Thing is there are UCF fans and there are UCF donors. Donors know the culture and evaluation and management of talent is critical to the long term success of a program. Frost said it himself in so many words, UCF plans to develop players and pay for performance. He has an eye to talent. Many of his recruits were overlooked and now playing in the NFL. Florida is full of them. Texas is full of them. The next two years is about fixing the mess Gus left. How many wins? Only fans care. Frost is a better coach today than he was the first two years at UCF. Time will show it.
Culture is most important. Under gus the culture was indifference to winnig or losing. Under frost the coaches and players wanted to win for each other
Gus was just another O'Leary, but without the DEFENSE! Like George, Gus only wan't run-first QBs. The only time George won big at UCF (who'd won at Georgia Tech with a running QB) was when he was forced to use a PASSING QB after his running QB thought his receivers were all 20 feet taller. Similarly, Gus won only with Cam, the best running QB talent ever, and that was running behind a NFL-quality line! Frost returns with the biggest flood ever in the Transfer Portal and the Prestige of a Power 4 conference as well. Even though he's been out of the college world for 2-3 yrs, he can get advice from new staffers he can trust, and lots of future teammates from Florida to attract them, network with, and bond with them instantly. Nebraska was also a positive learning experience coaching against the top state university programs in the nation (the B1G).
Mike G, I appreciate what you do and your takes. However, respectfully 7-5 is not very realistic with our current situation. UCF now has 27 players in the portal, which include 4 starting O-lineman, a starting tight end (Randy Pittman), two starting defensive tackles (Lee Hunter), & multiple young talent such as EJ Colson (QB), Chasen Johnson (DB) etc. On top of losing over a dozen starting Seniors with no eligibility left: RJ Harvey, Kobe Hudson, BJ Adams, Ricky Barber, Quadric Bullard, Deshawn Pace, Mac McWilliams, Ethan Barr, Peny Boone, Evan Morris, Johnny Richardson, Jesiah Pierre, Daylon Dotson, Gage King, Sheldon Arnold, Jacoby Jones, & will not be returning. This is NOT the same roster I think you last remember. We have hardly no upperclasman left & most of Malzahn's recruit classes have left now. This is a full rebuild, and the team will be lucky to get to a bowl game.
Mike, Sorry, but you were wrong about 1 thing. Gus DID have a guy that could come in and win. The problem was Gus was married to a run first QB. Players were saying out of fall camp that Rizk was the best QB on the team.
Nebraska was Nebraska so as far as I’m concerned Nebraska tenure is a non factor for football. (I can’t say what I REALLY mean on this public forum but if you know what I mean you know what I mean). What’s more important is his current headspace and self reflection. I’m in!!!!! UCF will be fine with him leading. He needs support and the RIGHT voices in his ear. In Florida he will get that. Give the man some time and space. Go Knight’s Charge On!!!! #frostwarning #frostbite 😂
More than half of our 2024 roster is currently in the transfer portal. Looking to go elsewhere. This is going to be a brutal rebuilding year but it will allow Scott Frost to chip away everything that was Gus's team and make it his own.
What do you mean by the “frost” effect? He hasn’t been successful majority of his seasons. I want to believe but I can’t believe our floor is 6-6.. This absolutely has a chance to go wrong.
I am a ucf fan, absolutely will be happy with a bowl. Undefeated was something we knew we needed in the G5 to get any kind of notoriety. Now? Just improvement first, then conference championship contention is what I personally, and I think we all, hope for.
Surprised you guys brought up the women and alcohol with Frost. I always figured those were rumors by unhappy Husker fans/boosters that wanted to undermine him and find an excuse to fire him. I haven't seen any real news stories or evidence supporting those claims. I have a hard time believing them because I think Frost really wanted to win at Nebraska
Agreed. Nothing credible. Just bots and reddit's. I did find information where his father passed away. That was in AP News. Not a nice feeling to have your hometown turn on you like that. Especially because of sports and entertainment. That kinda of stuff does build character though. Now you know what is real and what's not.
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Thing is there are UCF fans and there are UCF donors. Donors know the culture and evaluation and management of talent is critical to the long term success of a program. Frost said it himself in so many words, UCF plans to develop players and pay for performance. He has an eye to talent. Many of his recruits were overlooked and now playing in the NFL. Florida is full of them. Texas is full of them. The next two years is about fixing the mess Gus left. How many wins? Only fans care. Frost is a better coach today than he was the first two years at UCF. Time will show it.
@@mikenieves8881 great comment!
Very reasonable outlook.
Culture is most important. Under gus the culture was indifference to winnig or losing. Under frost the coaches and players wanted to win for each other
Exactly this. - Shareholder
And boy what a mess it is. We have ppl who truly love our university ready to clean it up. The future is bright
Gus was just another O'Leary, but without the DEFENSE! Like George, Gus only wan't run-first QBs. The only time George won big at UCF (who'd won at Georgia Tech with a running QB) was when he was forced to use a PASSING QB after his running QB thought his receivers were all 20 feet taller. Similarly, Gus won only with Cam, the best running QB talent ever, and that was running behind a NFL-quality line! Frost returns with the biggest flood ever in the Transfer Portal and the Prestige of a Power 4 conference as well. Even though he's been out of the college world for 2-3 yrs, he can get advice from new staffers he can trust, and lots of future teammates from Florida to attract them, network with, and bond with them instantly. Nebraska was also a positive learning experience coaching against the top state university programs in the nation (the B1G).
Having Milton with him will keep him focused. Also Milton understands NIL. They will make a great team!!💛⚔️🖤
Indeed hiring Milton was a good move!
Mike G, I appreciate what you do and your takes. However, respectfully 7-5 is not very realistic with our current situation. UCF now has 27 players in the portal, which include 4 starting O-lineman, a starting tight end (Randy Pittman), two starting defensive tackles (Lee Hunter), & multiple young talent such as EJ Colson (QB), Chasen Johnson (DB) etc.
On top of losing over a dozen starting Seniors with no eligibility left: RJ Harvey, Kobe Hudson, BJ Adams, Ricky Barber, Quadric Bullard, Deshawn Pace, Mac McWilliams, Ethan Barr, Peny Boone, Evan Morris, Johnny Richardson, Jesiah Pierre, Daylon Dotson, Gage King, Sheldon Arnold, Jacoby Jones, & will not be returning.
This is NOT the same roster I think you last remember. We have hardly no upperclasman left & most of Malzahn's recruit classes have left now. This is a full rebuild, and the team will be lucky to get to a bowl game.
@@ucf.island let’s see how they do in the portal and revisit this convo!
Mike, Sorry, but you were wrong about 1 thing. Gus DID have a guy that could come in and win. The problem was Gus was married to a run first QB. Players were saying out of fall camp that Rizk was the best QB on the team.
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Nebraska was Nebraska so as far as I’m concerned Nebraska tenure is a non factor for football. (I can’t say what I REALLY mean on this public forum but if you know what I mean you know what I mean).
What’s more important is his current headspace and self reflection. I’m in!!!!! UCF will be fine with him leading. He needs support and the RIGHT voices in his ear. In Florida he will get that.
Give the man some time and space.
Go Knight’s Charge On!!!!
#frostwarning #frostbite
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It will be a tough rebuild, nearly all our talent graduated or transferred out. We have a bare roster.
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More than half of our 2024 roster is currently in the transfer portal. Looking to go elsewhere. This is going to be a brutal rebuilding year but it will allow Scott Frost to chip away everything that was Gus's team and make it his own.
Oregon was a bad example consider they got like the top recruiting class right now
What do you mean by the “frost” effect? He hasn’t been successful majority of his seasons. I want to believe but I can’t believe our floor is 6-6.. This absolutely has a chance to go wrong.
It’s a rebuilding year. Be glad just to make a bowl
I am a ucf fan, absolutely will be happy with a bowl. Undefeated was something we knew we needed in the G5 to get any kind of notoriety. Now? Just improvement first, then conference championship contention is what I personally, and I think we all, hope for.
I am not a UCF fan. I want the knights to be better so that the conference is better. I am not convinced Frost will make the Knights better.
You apprently never watched the gus malzahn disaster
@ I watched from afar, but I also watched Frost at Nebraska. I hope he can turn it around.
But he's been working in the NFL 💵so NIL shouldn't be a problem
NCAA record book...2017 season shows UCF and Alabama as co- champions. No self claim needed
Noone ditched KJ Jefferson. He ditched the team after we handed him $500K to play like 🗑️.
Facts!
Surprised you guys brought up the women and alcohol with Frost. I always figured those were rumors by unhappy Husker fans/boosters that wanted to undermine him and find an excuse to fire him. I haven't seen any real news stories or evidence supporting those claims. I have a hard time believing them because I think Frost really wanted to win at Nebraska
Agreed. Nothing credible. Just bots and reddit's. I did find information where his father passed away. That was in AP News. Not a nice feeling to have your hometown turn on you like that. Especially because of sports and entertainment. That kinda of stuff does build character though. Now you know what is real and what's not.
Frost lost lot of confidence coaching the huskers
What I saw on tv was a stadium with 5000 people in it. That does not scream of enthusiasm. There is still work to do in that aspect.
What game are you talking about?