Happy Anniversary! Jim McElwain fired

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@NickdelaTorreGC: Told it was brief, not the whole team but Mac was out there and spoke to guys.
 

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I don't know what you're talking about. I'm happy as a pig in ****. You still mad I wanted to wait for the official word before adding "official" to the thread title? Didn't matter anyway, after I changed it to official, the boss changed it back so all that hoopla was for nothing.

I am with you on not putting official in the subject line until UF announces.
 

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Does Mac honestly believe none of these upgrades would have happened without him asking for them?
I tend to think so, at least while the Foley influence was strong. UAA wanted to believe his line that players wouldn't care and would come for the UF tradition and academics. And I seem to remember this board being really pleased when Mac started off saying it was a necessity.

I believe a new coach coming in adn demanding it as a requirement for success was a catalyst. Plus it gave Foley the opportunity to create some fireworks and thus go out as the AD that announced and started the plans,- part of his Isn't He The Bestest Ever Legacy, rather than the memory of the Muscramp fandango.

There is still plenty to bash Mac for.
 

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I AM GLAD THAT HE WAS EMPHASIZING IT. I'd be even happier if he had emphasized it and also had the slightest clue about offense.

One of the first things Stricklin mentioned in his first speech was improving facilities. It has never been all about Butters but he sure is taking all the credit.

He also used very little tact. At some point you have to know you can't criticize your boss in public. That seems obvious but beyond Butters' perception.

And endless McElscuses. Always more McElscuses.
 
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Anyone listen to Dooley's podcast where he brags over and over about how much he knew that nobody else knew or knows but couldn't tell anybody? Guy has zero connections and once more got run over by a story he never saw coming and is now trying to act like he knew it all along and before everyone else.

You listened to a Dooley podcast?

:what:
 

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You listened to a Dooley podcast?

:what:
I needed a laugh and he didn't disappoint. My favorite part is where he went on a diatribe that he didn't think the guy made up the death threats but that he probably "erased them off his home answering machine." Right out of the 1990's.
 

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I needed a laugh and he didn't disappoint. My favorite part is where he went on a diatribe that he didn't think the guy made up the death threats but that he probably "erased them off his home answering machine." Right out of the 1990's.
Right, like the average fan has Mac's phone number? Dooley is clueless.
 

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Fired? :haters::bananadance: I am soooooo Damn happy! :sohappy::sohappy::stars:been saying for 3 years I thought McMac was :poop:
 

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None of that surprises me for some reason.
Wow. Amazing stuff. Seems that we Gator fans are not as delusional as some people make us out to be. Even more amazing is that Jeremy Foley didn't dig enough to uncover McElwain's "true self" before he hired him.
 

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Helmet is marred by graffiti.

How much if you remove the scribbling.
 

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@TimBrando: The McElwain circumstances far too complicated for 140 characters. I’ll say this, Gators be happy Scott Stricklin is your AD. 1 of the BEST!

Quite a statement

So, finally, we get an AD who doesn't give away tickets?
 

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