What makes Bianci think that Kerwin would even come here? That's like asking someone to abandon a seaworthy yacht to hop aboard the Titanic when it's already half way under.
Rob Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 10, 2013, at 8:14 AM, "C.Simpson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Granted there are many problems on offense but this teams issues go much > deeper than that. The head coach who is supposed to be an defensive genius > has put an average to mediocre product on the field that checks up short at > critical times. The special teams ain't so special and there is an overall > lack of discipline and self control across the board. In other words imo this > isn't the type of problem you fix by firing a couple of assistants. >> Losing to Vanderbilt has turned up heat on Muschamp >> Florida head coach must fire offensive coordinator to try and save his own >> job >> >> Mike BianchiSPORTS COMMENTARY >> 7:02 p.m. EST, November 9, 2013 >> >> >> >> GAINESVILLE — This was absolutely Zookian in nature. >> >> Actually, this was worse than any loss Ron Zook ever endured. >> >> Much, much worse. >> >> It was homecoming, but it may well have been a coach going. >> >> Can Florida Gators coach Will Muschamp survive getting hammered in a >> bumbling, stumbling 34-17 loss toVanderbilt — the first defeat to the >> Commodores in 22 years? Can he survive what is almost sure to be the Gators' >> first losing season in 34 years? Can he survive what will be a massive home >> beat-down from powerhouseFlorida State to end the most miserable season in >> the modern history of the program he grew up idolizing? >> >> But there was some good news: Vandy just saved the Gators a trip to >> Shreveport. >> >> I have written that Muschamp, who won 11 games last year, should get another >> year to try to get his program back on track, but losing to Vandy might well >> have turned his coaching hot seat into an electric chair. To save his own >> job, Muschamp needs to fire offensive coordinator Brent Pease by the time he >> holds his weekly news conference Monday. >> >> "I'm a lot harder on myself than y'all or anyone else in Gator Nation is >> going to be," Muschamp said when questioned about his job security and fan >> unrest. "I need to do to be better, and I don't need to hear any fan from >> the outside telling me what we need to do with this football team. I can >> assure you of that. … I'm a competitor. I don't like losing. I certainly >> don't like the product we are putting on the field, and that's >> my responsibility. >> >> "I'm not asking for anybody to be happy. I'm not asking anybody to give us a >> pass. This is the real deal. This is the University of Florida. I'll >> guarantee you my expectation is as high or higher than anyone sitting in >> those stands." >> >> Painted on the wall behind in the team meeting room where Muschamp spoke was >> the motivational message:"Create An Edge. Be The Edge." >> >> On Saturday, the Gators fell off the edge. >> >> And Gator fans are ready to jump off the ledge. >> >> Muschamp better quickly do something to appease the fractured fan base. If >> he survives, he should go hire former UF quarterback Kerwin Bell — the >> passing-game guru and head coach at Jacksonville University — to be his >> offensive coordinator. Bell has the nation's No. 9-ranked FCS offense — and >> he's at a non-scholarship program. >> >> Or instead of an Honorary Mr. Two Bits at every game, maybe the Gators >> should have an Honorary Offensive Coordinator. This year, Florida's offense >> is ranked 110th in the country. Injuries or no injuries, that's inexcusable. >> Committing four turnovers and scoring only two touchdowns on Vanderbilt's >> pitiful defense is equally unacceptable. >> >> Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley has said Muschamp's job is safe, but >> that was a couple of weeks ago. That was before the Gators lost to >> Vanderbilt at home for the first time since 1945. >> >> That's right, 1945 … when Jackie Robinson was still in the minors, Fidel >> Castro was studying law at Havana University, U.S. Marines secured Iwo Jima, >> 10-year-old Elvis Presley finished fifth in a singing contest at a county >> fair in Mississippi and Steve Spurrier was six months old, throwing his >> pacifier across his playpen and completing passes to his teddy bear. >> >> Even at that age, Spurrier could coordinate an offense more complex than >> Florida's rudimentary attack of today. When Spurrier coached the Gators, the >> offense was called the Fun 'N Gun. Now it's called, The Fun Is Done. >> >> Spurrier named the Swamp, and Vanderbilt drained it. >> >> On Homecoming. >> >> Or should we say Home Leaving? >> >> Fans were booing and leaving the stadium at the outset of the fourth quarter >> with Vandy leading 31-10. This Gator offense has it backward. It is supposed >> to take the road crowd out of the game; not the home crowd. >> >> After losing to Georgia last week, Muschamp got into a verbal altercation >> with a UF fan as he left the field. After losing to Vandy, he said fans have >> a right to say whatever they want. >> >> And are they ever. >> >> Said Chris Andres, a Gator fan from Deltona as he filed out of the stadium >> Saturday: >> >> "When I get home, I'm going to start up a website — BringBackZook.com." >> >> [email protected]. >> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GatorNews" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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