I think pease has seen the writing on the wall Woody (via iPhone)
> On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:38 AM, "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, it’s come to this. > I still think Foley will keep him. Neither do I think he will fire Pease. > It’s Great to be A Florida Gator but, sometimes it hurts. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Woody Bass > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:54 AM > To: WXIA > Subject: [gatornews] Countdown to Firing Day - College Football Coaching > Rumors - College Football Coaching Rumors > > http://footballrumormill.com/2013/11/06/countdown-firing-day/ > > Countdown to Firing Day > > A look at the college football coaching potential firings by guest columnist > Franz Beard. > > EXTINCT SPECIES LIST > > 1. LANE KIFFIN, Southern Cal > 2. PAUL PASQUALONI, UConn > 3. DON TREADWELL, Miami of Ohio > 4. CARL PELINI, Florida Atlantic > > DEAD MEN WALKING > > 1. MACK BROWN, Texas (6-2) > > Why he stays: New athletic director Steve Patterson has to consider replacing > Brown and basketball coach Rick Barnes. He will give both of them a year to > either sink or swim … Brown could win the Big 12 this year. > Why he goes: The sooner Patterson cans Brown, the sooner he can bring in his > own guy … If Nick Saban wants the job, then Mack Brown is a goner … If Baylor > beats Texas, the decision is made and Texas will have a new coach next year. > > 2. RON ENGLISH, Eastern Michigan (1-8) > > Why he stays: It’s Eastern Michigan. It’s not like English forgot how to > coach suddenly and the program went south. The program has been south all > along. Firing him is a gigantic hassle and who wants to to be a head coach > bad enough to take the Eastern Michigan job? > Why he goes: It’s not like English is going to lure good football players to > a school that drew 3,257 to its last home game … The Fighting EMUs are 113th > in points for and 125th in points against. > > 3. NORM CHOW, Hawaii (0-8) > > Why he stays: Someone in Hawaii finds a virgin or two willing to be cast into > the volcano to satisfy Pele, the goddess of fire, who is still pissed off > that they let June Jones walk. > Why he goes: There are no virgins to be found, at least none willing to be > sacrificed, and Pele lets it be known that unless there is a new coach molten > lava will continue to spew out of Kilauea. > > 4. DANA HOLGERSON, West Virginia (4-5) > > Why he stays: West Virginia wins its last three games, which actually could > happen although Saturday Texas comes to town. The other two are Kansas and > Iowa State and if he can’t beat them, even with a bad team, he doesn’t > deserve to be coaching next year. > Why he goes: He loses to Texas which means the best he can do is 6-6 … > Athletic Director Oliver Luck didn’t get the Texas AD job and will consider a > loss to Texas insult to injury … Rich Rodriguez has done enough penance in > the desert and can be forgiven for ever leaving in the first place. > > 5. RICH ELLERSON, Army (3-6) > > Why he stays: He beats Navy. A lot of sins can be forgiven when you beat Navy. > Why he goes: He lost to Air Force. If he loses to Navy, too, that’s > unacceptable. > > 6. CHARLEY MOLNAR, UMass (1-8) > > Why he stays: It’s not his fault the school decided to go Division I without > a lot of preparation. > Why he goes: You really don’t think the AD and the administration are going > to blame themselves for this fiasco, do you? > > ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST > > 1. TERRY BOWDEN, Akron (3-7) > > Why he stays: He’s tripled last year’s win total and almost beaten Michigan > in The Big House. > Why he goes: How can you be within a play of beating Michigan in The Big > House and then lose by 40 to Ohio U? > > 2. SKIP HOLTZ, Louisiana Tech (3-5) > > Why he stays: Three of the last four games are winnable, which means Lousy > Tech could be bowl-eligible. > Why he goes: The Secretariat Rules apply here. Secretariat was the greatest > race horse ever but as a stud, his offspring were mostly pluggers. Skip has > the pedigree but as they’ve figured out in less than a year in Ruston, Skip > is a plugger. At best. > > 3. MIKE LONDON, Virginia (2-7) > > Why he stays: London stays because his lawyers are better than the lawyers at > UVa. It will cost $8 million to buy him out and another $3 million to buy out > his coordinators. > Why he goes: What must be done eventually should be done now. Another year > isn’t going to turn London into a decent football coach. > > 4. CHARLIE WEIS, Kansas (2-6) > > Why he stays: They are still paying off Mark Mangino and Turner Gill and > nobody wants to dip into the basketball budget to pay Charlie off. Charlie’s > lawyer is a shark. Just ask Notre Dame. > Why he goes: It’s not going to get much better. Maybe there is another Mark > Mangino out there who can actually win at this dead end. > > 5. PAUL RHOADS, Iowa State > > Why he stays: The people in power at I-State realize that three bowls in four > years is about as good as it will get in Ames … Fans remember those > fun-filled nights in Detroit at the Motor City Bowl. > Why he goes: The people in power are brain dead enough to think that I-State > can actually compete for championships. > > ON LIFE SUPPORT > > 1. KEVIN WILSON, Indiana (3-5) > > Why he stays: The Hoosiers can’t stop anybody (116th in PA) but they sure are > fun to watch (10th in PF). Entertainment value trumps winning. It’s better to > lose 42-39 than win 9-7. > Why he goes: Someone in power doesn’t appreciate entertainment value and > thinks that if you can score this many points you ought to be able to stop > the people in the different colored shirts from scoring just as many or more. > > 2. BOBBY HAUCK, UNLV (5-4) > > Why he stays: He needs one win in three changes to make the Rebels > bowl-eligible. Firing a coach who gets you to a bowl is not good form at a > place like UNLV, which hasn’t gone bowling since 2000. > Why he goes: He goes 0-3 down the stretch and the Rebels get blown out a > couple of times, marking four straight years without a winning record. > > 3. DAN ENOS, Central Michigan (3-6) > > Why he stays: The next three games are Western Michigan, UMass and Eastern > Michigan. Win those three and the Chips are bowl-eligible, saving the school > prez from doing the distasteful job of firing the football coach. > Why he goes: Western Michigan, UMass and Eastern Michigan are a combined > 3-24. If you can’t win those three games you have no business being anybody’s > head coach. > > 4. RON TURNER, Florida International (1-7) > > Why he stays: He’s only been on the job one year. > Why he goes: Turner proves The Peter Principle. He’s been elevated to his > highest level of incompetence, which means things are not going to get better > at FIU. > > SAFE FOR NOW > > 1. TIM BECKMAN, Illinois (3-5) > > Why he stays: The Illini already have one more win than last year and with > Pur-Don’t on the schedule he could easily double last year’s total. > Why he goes: Five wins in two years? They were doing better than this with > the Zooker. > > 2. RANDY EDSALL, Maryland (5-3) > > Why he stays: The buyout is too costly for an athletic program with more red > ink than Hallmark at Christmas … With one win, the Yertles are bowl-eligible. > Why he goes: He has a lower popularity rating than Obama. The folks in > College Park are starting to understand why he has a career record (85-91) > below .500. > > 3. BO PELINI, Nebraska (6-2) > > Why he stays: Nebraska could win its division and serve as the sacrificial > lamb for Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game. > Why he goes: They fired Frank Solich after a 9-3 season because fans didn’t > like him. The fans like Bo Pelini even less. Hey, isn’t this guy supposed to > be a defensive guru? So why can’t the Huskers stop anyone? > > 4. DAN MULLEN, Mississippi State (4-4) > > Why he stays: AD Scott Stricklin understands just how tough a job this is and > won’t fire a coach who got the Bulldogs to three straight bowl games. > Mullen’s job is safe at least until next year. > Why he goes: He realizes that he’s peaked at Mississippi State and stays one > step ahead of the grim reaper by taking a job up north, like maybe UConn. If > he waits until next year, he’s damaged goods and won’t have many options. > > 5. KIRK FERENTZ, Iowa > > Why he stays: Ferentz has smarter lawyers than U-Iowa. If they fire him they > have to pay him $3 million a year NOT to coach until 2020. Like him or not – > they don’t – they’re stuck with a coach good enough to get them to Shreveport > every year. > Why he goes: The boosters pony up the big bucks. Metors will strike Iowa City > first. > > 6. BRETT BIELEMA, Arkansas (3-6) > > Why he stays: He’s only been on the job one year. He will get next year > although it’s not looking any more promising than the rest of 2013, which > probably ends on a nine-game losing streak. > Why he goes: Boosters with bucks and last names like Walton, Reynolds or > Tyson write the buyout checks. > > 7. JIM GROBE, Wake Forest (4-5) > > Why he stays: Even though Wake Forest Gump will get hosed by FSU this > weekend, Grobe is safe. Nobody expected four wins this year and there’s a > chance the Deacs will go 6-6 and make it to a bowl. > Why he goes: When Grobe leaves it will be on his own terms. He’s earned that > right. > > 8. WILL MUSCHAMP, Florida (4-4) > > Why he stays: He’s a year removed from 11-2 and he’s lost two of his top > three offensive tackles to season-ending injuries and a third is out > indefinitely … Jeremy Foley likes him. > Why he goes: If he digs in his heels and refuses to make some changes on his > offensive staff, some of the big boosters won’t write checks. > > > > Woody (via iPhone) > -- > -- > 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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