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Post by tapsgator on Feb 13, 2023 14:05:20 GMT -5
Completely objectively: that's about the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Making Tennessee and LSU rotational opponents but preserving that Florida-South Carolina rivalry? Riveting stuff. I guess maybe it's to even out having to play UGA every year but that seems stupid. I don't even care that much about LSU, that's whatever, but the teams in the respective divisions should all play each other. Tennessee plays Vandy and UK every year but rotates with us and UGA? That's really stupid. God forbid we get rid of one of the cupcake games though.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 13, 2023 13:59:52 GMT -5
I don't get the extensions, really don't. Are they scared someone is going to come calling for Mike Norvell?
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 13, 2023 13:58:45 GMT -5
Tragic. Prayers to the family.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 13, 2023 13:57:42 GMT -5
Me too, I've always thought some of Foley's most damaging decisions were:
1) Giving Mullen more consideration than Strong when Meyer left. Strong had the strongest Gator ties of anybody in the country, had worked for Spurrier, actually had Florida recruiting ties, and had gone 7-6 (to Mullen's 5-7) as a head coach.
2) Giving the job to Muschamp and talking about him going to middle school in Gainesville when Strong had a longer resume, more head and general coaching experience, and actual ties to the State of Florida and Gator program after he hit puberty.
#2 is still the damndest thing I've ever seen and both could be seen as racially motivated. For the record, I don't think that's the case, but if Napier doesn't succeed and our next coach is white I think some questions will start getting raised.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 10, 2023 12:34:55 GMT -5
Please please please please do this. Make him co-coordinator if you want to put pressure on Toney to suck less. Put him in charge of recruiting the front 7, whatever, this is a golden opportunity to stop getting crushed on the top kids in Florida which is the key to turning around recruiting, the only other factor that even approaches the slowing down the state line (at this point closing the border is impossible) is NIL. This is a chance to capitalize on 30 years of relationships with high school coaches in Florida and bring in a guy who has had success in big time college football. Make the money work because this is a no-brainer.
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Rashada
Feb 7, 2023 14:32:18 GMT -5
Post by tapsgator on Feb 7, 2023 14:32:18 GMT -5
inallkindsofweather.com/football/jaden-rashada-postmortem-new-information-reveals-nil-contract-details-how-the-deal-went-down/This is a very Gator-friendly take (as expected) but I will say I appreciate him not going after the kid. Now, the elephant in the room is the out clause was thrown in, and is legal on its face, but it's kind of a leap to expect the "adults in the room" advising Rashada not to take issue with it being pulled after he flipped thereby walking away from the Miami deal. So, you've basically put the kid in a catch 22 where he can either renegotiate with Gator Collective (more accurately Hancock) or look like an asshole for not honoring his letter of intent and having to re-enter the market at a highly significant dis-advantage. I don't know how "kosher" that is. In fact, I think there's a very real possibility that Rashada would win on a fraudulent inducement suit since nothing happened between the flip from Miami to cancelling the contract in December, and the burden of proof would be on the drafting party (the Collective) to prove that they intended to honor it at the time of the offer. The fact that the kid tried to stay at UF and do the right thing wouldn't hurt him in any such suit, but lowball offers (rumored to be in the 2-3 million dollar range so about 18-20% of the initial contract) could very well come in regarding the authenticity of the offer sheet/intent to honor the agreement. You can't take anyone (much less an 18YOA kid) off the market and then drop him at the 11th hour and try to renegotiate. That's not how contract law works. If the offer was signed/deal executed in California (we have to assume it was since it wouldn't have been legal to sign in Florida) then you're probably in front of a liberal judge and/or jury. The Collective/Hancock would probably get lit up to the tune of the original contract plus possible punitive damages for fraud. And in my mind they'd deserve it. This kids reputation has taken a hit, he's become the face of everything wrong with NIL (and there's a lot), and he's gone from playing at Miami where he would have likely gotten much more airtime and better coaching to playing at Arizona State. Even if that's a bit hyperbolic, there's a very cogent argument that you cost this kid 20 million or more. So, I hope Rashada is the saint that Napier painted him to be when he flipped. I hope he starts from Day 1 as a Freshman and has a standout career so 20 million is a drop in the bucket. I wouldn't mind if he wound up transferring to a destination school and made the playoffs with huge NIL money (as long as it doesn't affect our season). Most of all I hope this is a one-off and we get our shit together. Crossing my fingers but not holding my breath with Foley OG and Foley-lite as our ADs. At this point I'm a huge Jaden Rashada fan. I'll root for him as hard as I've ever rooted for a non-Gator in my life because a) he got screwed by narcissistic adults who like to read their name in the paper and have dick measuring contests with other super rich twats and b) it minimizes potential blowback on the Gator program that could put us in a hole for years to come. Not necessarily in that order. This just needs to be in the rear-view ASAP. Go Gators.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 7, 2023 13:48:23 GMT -5
I’ve never seen a better player in 3rd or 4th and short. Maybe Bo was as good, but TT was money on short yardage. Makes a coaches job pretty easy when you know your about to have a fresh set of downs. Everyone knew what was coming and they still couldn’t stop it. Those were the days! For certain. It's also kind of poetic that he went in at the same time as Bush as I always considered Harvin to be Reggie Bush playing the right position. I actually think Harvin was the better player. If he had come back as a senior we go back to back and he wins the Heisman. Not a doubt in my mind.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 7, 2023 13:44:26 GMT -5
El O'Elle. He better be looking for more than just a QB. Beggars and choosers and all that. Since we're using business terms like "in the market" here's a breakdown on QB(s): basically we had a manager with a ton of upside that was largely unfulfilled that made the leap to a Fortune 32 company that dangled big money in front of him on the premise that his training to date was the major issue in his production. We went on the market for someone with experience and came away with the 20th best guy that was looking for a new gig and had been fired from a lower end job. Maybe call it laid off or demoted but basically if we're Wal-Mart he couldn't cut it at K-Mart or Dollar General but we're hoping something clicks. We had the 9th best guy coming out of college/training program but after we outbid a competitor for him and he accepted our offer we tried to renegotiate. That was done by an outside consulting company but one that works exclusively in our personnel department. So we're left with the former K-Mart manager, an assistant manager from another Wal-Mart who didn't have a realistic shot at getting promoted at that store (Miller), and a guy who came out of training program a couple years ago that has 2 jobs and seems to be leaning towards his other one as a career path (Brown). We also got a guy that said he'd work as a file clerk (walk-on from IMG) in hopes that everybody missed out on his potential. Given that most of the real candidates are gone and/or not interested (they detail that in the story which is kind of burying the lead), we've posted a classified ad and are skimming Indeed. We're going to have to get very lucky at QB, lightning (Trask) will need to strike twice and Brian Johnson (or the media will say Dan Mullen) has left the building.
Good news is the retooled offensive line is more highly regarded and graded higher than the guys that left (other than O'Cyrus) especially Goodwin and Mazzcua. Bad news is both have struggled with weight and year one of Napier's S&C program was underwhelming to say the least. Good news is they brought in some highly regarded defensive linemen. Bad news is I've gotten no indication that they will stop running Watson out there even if he's morbidly obese. They had better options last year (especially at the end of the regular season) and they just kept waddling him out there.
Also Patrick Toney. I just don't understand. I hope he shows me what's up this year, but it reeks of a "fire the coordinator" hold card given that we really don't have an OC since Napier calls plays.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 7, 2023 9:50:10 GMT -5
I refuse to believe that Grantham was a real candidate as I do with Mullen. Grantham I think had to be in the mix publicly as a former DC on the existing staff, but I refuse to believe he would have gotten the coordinator gig. He just sucks, must be a decent position coach but as a coordinator at big time schools he has to be done I'd think. Mullen's name was probably floated by his agent or possibly Saban taking a big swing, but I don't see Saban hiring a coach who doesn't like to recruit. If he did that would be so far out of character that I would say there is early onset dementia. He's literally hired with one eye towards recruiting for 30 years.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 7, 2023 9:44:58 GMT -5
That's two pretty good inductees. Also very different in their college experiences. I still have Tebow as the top CFB player of all time. Admitted and unabashedly biased, but there's certainly a case.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 3, 2023 13:32:40 GMT -5
247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/OverallTeamRankings/Final report. Here's what concerns me: 3) Texas- 2nd year head coach 4) LSU- 2nd year head coach 6) Oklahoma- 2nd year head coach 7) Miami- 2nd year head coach 8) USC- 2nd year head coach 9) Oregon- 2nd year head coach 10) Tennessee- 3rd year head coach 11) Notre Dame- 2nd year head coach There is no reason that the Brent Venables, Dan Lannings, and Marcus Freemans of the world should be outcoaching and out recruiting the head coach at the University of Florida. Sark? The guy who lost his job because he was showing up drunk all the time? Josh Hueppel? Brian Kelly and his fake accent? Mario Cristobal and that 4 wins in the ACC product he's trotting out there? This sucks.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 3, 2023 11:32:44 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 3, 2023 11:21:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I think they are in danger of losing all but the most fanatical and the fans of the haves versus the have nots. Recruiting is a part of running a college football program, always have been. The best coaches always recruited at a higher level than anybody else. The rankings weren't as exact in the pre-rivals and internet era but Spurrier always had top 5 classes on the Lindy's and other list that the name escapes me. I guess maybe Meyer was a bit better recruiter than SOS but it wasn't much of a disparity at all.
The problem is now a large part of recruiting is NIL, I've heard how Saban and Smart tell kids that ask for too much to kick rocks, but I also saw Saban use Jimbo's class as a fund raiser and then turn around and sign the top class in the country. Napier asked for 20 million. I refuse to believe that Smart is out of the loop on NIL, he's too much Saban 2.0 for that. So, it seems like a big part of a head coach's job at this point is to herd (rich) cats with the boosters while maintaining some semblance of deniability as to "involvement." Which is a joke, university pays coach 8-10 million per year, raises money through super rich boosters, program is beholden to those boosters to fund NIL deals which is the only way for coach to keep his job, but coach cannot have any input or "involvement" in who gets what. Bass ackwards. It would be like letting the Packers fans negotiate player salaries because they buy season tickets and call themselves shareholders.
What has amazed me is that there are so many solutions but the NCAA is so protective of this facade that a multi-billion dollar industry is still "amateur" thereby allowing them to keep a larger share of the revenue that we can't get there. Or even particularly close. It's like they're not content to kill the golden goose, they want to shoot it, behead it, cremate it twice, scatter it's ashes, and the bury the urn in a top secret location.
Here's some ideas that will likely never happen because it would be crazy to pay kids who generate billions of dollars for colleges:
1) Set a hard cap. People will figure out ways to skirt that because they always do, but make it reasonable enough that you can drop the hammer if/when people color outside the lines.
2) Allow NIL deals to be signed before the Letter of Intent. Stays out of a weird public bidding war where Hancock and Ruiz are one step away from dropping their drawers and getting out the tape measure and then Hancock realizes he doesn't want to follow through.
3) NIL deals should be registered and public record. No more he said/she said. I don't know who I believe less an 18 year old who has been told he's the family meal ticket, a tweeter named "Gator Jen," a guy who speaks for a collective that admits to making offers outside of their means, or the weird looking old tanning bed magnate who actually has the money and wants to make sure everyone knows he's here. Sounds like a helluva sitcom or reality show.
4) Let the schools/coaches be involved in NIL negotiations. A lot better than the alternative of a bunch of narcissistic, unrealistic rich old white guys being surprised that the 18 year old black kid that they saw film on isn't as fast as their friend's "player" and pulling the funds. That's actually happening by the way. In 2023, the old (mostly white) guys who own the most property are essentially in an auction for young, fast, strong (mostly black) 18 year olds who will face off in battle for the next 3-5 years. Part slavery, part Roman coliseum, all gross.
5) Most importantly, STOP, just stop. Stop insulting our/your consumers' intelligence. Stop pretending that you're just doing this to protect the sanctity of free education. Stop hiding behind amateur status. Stop trying to keep 99% of the revenue. Stop acting like the Courts have tied your hands and this all came out of left field. Stop playing victim and letting your puppets make 18 year old kids who had the audacity to agree to million dollar deals because they were offered by billionaires and had the nerve to think the money was real the "bad guys." Just fucking stop it.
Alright Friday rant is over. Going back to my day.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 1, 2023 12:49:03 GMT -5
I thought about Dion as well but didn't think that would be something he would do after only one year in Colorado. Now if we are talking after 2024? Dion would kill it recruiting at UF. Yeah, I expect a destination school to get him at some point and probably sooner than later. If it's a Florida school he will absolutely destroy it in recruiting. Hell, he'll bring his kid (who is really good), Hunter, and McClain. Colorado now has the #1 CB prospect in the history of 247 (Hunter) and the #9 (McClain) going across the country. I think 2024 is the latest you could get him. My worry is that he goes to Miami to keep all the recruits that Ruiz I mean Cristobal has gotten and then you've got the greatest CB of all-time from Fort Myers who (I'll be damned) actually has the ability and inclination to be a good coach sitting in the biggest recruiting hotbed in the country for speed athletes.
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 1, 2023 12:09:46 GMT -5
Thanks guys, appreciate you guys putting up with me
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Post by tapsgator on Feb 1, 2023 11:26:56 GMT -5
Just for shoots and googles here's kind of a list. Agree that we can't have our primary strategy be to steal somebody who is on the precipice of the (expanded) play-offs with the exceptions noted below:
1) First and foremost we need a new AD or at the very least a search committee that takes it out of the current power couple's hands. Fool me once shame on you, fool me 6 straight times how the hell am I the president of the pre-eminent university. I really don't know what it's going to take at this point. A lot of presidents are a package deal with an AD and/or a coach. We have the opposite happening, guys who have earned real autonomy don't want to deal with tweedle dee and tweedle dum, it took forever to upgrade the facilities, and we're lagging in NIL to say the least. I'm sure they've also burned plenty of bridges along the way and some pretty significant ones. For example if I'm a black head coach I would notice that Will Muschamp got the Florida job rather than Charlie Strong. Hell I'd notice that Mullen's name came up before Strong when Charlie was basically a Florida lifer. I'm trying to think of a black coach who has ever been mentioned in a Foley/Stricklin job search. I'm failing miserably. Trob is in Bama, Strong is in Miami. Guess which 2 teams cleaned house in Florida this recruiting cycle? Our best recruiters are black. Are coordinators are not. Until I really looked at it I didn't realize the extent of that elephant in the room. It's a big elephant.
2) I like the Kiffin idea. I still firmly believe he is at Ole Miss based in large part to prove people wrong and try to tweak Saban. Here's the thing though, he can't get over the hill in Oxford because he cannot matchup on talent and there's not a real opportunity to join the arms race. UF offers that opportunity in spades, and since he likes going after the Alpha dog, the times are a changing and Kirby is 1a at the very least. Puked in my mouth a little bit but anyways, he and Lane are about the same age on opposite sides of the ball and very very different. I think he'd be intrigued
3) Barring an AD/coach combo or Lane which are probably long shots, it's time to think outside the box, maybe way outside the box. Hire without any preconceptions (ie. no hesitation for a first time head coach, pre-existing relationships don't matter, etc). Few names that come up: Brian Johnson, Deion Sanders, Garrett Riley, Dave Aranda, Joe Brady
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 31, 2023 14:57:15 GMT -5
He's a douchebag and not even a very good coach. Surprises me very little. Kills me that he's outperforming Napier to date. Really hope that changes. Kelly walked into a far better situation. They aren't comparable, IMO. Kelly didn't follow a coach who didn't believe that recruiting was a priority. Agree, but Kelly has been a better coach and recruiter over the last year and change than Napier. He wasn't dealt as bad a hand by any means, but he has played the cards considerably better. Don't think it's really arguable. I'm concerned that we're giving Napier an awful lot of "benefit of the doubt" for no real reason other than previous bad hires. I've been guilty of it myself. I don't think the fact that Stricklin and Foley have made 3 (double that if you count other sports) straight terrible hires means that their 4th hire gets less scrutiny, it should mean it gets more. I'll try to stay off beating the dead horse of why they get to continue making these decisions, but the concerns with Napier coming in were that he'd never run a big time program or recruited to one, he was never even a play caller in Power 5, that the stakes might be too high and he may make questionable decisions in big games, and his overall system might work in the Sunbelt but would wilt under the heat of SEC football. If somebody has a cogent reason as to why we should feel better about those questions today than we did 13 months ago I'm all ears because I really like the guy and want him to be good. That said, pretending he's killing it isn't likely to work. The program is moving the wrong way, may be a continuation, may not be all his fault, but the first step to solving problems is acknowledging them in my experience. There's things he needs to work on. Immediately.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 27, 2023 10:47:16 GMT -5
This was probably before the Jordan Gile news broke. They're likely having big time buyer's remorse right about now.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 27, 2023 10:43:03 GMT -5
Jordan Gile doesn't even like rap music.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 27, 2023 10:42:14 GMT -5
Yeah, I think this was "we've got Rashada so we don't want the headache." Don't worry though we got this kid: 247sports.com/Player/Jordan-Gile-46086669/That's right bitches. 2 stars. Out of Tennessee too. Suck it Hueppel.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 27, 2023 10:38:47 GMT -5
Have picked up some nice commits on the line of scrimmage. I will be curious to see where we land on the Composite Talent Evaluator when it comes out for Fall because these rankings don't take into consideration the guys who left via the portal or early entry into NFL draft. For example, adding Verse to Florida state because he came back when he was expected to go first round would be the equivalent of adding a high 5 star recruit since he's expected to go top 10 next year. On the bright side our latest offensive line transfer Goodwin is rated higher than the guys we lost with the exception of Torrence. He's struggled with weight and I have PTSD there, but fingers crossed.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 27, 2023 10:26:20 GMT -5
He's a douchebag and not even a very good coach. Surprises me very little. Kills me that he's outperforming Napier to date. Really hope that changes.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 27, 2023 10:24:50 GMT -5
I'm willing to give Napier a pass for this one because he has to stay Switzerland to a limited extent, but we're hitting fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me territory. The Florida Legislature has weighed in on this to a limited extent. State universities are legally prohibited from either providing or arranging NIL money. This means that we have "collectives" acting as de facto agents of the universities, without any university oversight or control. Universities also have no say in how much NIL money is offered or to whom. I agree with those who say that perhaps this should be taken up by Congress to set rules, because right now it's the wild west with no real rules or regulations. The NCAA has known for years that this was coming, yet they did nothing to get ahead of it before it was inevitable. As far as Rashada goes, it was only a matter of time until something like this happened. We just happened to be the unfortunate recipient of the first high profile instance. It is not fair to brand UF as the villain in this, for the reasons that I listed above. Agreed as to the university and the NCAA. It's all runaway greed by the NCAA with chickens coming home to roost. Not sure Congress is going to be the white knight people are hoping for because they would be forced to drop the hammer on some of their biggest campaign donors, and call me a cynic but I don't see that happening over some outrage amongst us commoners. With regards to the UF head coach and, especially, the athletic department and directors both acting and emeritus, I think it's a very fair question as to why this has only happened here at least at this scale and publicly. I think you're dealing with a lot of narcissists on the outside who like seeing their name in the paper which obviously makes it treacherous terrain to traverse. However, if you get in the deep end of the pool you need to know how to swim. Or at least learn real fast. Saban took some (fair) criticism for calling out Jimbo, but he accomplished his goal and got the #1 class in the country. Napier publicly asked for 20 million from the collective, you can't now play the "I can't talk to em" card, at least not without looking like a complete bullshitter which is what every other school is calling us on the recruiting trail right now. The adults in the room can get into more detailed analysis, but the 18 year olds and their family who views them as a meal ticket? Not so much. I don't see anybody as villains here other than the NCAA. These forces have always been at play, but now they're out of the shadows when paying the kids .5% of the revenue they generate could have kept the nefarious stuff (which is going to happen either way) "illegal" and acted to at least semi-regulate the market because of the risk of sanctions.
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Rashada
Jan 26, 2023 12:41:48 GMT -5
Post by tapsgator on Jan 26, 2023 12:41:48 GMT -5
I'd hate for that to happen because it would basically just be taking him back to avoid a lawsuit. What kind of start is that to a college career? I want that kid in the rear view and a professionally run collective in the windshield. Not sure either of those will happen any time soon. I agree, but if he did come back it might be an indication that the collective is getting their shit together so wouldn't be the worst messaging. He'd also give us a high ceiling QB. The fact that a kid who lost his job at Wisconsin is the presumed starter, Miller is the prohibitive favorite to be the backup, and Max Brown is playing baseball over Spring practice is not a great spot to say the least. As you said though, making semi-rational decisions and moving as a cohesive, professional type organization has not been our thing thus far. I also think that the fastest way he gets in the rear-view is if he finds a deal that he finds close enough to the 13m that he chooses to forego litigation. You know what this kind of feels like? Deshaun Watson minus the allegations. Miami took the market to one place (seemingly around the same thing the better prospect at QB in this class Nico Iamaleva got from Tennessee) and then we came in and outbid them and took it to a new level. 13 million is a preposterous number for anyone but especially a kid who is #7 at his position on one service and #10 on the other. Unfortunately, with no cap and many more options there's no upside to jacking up the market on incoming college kids, it just makes us look inept. Again. Go away Scott Stricklin and take your puppeteer with you. I'm willing to give Napier a pass for this one because he has to stay Switzerland to a limited extent, but we're hitting fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me territory. He asked for 20 million in NIL money. Reasonable. Hancock said it was doable. It is, easy to say when it's not my money but it is. Why there are 2 spokespersons including one called "gator Jen" who lives in the Tweetosphere who don't have the money, but do speak for those who do is beyond me. Who thought that was a good idea? And how can we possibly not have made some adjustments as we become #1 with a bullet in the clusterfuck of the year race?
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 24, 2023 13:20:33 GMT -5
One article that I read said that the going rate for a college QB is around $750K, which makes Rashada's original deal with the Gator Collective even more ridiculous. Since Florida released him from his LOI, he has visited Colorado (where Deion Sanders has pretty much anointed his son as the starting QB), and Arizona State, where his father played college football. The consensus is that his NIL money will be nowhere near what was discussed at Miami and Florida.I have a bad feeling that's going to be the case, and that could be when lawsuits start flying. Since it sounds like we're dealing with alleged oral agreements (can't sign NIL deals before the LOI which is another part of the fustercluck) the problem is that it could certainly be argued that the Gator Collective fraudulently induced him to flip by outbidding Miami. He can't really sue Miami because they'll say "we had the money lined up" and they probably did given that Ruiz is front and center so there's at least some iindcation of transparency (misleading and fragile as it may be at least the guy giving quotes and stroking checks is one and the same). With UF you've got Hancock crowing on Twitter about big news coming down the pike, Rashada flipping, and Rojas and Gator Jen all but standing in front of a Victory Banner as they patted themselves on the back. I'm morbidly curious as to how it would play out, but I also don't want to know because it prolongs sifting through bullshit.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 23, 2023 14:24:17 GMT -5
Glaring example of one of our (many) issues, and this is 66.67% on Mullen and 33.33% on General Napier and his army, but this is telling, from the class of 2020 a tale of 2 DTs:
1) High 4 star, 6.0 (translates to All American candidate with 1-3 round potential), #5 at his position, 9 in Florida and 49 nationally. Goes to UGA.
2) 5 star, 6.1 (franchise player, first team all American candidate, 1st rounder), 3 at his position, 3 in Florida, 23 nationally. Goes to UF.
Player 1's stock has risen every year, now he's a top 5 pick and widely considered the best physical prospect in the draft. That's Jalen Carter.
Player 2's draft stock dropped as he played more time and gained more weight. Most people have him in round 2-3. That's Gervon Dexter.
The player sandwiched in between Carter and Dexter is Tim Smith who is another top 5 pick who is from Florida. I don't understand what is going on. It's concerning to me that scouts are saying O'Cyrus has a "terrible body" after a college career with this staff (albeit the majority in what I think must have been substandard facilities). It'll be interesting to see how we literally look next season.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 23, 2023 14:15:19 GMT -5
Defense: www.gatorcountry.com/feature/way-too-early-2023-defensive-depth-chart/Offense: www.gatorcountry.com/feature/way-too-early-2023-offensive-depth-chart/Also, Waites out for the season, so that's fun. Portal is closed until May, so that is what's gonna be on the field in the Spring. It's not pretty. I don't know what's left in the portal but I'm sure some people who wash out and don't project for playing time after the Spring will be around in May. Two questions: 1) Can we get them? 2) How do you beat the Georgias and Alabamas of the world, or even compete with them, when their projected 4th stringers are your actual starters? The one kid that we beat the big schools for on offense was Etienne. Guess who are best offensive player is? On Defense it was Marshall. Same question/answer as to our best player on that side of the ball. We've gotta start winning more recruiting battles both out and in the portal. It's going to come down to NIL so I hope that's getting cleaned up.
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Rashada
Jan 21, 2023 1:31:17 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by tapsgator on Jan 21, 2023 1:31:17 GMT -5
Well now that he is released let's see if we can forecast his next landing spot.......... Committed to Miami..... Loved the atmosphere and relished the history and the chance to rebuild it. (+$9M) Flopped to UF..... Couldn't pass on the family feeling and the relationship he had cultivated with Billy N. (+$13M and a big OOPS!) I am guessing his next school will be......... O .....THE UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHEST BIDDER..... Oregon may get in the mix with Nike money but supposedly front runners are Washington and Arizona state. I want somebody to make him happy enough that he doesn’t file suit which would drag into next year. The sooner we have closure here the better. And we really want the kid to be happy because I think he has a viable lawsuit for breach of a verbal contract and his damages could include damage to his reputation. That’s why the Chris doerings of the world need to shut up
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 19, 2023 11:47:13 GMT -5
If the SEC wanted to, couldn't they come up with some sort of agreement they could all abide with? I am thinking in terms of some kind of salary cap structure ala NFL. This would ensure that the smaller schools with less money could remain somewhat competitive in term of paying players. Of course the Vandys of the conference cannot realistically compete talent-wise (except when they play us) but it would end up helping all. I'm just trying to come up with a solution to the money grab since apparently the NCAA is dickless. I actually heard Greg Sankey (who I used to think was a pushover but has somehow turned into a real American badass) and he was talking about this and had some ideas on how to rein it in. His big keys were uniformity, oversight, and, most importantly transparency. He has no problem with this being a market economy, to some extent it always has been but it's out of the shadows now. He's realistic about that which is refreshing and you'll never get for the NCAA. It helps being the most powerful guy in the room obviously, but he does a good job with it. Here's what I see: Uniformity: Obviously you can't make any across the board declaration here. The standard salary ship has sailed. That said, you could look into a tier system or a standard budget that schools have to work within (like a salary cap) but the real key in my opinion is establishing a standard infrastructure within the schools that at a minimum has to track the NIL money being paid out. We already have compliance offices, etc. you can expand those or make a new department. Oversight: Can't have it without uniformity. I think the Play-off committee should be in charge of regulation because they have the most direct link to the TV contracts and therefore the money. So, they have the biggest carrot and biggest stick. To me it's really stupid that the NCAA is even involved in college football at this point. If Greg Sankey and the SEC seceded from the NCAA and crowned their own champion would any half way objective person not recognize them as the national champion at this point? Since Urban boatraced a touchdown favorite that opened higher in 2006, the SEC has won all but 4 national championships. With 12 teams does anybody really expect that percentage to go down? Alabama was the 2nd or 3rd best team in the country this year. When Tennessee was healthy somehow they were top 5. The NCAA can't do shit in football, CFB is autonomous and an 800 lbs. gorilla, drop the fascade and let the grown-ups handle it. Transparency: Again, need uniformity. The Gator Collective/Rojas/Gator Jen/Gator Guard is the most cluckiest of fusterclucks but it's not the only one. We clearly can't get on the same page, but even if we did, how the hell do you track it. I think NIL deals should be public records that have to be recorded, tracked, and reported by the schools. Rashadas still may sue the Gator Collective, if they do they'll name UF, if the Gator Guard actually reneged on funding the agreement it would be malpractice for the Defendants' attorneys not to assert a crossclaim. The damages have been set by the contract that was breached. In laymen's terms: if you sign a kid to an NIL deal for 13 million and then breach the contract where he can't participate in Spring practice, you've cost him at least 50% of a year. I'll keep it simple but what I'd do is argue he has to be in school for 3 years, that's roughly 4.5 million per year, so 2 million in current loss of income, however I'd pay an NFL scout and recruiting expert, maybe a QB coach, to say that early enrollment your Freshman year is the most critical time for development and to have a shot at early playing time which is crucial to the kid's NFL future. Probably throw some fancy graphs and shtuff on the whiteboard/in a power point. You argue diminished earnings capacity. I don't know if I'd ask for specific performance/13 million or incurred damages, but I'd probably go with the latter and hope for a good jury. If he signed the contract in California UF could really get rolled. Someone has to fix this. The commentators claiming that Rashada is holding out are completely missing it. Holding out is refusing to come in under the terms of an agreement. You're holding out the consideration of the contract. That's why guys don't show up in pro sports when they want to renegotiate their deal(s). Here, he's happy to show up, but you've gotta actually honor the deal. Someone is trying to renegotiate, but it's not Rashada. The Gator Collective is literally holding out the consideration of a binding agreement. The best thing that could happen is he signs somewhere else ASAP, we fix our NIL set-up (don't hold your breath), and this gets in the rear-view mirror ASAP.
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Post by tapsgator on Jan 18, 2023 13:08:54 GMT -5
forgot McMillan is gone. 3 guys total projected to get drafted. In the portal era. That's bad.
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