I'm old school; there's a lot that can be said in defense of GOL but hey if you want to play the bitch and/or victim it's popular these days and may sell some books.
Remember, I'm considered a GOL 'nuthugger' around here. I apologized for him ... a lot. But not playing Griffin those first 3 years still bothers me.I'm old school; there's a lot that can be said in defense of GOL but hey if you want to play the bitch and/or victim it's popular these days and may sell some books.
But what you won't hear about on here is the other side of the coin.....where he gave a kid a shot and they took it and ran with it. Why? Typically coaches and players keep this kind of stuff on the down low because of the close-knit relationships between players and coaches. If you are a coach, manager, CEO, or any position of leadership you have hits or misses, and it is amplified in professional and other high-level sports (such as college football). That's just a part of life. The important takeaway from the Griffin's is that their paths may have been slightly different but they both found ways to persevere and find success.
Nonsense. You hear positive stories about player/coach relationships all the time. SF has more of them in 2 years than GOL in 12.
This Place was a lot more high profile and was a lot more concerned about how he was portrayed than the Statue was. The Statue didn't care and I'm sure that if he knew what Griffin could do at LB, he would have played a lot more.
Coach K was that kind of coach. While he had discipline problems and was not a great head coach he also did not have the resources that GOL got. He had no leverage to ask for the resources. GOL came in with a recognized name which gave us some much needed cred and part of his demands was to invest in the program in both facilities and academics. Things such as the IPF, weight room and scholarships for summer school so students would train during the summer were based upon his demands. There were so many off field issues that needed a strong guiding hand before UCF was ready to start to be a real football program. GOL taught UCF how to think like a big time program. His brand of football was not exciting, but his way of thinking created a foundation for big time football and attracting athletes and promoting academics.
2004 we weren’t going to get the athletes we needed. Weren’t in right conference.
Recruiting in 04 we got 1 guy that was a 3 star and the rest were 2 or lower. Last year we got 11 three star or higher guys. AAC has helped more than CUSA or whatever we were in then.
It's fair to say it took a long time, but This Place came into a much better situation, facility and name recognition wise, than Statue.
The statue was a knee jerk reaction to people like FB who don't understand the nature of UCF football prior to 2004. It was not necessary and I am not sure even GOL likes it.
