Good report. Thank you. I saw that tweet before too. If I remember right he didnt hire a coach until after NSD last year too? WR coach?
Woody > On Jan 18, 2017, at 7:01 AM, Helen Huntley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the report, Ken. Hope you signed up for a big $$$$ contribution 😊 > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jan 17, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Charles Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Good stuff. Thanks for the update. >> >> Charlie >> >> >>> On 1/17/2017 9:06 PM, Ken Kirkley wrote: >>> I went to see Scott Strickland speak to the Gator boosters in Orlando >>> tonight, nice event. >>> >>> I went alone and when we walked in I approached a group that was talking >>> and it happened to be Stumpy Harris, pretty cool. Then before the event >>> got started, I was standing near the back and lo and behold, The HBC is >>> coming in, got a chance to chat with him and thank him for all the years of >>> enjoyment. >>> >>> The event itself was interesting, it was billed as an update on the >>> facilities and there was a folder on each seat with artist renderings of >>> the baseball, softball and football facilities. Coach Spurrier got up to >>> talk first and introduce Scott. He told a couple of stories, one in >>> particular on the origin of the God is smiling on the Gators phrase. >>> >>> When he was coach, Jamie Speronis would organize the walk on tryouts. One >>> day Coach was walking around the field and came across this player and >>> asked him his name and where he was from. The player says I'm Tremayne >>> Allen and I'm from Nashville. Coach says, what brought you all the way to >>> Florida? Tremayne's response was God was smiling on me to which Coach >>> responded me too, and the Gators. >>> >>> Scott (he was asked during the session what to call him and he said Scott), >>> is a really likeable guy and you can tell he knows his stuff and will get >>> things done. He started off talking about the $100+ million we have spent >>> in facility upgrades over the past 16 months, but also talked about the >>> $250+ million left to go! He has been around quite a bit with stints at >>> Auburn, Tulane and Baylor before Miss St. Greg Byrne, the new AD at >>> Alabama is the one who hired him back to Miss St as Associate AD. Scott >>> was promoted to Ad when Greg left. >>> >>> The Q&A had a few good questions, one about why we don't schedule better >>> teams rather than 2 patsies, one about noon starts for September games and >>> one about the ref bias against Florida. The last one got HBC fired up and >>> he grabbed the mic to basically say yeah, it's true. He said every time he >>> would complain, he would get reprimanded, but it would start to even out >>> after that for a while... >>> >>> Afterwards I asked Scott where he thought we ranked as far as football >>> facilities in the SEC, while he didn't answer directly it was clear he >>> thought we were way behind and in the bottom 1/3. >>> >>> All in all it was fun, they showed highlights from all sports fro this past >>> year on the big screens before and after and had nice appetizers and a cash >>> bar. They are doing the same in Jacksonville next week and in Tampa the >>> last week of the month. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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) >> --- >> 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/d/optout. > > -- > -- > 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) > --- > 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/d/optout. -- -- 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) --- 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/d/optout.
