Florida Hires Mike White

[bigsteve13]

Well there you have it.

I will be very interested to see who comes out ahead in the next 5 years.

Florida clearly hoping they get as lucky as they were with Billy D

Mike White joining Florida Gators as men's basketball coach

 

[TechDawg88]

so waiting another year at Tech paid off for him

 

[JohnMcA60]

@gatorhoops: Per @GoodmanESPN, Florida never reached out to Chris Mack or Archie Miller. Mike White was candidate UF zeroed in on.

 

[apkvol]

At least it's confirmation that Dave Hart was going after a good coach after CM jumped ship.

 

[sport3500]

If the Ole Miss job becomes available, it will be interesting to see if White bolts for that job.

 

[TechDawg88]

If the Ole Miss job becomes available, it will be interesting to see if White bolts for that job.

doubtful, Florida is still a superior coaching job even if White did graduate from Ole Piss

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

doubtful, Florida is still a superior coaching job even if White did graduate from Ole Piss

This and he grew up about an hour and half south of Gainesville.

 

[TechDawg88]

This and he grew up about an hour and half south of Gainesville.

he was born in Florida, but don't know how much he's actually lived there since his dad's job moved them around a lot. I know he graduated from high school in New Orleans

 

[bleedingTNorange]

If the Ole Miss job becomes available, it will be interesting to see if White bolts for that job.

Kennedy just signed a big extension

 

[bleedingTNorange]

This is a "meh" hire if I'm a Florida fan, I was a White fan when we went through our last search, but to go from Donovan to White is a major downgrade IMO, good for Tennessee!

 

[buriat]

He is the guy ADs love. None of the blue bloods liked Gregg Marshal. I would have thought Florida would have done better but Foley. is trying to find the second BD.

I doubt he strikes lighting twice.

 

[vols 30]

This is a "meh" hire if I'm a Florida fan, I was a White fan when we went through our last search, but to go from Donovan to White is a major downgrade IMO, good for Tennessee!

Who is out there that would be on the same level as Billy D and is available ? I can't think of anyone.

 

[PackersVols91]

This is a "meh" hire if I'm a Florida fan, I was a White fan when we went through our last search, but to go from Donovan to White is a major downgrade IMO, good for Tennessee!

I think Barnes is definitely a far superior hire

 

[TechDawg88]

This is a "meh" hire if I'm a Florida fan, I was a White fan when we went through our last search, but to go from Donovan to White is a major downgrade IMO, good for Tennessee!

after Donovan, everyone is going to probably be a major downgrade

 

[TOP]

The gators would have preferred Mike Hawk.

Mike Hawk said no.

 

[Aesius]

Kinda crazy that a school that won multiple national championships in football and basketball less than a decade ago hired two "meh" coaches for those programs.

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

he was born in Florida, but don't know how much he's actually lived there since his dad's job moved them around a lot. I know he graduated from high school in New Orleans

I don't know how long he stayed there but it's where's he's "from", and in the article he said its home for him.

 

[butchna]

This is a "meh" hire if I'm a Florida fan, I was a White fan when we went through our last search, but to go from Donovan to White is a major downgrade IMO, good for Tennessee!

Donovan was the same type of candidate when he came over from Marshall.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Who is out there that would be on the same level as Billy D and is available ? I can't think of anyone.

Gregg Marshall

 

[bnhunt]

Who is out there that would be on the same level as Billy D and is available ? I can't think of anyone.

Calipari is available for the right price. Guy's a whore and will give himself to the highest bidder.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Donovan was the same type of candidate when he came over from Marshall.

As was Donnie Tyndall, some are hits and some are misses

 

[vols 30]

Gregg Marshall

Blue font?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Blue font?

Not at all? He's not on the same level, but I don't think peopel would look at it as a major downgrade, you go from a 2x NCAAT champion to a coach who has never even made the NCAAT.

 

[TCbodybuilder]

Kinda crazy that a school that won multiple national championships in football and basketball less than a decade ago hired two "meh" coaches for those programs.

Possibly. Who knows. They could win a championship or they could lose every game. It's a crap shoot typically.

 

[livefaith]

Who is out there that would be on the same level as Billy D and is available ? I can't think of anyone.

That's not the question that a good AD asks. He is trying to find the answer to the question "Who is out there that WILL be on the same level as Billy D one day, and is available today"?

Billy Donovan was not at the same level as "Billy Donovan" when UF originally hired him. Even UF does not have the coin to go out and hire away a Billy Donovan level coach.