No one said that he had no right to leave - but he did leave of his own volition - and within his contract widow or not, he didn't give any prior indication that could have helped with the search for his successor and/or to preserve the upcoming recruiting class.
Whether you feel that he should have been the one hired when Zook got canned or not, it's almost a certainty that the first time around he could have had the job for as long as he wanted it. He moved on, and so did we, so he had no intrinsic right to the job the second time around. I wish he hadn't made the choice to coach for a team in our division. I'll always love the guy, but I don't root for him to win unless I think it will benefit, or at least not hurt, the Gators. And I look forward to his retiring from coaching and (I hope) returning to the Swamp as an unabashed Gators supporter, when he can once again receive all of the adulation he has earned from Gator Nation. --- On Mon, 11/17/08, Buck Shot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Buck Shot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Bianchi To: [email protected] Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 2:29 PM You are right........ too many folks tend to over react to SOS's leaving and eventual move to S. Carolina...... He did leave within his contractual window. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Vega To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:18 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Bianchi On Nov 17, 2008, at 12:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He had the opportunity to have his legacy continue if he had planned his departure better and in fact left UF in quite a bind during recruiting season. Didn't his contract have a brief window each year in which he could leave UF, and that was when he left? IIRC, the timing of the window itself was chosen by UF to minimize the distraction on the team during a bowl game while leaving enough time for the successor to step in before signing day. It's a little harsh to criticize a coach for living up to his contract. -Zeb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
