Our mission, and why we returned after getting rid of Zook
Feb 1, 2014 15:07:32 GMT -5
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Post by Mojave Gator on Feb 1, 2014 15:07:32 GMT -5
Our mission, as it was in 2002, is to rid the University of Florida of an inferior, unqualified football coach who should never have been hired. Since our athletic director will not act, it is our responsibility as fans and alumni to take action and let our voices be heard.
We reject the argument that railing against a bad coach amounts to not supporting the team. We support the Gators not only by cheering for the players on the field, but also by insisting upon the hiring of competent, high quality individuals to recruit and coach the young men who represent the University of Florida on the football field. Will Muschamp had his worst season three years into the job, making it abundantly clear that 2012 was a fluke. The Georgia Southern game negated the injury excuse for our record in 2013. Will Muschamp lost this team, and they quit on him.
We are not a bunch of chronic complainers who want the coach fired after every loss. We only become involved to this degree when it is plain that the man leading the Florida football program is not up to the job.
We were not looking for an excuse to return. It was our fervent hope that a board like this would never be needed again. We truly believed that after the disastrous Ron Zook hiring, Jeremy Foley learned the lesson not to hire a defensive coordinator who had never been a head coach before and who did not appear to have the requisite skills to be successful. We also aren’t buying the argument that Muschamp was going to be handed the Texas job when Mack Brown retired, because there was no timetable for Brown’s exit. This was just an excuse to pay him enough to keep him from taking a coordinator job elsewhere.
We do not advocate contacting Coach Muschamp or any member of his family directly. We do not support harassment or threats of any kind against Muschamp or his family. Our purpose is to provide a forum for discussion, and a place for Gator fans to voice their opinions on the matter of Coach Muschamp’s continued employment at the University of Florida. Our purpose is not to intimidate or harass anyone.
Will Muschamp has had three seasons to make this program his own. His worst season came right after the last top class recruited by Urban Meyer graduated and left. Approximately three-fourths of the players on the 2013 roster were recruited and coached solely by the current staff, and the result was our worst season since 1979 and a loss to a 6-4 FCS team who had lost to 4-8 Appalachian State by 24 points. They beat us without completing a pass.
Ron Zook had no business being the head coach at Florida. Will Muschamp has been worse. The difference is that, for whatever reason, our AD is digging in on Muschamp and insisting that he is doing a good job. We're not quite that blind.
We reject the argument that railing against a bad coach amounts to not supporting the team. We support the Gators not only by cheering for the players on the field, but also by insisting upon the hiring of competent, high quality individuals to recruit and coach the young men who represent the University of Florida on the football field. Will Muschamp had his worst season three years into the job, making it abundantly clear that 2012 was a fluke. The Georgia Southern game negated the injury excuse for our record in 2013. Will Muschamp lost this team, and they quit on him.
We are not a bunch of chronic complainers who want the coach fired after every loss. We only become involved to this degree when it is plain that the man leading the Florida football program is not up to the job.
We were not looking for an excuse to return. It was our fervent hope that a board like this would never be needed again. We truly believed that after the disastrous Ron Zook hiring, Jeremy Foley learned the lesson not to hire a defensive coordinator who had never been a head coach before and who did not appear to have the requisite skills to be successful. We also aren’t buying the argument that Muschamp was going to be handed the Texas job when Mack Brown retired, because there was no timetable for Brown’s exit. This was just an excuse to pay him enough to keep him from taking a coordinator job elsewhere.
We do not advocate contacting Coach Muschamp or any member of his family directly. We do not support harassment or threats of any kind against Muschamp or his family. Our purpose is to provide a forum for discussion, and a place for Gator fans to voice their opinions on the matter of Coach Muschamp’s continued employment at the University of Florida. Our purpose is not to intimidate or harass anyone.
Will Muschamp has had three seasons to make this program his own. His worst season came right after the last top class recruited by Urban Meyer graduated and left. Approximately three-fourths of the players on the 2013 roster were recruited and coached solely by the current staff, and the result was our worst season since 1979 and a loss to a 6-4 FCS team who had lost to 4-8 Appalachian State by 24 points. They beat us without completing a pass.
Ron Zook had no business being the head coach at Florida. Will Muschamp has been worse. The difference is that, for whatever reason, our AD is digging in on Muschamp and insisting that he is doing a good job. We're not quite that blind.