re: Taggart to UF now being rumored

You are impressively prejudice

Well we know how rumors involving Florida and Kelly pan out...

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Good point, they were actually in the Big East which is a far better conference than the current AAC. So I'd say that season by Leavitt is still more impressive than Taggarts one great season at USF

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The season they reached #2 in October and ended up 4-3 in conference play?

Playing politics with boosters and the media is part of being the coach at UF or any big time program. It's why Muschamp got four years and instead McElwain was shot into the sun midway through his third. Mullen would be worse in that regard tham McElwain, and he'd probably recruit worse, too.

Taggart would get along with boosters and the media, and he'd recruit the shite out of Florida. Also it's not like he's a slouch coaching wise; that last USF offense was nasty.

Sure, his resume isn't as impressive as Kelly and he's not the phenom Frost is, but he's about as impressive as Norvell, Kiffin, Strong, and that next group.

He might not be our next Spurrier but if we were to hire him worst case he'd be Zook and stockpile talent for the next guy. He's not Dooley.

Stop being a dumbass. The 11-2 USF team was more impressive than the 9-4 one. Who fricking gives a shite about peak ranking

I respectfully disagree, that year put USF on the map and allowed them to be a one of the better tier 2 schools in Florida. If not for Leavitt, Taggart wouldn't have been able to have that success at USF.

Did Spurrier get along well with boosters? He doesn't seem like the type that would. I get that UF values the coaches relationship with boosters highly, but I'd imagine the boosters don't give a frick what the coach is like if he's got a good product on the field(Mac didn't).

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If not for Leavitt, Taggart wouldn't have been able to have that success at USF.

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I don’t disagree but O’Leary laid some groundwork for Frost as well. I know O’Leary’s last year was hot garbage but they had some impressive seasons with Bortles at the helm and the win over UGA in a bowl game in 2010 raised UCF’s profile.

Of course, I’d still 1,000% still take Frost over Taggart.

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but I'd imagine the boosters don't give a frick what the coach is like if he's got a good product on the field(Mac didn't)

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Agree on this point as well.

Honestly, the next guy that gets hired that is going to have a rough go of it if his name isn’t Kelly or Frost, regardless of how swell the guy is.

If the reports about Kelly and Frost are true, this has been an awful coaching search for UF. They beat everybody to market and they may still have to settle for their 3rd (maybe even 4th choice). This very public Chip Kelly saga will also end up knocking some of the shine of the program if Kelly indeed ends up going somewhere else over UF. Pretty much knocks UF out of the top 5 jobs conversation, IMO.

If you’re not a big fan of the Gators such as yourself, it’s probably fun to kick back and watch this shitshow unfold.

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I do think he’s a better fit at A&M since he’s recruited Texas.

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A&M and Tennessee have zero interest in the Kelly circus. We're not playing that game.

Kelly contacted us, we said thanks but no thanks. Then some chode at CBS says he rejected an offer from us, an offer was never made


I'm pretty sure Nebraska didn't offer him either, they're all in on Frost and aren't even considering anyone else, but the same CBS article said he rejected them too.


He'd be a better fit at A&M than Tennessee, Nebraska or Florida, for sure. But from what I've heard, they haven't reached out to him and have no plans to do so.


Florida may have had a real shot at him, but to win in this conference, you gotta recruit out of South Florida, Atlanta, Baton Rouge and Nawla, the Carolinas, Memphis, Hampton Roads, and now Nashville.

Kelly could get away with just recruiting the state of Florida, but picture that Winnie the Pooh lookin motherfricker in Dade county sitting in the living room with a defensive end prospect from Miami Northwestern with his 11 siblings who all have gold teeth and dreads, and you see why this would never work.

I was born and raised in central Florida, lived in Miami in the early 80's (Cuban invasion, cocaine cowboys, etc), went to Southeast HS in Bradenton. I'm a Vol, but I know Florida hoods like the back of my hand, Chip Kelly would not fit in


I tell you who would be great at UF, Strong. Some may laugh at it because of Texas, but he would own that state, especially if Frost goes to Nebraska.