Web Site Calls For UCF Coach O'Leary's Firing on WFTV.com Channel 9 News
I’m sorry I wasn’t on there to respond to the prissy co-ed who wouldn’t know a draw play from a bra strap. I guess I should check the e-mail more often. No Princess, it’s not ironic that the site is up after A bad season. When should I have put it up? After the Championship? And next time, check your facts before you run off at the mouth. It hasn’t been ONE bad season, it’s been THREE. Three out of five. Do you think other schools put up with three bad seasons out of five? Not if they’re serious about football they don’t. Are we serious about football? I don’t know. I thought we were. We built a new stadium. That looked pretty serious. We built new practice facilities. That looked serious, too. If we are not serious, then maybe someone should have told the people who invested money in the brand new stores, restaurants, and bars adjacent to the new facilities. These people went in there for one reason: to capitalize on the football crowds. What are they supposed to do on Saturdays with a half empty stadium like we had for UAB? Do they get half their money back? What about the season ticket holders? Do we get half our money back? I know with the economy as bad as I’ve ever seen it, I could sure use it.
And no I am not questioning the training methods of the coaching staff. All I want to know is how does this happen not once, but TWICE within a year? It’s happened once at other schools. UF had a player die in practice a few years ago. I understand it does happen once in a great while. But TWICE? The odds of that are like getting hit by lightning twice.
Web Site Calls For UCF Coach O'Leary's Firing on WFTV.com Channel 9 News
You know, it’s really easy for “casual” observers to criticize me for voicing my opinions. They are probably fans of a different school. They probably didn’t go through ALL the heartbreaks of the mid to late 90s. They probably didn’t hear the team’s fans that we almost shocked say things like “UCF is a program on the rise. In ten years they’ll be a National Powerhouse.” They haven’t been here to watch South Florida, SOUTH FLORIDA, a school that did not even HAVE a football team until 1995, blow right past us. And now they are only casually watching as FAU is now going bowling for a second straight year. A feat UCF has yet to accomplish. They think we should just sit here and say nothing while UCF becomes #6 in the state. Let me throw out a couple of numbers at you.
UCF is the 6th largest university in the nation.
There are 68 schools in FBS getting ready for a bowl game.
Are you telling me, the 6th largest school in the nation should not EXPECT to field a top 68 football team? In this state? With our facilities? With our fan base? Is that what I’m supposed to believe?
There are 119 teams in FBS. UCF’s ranking in total offense? 119!! DEAD LAST!! How many schools have fired their coach this year so far? I don’t know. But I do know that EVERY one of them had an offense ranked higher than ours. And it’s not like we play in the SEC or something. Tennessee can at least use that excuse. Auburn can at least use that excuse. UCF plays in Conference USA. Have you ever noticed some of the scores of other C-USA games? There is nothing unusual about seeing C-USA teams score 40 points and LOSING. These are the defenses we play every week. Not exactly the ‘85 Bears here.
If you people are content with a good team every other year, then fine, keep the status quo. But when they call me expecting money for tickets EVERY year and they only give us a good product every OTHER year, yeah I have a problem with that.
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December 9th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Haha this is great and you are completely right. Rumors are flying that O’leary will be canned by end of week!
December 10th, 2008 at 10:00 am
GOL certainly has a say over the off season workout program. Some people are wondering why other player aren’t coming out and talking about what happened. Well they are instructed not to talk due to the pending litigation. Also, if they did talk, GOL would yank their scholarship or they would be at the bottom of the depth chart.
I believe this is a serious problem for UCF. If GOL was in my living room recruiting my son, I would have a problem sending my son to play for him. I know all the facts aren’t out but it is a fact that these situations occured under GOL’s watch. It just seems to me people are afraid of GOL.
GOL needs to go for his record on the field and off the field. UCF is certainly asking the fans to dish out their hard earned money and they have stepped up. However, the coaching staff has performed below average.
December 10th, 2008 at 11:15 am
I’m completely behind your website and hope for the swift end to the O’leary saga. I was against his hiring from the start, and his performance as a coach only proved my point. Last year was a good year, but how much of that was due to coaching? I don’t think running Kevin Smith the majority of the time requires much in the way of coaching. I concur with your earlier bit about running option offense with Greco. He didn’t have the players to run the type of offense he attempted to all year. Maybe when we can get our black uniforms back. You know.. since our colors are BLACK and gold.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Oleary is a freaking curse! Thank you so much for making this website. Im sick of listening to the whine o kool aid drinking fans who think O’leary is a god and Calabrese is the second coming. O’leary is a failure in every aspect. He needs to go before another student athlete has to suffer under him.