Black Friday primetime will be Utah fans and people booing Malzahn.
Fire Gus
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Thanks Gus, you ended an 8 year bowl streak. Do us all a favor and retire please.
Yeah if this is the best potential coaches we can attract, our program is in much worse shape than I thought.
Don’t take that list seriously
Bruce Feldman would most likely have a more accurate list
Based on Gus’s comments today and the fact we don’t have $12.5 million lying around, I’m afraid it might be a moot point.
Doesn't matter anyway neither Terry or Gus the Bust are going anywhere. Sad.
Spending our first Full BIGXII check on coach buyouts is not a good look.
Neither is starting out Big 12 play 5-12.
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.
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.
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.
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.
explain how USF can fire multiple coaches in a row , pay Golesh a solid wage, and build an over $300 million football stadium as a G5 Program yet UCF says we are poor
Sad that y'all would write that about Gus.
Exactly. I'm all for firing Gus next season. But give me a plan. Firing Gus is not a plan. Seriously. Only a few people here have had the guts to name some coaches. Although most have had their own buyout costs too.
We're on a ****ing message board, nobody needs to give a plan. TMo needs to have the plan, and I'm pretty sure he's not going to be comparing notes with any plan on this message board. There is a better option out there than Gus, you know there is, everyone on here knows there is. Get rid of Gus, and find that guy, that's literally his job.
The sooner Gus is gone the better. I’ll tell you why. Malzone won’t the able to attract top talent…either from the portal or from high school. The 2025 recruiting class is ranked #63 per the 247 Sports Composite and it will be worse for 2026. There are no viable/desirable coaches that will work for him now. The best Malzone can hope to hire are Ted Roof types or unproven young coaches.
Two losing seasons in a row, the talent on the team getting worse, attendance will decline, the TV numbers will only get worse (terrible this year), social media backlash will continue, and most donors no longer donating. 4/5 starting OL leaving, Harvey gone, Hudson gone. The football program needs a reset with a young, energetic head coach.
What’s the point of bringing Gus back? He needs to be fired or a deal worked where he “resigns” but gets paid a partial buyout. UCF football is in a hole that will not get deeper if Gus Malzone returns in 2025.
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None of us are doing interviews. Have connections in coaching world or know who is interested. I want someone with passion that can get kids to commit. Preferably, get good QBs. I don’t need to see lists. Those are guesses. Just let me know who is hired.
