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What Set Off Foley
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:41 pm
According to Adam Reardon, sports radio personality in Fla., Foley was "set off" by Alleva offering to play the game in Baton Rouge.
He was just interviewed by Moscona.
Guess that was the first offer, and after that, UF decided to keep leveraging until it was too late to come up with a workable alternative.
Wow. So sorry LSU tried to play the game???
ETA: Reardon also sides with LSU on this one:
Is @BigBoyRadio ignoring that Alleva ALSO suggested playing the game at UF on Sun or Mon? As well as in BR... @1045espn
Adam Reardon ?@BigBoyRadio 14m14 minutes ago
Adam Reardon Retweeted Donald Shelton
No not at all that's my main reason why I tend to side with LSU on this Game could have been played on any of those daysAdam Reardon added,
Donald Shelton @LSUfan71
@MattMoscona
He was just interviewed by Moscona.
Guess that was the first offer, and after that, UF decided to keep leveraging until it was too late to come up with a workable alternative.
Wow. So sorry LSU tried to play the game???
ETA: Reardon also sides with LSU on this one:
Is @BigBoyRadio ignoring that Alleva ALSO suggested playing the game at UF on Sun or Mon? As well as in BR... @1045espn
Adam Reardon ?@BigBoyRadio 14m14 minutes ago
Adam Reardon Retweeted Donald Shelton
No not at all that's my main reason why I tend to side with LSU on this Game could have been played on any of those daysAdam Reardon added,
Donald Shelton @LSUfan71
@MattMoscona
This post was edited on 10/10/16 at 11:02 pm
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:43 pm to EffingTiger
Im not saying I agree, but I could see that happening.
Alleva overplaying his hand early in the week trying to strong arm a game in BR thinking he will have Sankeys support. Turns out Sankey says no lets wait, and then later in the week Foley has the redass and isnt willing to bend an inch
Alleva overplaying his hand early in the week trying to strong arm a game in BR thinking he will have Sankeys support. Turns out Sankey says no lets wait, and then later in the week Foley has the redass and isnt willing to bend an inch
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:43 pm to EffingTiger
Now they want more scheduled games to be moved because Florida was too much of a pussy to face LSU when they should have.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:46 pm to EffingTiger
Sounds like Foley has an ego problem.
How dare LSU offer Tiger Stadium as an alternative?
UF is too special for that. Typical Gator. They have always been like that - arrogant snobs.
How dare LSU offer Tiger Stadium as an alternative?
UF is too special for that. Typical Gator. They have always been like that - arrogant snobs.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:48 pm to EffingTiger
The sad thing is that this game could have so easily been played Saturday, Sunday or today in Gainsville.
To make LSU and Baton Rouge break a contract with an OOC team, miss out on a home game, lose all the revenue associated with it both for the school and the city, and do away with the opportunity to give a community still suffering from the floods a boost all because Foley was triggered is insane to me.
To make LSU and Baton Rouge break a contract with an OOC team, miss out on a home game, lose all the revenue associated with it both for the school and the city, and do away with the opportunity to give a community still suffering from the floods a boost all because Foley was triggered is insane to me.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:48 pm to EffingTiger
quote:
According to Adam Reardon, sports radio personality in Fla., Foley was "set off" by Alleva offering to play the game in Baton Rouge.
He was just interviewed by Mascona.
Guess that was the first offer, and after that, UF decided to keep leveraging until it was too late to come up with a workable alternative.
Well, that just confirms that Foley is an incompetent squirrel. Alleva made a reasonable and obvious gesture, the same he made one year ago.
Meanwhile, Foley NEVER offered to play the game anywhere else but Gainesville. He could easily have looked into Tampa, just like Miami/FSU/ACC did.
In fact, if Foley were remotely competent, he could have offered to play the game in either Tampa or Gainesville on Sunday depending on the outcome of the storm. It mattered not to LSU (which had no say in the matter anyway) because the Tigers planned to fly into Tampa to get to the game no matter what.
Summary: Foley is either dishonest, incompetent or both. This situation failed because of Foley and Sankey's ineptitude.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:48 pm to EffingTiger
Foley was offended and has acted like a bitch since. Makes sense
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:50 pm to EffingTiger
Maybe Alleva was looking at how things played out last year for the South Carolina game. Natural disaster strikes, LSU offers to move the game to Baton Rouge last minute. LSU gets widespread praise for accommodating relocating the game on short notice. LSU donates all the gate proceeds back to South Carolina and received widespread praise for hospitality to the team and the visiting fans. Maybe Alleva assumed that given how things worked out for the South Carolina game last year that it would be a welcome offer for LSU to host the game knowing that they'd be donating all gate proceeds back to UF or to Hurricane relief in Florida.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 4:53 pm to EffingTiger
I'm not buying that Joe wanted Florida to play in Baton Rouge 3 years in a row.
I believe Joe offered to swap this year and next year and foley knew the gators would have gotten destroyed in Baton Rouge so he declined. And of course rumors like that get started so it won't be obvious that foley was scared.
I believe Joe offered to swap this year and next year and foley knew the gators would have gotten destroyed in Baton Rouge so he declined. And of course rumors like that get started so it won't be obvious that foley was scared.
This post was edited on 10/10/16 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 10/10/16 at 5:06 pm to EffingTiger
Obvious that Stinkey got rolled & pushed around. The loser is the Tigers, certainly in these kind negotiations a strong presence is needed to guide & direct the process .....
didn't happen.
Not good think he new to the commissioner position; problems for future.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 5:18 pm to EffingTiger
It was a good interview. He seemed to side with LSU on every issue, including that we shouldn't give up our 11/19 home game. He did keep strongly saying that BOTH schools were "petulant children" though, but I never heard him actually point out a way in which LSU was being selfish.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 5:56 pm to EffingTiger
quote:He is getting called out for not being flexible and moving the game to Sunday.
What Set Off Foley
Posted on 10/10/16 at 6:13 pm to EffingTiger
Worst fricking commissioner ever. This a-hole should lose his job over this
Posted on 10/10/16 at 6:31 pm to EffingTiger
quote:
Foley was "set off" by Alleva offering to play the game in Baton Rouge.
quote:
It has been three months since Jeremy Foley, the Florida Gators‘ well-respected and incredibly accomplished athletic director of the last 25 years, announced his retirement effective Oct 1.
By announcing his retirement in advance, Foley provided Florida — where he has worked for the last 40 years in various roles — with nearly four months to hire his replacement.
40 years at UF and this is how Foley will be remembered!
Just like in the military, one "Oh sh*t" wipes out all your "attaboys".
Posted on 10/10/16 at 7:26 pm to EffingTiger
quote:
According to Adam Reardon, sports radio personality in Fla., Foley was "set off" by Alleva offering to play the game in Baton Rouge
To take it a step further, one local host here was told that Alleva went to the SEC office without talking to Florida first early in the week last week. So Florida interpreted that as LSU trying to go behind their backs to orchestrate a move to BR, and that's when Foley became incensed and refused to budge.
Now I obviously have no clue what truly happened, but will say if that is acurate then I wouldn't blame UF for being pissed. HOWEVER...
To carry it as far as they did is even more childish and UF are still a bunch of douchebag bitches even if Alleva DID go behind their backs initially.
NO EXCUSE for carrying it to such an extreme that your bitch-arse can't even agree to push it back to Sunday or Monday in Gainesville.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 8:01 pm to EffingTiger
Jeremy Foley Director of Athletics administration@gators.ufl.edu
Posted on 10/10/16 at 8:19 pm to EffingTiger
quote:
According to Adam Reardon, sports radio personality in Fla., Foley was "set off" by Alleva offering to play the game in Baton Rouge.
Just part of the overall act... self-righteous indignation.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 8:57 pm to EffingTiger
Sounds like the SEC should make Florida forfeit.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 8:57 pm to EffingTiger
Initially I thought Foley jut really didn't want that "refugee stigma" for his entitled Gators but still doesn't explain not wanting to play there Sunday/Monday. Then I started thinking it had to do with LSU being by far the most attractive home opponent on their schedule this year. Now I'm thinking he was just being flat out stubborn. That's the only plausible excuse for not playing this past weekend. And it's the major reason I don't want Alleva giving in to him. It really is a bad example he's setting for their next AD. I hope he can see it as how not to operate in the future.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:11 pm to EffingTiger
I've said it before and I think people took it as a joke, but it's the truth. Foley thought his figurative dick is bigger than it actually is. Once he pulled it out, his ego was hurt by how unimpressed people were.
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