Not just a couple. Many think they could lose half of this incoming class.
Woody (via iPhone) > On Jan 24, 2014, at 10:58 AM, "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Most hated coach? I think hating Urban Meyer would be akin to hating Charlie > Pell. > Yes, they both did bad things while at Florida, but both also did great > things for UF. > I’d say Steve Spurrier could have won a few more games than previous coaches > without Charlie. > But, to win a national championship at Florida? There’s no way he would have > if Charlie hadn’t garnered support for building better facilities. > > As for Urban, he did win 2 national championships while at Florida. He > certainly deserves my support if not my undying friendship. > He probably did tell some half truths/lies. But, is there a coach out there > who wants to move on to the next level who doesn’t profess his eternal love > for his current institution. > I’ve been watching the James Franklin saga with Vanderbilt. He told them > when he arrived he would like to retire while at Vanderbilt. > And he is retiring… retiring to Penn State… and taking a couple of this > year’s recruits with him. > Anchor Up! > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Bob Parks Realty, LLC > REO Department > 145 Maple Row Blvd > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Phone: 615-826-4040 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > [email protected] > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:31 AM > To: GatorNews > Subject: [gatornews] [SENTINEL]: Urban Meyer "used" Tim Tebow: NFL > Hall-of-Famer and Gators great Jack Youngblood no longer a friend of Urban > > Urban Meyer "used" Tim Tebow: NFL Hall-of-Famer and Gators great Jack > Youngblood no longer a friend of Urban > > > > > Mike Bianchi | Open Mike, Orlando Sentinel > 4:54 pm, January 23, 2014 > A few years ago, when Urban Meyer was the coach of the Florida Gators, I > remember talking to NFL Hall-of-Famer and Gator legend Jack Youngblood about > UF's football coach. > > Youngblood then considered himself a close friend of Meyer's and used words > like "integrity" and "class" to describe Meyer's philosophy of coaching. > > Not anymore. > > Youngblood, a guest on our Open Mike radio show Wednesday, had nothing nice > to say about Meyer, the type of athletes Meyer recruited to UF or how Meyer > departed Gainesville and became the coach at Ohio State. Like many Gators, > Youngblood said he was "very much" disappointed in the way Meyer bolted UF. > You remember, right? > > Meyer said he was leaving UF because he needed a break and wanted to spend > more time with his family. A few weeks later, after getting a $1 million > going-away bonus from UF, he was travelling the country as a college football > analyst for ESPN. A few months later, Meyer was accepting the head-coaching > job at Ohio State. > > "When somebody tells me something to my face, I expect it to be truth," > Youngblood said of Meyer. "When it turns out not to be the truth, that > doesn't (put him) very high on my Christmas card list." > > Youngblood, a Central Florida resident, then alluded to all of the players > that were arrested in Meyer's tenure at UF and agreed that Meyer "used" the > goodness of Tim Tebow and rode Tebow's coattails to the moral high ground. > > "He (Meyer) said character was the No. 1 thing and the main thing he was > recruiting on," Youngblood said. "That didn't happen. And then all of the > stuff at the end of (his UF stint), there just was just no consistency to me." > Jack Youngblood, a Gator legend, proves the point of the Orlando Sentinel, > which last year named Meyer the most hated coach in the history of college > sports. > Think about it: > > What other coach is so hated by the school where he attained his greatness? > > To hear our entire interview with Youngblood, click here. > > > Email me at [email protected]. Follow me on Twitter @BianchiWrites. And > listen to my Open Mike radio show every Monday-Friday from 6-9 a.m. on 740 > The Game. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > 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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