Leaky Roof fired by UCF

I feel sorry for Ted Roof. He is a good Tech man, and he has been coaching for a very long time. I believe that he was the head coach at Duke, as well as DC at several places. It just seems like none of these assignments worked out for him. But, he must have some outstanding qualities to have been offered so many coaching positions. I wish the best for him. UCF will probably not be satisfied with this sacrifice if they keep losing. When coaches fire coordinators, they are admitting they made a big mistake.
 
I feel sorry for Ted Roof. He is a good Tech man, and he has been coaching for a very long time. I believe that he was the head coach at Duke, as well as DC at several places. It just seems like none of these assignments worked out for him. But, he must have some outstanding qualities to have been offered so many coaching positions. I wish the best for him. UCF will probably not be satisfied with this sacrifice if they keep losing. When coaches fire coordinators, they are admitting they made a big mistake.
When coaches fire coordinators they are using it as a delay tactic to keep the wolves at bay. Big contributing alumni demand that something be done so a coordinator is sacrificed. Mac Brown at North Carolina is going to resist getting rid of Collins this season because Mac has gotten old and will probably retire at the end of this year.
 
I mean, if he could ever land that partnership with Flex-Seal then the skies the limit.
 
Mac Brown at North Carolina is going to resist getting rid of Collins this season because Mac has gotten old and will probably retire at the end of this year.
At one of my old stops, we called that SIFTING. short for Save It For the Next Guy.
Got something broken or someone who needs to be canned? SIFTING!
Leave that on their desk on your way out.
 
I feel sorry for Ted Roof. He is a good Tech man, and he has been coaching for a very long time. I believe that he was the head coach at Duke, as well as DC at several places. It just seems like none of these assignments worked out for him. But, he must have some outstanding qualities to have been offered so many coaching positions. I wish the best for him. UCF will probably not be satisfied with this sacrifice if they keep losing. When coaches fire coordinators, they are admitting they made a big mistake.
I have a hard time feeling sorry for someone who has had so many opportunities and earned so much money.
 
On one hand I always feel bad for the Roof hate because he is a Tech man that has done nothing except give us his best.

On the other hand I see his thoroughly mediocre coaching record and understand it. Even his national championship as Auburn DC was not exciting and relied on the offense all year IIRC.
 
Well...we do need a special teams coach.

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I feel sorry for Ted Roof. He is a good Tech man, and he has been coaching for a very long time. I believe that he was the head coach at Duke, as well as DC at several places. It just seems like none of these assignments worked out for him. But, he must have some outstanding qualities to have been offered so many coaching positions. I wish the best for him. UCF will probably not be satisfied with this sacrifice if they keep losing. When coaches fire coordinators, they are admitting they made a big mistake.
Agree. I think throughout much of his career Ted Roof has been asked to do more with less. His career is sort of the opposite of coaches like Mark Richt, in that regard.

There is much to do about coaches, and certainly, if they are completely inept, it will show. But good football players win football games, not coaches.

One thing for sure, Ted Roof was a heckuva player, and a good role model.
 
I hated when Johnson hired Roof as DC. Knew it was a disaster. BUT......

Ted's record against uga as a player and DC is .500 IIRC. I don't know how he does it, but somehow he brings the magic to GT against uga. The losses are even close. We need to hire him just to stand on the sideline.

Damn I loved watching him play. In 1985, if he's not hurt against Western Carolina (Western Carolina!!!), we beat Bo Jackson and Auburn the next week in ATL. Maybe the most miserable I have ever been after a game was at Tennessee. I think Ted had 25+ tackles in that game, and UT kicked a 55 yd FG very late in the 4th to get the 6-6 tie. We were about three plays away from being undefeated, and this was after all the miserable years of the early 80's.

That team broke a long losing streak to Duke in Durham, broke uga's heart in ATL, beat a good Michigan State team in the bowl without our starting QB, and shut out UNC. Screw Barry Word and George Welsh. 1990 was sweet revenge.

Yes, I can hold a grudge for decades.
 
I hated when Johnson hired Roof as DC. Knew it was a disaster. BUT......

Ted's record against uga as a player and DC is .500 IIRC. I don't know how he does it, but somehow he brings the magic to GT against uga. The losses are even close. We need to hire him just to stand on the sideline.

Damn I loved watching him play. In 1985, if he's not hurt against Western Carolina (Western Carolina!!!), we beat Bo Jackson and Auburn the next week in ATL. Maybe the most miserable I have ever been after a game was at Tennessee. I think Ted had 25+ tackles in that game, and UT kicked a 55 yd FG very late in the 4th to get the 6-6 tie. We were about three plays away from being undefeated, and this was after all the miserable years of the early 80's.

That team broke a long losing streak to Duke in Durham, broke uga's heart in ATL, beat a good Michigan State team in the bowl without our starting QB, and shut out UNC. Screw Barry Word and George Welsh. 1990 was sweet revenge.

Yes, I can hold a grudge for decades.
I was at that UT game and I agree.
 
Great player and legend at GT, but by and large he has been a piss-poor defensive coordinator where ever he has been a DC. I think back to the GOL years when CTR was here, GT usually had to outscore every team they played when CTR was the DC. I'll never forget the Miami game when CPJ was the head coach, and Miami continued to run the same play over and over with no adjustments made from CTR to stop the play.
 
Most coordinators and head coaches get fired multiple times over their career. It's part of the job, and they are blessed to get paid well enough that it's not a financial crisis when it happens. Roof could have hung up his whistle years ago and retired comfortably, so yeah, I'm sure it still stings, but not as bad as most people think.
 
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