This is what 3 winless seasons gets you

[2000bull]

4 hours ago, OcalaBull2 said:

I was thinking more along the lines of this...

 

My 5 yr old just said, why is his face covered in blood?

[usfsig]

Sirius XM College Sport's Braden Gall had a nail on the head rant about this a little while ago. See transcript below:

"Maybe the most ridiculous thing I've read all off-season, I mean I know that's not true... because Baylor obviously. George O' Leary is getting a statue at UCF. 81-60 is his record. They've lost 15 straight games and I don't think I need to remind people that the reason he's at UCF is because he lied on his resume at Notre Dame and got fired in like two weeks. And I certainly need to remind people of one of his players who died at practice and the University was found liable in a lawsuit for the problem. Well George O' Leary was at least in charge of the practice, had the whistle in his mouth, could've stopped things, um and of course the settlement was like $11 million dollars and got dropped to $200 thousand dollars because of some laws down there in Florida. And the point is even... remove one of your players dying in a controversial way and remove lying on a resume, getting fired and ending up at UCF. Remove all of that from the equation and you still have a guy that went 81-60 at a decent program in a middle of the pack league... and he's getting a statue???

Now I realize the donors are paying for this and the donors probably like him cause he took them to a Fiesta Bowl and they built a new stadium for him. I'm very anti statue, I decided today, I'm extremely anti statue. I think there are 3 active coaches potentially... I think Gary Patterson has one, deserving; Bill Snyder's got one, deserving; and Nick Saban's got one, obviously deserving. But making statues of human beings is pretty strange to me. Not sports people. If you invent something that cures cancer, you get a statue. I'm fine with that. if you declare independence from Great Britain, you get a statue. I think we need to set the bar higher than 81-60 with a lot of controversy around your tenure... and not a lot of people that speak highly of your personality, frankly.

So I saw the headline and people on social media exploded... like what!? are you kidding me!? why is George O' Leary getting a statue at UCF!? Is he the best thing that's ever happened to UCF? I highly doubt that... Blake Bortles maybe? We were talking about this in the office, who are the best athletes that have ever played at UCF. Probably Dante Culpepper, Brandon Marshall, and Blake Bortles right? I put those 3 up there above anybody. And the first 2 are pretty much head cases and Blake Bortles looks like he's pretty good. A statue really!? You got to be kidding me!?

I mean read up about I believe his name is Ereck Plancher. I know the story when it was out there, you go back and read it and there were 4 players that testified that George O' Leary knew that he had a sickle cell problem and this guy was struggling, could see him struggling, and was using the drill as punishment and it was a longer than admitted practice and routine, and they were found admitted... I think it was a 14-day trial, they awarded $11 million dollars to the family because this young person died. Dennis Dodd wrote a scathing column today on CBS Sports.com about how ridiculous this is, with quotes from the attorney who represented the family in the civil suit against UCF and George O' Leary who of course it wasn't the coach, it was the UCF athletic association.

I really hate to bring this all back up, but if you're going to put a statue up of somebody, you can't have a guy who's got a controversial death of a player on his resume, that we don't even know if his resume is real. Like the reason you were there is cause you lied at a dream job at Notre Dame to get that job and then you went 81-60. In 12 years... that's like 7-5 every year..."

[raptorcj]

2 hours ago, BullsandBills95 said:

Sarcasm, chief. OLeary is a red faced human turd  

That's probably the most sense you've made since joining. +1 for you!

[WhoRUSF]

I mean, I thought Leavitt was going to be on his way to getting a statue at USF until we pulled the unthinkable and fired him. So I guess it all depends on who you ask

[2000bull]

If we get in the big 12, does Judy and Harlan get a statue?  

[Triple B]

Perfect timing for this negative publicity. Sincerely minimizes an inconsequential (no matter what slick says) typo ...... Nice job, UCF.

[USFBulls12]

37 minutes ago, 2000bull said:

If we get in the big 12, does Judy and Harlan get a statue?  

No, because at that point,  the talent of the Big 12 will be running for the door. We may be in the Big 12, but it will not be the same Big 12 for long. 

[Brad]

6 hours ago, OcalaBull2 said:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/knights-notepad/os-george-o-leary-statue-ucf-20160822-story,amp.html?client=safari

All a publicity stunt

[Brad]

Lawyer of deceased UCF player when learning school will build statue of O’Leary. “UCF can go to hell.” https://t.co/z5BZOjyYIW

— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) August 23, 2016

[IBulleve]

1 hour ago, 2000bull said:

If we get in the big 12, does Judy and Harlan get a statue?  

Judy during a homecoming event at USF said our colors were "green and yellow"