Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Foley: Commitment to Muschamp Remains the Same - GatorZone.com Mobile

C.Simpson Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:17:25 -0800

Been AD since 92 and I guess started at UF in 76. I like the guy andhe's done great things for many sports but the football program drivesthe UF sports train. It has to be successful. I feel that for the secondtime he's hired a guy that requires OJT for one of top programs in thecountry.


On 11/13/2013 7:31 PM, Jay Cicone wrote:


Foley has been around a long time.

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You never know quite what to believe on the message boards butaccording to some Machen actually hired Urban Meyer so that leavesFoley with Muschamp and Zook as his stamp on one of the top 5 footballprograms in the country.


On 11/13/2013 5:10 PM, Jay Cicone wrote:

    There will be a statue of him before he retires.

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    Foley aint goin no where

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    On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:07 PM, "C.Simpson" <[email protected]
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        Well if this thing doesn't work out I guess UF will need a new
        coach AND Athletic Director about this time next year.

        On 11/13/2013 4:36 PM, Jay Cicone wrote:

            About dang time!!!!! We have been extremely fortunate in
            the post "Dickey" era---it hurt to type that. I want to
            see Muschamp rebuild a dynasty and run it for a long time.

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            There you go!  Perhaps, we can put his "potential upcoming
            firing" behind us and move on?

            Who does the B'ball team play next?

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            On Nov 13, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Woody Bass
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                  Foley: Commitment to Muschamp Remains the Same

                GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The won-loss record has taken a
                tumble in 2013, but Jeremy Foley's support of head
                football coach Will Muschamp has not.

                Foley said Wednesday he is fully committed to Muschamp
                to lead the program into the future.

                "As athletic director, I'm a thousand percent
                convinced that Will Muschamp is the guy to lead this
                football program,'' Foley said inside his office at
                Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. "Nothing has changed in what
                we feel about Will Muschamp from the day we hired him.

                "Everyone around here wants the same thing,'' Foley
                continued. "We want to do what is right for the
                University of Florida. We understand that this
                football season has not gone the way any of us wanted
                it to go, certainly not the way our fans wanted it to
                go, and most of all, not the way Will Muschamp wanted
                it to go.

                "We have a history of being successful, we have a
                history of fixing things when they need to be fixed,
                and that is what is going to happen here, and Coach
                Muschamp is the one that will fix it."

                Muschamp was named UF's head coach in December 2010.
                With three regular-season games remaining in his third
                season, Muschamp is 22-13 overall, including an 11-1
                regular-season record in 2012 and Sugar Bowl berth.
                The Gators knocked off four teams ranked in the Top 10
                last season and climbed to No. 2 in the polls before a
                loss to Georgia.

                Florida is coming off a 34-17 Homecoming loss to
                Vanderbilt on Saturday, dropping the Gators below .500
                for the first time since 1992. The 4-5 Gators travel
                to face No. 12-ranked South Carolina on Saturday.

                "I understand the passion and the disappointment,''
                Foley said. "But at the end of the day, we've got
                great fans, they love the Gators and their passion
                makes this place special. They are hurting, they want
                the program to be successful and we feel that hurt."

                Despite the loss and fan criticism in recent weeks,
                Foley and UF President Bernie Machen made it clear
                Wednesday they remain firmly behind Muschamp, who was
                head coach-in-waiting at Texas prior to his arrival at
                Florida.

                "I want the Gator Nation to know that I have full
                confidence in Coach Muschamp and his leadership of the
                football program,'' Machen said.

                Meanwhile, Foley wants Florida fans to remain patient
                and as the 42-year-old Muschamp works to turn the
                program around in what has been an injury-plagued
                season for the Gators.

                "We will get better under Will Muschamp's
                leadership,'' Foley said. "This is not the
                quote-unquote dreaded 'vote of confidence.' This is
                just how we all feel around here. We have a strong
                faith and a strong belief in his capabilities, in his
                leadership skills, in his ability to evaluate what
                needs to be fixed."

                "Go back to a year ago: we're 11-1 and beat four teams
                in the Top 10 and he was SEC Coach of the Year. I
                don't think that was a fluke. I think coaching had a
                lot to do with that. We'll stay the course here. We'll
                get it right. We're not going to let Gator fans down.
                We want the same thing they want."



                Woody (via iPhone)