RedBloodedAmerican said . . . "I wonder if the Gators wish they had waited and taken him, if he would go NCAA. Coaching NCAA seems much more rewarding than pro."
Florida's AD, Jeremy Foley did not have Dungy on his "short list" of candidates. My guess is the rationale would be that Dungy is not an advocate of the wide-open-passing-game type of offense. Dungy did not show any interest in the Florida coaching job or any other at the college level, for that matter. (They were not interested in Tom Coughlin either, and, for the same reasons.)
Besides Stoops, Shanahan, and Zook (on the "short list") had recent and closer ties to the program/network in-place at Florida. All advocates of the "Fun 'N Gun" offense.
As to your point about NCAA more rewarding than pro . . . SOS left Florida for the Redskins job at a 3 million-dollar a year increase (and, for 5 years guaranteed 25-mil package total). I would venture to say that at least monetarily for Stevie, it is going to be much more rewarding in the pros.
FRegards . . .
