catmandoo
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posted 05-01-2015 10:39 AM
I really think it will not be the same as he set a very high bar.
Foley could consider assistant coaches Anthony Grant or John Pelphrey. Both understand the Florida program; both have head coaching experience in the SEC, albeit nothing like the success of Donovan.
Or will Foley turn to rising stars in the profession, hot names that often come up each time a bigger job opens up — like Dayton's Archie Miller, or Xavier's Chris Mack, or Louisiana Tech's Michael White? Would Foley shell out the cash needed to lure someone like that to Gainesville? (Donovan, a future Hall of Famer, made north of $4 million a year.)
Is this job appealing right now? That's what this comes down to, and what will determine the caliber of coach it attracts. Yes, a coach can win big there; that much is proven. But the situation Donovan's successor will be walking into will be much different than the one that greeted him two decades ago. Back then, the Florida men's basketball coach's job was to get his team to the NCAA tournament.
Now, expectations are higher — and the SEC has gotten a whole lot tougher, as other programs have ponied up this offseason to hire big-name coaches with track records of success. Consider this: Just this week, Mississippi State coach Ben Howland signed five-star guard Malik Newman, beating out Kentucky (!!) for the elite prospect. If that's not a sign that the SEC is no longer simply Kentucky and Florida, then everybody else, it should be.
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