The business of UCF football.

[firm_bizzle]

When I look at running a business there are 3 things that I care most about:
Collections, because that is the money I use to pay my current bills.

Receivables, because I will collect that to pay future bills.

New leads, because that is my future receivables which will turn into collections.

Right now UCF is looking horrible in the collections dept. Our receivables (the next 3 games and beyond) look worse than the last 3 games. This is a bad situation to which only new leads (recruits) can correct. Recruiting looks horrible.

So my questions are: Where is this bright future for UCF football coming from? Will its current situation endanger its ability to secure needed capital(donations)?

 

[ECPSUP]

Love the analogy.

Collections - Not sure yet.
Receivables - We have some really good youngsters that will be good next year, and possibly great 2 years from now with the experience.
Leads - Who knows what this year will do to recruiting. But invite to B12 next year is a 'done deal' ... ...so recruiting has got to pickup.

To answer your question: Recievables

 

[jtGoldenKnights]

"so recruiting has got to pickup" I believe this is why we need to make a change now especially when we are down. Recruits know GOL is not going to be here another 4 years. We need a new face to the program. He is almost 70 years old even the greats have to transition out eventually. Why not transition to a new coach when you are down? If we wait another 2 years we could be going through a whole new rebuild again with a new coach. We need some energy in the program.

 

[firm_bizzle]

Love the analogy.

Collections - Not sure yet.
Receivables - We have some really good youngsters that will be good next year, and possibly great 2 years from now with the experience.
Leads - Who knows what this year will do to recruiting. But invite to B12 next year is a 'done deal' ... ...so recruiting has got to pickup.

To answer your question: Recievables

We have really good young players, unfortunately we don't have enough of them. Bo could be the next Peyton Manning but without the weapons around him he'll be the next RG3.

 

[C-MontCityKnight2]

Being a football is a sweet gig. You have zero responsibility for the players on the field, the schemes they run, their off-field activities. Your only responsibility is they go to their poly sci class.

 

[C-MontCityKnight2]

If your business is to make light bulbs and you are paid handsomely to make light bulbs that simply light up when electricity is applied to them, how long would you be able to continue making light bulbs when 5 out of every 11 light bulbs you make explode?

Would you blame it on the raw materials? Would you blame it on the electric company for supplying you bad electricity? When your filament is supposed to be 'u' shaped, but after your employees machine it, it turns out 'x' shaped would you blame the filament? No to all of these. It begins and ends with the CEO. Fire O'Leary.

 

[UCFBS]

"so recruiting has got to pickup" I believe this is why we need to make a change now especially when we are down.

So you'd advocate this with the next head coach too? When he started into a seemingly losing season, just 3 games in, you'd can him too?

Recruits know GOL is not going to be here another 4 years. We need a new face to the program. He is almost 70 years old even the greats have to transition out eventually. Why not transition to a new coach when you are down? If we wait another 2 years we could be going through a whole new rebuild again with a new coach. We need some energy in the program.

So you're saying we're going to be bad next year and as long as GoL is here, correct?

So if we change now, we'll only have another year or two of bad results, especially since new recruits will sign up for a forthcoming, known, non-GoL program staring this year, right. Otherwise we'll be bad for another 3-4 years if we don't change him until the end of next year?

So we must act now!

Remind me ... is this 2004 or 2008? Because this is probably the 3rd, if not 5th (including 2006 and 2011), time I'm hearing this exact same argument. "GoL is turning 65|67 and will retire ..." etc... etc... etc...

I guess this is because I've heard this all before. Heck, it started early into 2014 as well, and 2009 for that matter.

And what coaches will want to come to us? Especially if we fire O'Leary right now, after back-to-back conference championships?

"Once you win a conference championship, if you start 0-3, expect to be fired. Doesn't matter if you have injuries, or had to recruit a lot of new replacements for graduation seniors. That should never happen at UCF.

Oh, and we're still offering a non-P5 salary, with your coordinators and coaches getting less too, so expect to have them rotate in and out constantly. You will be expected to manage that, including the fact that it will take back-to-back winning seasons to prove your coordinators, just in time to lose them to another school. And make sure they don't pick the wrong QB to start.

We know UCF is your best option. Look forward to your acceptance."​

In all honesty ... I hope GoL runs from becoming our AD. I would. I honestly would.

 

[jtGoldenKnights]

In 2004 GOL wasn't 70 years old and was starting new in a program. Would be the same situation with a new coach.

 

[C-MontCityKnight2]

So you'd advocate this with the next head coach too? When he started into a seemingly losing season, just 3 games in, you'd can him too?

So you're saying we're going to be bad next year and as long as GoL is here, correct?

So if we change now, we'll only have another year or two of bad results, especially since new recruits will sign up for a forthcoming, known, non-GoL program staring this year, right. Otherwise we'll be bad for another 3-4 years if we don't change him until the end of next year?

So we must act now!

Remind me ... is this 2004 or 2008? Because this is probably the 3rd, if not 5th (including 2006 and 2011), time I'm hearing this exact same argument. "GoL is turning 65|67 and will retire ..." etc... etc... etc...

I guess this is because I've heard this all before. Heck, it started early into 2014 as well, and 2009 for that matter.

And what coaches will want to come to us? Especially if we fire O'Leary right now, after back-to-back conference championships?

"Once you win a conference championship, if you start 0-3, expect to be fired. Doesn't matter if you have injuries, or had to recruit a lot of new replacements for graduation seniors. That should never happen at UCF.

Oh, and we're still offering a non-P5 salary, with your coordinators and coaches getting less too, so expect to have them rotate in and out constantly. You will be expected to manage that, including the fact that it will take back-to-back winning seasons to prove your coordinators, just in time to lose them to another school. And make sure they don't pick the wrong QB to start.

We know UCF is your best option. Look forward to your acceptance."​

*graduated

In all honesty ... I hope GoL runs from becoming our AD. I would. I honestly would.

 

[UCFBS]

In 2004 GOL wasn't 70 years old

He was 59. People were already complaining he was too close to 65.

 

[firm_bizzle]

He was 59. People were already complaining he was too close to 65.

Still not 70.

 

[Slappy_Knight]

When I look at running a business there are 3 things that I care most about:
Collections, because that is the money I use to pay my current bills.

Receivables, because I will collect that to pay future bills.

New leads, because that is my future receivables which will turn into collections.

Right now UCF is looking horrible in the collections dept. Our receivables (the next 3 games and beyond) look worse than the last 3 games. This is a bad situation to which only new leads (recruits) can correct. Recruiting looks horrible.

So my questions are: Where is this bright future for UCF football coming from? Will its current situation endanger its ability to secure needed capital(donations)?

You can analyze and analogize (if such a word) the state of UCF under every metric 20 ways to Sunday and the same result is found. It is a failed system, a business that is a going concern , its upside down, or however the hell you want to put it. Maybe after explaining it a million different ways, people will finally have the light bulb come on with one of them.