(Pursue not Purse- I can't edit thread titles)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...hi-saturday-circus-0430-20160428-column.html/
The Miami Dolphins' first-round draft pick, is essentially why the Florida Gators never considered hiring Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze.
Remember when the Gators fired Will Muschamp and everybody just assumed Freeze — the charismatic, offensive-minded head coach who turned around Ole Miss' perennially puny program — would be the No. 1 candidate for the UF job. Turns out, Freeze was never even considered because of the rumors and rumblings involving an NCAA investigation that was announced shortly after the Gators hired Jim McElwain.
Many of the concerns about Freeze focused on Tunsil, who was suspended for seven games during his junior season for receiving a bevy of improper benefits, including the use of three loaner cars over a six-month period and a $3,000 interest-free loan.
The heat obviously got turned up on the Ole Miss investigation after Thursday's draft-night fiasco in which Tunsil's Instagram and Twitter accounts were apparently hacked and a screen grab of a text appeared to show Tunsil requesting money from an Ole Miss assistant athletic director.
After Florida hired McElwain, UF Athletic Director Jeremy Foley told me that some potential coaching candidates had been eliminated because of character issues. Although Foley never mentioned Freeze by name, it's quite clear now why the Ole Miss coach was never a candidate to coach the Gators. …
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...hi-saturday-circus-0430-20160428-column.html/
The Miami Dolphins' first-round draft pick, is essentially why the Florida Gators never considered hiring Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze.
Remember when the Gators fired Will Muschamp and everybody just assumed Freeze — the charismatic, offensive-minded head coach who turned around Ole Miss' perennially puny program — would be the No. 1 candidate for the UF job. Turns out, Freeze was never even considered because of the rumors and rumblings involving an NCAA investigation that was announced shortly after the Gators hired Jim McElwain.
Many of the concerns about Freeze focused on Tunsil, who was suspended for seven games during his junior season for receiving a bevy of improper benefits, including the use of three loaner cars over a six-month period and a $3,000 interest-free loan.
The heat obviously got turned up on the Ole Miss investigation after Thursday's draft-night fiasco in which Tunsil's Instagram and Twitter accounts were apparently hacked and a screen grab of a text appeared to show Tunsil requesting money from an Ole Miss assistant athletic director.
After Florida hired McElwain, UF Athletic Director Jeremy Foley told me that some potential coaching candidates had been eliminated because of character issues. Although Foley never mentioned Freeze by name, it's quite clear now why the Ole Miss coach was never a candidate to coach the Gators. …
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