Mr. Yost

October 25th, 2015 at 4:47 PM ^

That was the worst thing to ever happen to them...

UCF's oozes potential. If you went back a few years, maybe a few more. UCF/Boise/TCU...you're looking at those schools and going Boise because of football dominance, but realistically, they're out. No TV market and they're in the middle of nowhere as a travel partner for your smaller sports.

TCU did it right. They rebranded themselves, they kept a great coach, they switched their offense, they capitalized on their location of Dallas/Ft. Worth.

O'Leary held UCF back and they paid for it.

You're in Florida, you've got an awesome media market, you're the 2nd largest school in the country, you have no tradition (which is a good thing) because you've got the youngest alumni base in the country with the explosion of our school.

How do fail to capitalize on this?

Miami sucks. Florida was down. All UCF needed was a forward-thinking leader who was going to push the envelope a little while doing what was most important (winning games). Instead GOL ran a boring offense, underrecruited...and really only recruited kids from New York and Georgia (from his time at GT). Bortles blowing up saved him, but cursed them in a way.

If they can get the second coming of Dabo. Invest in things off the field like Oregon, Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma St., etc. (aka like Nike pimp them out)...UCF could be legitimate.

I'll be interested to see who they hire.

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MichiganMAN47

October 26th, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^

Hadn't heard that before about them, but it's true. They've had a number of good teams and have been on the verge of becoming a power 5, but they've blown it. South Florida also has potential to pick up the slack that Miami, but they've been down for several years now. I could see either of those programs becoming a TCU with the right coach.

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VauntedD

October 25th, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^

I don't like there being so many openings with our awesome staff. I wish them all the best for advancement but I want this staff for recruiting and a national championship run.



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Badkitty

October 25th, 2015 at 4:40 PM ^

True, but we have Harbaugh and he's going to get the best assistants available to replace someone who leaves. You recruit elite players and elite assistant coaches and coordinators and sooner or later they go to the NFL and higher level jobs. Or would you recruit people that can't take the next step?



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Sideline

October 25th, 2015 at 5:34 PM ^

He's the only one at risk right now... Bama (Kiffin and Smart) Ohio State(W/e the new OC is) Oregon (Frost? Maybe?) and possibly Kentucky's whole staff...should be the only defecting from big programs... Then you have the Toledo HC, Bowling Green's HC, PJ Fleck (WMU), and the Memphis HC... TEMPLE?? Maybe even Herman is offered after only one year at Houston?

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chatster

October 25th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^

EDITED DUE TO AL GOLDEN'S FIRING
 
As of now, the openings for FBS head football coaches for 2016 are at Central Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Miami (Florida), North Texas and the two USC’s, South Carolina and Southern California.
 
Other openings may arise at Hawaii, Iowa State, Miami (Ohio), Purdue, San Jose State and Syracuse, depending somewhat on how those teams finish.
 
I would not be surprised if Central Florida and Miami (Florida) have DJ Durkin on their short list of candidates, considering his connections to Florida.

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gmgoblue1205

October 25th, 2015 at 7:01 PM ^

O'Leary needed to retire because the game pass him by. UCF need a coach that is proven and know how to recruit and win games. Miami's issues is they are a private school in the state and there money is not easy plus they need Butch Davis back to hit the reset button also all that talent in south Florida alone is crazy and they let FSU and the SEC take it away plus there alumni and former players need to stop talking about it and do something because there facility's on the campus are horrible so Miami is what Michigan was last few years.

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