I know that one is a reach, but if he stayed, there's no reason for him to believe he couldn't sustain a high level of success. They are in a top 20 TV market and in a state that a lot of conferences would love to gain a share/bigger share of. I don't think it's too big of a stretch to see UCF and USF joining a power 5 conference together at some point. If that happens then a lot Nebraska's advantages are diminished. Again, I don't agree, but this is probably the biggest thing they can sell to a big time coach.
Yeah but I'm not so sure Florida, FSU, Miami would allow UCF into a power 5 league. I can see your advantages - but I think that debate is more so: Do you want to reach the pinnacle of your profession or do you want to be comfortable.
If I remember correctly, we allowed Bo to go back and coach LSU'S National Championship game after we hired him as our HC.
Always interview. I think Frost might have made a small mistake in not sitting down with Florida.
Also keep in mind the bias: Kanell is from Florida (the state) and played in Florida, so it's not surprising he thinks Florida is better than Nebraska. And that influences how he views UCF vs UNL.
I explained this yesterday. Coaches and their agents know that they can scare their current employer into giving them a raise and/or contract extension by being linked with high-dollar job openings. The funny thing is (as I linked to yesterday) this coach (Gundy) did this exact same thing, to the exact same school (Tennessee), back in 2012.
Key differences are 1) that he was a coordinator at LSU so he wasn’t trying to run 2 programs at once, and 2) the early signing date in DEC that went into effect this year. Back then you could pull double duty because no one could sign until early FEB and you could use the bowl game in late DEC/early JAN as publicity for your new recruits. Now you have to be able to go full out over just 3 weeks in DEC to build a staff and recruit like crazy to salvage the remaining members of this class to ensure they don’t defect to another school on the early signing day. Not to mention getting in enough on the other recruits you want to make them reconsider and delay their decision until early FEB so you have a chance to fill out the class with some talented players.
Very true. Growing up in Youngstown I can tell you his personality is 100% Youngstown. The city is very ethnic. Once they lost the steel mills in the late 70s it ended up similar to the depression! Everyone is extremely genuine but they have an enormous chip on their shoulder. An "us against the world" mentality. Always looking to get screwed somehow. It will always be home to me but I had to get out. Youngstown is as blue collar as it gets in this country.
