With so many better qualified candidates for HC out there, that Foley FAILED to interview, I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid.
Another problem I see with hiring somebody this young, is that there may be a willingness to jump ship for ever greener pastures. Suppose Richt leaves UGA in the next 3 years, and the UF program is again close to the top, but not quite there, think he might bail for his alma mater?
Just thinking out loud, you understand. This guy has been a coach at 8 different programs in the last 15 years.
Had the same reaction, with these same concerns plus a few more, upon first hearing the news. If you read my initial reaction on your "Bob Stoops..."-thread (I was in the middle of going over the different rumors and scenarios that were dominating discussion "out there" on the web when the news came through by phone text from one of my Gator search-engines), you'll see my unedited first-take: "What is Foley THINKING?!!!" was my first question.
With some time to consider the hire from both my own perspective and those of fellow Gators, I'm more inclined to be conditionally optimistic--pending of course the choice for OC, which is now of crucial, over-arching importance...and with the whole recruiting class now in the balance, that decision requires speed as well as wisdom.
If Muschamp doesn't have a "my guy" already in tow for the job, could there already be an "arrangement" in the works? The danger of course is the one you've already put out there, that we'd get stuck with Addazio again somehow, but it's a less obvious pitfall that concerns me: that our new Head Coach doesn't realize the importance of this hire, the pivotal point in our team's development (or lack thereof), and depth of feeling among all of Gator Nation at seeing this fixed NOW that is bound up in it.
Here's hoping that either that is NOT the case, or that Foley has or WILL add his head and/or hand to the process as necessary.
