(12-28-2014 12:51 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:44 PM)knightastic Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:38 PM)NavyKnight Wrote:  I would be ok on taking the chance on an up and coming assistant coach. What's the worst to happen we go to the st Pete bowl? It's access bowl or bust for all G5. Three options access bowl, a not so great AAC bowl with no real reward to a conference champion, or no bowl. I say take the chance and see if UCF football can find a way to be a top 25 caliber team consistently.

+1

say GOL retires next December and assume UCF holds on to the Bo QB commit...the new coach would have 3 QBs on the depth chart(holman, harris, and bo) that are 6'3 -6'4 that have the talent to make all the throws. The AAC is such a bad conference that a decent QB alone could get you to 6 wins.

UCF fans forget GOL was the first coach that got all these facilities and the bigger budget. So they are comparing him to no one bc all the previous coaches never got the administration's support and were working with no facilities. Give the keys to someone new to jumpstart UCF's recruiting potential

What "facilities"? We have an aluminum stadium that is a down right embarrassment. The practice field is just a metal warehouse. Give me a break. FAU's stadium although small looks much better. There isn't a facilities advantage in ucf football. Go look at NC state's facilities and compare at mid level acc level.

Wow is this ever a dumb post. Really? You must not have been a UCF fan for very long. I believe the poster was stating the prior coaches had much worse facilities. Besides, UCF has great facilities given its financial resources. An OCS is great no matter what it looks like. All you need is a place to put your butt to watch the game. all the rest is just gravy.

(12-29-2014 01:42 PM)Juan Tibonya Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:51 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:44 PM)knightastic Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:38 PM)NavyKnight Wrote:  I would be ok on taking the chance on an up and coming assistant coach. What's the worst to happen we go to the st Pete bowl? It's access bowl or bust for all G5. Three options access bowl, a not so great AAC bowl with no real reward to a conference champion, or no bowl. I say take the chance and see if UCF football can find a way to be a top 25 caliber team consistently.

+1

say GOL retires next December and assume UCF holds on to the Bo QB commit...the new coach would have 3 QBs on the depth chart(holman, harris, and bo) that are 6'3 -6'4 that have the talent to make all the throws. The AAC is such a bad conference that a decent QB alone could get you to 6 wins.

UCF fans forget GOL was the first coach that got all these facilities and the bigger budget. So they are comparing him to no one bc all the previous coaches never got the administration's support and were working with no facilities. Give the keys to someone new to jumpstart UCF's recruiting potential

What "facilities"? We have an aluminum stadium that is a down right embarrassment. The practice field is just a metal warehouse. Give me a break. FAU's stadium although small looks much better. There isn't a facilities advantage in ucf football. Go look at NC state's facilities and compare at mid level acc level.

Wow is this ever a dumb post. Really? You must not have been a UCF fan for very long. I believe the poster was stating the prior coaches had much worse facilities. Besides, UCF has great facilities given its financial resources. An OCS is great no matter what it looks like. All you need is a place to put your butt to watch the game. all the rest is just gravy.

+1

yes I was stating that GOL was the first UCF coach that the administration decided to actually invest in the Football Program. No coach before him got that luxury, old practice fields, crap weight room, everything spread out, etc. So while GOL deserves a lot of credit whenever I hear 'you don't know UCF before him' well my response is that no other coach got the same goods to work with so the comparison is not fair.

GOL has the towers, athletic district meal plan, indoor practice facility, on campus stadium, amazing practice field maintenance, etc

And if you ever read the recruits quotes after visits they always say 'the campus and facilities are awesome'

(12-29-2014 12:09 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  

(12-29-2014 09:52 AM)SteveUCF19 Wrote:  

(12-29-2014 08:00 AM)Knightbengal Wrote:  If he was planning on leaving he isn't leaving now given the dc just left

I think the opposite would be true. If a bunch of assistants are leaving for better jobs this would be the perfect time for GOL to retire.

He is not the type to leave Hitt and stansbury in a lurch. I think he sees Ucf as his legacy

I'm just a college football fan, but logic has me leaning towards Steve's line of thought. If all of the assistants are leaving at one time, it is the easiest time for the University to transition. Otherwise, it would be O'Leary trying to transition for a few years just to retire and have the University transition all over again. It is interesting, if true, that O'Leary was lining up Keys to do the play calling. That would confirm Taafe wanting thing to draw to a close for him. All of this happening now would make a ton of sense. Now, if GOL was going to stay at UCF for a number of years...not just a few...then I could see why he would want Taafe to stay on an extra year to help ease the situation. Guess it all depends on how long GOL is really planning to coach IMO.

(12-28-2014 12:45 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(12-28-2014 12:38 PM)NavyKnight Wrote:  I would be ok on taking the chance on an up and coming assistant coach. What's the worst to happen we go to the st Pete bowl? It's access bowl or bust for all G5. Three options access bowl, a not so great AAC bowl with no real reward to a conference champion, or no bowl. I say take the chance and see if UCF football can find a way to be a top 25 caliber team consistently.

You can see how well that hire and fire is working for schools like usf trying to find the next hot coach. Southern Miss is another example firing Bower. If you want the access bowl, o'leary gives us the best shot. If we make 1 play on the last drive at Penn State and it wasn't 40 degree and raining at uconn, we get the access bowl slot. That is a lot of "ifs", but that wasn't a big leap for us even after losing our OLINE and top 3 pick QB.

If you are going to play the 'if' game then last year's magical run could have easily been derailed if miracle comebacks at Memphis and Temple don't happen or if that Thursday night miracle in Greenville doesn't happen this season...so you get the picture.