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1 minute ago, ellitor said:

Rich has blocked a number of things at AU since he has been here regardless of what other higher in the food chain thought.

I was suggesting that those higher up in the food chain would be agreeing with his hypothetical veto in this case. Also that they may veto even if he does not.  

34 minutes ago, ellitor said:

Pretty sure the PTB except maybe Rich McGynn would like Gus to bring in KB.

I was thinking a little higher up the food chain and not necessarily in the athletic department, but point taken.

2 minutes ago, WarDamnEagleWDE said:

PR issues? AL.com would be the only one who would care. Might last a week. 

There have been numerous national articles slamming Baylor and the Briles family at large for how they've handled things this year, especially following the #CAB nonsense they pulled. Sexual assault on college campuses generates a lot of media attention these days for better or for worse. If we hire either Briles, any alleged sexual misconduct by one of our players becomes part of an already existing narrative in a way that it otherwise wouldn't. I'm not sure that that's something the university wants to take on. 

I'm also not sure that the University would want to send any message no matter how tacit to its female students or fan that it condones any of what went on at Baylor.

27 minutes ago, WarDamnEagleWDE said:

The word is the NCAA is going to clear Kendal of any wrong doing. No one at AU could say no now. 

This seems to me a non-sequitur. Whether  or not the NCAA finds that Kendal Briles provably committed any rules violations is completely independent of whether his actions were morally defensible. Moreover it says even less about the PR issues and media spotlight it would put on the team. If the powers that beat have told Gus that we aren't bringing Briles on board, I can't imagine anything the NCAA says would change their minds. 

Looks like Baylor has just hired Temple coach Matt Rhule as their new HC. So we should soon get a better idea of what their staff should look like next year. Personally, I doubt he keeps much of anyone, which could ramp up the KB landing spot rumormill, if and when he is confirmed to be out of a job. 

38 minutes ago, boomstick said:

There was some talk on one of the Florida message boards that Kendal to UF is a possibility, which could change things for them. 

Yeah, I imagine that would pose a problem for us, but I just can't imagine that's a tremendously likely scenario. Kendal definitely isn't a toxic as Art is right now from a PR standpoint, but I have a hard time envisioning many AD's or presidents signing off on that hire as long as there are other viable options out there. I think that particularly in Florida's case, with the memory of the Treon Harris hullabaloo in the not too distant past, the administration would be hesitant to invite that spotlight again.

It seems like the scenarios in which we don't get Stidham seem to be getting less and less threatening by the day. Hopefully this is a trend that will continue for another week.

For what it's worth, no one I've seen on any of the free UF boards seems particularly confident that they even get a visit. Feels to me like a our biggest threat may still be Kendall Briles getting some OC position like LSU in the 11th hour.

6 minutes ago, ellitor said:

SIAA but in a free article pages back it said JS does not plan to visit aTm aagain as things are now.

Any info one way another regarding whether Summin plans to make an in-home visit?

Is there much of any chance that Stidham would come here even without Kendall Briles? With some of the recent news coming out of Baylor, his hire might be a riskier PR move than previously thought.