I agree Leon, it's time.
On 11/23/2013 11:30 PM, Arthur Polhill wrote:
It's time.
I've never really been comfortable, much less happy, with Will
Muschamp as our coach; he's about as exciting as a plate of liver and
onions, which I happen to like, but would never serve to company. As
the season has unraveled I have gotten more and more uncomfortable and
unhappy each week, starting as early as the drive home from Miami.
But, this...
It's time.
A. Leon Polhill, Gator
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*From:* Shane Ford <[email protected]>
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*Sent:* Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:52 PM
*Subject:* [gatornews] Florida's loss to Georgia Southern should
mean the end of the Will Muschamp era
Florida's loss to Georgia Southern should mean the end of the
Will Muschamp era
Yahoo Sports <http://sports.yahoo.com/> By Pat Forde
<http://sports.yahoo.com/author/pat-forde/> 2 hours ago
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<http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--florida-loses-to-georgia-southern-will-muschamp-done-001102203.html#>
On Nov. 13, Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley announced that
he was all-in on Will Muschamp as his football coach.
"A thousand percent convinced" was Foley's firm statement of
support for Muschamp, despite a 4-5 record at the time.
But 10 days later the Gators are 4-7, and the most recent loss
probably ranks as the worst in school history: a 26-20
embarrassment against Georgia Southern
<http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/georgia-southern-eagles-florida-gators-201311230067/>
–
an FCS school with just 70 scholarships (up from 63 as it
transitions to FBS). It was Florida's first-ever loss to an FCS
opponent, and it is the kind of defeat that can turn a
thousand-percent support into zero percent.
There is no acceptable reason for Florida to lose to Georgia
Southern. Period.
The standard explanation for the Gators' struggles has been a
plague of injuries. But Georgia Southern reportedly was without 19
players Saturday when it went into The Swamp and controlled the
game most of the day.
The Eagles didn't even need to complete a pass to score four
touchdowns. They ran for 429 yards.
Administrators have a long track record of retreating from public
votes of confidence for embattled coaches. In July, USC athletic
director Pat Haden said he was "100 percent" sold on Lane Kiffin,
then fired him a couple of months later.
.
Upon firing Kiffin, Haden gave Foley the rhetorical blueprint for
talking his way out of a vote of confidence. "I fully supported
Lane Kiffin 100 percent until last night," Haden said.
Foley is a hard charger who is unafraid to make a change. He
whacked Ron Zook halfway through his third season at Florida in 2004.
Zooker was 22-14 at Florida. Muschamp is 22-15. And, taking a
six-game losing streak up against No. 2 Florida State next week,
he is trending strongly in the wrong direction.
I like Muschamp personally. But if it were my call, I'd thank him
for his service and hand him a buyout check. This loss is a deal
breaker.
It seems a long time ago that Muschamp was one of the hottest
commodities in college football. He was the coach-in-waiting at
Texas, and then the head coach at Florida at age 39. A defensive
coach, he's never been able to put an explosive offensive product
on the field in Gainesville.
At a school that enjoyed the Fun-N-Gun days of Steve Spurrier and
the slashing spread offense of Urban Meyer, the Muschamp teams
have not been much fun to watch. And in year three it's no longer
feasible to blame it on a talent deficit inherited from Meyer.
Foley has been hit-and-miss when it comes to hiring football
coaches. Luring Meyer from Utah and outflanking Notre Dame to get
him was a home run – it produced two national championships. But
the two career assistants he hired – both Zook and Muschamp – have
been strikeouts.
Even one of the most respected ADs in the country will feel some
pressure to get the next one right. If indeed there is a next one
this year.
If Foley sticks to his guns and retains Muschamp, he could be
heading into a Kiffin 2.0 situation next year. The atmosphere
would be toxic, and every loss would be viewed as the breaking
point. It could result in an early-season firing.
If the Florida job does come open, this will be one of the most
intriguing years ever on the coaching carousel. USC, Texas,
Florida and Nebraska – four of the elite programs in the country –
could all be in the market for a new coach. And the domino effect
that would follow those hires could be felt nationwide.
We'll wait to see what Jeremy Foley does in the wake of this
brutal loss. His 1000-percent support for Will Muschamp may have
dwindled to nothing now.
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