Is that a symmetric buyout? If not, which side did you quote?
Official Gus Malzahn thread + Poll
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Also great Hire Recruiting will get better. He is not bringing Randy Shannon back. From what I understood at press conference. He basically said Randy was a great coach but I think he will bring his own guy. Just Speculation. Look for him to bring in some of his staff from Auburn. Also he will add new dimensions to offense.He basically said he will build offense to suit our Quarterback..
Early rumor for DC is the guy that just got hired by Miami as LB coach
I'd be interested to see what the buyout is if we have to fire him as well.
After 2 years, he owes $3 Million. That's what Frost paid after two years. Heupel's buyout was significantly higher (maybe double or more). Seems like Gus got favorable terms, and certainly not a number that would scare any P5 team.
If Fired 90% of contract before end of 2021, 75% remaining for after
- $8,280,000 if terminated before December 31, 2021 (not including earning $2.3 for the year)
- $5,175,000 After 2022 season
- $3,450,000 After 2023 season
- $1,725,000 After 2024 season
UCF releases full details of Gus Malzahn’s contract
Gus Malzahn agreed to a five-year deal to coach UCF.
As said earlier, this guy knows how to collect money.
Theoretically Gus could mail it in this year and get fired, get his $21 Million from Auburn and get $10+ million from UCF. That's Taggart level.
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I gave up my season tickets after year 2 of Heupel. May have to get them back after this guy gets to work. I like what he has to offer. It's good to have a HC with a decent track record.
I liked what Gus said today in his press conference. "UCF is getting the best Gus now, I have had 12 weeks to reflect and evaluate and I'm excited". I think you guys made a home run hire.
You mean during the Covid year?
We made fun of the bus driver in Temple Terrace. Can we stop saying Gus Bus? It sounds weird.
Read on ESPN the other coach being looked at was Kent State’s coach. I’ll take Gus.
In December after watching how Heupel had run the team for a year his way after giving the team 1 season doing some of Frosty's stuff. I didn't like his lack of balance and just was very frustrated with a lack of good offense and good defense. Granted Frost's defense had tackling issues.
I guess I'm a dreamer but I wanted the GOL defense with a hyped up 8-cylinder hemi engine type offense. This is actually what Gus spoke about in his interview. Good defense, run at the people and throw the ball well down the field. With Heupel you got one out of these three.
For what it’s worth, quote from CBSSports: “it's the best Group of Five hire basically since we started calling it the Group of Five about 10 years ago.”
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...aching-carousel-gus-malzahn-to-ucf-gets-an-a/
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...aching-carousel-gus-malzahn-to-ucf-gets-an-a/
I recall pundits saying Strong to USF was brilliant move.
It's a former P5 coach at a major program, it's like when P5 transfer to a G5 school and when ever they make a play they mention former Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma, ect. Player makes a big play.
So my bet is we get at least 2 of these per televised game: "Malzahn, the former Auburn head ball coach..."
Wouldn't be wrong. All I heard were, former Nebraska and Oklahoma National QB champions for the past 5 years
The data shows Malzahn did a heck of a lot more than Strong ever did as a head coach, or as a coordinator. He's at the perfect age...I don't think he'll want to venture for another P5 job in his early 60's, especially when you can live in Central Florida!!! Also, we seemed to do OK w/O'Leary.
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BTW...is it just me, or does he sound like a cross between Bobby Bowden & Dave Ramsey?
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Charlie Strong, a defensive coach, who had a losing record 3 straight years at the most prestigious Big 12 program vs Malzahn, an offensive coach, who has 9 straight winning seasons as a head coach in a division where you are automatically out resourced by Alabama, LSU, and TAMU. The similarities are basically a coach going from P5 to G5, but beyond that they aren’t similar.
Paul Finebaum said today on his show that Malzahn was never 100% free to run his program the way he wanted to run his team. For example, some of the big boosters didn't want him to call his own plays.
If GM has full control of the program at UCF I think he will do wonders for you guys.
If GM has full control of the program at UCF I think he will do wonders for you guys.
I liked his press conference more detailed and alot more positive than JH presser as he joined UT. I wonder how many Tennessee fans watched the presser with GM today? I like the fact that he's back to calling the offense as the Chad Morris experiment as the play caller did not produce the same results. I for one am looking forward to more creative play calling based on the players skills. 😎
I'll take another helping of CROW please. It is clear that people who know a lot more about coaching talent than I ever will, rate UCF's hire as an A+. Newscasters, Newswriters, and more importantly, former players and coaches sing the praises of Coach GM. They are convinced UCF couldn't have hired a better coach if we tried. Now obviously the real test is on the field, but in the meantime, pass me some more CROW!!!
I thought he had a lot of George W Bush speaking mannerisms
I live in North Texas now and as soon as I heard him, I knew he was from here. It's a pretty distinctive accent the native North Texans have herd, like in between W and Hank Hill.
Auburn athletics community reacts to Gus Malzahn’s UCF job
From coaches to players, the Auburn community expressed their feelings about Gus Malzahn's new job as UCF's football coach.
What’s the significance of giving them the 9 jersey?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... can’t get fooled again
Voice is Dave Ramsey, I'm debt free! well almost, need another 3 months to get there.
I believe he will be our ninth head coach.Auburn athletics community reacts to Gus Malzahn’s UCF job
From coaches to players, the Auburn community expressed their feelings about Gus Malzahn's new job as UCF's football coach.www.al.com
What’s the significance of giving them the 9 jersey?
If you trust Wikipedia, it looks like (not counting interims), that’s actually the case!
Interesting.
I would hope he's debt free by now, but who knows maybe he fell for the time share gimmick and that's why he's had to coach so hard, or maybe he's a legit redneck and has 14 RVs and boats to pay off. Dave Ramsey knows how to collect money just like Gus.
