Sources: Kennesaw State's Amir Abdur-Rahim is finalizing a deal to be the next head coach at South Florida.

[WoolyBully]

[Dave_Glaser]

15 minutes ago, Bull Awakening said:

He must have tons of NBA connections so that should help recruiting 

Not buying it. Show me. Not gonna rationalize this hire at all. Only proof is the future W/L.

Edited March 30, 2023 by Dave_Glaser

[Cornada]

Kind of reminds me of "Last Call" where we've been striking out all night and so we throw on or beer glasses and settle for the fugly one and hope the glasses don't fall off.

[olafberserker]

3 hours ago, Triple B said:

Kind of a ridiculous question,

Not at all.  Just because you fire coaches that are sucking out loud doesn't make you committed to winning.  We'll see

[olafberserker]

3 hours ago, belgianbull said:

Yea, I don't think its a lack of trying or not being committed to winning. USF is in a bad place right now, and Kelly is just not a good enough salesman 

The sales pitch is easy.  Here's a bunch more money than you were making.  Here are some great facilities.  And we are going to provide you everything you need to win games.   Easy Peasy

[Bull Matrix]

1 minute ago, olafberserker said:

The sales pitch is easy.  Here's a bunch more money than you were making.  Here are some great facilities.  And we are going to provide you everything you need to win games.   Easy Peasy

Also location. Tampa Bay has become a great place to live…

[olafberserker]

3 hours ago, Jim Johnson said:

It is amazing how diametrically opposed we are.  I was "meh" about the Golesh hire at the time, but he has grown on me... and I really like the hiring of Abdur-Rahim. 

I think that Kelly learned his mistake with Jeff Scott and has made some solid hires this offseason... proving more to me that he's one of the best athletic directors USF has ever had... far better than Harlan and Woolard -- who are the most to blame for USF's current situation.

One of us could be wrong in our estimation of our VP of Athletics.  Only time will tell.

 

Judy is the most to blame for our "current" situation ... at least in football.  How many years does Kelly need to erase whatever "horrible" issues Harlan and Woolard caused?   Are we on a 10 year plan?   We ended up with Golesh and Abdur-Rahim,  MK didn't go out and target these guys.  They were the last ones to touch their nose and call not it.

Edited March 30, 2023 by olafberserker

[Bull Matrix]

3 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

Judy is the most to blame for our "current" situation ... at least in football.  How many years does Kelly need to erase whatever "horrible" issues Harlan and Woolard caused?   Are we on a 10 year plan?   We ended up with Golesh and Abdur-Rahim,  MK didn't go out and target these guys.  They were the last ones to touch their nose and call not it.

All they had to do is not listen to the media & greedy boosters by not firing the best thing that ever happened to USF football. The Leavitt curse lives on lol 

[olafberserker]

2 hours ago, Friscobull said:

So this hire on the surface is trash and a desperate attempt to fill a void?

At best Mk's 3rd choice.   I wouldn't be surprised if there were a couple more that turned us down.  

[Outlaw]

1 hour ago, Dave_Glaser said:

Not buying it. Show me. Not gonna rationalize this hire at all. Only proof is the future W/L.

Exactly.