Post by Mojave Gator on Jan 21, 2022 15:42:21 GMT -5
This board is a descendant of FireRonZook.com, which was established in 2002 by a user known only as Baghead. Several of the users here were users there. FRZ was unique, giving fans a place to speak freely about the state of the program and the man who led it. The regular fan boards banned users who dared to say anything negative, no matter how true that it was. There have been many imitators since, but FRZ was the original.
When a hacker destroyed what remained of the FRZ message board, we migrated here. Originally the board was known as Zook Free Zone. As time passed and Ron Zook became less relevant to us, we changed the name to Fighting Gator Forum.
We temporarily departed from the current name during the regime of Will Muschamp. When Athletic Director Jeremy Foley dug in to defend and retain Muschamp despite a losing record and a home loss to a 6-4 FCS school, we adopted the name Fire Will Muschamp, until Foley finally did.
We were not seeking a reason to return as an entity supporting the dismissal of a football coach. It was our hope that we would never need to do this again. However, when the desire to be proven right about his chosen hire became more important to the AD than the potential destruction of the football program, we made our voices heard. We mistakenly believed that Jeremy Foley had learned from the Ron Zook disaster to cut his losses when it was apparent that the program was going down in flames.
After a hacker (presumed to be the same one who crashed FRZ and the first iteration of this board) destroyed the SEC Rivals message board, we hosted that board, with discussion forums for every SEC team.
During the Ron Zook disaster at Illinois (which we tried to warn them about), we hosted Illini Reservation, a forum for Illinois fans who needed a place to vent about their awful coach. Like the Florida fan boards, the Illinois fan boards did not allow any dissent.
When a hacker destroyed what remained of the FRZ message board, we migrated here. Originally the board was known as Zook Free Zone. As time passed and Ron Zook became less relevant to us, we changed the name to Fighting Gator Forum.
We temporarily departed from the current name during the regime of Will Muschamp. When Athletic Director Jeremy Foley dug in to defend and retain Muschamp despite a losing record and a home loss to a 6-4 FCS school, we adopted the name Fire Will Muschamp, until Foley finally did.
We were not seeking a reason to return as an entity supporting the dismissal of a football coach. It was our hope that we would never need to do this again. However, when the desire to be proven right about his chosen hire became more important to the AD than the potential destruction of the football program, we made our voices heard. We mistakenly believed that Jeremy Foley had learned from the Ron Zook disaster to cut his losses when it was apparent that the program was going down in flames.
After a hacker (presumed to be the same one who crashed FRZ and the first iteration of this board) destroyed the SEC Rivals message board, we hosted that board, with discussion forums for every SEC team.
During the Ron Zook disaster at Illinois (which we tried to warn them about), we hosted Illini Reservation, a forum for Illinois fans who needed a place to vent about their awful coach. Like the Florida fan boards, the Illinois fan boards did not allow any dissent.