O'Leary is two years removed from back to back conference titles, Conf coach of the year honors, and a BCS bowl appearance and win.
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"I'm trying to find some positives," a frustrated O'Leary said after his ninth consecutive loss, "but right now I'm running out of positives."
"An immediate announcement will be best for everybody involved — the current players who might be inspired enough to send their old coach out with a win or two in his final four games; future prospects who will know that the coach who recruits them will be the coach who coaches them; the new athletics director who will want to help hire the new coach"
"Mostly, though, it will be best for O'Leary, the man who put the program on the map and took UCF to unprecedented heights on the field and in the classroom. If O'Leary announces he is stepping down now, it will allow him to go out with some dignity; without irate fans demanding his ouster"
"Why do you think Steve Spurrier retired at midseason at South Carolina? Because he didn't want the end of his tenure as the greatest coach in South Carolina history to turn ugly at the end of a miserable season."
"Unfortunately for UCF, it's already turned ugly and miserable. But, at least if O'Leary announces his retirement decision now, it will soothe the angry mob, douse the flaming pitchforks and give UCF fans a chance to honor and appreciate all O'Leary has done for the program. He deserves to be celebrated, not castigated, on his way out the door. It's a shame he has to go out like this, but, unfortunately, that's just the way it is in coaching. Just ask Bobby Bowden or Joe Paterno or Tom Landry or Don Shula."
"It's also a sign when O'Leary says he is concerned about being a recruiting liability. "Kids want to know if you're going to be around for four or five years," O'Leary told me last week. "That will be a major factor in my decision."
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"I'm trying to find some positives," a frustrated O'Leary said after his ninth consecutive loss, "but right now I'm running out of positives."
"An immediate announcement will be best for everybody involved — the current players who might be inspired enough to send their old coach out with a win or two in his final four games; future prospects who will know that the coach who recruits them will be the coach who coaches them; the new athletics director who will want to help hire the new coach"
"Mostly, though, it will be best for O'Leary, the man who put the program on the map and took UCF to unprecedented heights on the field and in the classroom. If O'Leary announces he is stepping down now, it will allow him to go out with some dignity; without irate fans demanding his ouster"
"Why do you think Steve Spurrier retired at midseason at South Carolina? Because he didn't want the end of his tenure as the greatest coach in South Carolina history to turn ugly at the end of a miserable season."
"Unfortunately for UCF, it's already turned ugly and miserable. But, at least if O'Leary announces his retirement decision now, it will soothe the angry mob, douse the flaming pitchforks and give UCF fans a chance to honor and appreciate all O'Leary has done for the program. He deserves to be celebrated, not castigated, on his way out the door. It's a shame he has to go out like this, but, unfortunately, that's just the way it is in coaching. Just ask Bobby Bowden or Joe Paterno or Tom Landry or Don Shula."
"It's also a sign when O'Leary says he is concerned about being a recruiting liability. "Kids want to know if you're going to be around for four or five years," O'Leary told me last week. "That will be a major factor in my decision."