Rumours about Chip Kelly to UF

[TpaBayFlyFisher]

The Homers in full force here. 1st arguing about attendance of ND fans with zero basis when proven wrong. Now acting like this entire board would’ve chosen Richt over Kelly is another lie. A HUGE lie. I’m thrilled with Richt. I’m a life long legacy UM fan plus high level donor, but ya’ll are on thick blinders. Richt needs to capitalize now with this class and put up the fence. Its a year early with no time to spare. Don’t kid yourselves. This year is possibly the most special season in UM history. There’s no room to give UF an inch. Take any recruit of theirs now with no mercy. It’s time to put daggers in FSU and UF. Barnes, Louis, Joyner and whoever else the staff wants should go no holds. We
Are the hottest team in all of football. Richt needs to take advantage of it PERIOD

What are you saying about ND attendance?

He’s been trying to argue that there were 10k ND fans at the game. From what I saw up in section 331, I would guess about half that.

I guess he wasn’t there.

I was. I scanned the entire stadium including the area where I sit. A few scarttered throughout and some very small concentrations in a couple of small area. Maybe 5-6,000. If that. MAX

If he thinks there were 10,000 ND fans there he’s dead wrong. Almost a full one-sixth of the stadium? Then you weren’t there and saw what I saw.

I can't believe this is actually still being debated. I'd testify under threat of perjury that there were NO MORE than 6k Notre Dame fans there AND that accounts for the mini pockets that may have been spread across the stadium.

There were 6 in my entire section. Two couples (4) and two guys (2) all were in their 50s. Both groups were very polite and left early third quarter.

 

[Tit-e-skr]

We want this to happen. Think of Charlie strong at Louisville with Florida talent scares me way more then Chip Kelly. We don’t play this team every year we have to worry about recruiting. Charlie strong, Scott Frost, and lane kiffin have the ties to south Florida and could cause us some issues on the recruiting trail.

I cant imagine Frost not ending up at Nebraska when that gig opens up a minute after their final regular season game.

 

[88]

A lot of denial in this thread. This guy barely lost at Oregon and made them household names. It crumbled after he left there. A speed based offense in Florida could kill it, I've been waiting to see what an offense like this can do with Florida kids. Things are about to get pretty competitive in Florida now. Reminds me of the days of Bobby, Spurrier and Butch. Who ruled the state then?

Chip Kelly was very good at Oregon, and he's a very good college coach, but let's not act like he pulled a Bill Snyder at Kansas State, turning them into a legit program from the worst D-I program in history. Oregon was good under Mike Belotti. They were ranked 10th the year before Kelly. They won 36 games the 4 years before. They finished ranked #2 right behind Miami in 2001 at 11-1 and a lot of people thought they should have played us instead of Nebraska. They went 21-3 in 2000 and 2001 and 30-6 from 99-01. Again, Kelly is good, but this program has been good, really since Rich Brooks turned it around in the early 90s and took them to the Rose Bowl in '94.

I can agree with all of this

 

[miamicanephins]

chip kelly, brian kelly, kelly clarkson, who cares?

 

[5XNC]

I was in 346 and counted about 10. They left for food at halftime and didn’t come back.

 

[orange&green84]

I mean, some of the hot takes on this thread are pure insanity.

Chip Kelly doesn't like recruiting? I have heard that, but that just might change when 1.) the local talent is FAR easier to access than when he was at Oregon and 2.) now that he realizes he can't be an NFL head coach.

Football has figured out his offense? Kind of hard to argue that when speed/spread systems currently dominate the top NCAA total offense numbers (OU, Ok. St., OSU, UCF, Zona, etc.)

His teams didn't play defense? One, that problem is most likely minimized by the access to stud defensive athletes he'll have access to if he accepts the UF job, and second, his defensive teams at Oregon were pretty good. (35th in total defense in 2009, 34th in 2010, 67th in 2011 - definitely not good this year -- 44th in 2012.)

Kids are absolutely going to want to play for him in Gainesville. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just lying to themselves.

There's studs playing at UF right now and their defense isn't that good. I'm in the middle on Chip Kelly potentially going to UF. I don't think it would be an abysmal hire like Muschamp and McElwain, but I don't see it like them getting Nick Saban. Kelly has his baggage and his faults. It'd be interesting to see if he can pick up UF from the doldrums of where they're at now; as opposed to walking into an already really good situation in Oregon where he simply kept the engine running. This time he's going to have to build it instead of maintain it.

 

[orange&green84]

I think they will hire Dan Mullen.

I'd be slightly more concerned about that hire than Kelly.

 

[TheEye]

Florida fans need to be patient, and guess what? They are unable to. They just fired a head coach after less than 3 years with the program and he earned 2 SEC Eastern division titles and SEC coach of the year in his first season in Gainesville. The program is a dumpster fire and coaches would be foolish to walk into that meat grinder! They better be serving up a Texas type contract for a coach EXPECTING to get fired without a National Title in year 2. Scott Frost would be a fool to have a record as fired head coach as a given walking into Florida. Chip Kelly probably doesn't want to be passed around like Charlie Weis. Which leaves me to believe UF winds up with Les Miles or Dan Mullen. Les is already jobless and getting a payday from UF would probably set his heart a twitter. However, the fans probably hate Les with a passion. It would be like them hiring Jimbo. Dan Mullen is left. Mullen would be fine given a few years to turn it around but don't expect a National Title in year 2.

 

[BloodEunsOrangeAndGreen]

We want this to happen. Think of Charlie strong at Louisville with Florida talent scares me way more then Chip Kelly. We don’t play this team every year we have to worry about recruiting. Charlie strong, Scott Frost, and lane kiffin have the ties to south Florida and could cause us some issues on the recruiting trail.

So a guy that was a train wreck at Texas, a guy that is doing good in G5, and a guy that has been a failure at two programs is automatically a better hire then a guy that went 46-7 including a national championship appearance and who made the NFL playoffs?

Come on now Charlie strong at Texas is like trying to fit a fat person into 32 waist shorts just a bad fit. Once again these guys ties to south Florida recruiting scare me more then Chip Kelly’s offense that may or may not be good when he plays real defense. I think kelly has a bigger bust probability that could set that program back for a long time(like our randy Shannon hire). He is a huge name but other then that offense he doesn’t bring much to the table. Sounds a lot like mcshark****er to me

 

[BloodEunsOrangeAndGreen]

I mean, some of the hot takes on this thread are pure insanity.

Chip Kelly doesn't like recruiting? I have heard that, but that just might change when 1.) the local talent is FAR easier to access than when he was at Oregon and 2.) now that he realizes he can't be an NFL head coach.

Football has figured out his offense? Kind of hard to argue that when speed/spread systems currently dominate the top NCAA total offense numbers (OU, Ok. St., OSU, UCF, Zona, etc.)

His teams didn't play defense? One, that problem is most likely minimized by the access to stud defensive athletes he'll have access to if he accepts the UF job, and second, his defensive teams at Oregon were pretty good. (35th in total defense in 2009, 34th in 2010, 67th in 2011 - definitely not good this year -- 44th in 2012.)

Kids are absolutely going to want to play for him in Gainesville. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just lying to themselves.

There's studs playing at UF right now and their defense isn't that good. I'm in the middle on Chip Kelly potentially going to UF. I don't think it would be an abysmal hire like Muschamp and McElwain, but I don't see it like them getting Nick Saban. Kelly has his baggage and his faults. It'd be interesting to see if he can pick up UF from the doldrums of where they're at now; as opposed to walking into an already really good situation in Oregon where he simply kept the engine running. This time he's going to have to build it instead of maintain it.

Great point. He was given the keys to a well oiled machine at Oregon. Does it seem like this slob has the work ethic to turn a program in the gutter around? Just don’t see it happening. He tried it twice in the nfl and got fired.

 

[Duval904]

Kelly with Florida athaleets


OOOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Notsince1985]

chip kelly, brian kelly, kelly clarkson, who cares?

 

[Hurracanes]

Power move by Florida. You guys hating on this move are in total denial.

Exactly.

Who would be a better hire for that program?

Charlie strong, Scott Frost, lane kiffin. Someone with some personality kids can relate to. Chip kelly knows Xs and Os better then Dabo. A head coach is not just an offensive mind they have a lot of other responsibilities. I’ll wait to judge till i see the staff but Chip Kelly alone is a sanction waiting to happen and could be the 10 year blowup of the gators program kinda like when spurrier left. Yea big name but he has a lot of baggage and he has his little bit of success(in a confrence that doesn’t play defense) he has a lot of failure as well too.

I stopped reading at Strong and Kiffin....

 

[Katzenboyer]

I mean, some of the hot takes on this thread are pure insanity.

Chip Kelly doesn't like recruiting? I have heard that, but that just might change when 1.) the local talent is FAR easier to access than when he was at Oregon and 2.) now that he realizes he can't be an NFL head coach.

Football has figured out his offense? Kind of hard to argue that when speed/spread systems currently dominate the top NCAA total offense numbers (OU, Ok. St., OSU, UCF, Zona, etc.)

His teams didn't play defense? One, that problem is most likely minimized by the access to stud defensive athletes he'll have access to if he accepts the UF job, and second, his defensive teams at Oregon were pretty good. (35th in total defense in 2009, 34th in 2010, 67th in 2011 - definitely not good this year -- 44th in 2012.)

Kids are absolutely going to want to play for him in Gainesville. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just lying to themselves.

There's studs playing at UF right now and their defense isn't that good. I'm in the middle on Chip Kelly potentially going to UF. I don't think it would be an abysmal hire like Muschamp and McElwain, but I don't see it like them getting Nick Saban. Kelly has his baggage and his faults. It'd be interesting to see if he can pick up UF from the doldrums of where they're at now; as opposed to walking into an already really good situation in Oregon where he simply kept the engine running. This time he's going to have to build it instead of maintain it.

I don't think anyone is comparing him to Saban and the machine he's built at Alabama. But acting like this would be a "mediocre" hire -- which is what a few people are arguing in this thread -- is just willful blindness to reality, in my opinion.

 

[ARJB]

Somehow when we were hiring, Kelly would've been a great hire, but now he's overrated and we don't like him.

Don't let your intelligence rise and fall with your emotions.

 

[Mario Hurricanes]

What is UF goes after Coach Diaz???

 

[Santana Sosa]

The Homers in full force here. 1st arguing about attendance of ND fans with zero basis when proven wrong. Now acting like this entire board would’ve chosen Richt over Kelly is another lie. A HUGE lie. I’m thrilled with Richt. I’m a life long legacy UM fan plus high level donor, but ya’ll are on thick blinders. Richt needs to capitalize now with this class and put up the fence. Its a year early with no time to spare. Don’t kid yourselves. This year is possibly the most special season in UM history. There’s no room to give UF an inch. Take any recruit of theirs now with no mercy. It’s time to put daggers in FSU and UF. Barnes, Louis, Joyner and whoever else the staff wants should go no holds. We
Are the hottest team in all of football. Richt needs to take advantage of it PERIOD

What are you saying about ND attendance?

He’s been trying to argue that there were 10k ND fans at the game. From what I saw up in section 331, I would guess about half that.

I guess he wasn’t there.

I was. I scanned the entire stadium including the area where I sit. A few scarttered throughout and some very small concentrations in a couple of small area. Maybe 5-6,000. If that. MAX

If he thinks there were 10,000 ND fans there he’s dead wrong. Almost a full one-sixth of the stadium? Then you weren’t there and saw what I saw.

For some reason I can't post a picture. But in my picture, you'd be hard pressed to find 8k total.and that's giving credit to the possible confusion of Miami green shirts for ND green shirts. I was right above the two sections of ND fans in the NW side. Maybe 2-3k below me, and about 2k to my left. Maybe 600 or so sprinkled.

 

[Salt]

I think they will hire Dan Mullen.

I'd be slightly more concerned about that hire than Kelly.

that would be a good hire for them

 

[AdrianP]

Somehow when we were hiring, Kelly would've been a great hire, but now he's overrated and we don't like him.

Don't let your intelligence rise and fall with your emotions.

No one said that about him. You're imagining things to make yourself sound like a cool hip contrarian.

 

[AdrianP]

Power move by Florida. You guys hating on this move are in total denial.

Says the resident self hating cane fan. Youve been on here week after week criticizing this team and staff. But then you have no problems sucking off other coaches of other teams. Sure would have been nice for you to be as ecstatic about MIAMI as you are about potential coaches of other teams. Smdh