Yes Jay, I forgive you too. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 23, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Jay Cicone <[email protected]> wrote: > Ban him now. I trust Oliver has already forgiven all those guys he pined for. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of mail.bobparks.com > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Wkng reports meyer to bucknuts > > > > Yes, I think Meyer definitely had a medical reason for quitting at UF. Nor do > I blame him for taking the OSU job, if he's really taking it. > > I'm with you and Rob, and wonder how effective as a coach will he be now that > he's managing from the background. > > He sure did a great job at Florida! That's how I will remember him. > > The question, Steve, is whether all those girls have forgiven you? > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Bob Parks, LLC > > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > > Gallatin TN 37066 > > 615-972-4239 > > 615-826-4040 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Steve McKibben <[email protected]> wrote: > > I feel more the way Rob does. > > > > But I've also (finally!) reached the stage of my life where I've forgiven all > of the girls/women that I have known over the years that dumped me/ignored > me/didn't know that I existed... > > > > Steve > > > > From: Scott Lucas <[email protected]> > > Or just maybe the whole timing and reasons he gave for leaving? Lets be > honest... if Tressel knew about the issues at OSU, others did too. Its not > too hard of a stretch to think some big time boosters at OSU knew it too and > probably planted a bug in Meyer's ear. We are talking 3-4 year old knowledge > of the ongoing improprieties-- that goes back before even Meyer's last year > at UF. Armed with the knowledge that Tressel's days were numbered, could > Meyer have looked for a way to get out? Would he look worse getting out > before a 6-5 season he must have known was coming and health reasons, and > being able to take a year off, and then taking the OSU job or would he look > worse leaving Florida for OSU outright? How much more upset and angry would > Gator Nation be? Could he have been protecting his image and reputation as a > winner and avoiding what he knew would be an off year? > > > > There is a LOT more to this behind the scenes than we will ever know, and it > surely is NOT just about his health issues. Was there some truth to what he > told all of us when he left? Sure there was... but there was a lot of lying > by omission and a lot of other reason we will never know nor would he admit. > > > Scott > > > > From: Rob Alexander <[email protected]> > > > It's funny how we accept complicated and conflicting feelings from people we > know, but then reduce people we don't know to one-dimensional charicatures. I > guess none of us has ever changed our minds, or said 'I'll never do that > again', but then done so. If we did, were we lying, or just expressing our > honest feelings at the time? Did it become a lie later even if we meant it > when we said it? (My wife says yes! :-) ) > > > > I don't find it at all hard to believe that Meyer meant what he said when he > resigned even if he takes the OSU job. The man had a serious health scare. He > came back and tried being more balanced, but it didn't turn out well. He may > well have concluded that he really couldn't be a successful coach and live a > balanced life. (After watching last season, I know I concluded that about > him.) > > > > So what was the lie? That he had health problems? That's well documented. > That the balancing act didn't seem to be working? It didn't. That he wanted > to spend more time with his family? Well, he did exactly that. He went to > dozens of his daughters' games and coached his son's team, so I don't think > that was a lie. Did he ever say he would never coach again? No. > > > > There are no lies here. There's just a guy who misses his chosen profession, > who spent a year watching from the outside while wishing he was on the > inside, and who may have been offered the top coaching job at his childhood > favorite team. Is it really that hard to understand that he might give it > another try? Personally, I'd rather have him at OSU than at Florida. I wish > him the best -- he gave us two MNCs, after all -- but I think he's broken and > will never be able to sustain, over the long run, the intensity that made him > great. He'll have a good couple of years there, and then the stress will get > to him again and they'll go through what we did. Or maybe not... I'll be > pleased if it works out for him, but I've moved on and am more interested in > how our coaches are going to do next year. (Ever the optimist!) > > > > Rob > > > > -- > 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 > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > 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 > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > 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 > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- 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 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
