Florida basketball announced its successor to Mike White at the head coach position, San Fransisco Dons skipper Todd Golden, on Friday to a fanbase with mixed reactions to the decision. With the change now set into stone, the Gators look to move into the next era of men’s hoops in Gainesville under their new young coach.
Golden arrives at UF with a short résumé that does include some experience with the Auburn Tigers under Bruce Pearl, but overall, a dearth of head coaching work at a prominent school. What he does bring is a fresh approach to analytics as well as more of an NBA-style of gameplay.
We assembled the Gators Wire staff for a roundtable discussion of our respective takes on the Golden hire. Read below what each of us thought.