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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 02:05 PM)The Knight Time Wrote: Gus apparently has a very significant assistant pool to play with and has some big time assistants lined up.
Yes, if true, that would change my view of the hire. I was worried we'd get a guy looking to hit the links and keep his pals employed a few more years.
If he hires a legit staff and hits the ground 100%, I'll jump on board.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
He just killed it in his presser. Dude is absolutely fired up.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Great hire UCF, good for your program & good for the AAC.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 01:01 PM)The Knight Time Wrote: (02-15-2021 12:50 PM)thespywhozaggedme Wrote: Contrary to what many people believe, he actually runs a very bland and boring offense and believe it or not Auburn was 10th in the SEC in passing yards per game last season. This is a very uninspiring hire.
https://www.secsports.com/statistics/foo...rdsPerGame
He's far better than the kid from Oregon you guys just hired.
Don't you have a MWC board you can go spam for a while?
We'll find out the first week of the season, won't we?
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Definitely an upgrade from Heupel. UCF should be thrilled that UTK took Heupel off their hands & essentially paid them to do it.
(This post was last modified: 02-15-2021 02:33 PM by Atlanta.)
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 02:03 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote: This is a better hire than Tuberville or Strong. Nowhere near ready to call it a home run hire, but I can't imagine Malzahn will be as bad as either of those cadavers.
This is my feeling as well. Hard to say for sure he'll have the kind of success UCF fans are really wanting, but I think he's a really good coach who will do well there.
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The Knight Time
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Our (new) AD openly admitted that our players voiced to him a desire for a coach who actually bothers to know them, and someone who runs a high powered offense but doesn't stand the defense on the field for 40 minutes a game.
Swipes at Heupel taken left and right. There's a ton of talent on this team, CJH simply didn't run a top to bottom program.
Gus is gonna do very well here IMO
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Was Randy Shannon considered as an option for head coach? Thought he would be a good one for UCF.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
UCF upgraded at AD and HC. Congrats Knights!
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02-15-2021 02:41 PM |
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 02:40 PM)WalktheTiger Wrote: Was Randy Shannon considered as an option for head coach? Thought he would be a good one for UCF.
Yes, he was interviewed and considered a finalist I believe. The problem is that he's a defensive coach, and I doubt there's much confidence he can keep the offense where we need it to be.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Great Hire I'm so excited
1. Has been CEO of a program before (made the tough decision's on player's)
2. Has hired and fired coordinators before
3. He likes dual threat quarterbacks (Cam Newton)
4. He will continue to recruit in the south
5. He checks all the boxes
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Congratulations UCF! I want to share this with Knight Nation. Houston Nutt was struggling at Arkansas and was criticized for being too conservative offensively. So Nutt hired Malzahn out of the Arkansas high school ranks....but Nutt would not let Malzahn open up the play book. So Malzahn resigned after one season and took the Offensive Coordinator job at Tulsa. It looks like the Tulsa/UCF rivalry takes on another dimension with former TU Coach Malzahn at UCF.
FORMER QB REFLECTS ON GUZ MALZAHN ERA AT TU
By Bill Hasten, Tulsa World, January 6, 2014
"During the season, the Malzahn-Tulsa QB Paul Smith partnership flourished. In rolling to the Conference USA West Division title, a 41-point average and a 10 win finish, TU led the nation in total offense. Individually, Smith was No. 2 nationally in total offense."
"Even during Spring practice, Smith recalls, "I sensed that Coach Malzahn was a superstar play-caller already."
"It was awesome to play in Coach Malzahn's systen and be handed the reins to his system," said Smith. "Coach Malzahn trusted me to make changes on the field. He trusted me to be another coach on the field. It could not have worked out better."
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 02:20 PM)The Knight Time Wrote: He just killed it in his presser. Dude is absolutely fired up.
Agreed, he did a fantastic job in the presser
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 02:20 PM)The Knight Time Wrote: He just killed it in his presser. Dude is absolutely fired up.
He crushed it. I was indifferent on the hire before the presser and am all in after.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Gotta listen to the press conference again because everyone says he knocked it out of the park.
I heard a coach call us UFC
He believes he’s coached in the league before because I guess Tulsa and UCF were in the AAC back in 2007.
People seem to think he’s going to fire Randy Shannon even though I didn’t hear him say that. I heard him give some generic, I’ll be looking to build a staff because spring practice starts in 30 days.
Is he excited to be coaching? Yea, beats sitting at a media desk
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Making $2.3M with $500K bonuses available.
Increased assistant salary pool by $800K, now to a total of $3.3M.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
Amazing hire imo. Put together some damn good teams at Auburn.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 03:43 PM)ncbeta Wrote: Amazing hire imo. Put together some damn good teams at Auburn.
So did Tuberville.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 03:38 PM)The Knight Time Wrote: Making $2.3M with $500K bonuses available.
Increased assistant salary pool by $800K, now to a total of $3.3M.
That's on top of his $21.5MM buyout at Auburn. And no state income tax.
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RE: Gus Malzahn to UCF
(02-15-2021 02:30 PM)Atlanta Wrote: Definitely an upgrade from Heupel. UCF should be thrilled that UTK took Heupel off their hands & essentially paid them to do it.
With a $21,000,000 buyout Gus doesn't need the money. He is not coaching UCF for the $2.1 million per year deal. He really likes coaching. His press conference made me feel like he is a great hire. The talking heads seem to agree. Time will tell.
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