How much longer until Pete Garcia is gone?

weekend_warrior · **Joined:** Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:37 pm **Posts:** 236

Browsing the college football subreddit, saw this: https://ucfknights.exposure.co/we-have-liftoff

Awesome alternate UCF uniforms, and UCF fans praising their new AD. Cant wait for Pete to be gone and get a breath of fresh air.

OC Panther · **Posted:** Sun Oct 15, 2017 1:15 pm

I think Pete's plan is to wait for Butch to do really well and then announce he is no longer stepping down in a couple of years.

pikedanny · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:13 pm **Posts:** 1953

Pete's contract expires July 31, 2018.

Roman · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:23 am

rumors are swirling that even with that expiration of his contract coming up.....he might not be going anywhere anytime soon

pikedanny · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:13 pm **Posts:** 1953

Roman wrote:

rumors are swirling that even with that expiration of his contract coming up.....he might not be going anywhere anytime soon

Not buying it. So far I've only heard this from people that are still upset about his handling of Cristobal.

Roman · **Posted:** Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:19 pm

pikedanny wrote:

Roman wrote:

rumors are swirling that even with that expiration of his contract coming up.....he might not be going anywhere anytime soon

Not buying it. So far I've only heard this from people that are still upset about his handling of Cristobal.

ok....only time will tell....i don't think he is going anywhere any time soon....I HOPE IM WRONG THOUGH!!!

Clawing Cancer · **Posted:** Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:30 pm

As much as it depresses me to think of it... I sort of buy into Roman's theory.

OC Panther wrote:

I think Pete's plan is to wait for Butch to do really well and then announce he is no longer stepping down in a couple of years.

That's pretty much the scenario which would have to play out. Either that or Butch demands PG stays if he's going to stay. Which, in all honesty, I could live with if it means keeping BD long-term.

pikedanny · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:13 pm **Posts:** 1953

So no evidence or even first hand knowledge of the situation? Just hunches? Got it.

FIUPantherFan · **Joined:** Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:53 pm **Posts:** 4766

pikedanny wrote:

So no evidence or even first hand knowledge of the situation? Just hunches? Got it.

Who could have foreseen Garcia not leaving? I think the only thing needed was common sense. <\end sarcasm>

That guy is such trash. Soccer team has been waiting over 10 years for a new stadium, attendance sucks, donations are garbage and he gets more time because people didn’t see this for what it was. A stall tactic.

Roman · **Posted:** Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:29 pm

pikedanny wrote:

So no evidence or even first hand knowledge of the situation? Just hunches? Got it.

guess my hunch wasn't too far off.

FIU4ever · **Posted:** Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:29 pm

Q: How much longer until Pete Garcia is gone?
A: eternity

OC Panther · **Posted:** Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:54 pm

Clawing Cancer wrote:

As much as it depresses me to think of it... I sort of buy into Roman's theory.

OC Panther wrote:

I think Pete's plan is to wait for Butch to do really well and then announce he is no longer stepping down in a couple of years.

That's pretty much the scenario which would have to play out. Either that or Butch demands PG stays if he's going to stay. Which, in all honesty, I could live with if it means keeping BD long-term.

Looks like he isn't going anywhere. I do think some things are better, but I want to see more fundraising and better promotions to draw attendance. I know both those things get easier with winning but now we should start to see the needle moving in funds. Promos suck. There are local no-name gas stations with better marketing than the athletic department.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/colle ... 41589.html

chiaPanther · **Joined:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:52 am **Posts:** 4852

pikedanny wrote:

So no evidence or even first hand knowledge of the situation? Just hunches? Got it.

Bueno, there you have it....and you KNEW it was coming.
You just wanted to be hit in the face with it.

Clawing Cancer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:32 am

FIUPantherFan wrote:

pikedanny wrote:

So no evidence or even first hand knowledge of the situation? Just hunches? Got it.

Who could have foreseen Garcia not leaving? I think the only thing needed was common sense. <\end sarcasm>

That guy is such trash. Soccer team has been waiting over 10 years for a new stadium, attendance sucks, donations are garbage and he gets more time because people didn’t see this for what it was. A stall tactic.

I won't argue with any of that. You're dead on.

But if Butch is saying he wants PG to stay... and he probably is telling Rosenberg that... then I don't see how you could let PG leave at this point.

Butch probably isn't even at FIU were it not for PG. And if he gets football where we all hope it goes... then it's quite possible attendance and donations fixes itself. At least, for football.

Is there an AD hire we could make which would give us a better chance? Especially if it also leads to Butch stepping down and hiring another coach?

I doubt it.

Diagodog · **Joined:** Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:25 am **Posts:** 732

We be stuck. End of story. Might as well shut this topic down.

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