He already knows that territory also and the culture of that conference.California is just as fertile and far less pressure.
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I think that UCLA fired Mora specifically for this push. They’ve wanted Chip for a while and realized they had to offer now or he’d be gone. Personally, I think UF is far better off w/o Kelly. I don’t think he wants to be in the grinder of the sec if he can avoid it. If the Bruins get in the ballpark and commit to some upgrades you will see him shaking hands in Cali soon.
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I don't know....here's what Bruce Feldman wrote:The UF guys did the worse thing they could have done, get back on the plane without Chip. If he is there "Saban" then they should have followed Mal Moore's playbook and stayed as long as it took. Should have made him an offer that would have made Chip forget all about UCLA. Coming back empty handed was a bad look. Chip is all UCLA's now IMO. Spurrier is already on staff, just let him move back into his old office and be done with it.
I would like to think that our representatives pulled out all the stops and whatever happens now is up to Coach Kelly. I can certainly understand if he wanted to at least take a look at what UCLA had to offer. This is a huge decision.Regardless of how well the Sunday meeting went, there was never any intention that Kelly would fly back with Florida brass on that plane as their next head coach.
https://twitter.com/abc/status/932725187614838784I heard a luginbill interview on the way home from work making some good points disputing this - he discussed demographics saying +67% ca population is asian or hispanic, negating the overall population differences; then compared chances between ca and fl on missing out on any top in state recruits - where fl is adjacent to states with more outstanding out-of-state recruiting opportunities (ie ga, AL, la, ms vs ut, nv, az, or, id, etc)California is just as fertile and far less pressure.
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Yeah but you're competing with fewer teams. At UF he may be surrounded by GA, AL, LA, etc. but he's competing with the entire SEC, FSU, and Miami.I️ heard a luginbill interview on the way home from work making some good points disputing this - he discussed demographics saying +67% ca population is asian or hispanic, negating the overall population differences; then compared chances between ca and fl on missing out on any top in state recruits - where fl is adjacent to states with more outstanding out-of-state recruiting opportunities (ie ga, AL, la, ms vs ut, nv, az, or, id, etc)
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Luginbill’s comments are borderline racist - implying that demographic group is incapable of being good at football. I understand what he is saying but certainly not the PC speech I expect to come out of ESPN.I️ heard a luginbill interview on the way home from work making some good points disputing this - he discussed demographics saying +67% ca population is asian or hispanic, negating the overall population differences; then compared chances between ca and fl on missing out on any top in state recruits - where fl is adjacent to states with more outstanding out-of-state recruiting opportunities (ie ga, AL, la, ms vs ut, nv, az, or, id, etc)
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I don't think he meant it in a racist manner -- it's statistics. It's like saying you're going to have fewer high quality black baseball players than Hispanic high quality baseball players because fewer black children and teenagers play baseball than Hispanic children and teens. Perhaps those cultures in California are more focused on other sports like soccer, lacrosse, etc.Luginbill’s comments are borderline racist - implying that demographic group is incapable of being good at football. I understand what he is saying but certainly not the PC speech I expect to come out of ESPN.
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I didn't listen to his comments, but if those stats are accurate then think about it - it's not about physical ability, but size. Hispanics and Asians are just smaller human beings. Nothing racist about that remark. And size matters in football. Just looked at the 2016 census data and CA is 39% Hispanic and 15% Asian, totaling 54% between the two groups.Luginbill’s comments are borderline racist - implying that demographic group is incapable of being good at football. I understand what he is saying but certainly not the PC speech I expect to come out of ESPN.