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Fire Gus

Gus is getting worse every year. He has gone from 9-4 in 2021 and 9-5 in 2022 to 6-7 in 2023 and 4-7 in 2024. This is not a good trend. He is making over a $1,000,000 a win this season. The fans are frustrated. This is very hard to watch. I fear this will get worse. He changed the play callers and assistant coaches, but it is still awful to watch. There are way too many mistakes. NIL and quarterbacks were grossly mismanaged. There has to be some accountability. Gus is like a stock that keeps dropping. Sometimes you have to sell to preserve capital. Then, maybe you can find a better investment. The longer UCF keeps him, the more money UCF loses. Firing him may cost $12,000,000, but how much will keeping him cost the athletic department?
 
I was thinking that since UCF won't be in a bowl game this year, maybe the athletics department could have a fundraiser to collect money to buy Gus out instead. Think of all the $$$ the fans shelled out on bowl games in the past. People spend money on travel, tickets, meals, souvenirs and transportation. This year, people will have all of that money left over. Maybe they will contribute to a buyout.
 
If we don’t have millions in our Athletic Accounts, people should be fired. This is a business. It’s not being run in the red. No one is withdrawing money as soon as a profit is made. The money gets put back into making facilities better and operating costs. 3 mill per home game is profit. That’s 18 mill. Plus whatever money is earmarked already for projects. I’d rather get rid of a bad coach than upgrade stadium or facilities right now. Wait a couple years when excitement is back to do upgrades and use that money.

Even companies that file bankruptcy, can spend frivolously. The money is there. Repurpose it.
 
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If we don’t have millions in our Athletic Accounts, people should be fired. This is a business. It’s not being run in the red. No one is withdrawing money as soon as a profit is made. The money gets put back into making facilities better and operating costs. 3 mill per home game is profit. That’s 18 mill. Plus whatever money is earmarked already for projects. I’d rather get rid of a bad coach than upgrade stadium or facilities right now. Wait a couple years when excitement is back to do upgrades and use that money.

Even companies that file bankruptcy, can spend frivolously. The money is there. Repurpose it.

and to your point why upgrade the stadium if no one is coming to games.
 
I was thinking that since UCF won't be in a bowl game this year, maybe the athletics department could have a fundraiser to collect money to buy Gus out instead. Think of all the $$$ the fans shelled out on bowl games in the past. People spend money on travel, tickets, meals, souvenirs and transportation. This year, people will have all of that money left over. Maybe they will contribute to a buyout.
While the idea has good intent, think about why this problem exists to begin with. The ATHLETIC DIRECTOR gave Gus a ridiculous extension. If anyone should be paying for a buyout, it should be out of his own pocket.
 
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The money retrieved from the state is allocated to the stadium unfortunately. Would love to buy out this HS coach
They can circumvent it if they want. Move money around and delay projects. Scale back plans for now. It can be done. We aren’t living paycheck to paycheck.
 
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