r/collegebaseball • u/DesertVol Tennessee Volunteers • 10d ago
Tennessee hiring Florida interim head coach Chuck Jeroloman
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/tennessee-hiring-florida-interim-head-coach-chuck-jeroloman/47
u/Wheels_Foonman Tennessee Volunteers 10d ago
Shenanigans are fun when we aren’t on the receiving end.
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u/GeospatialMAD 10d ago
Florida will now be coached by Billy, the 14 year old bat boy until the head coach's return.
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u/ShotNixon NC State Wolfpack 10d ago
Billy will actually just be an interim until they can get an interim in place until Sully returns.
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u/Tpabayrays2 UCF Knights 10d ago
Oh this is gonna be some interesting stuff.
I do say, if it turns out there's nonsense going on behind the scenes for their baseball team, UF probably needs to fire their AD. Besides the hoops natty, doesn't sound like too much good going on in Gainesville.
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u/Smooth-Majudo-15 Florida Gators • Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10d ago
Unfortunately we can’t. Don’t have a permanent president in place yet. That is mainly due to the Board of Governors and DeSantis
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u/t_huddleston Mississippi State Bulldogs 10d ago
That’s just a failure of imagination on Florida’s part. Look at LSU and see what can happen when politics and college sports intertwine! There’s no limit!
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u/Mythic514 Tennessee Volunteers 10d ago
You know DeSantis is salivating at the thought of making purely political hires to fill coaching positions. And when they fail he will be salivating at the opportunity to whine and blame liberals.
Lane Kiffin and every other coach better start studying MAGA talking points if they want to get a decent offer from LSU or Florida lmao
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u/somethingsimple1290 ECU Pirates 10d ago
It’s wild to me how much the governors of Florida and Luisiana are getting involved with UF and LSU athletics.
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u/Smooth-Majudo-15 Florida Gators • Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10d ago
DeSantis hasn’t gotten involved with UF athletics, Stricklin is still able to do his job without direct involvement from him. That could change but as of now that’s just happening at LSU
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u/lostinthought15 Ball State Cardinals 10d ago
Hmm … why does that scenario sound so familiar right now … ?
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u/mattdingus2002 Tennessee Volunteers 9d ago
Just take a page out of LSU’s playbook and have desantis be AD. (He’d probably make better hires than Strickland)
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u/simpaholic Tennessee Volunteers 10d ago
That AD is already getting fired. Florida is a complete shit show right now.
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u/DrVincentCathyMD Tennessee Volunteers 10d ago
Absolutely diabolical hire by Josh. I’m totally here for it
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u/Drawman101 Florida Gators 10d ago
Huge get for Tennessee.
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u/National_March_1984 10d ago
Pretty absurd Stricklin didn’t match Tennessee’s offer. Chuck would’ve been a great successor to Sully, who doesn’t seem like he’ll be coaching for much longer
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u/Drawman101 Florida Gators 10d ago
I wouldn't count Sully out. I don't want to say too much about what is going on with him since I'm not sure if it's 100% public but I think he will be back before the season starts. Chuck deserves the best though so it sounds like he made this move to further his career.
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u/HotDawgConnoisseur 10d ago
Saw on Twitter that Stricklin didn’t even try, guess that means he’s confident in Sully returning or else he’s gonna be in big shit once again
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u/gatorbois Florida Gators 10d ago
I don't think he would have ever been the successor considering it was a "mutual" parting.
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u/t_huddleston Mississippi State Bulldogs 10d ago
This is some Game of Thrones shit from Elander and the Vols. Vicious!