It never ceases to amaze me how fast ones star can fade as an SEC head coach. Two years ago he won a Natty; last year was crazy because of Covid and they had a very high number of opt outs. This season he lost a close road game to a decent team and beat up on a couple of patsies and is now on the hot seat. Crazy.
Dude is a terrible coach who had one great season because of an awesome OC and DC. It's not like he only has one head coaching job. Ogre has shown that without Brady or Aranda he comes closer to average and the guy he was at Ole Miss. There's nothing particular gameday wise that anyone can say he does well. I know we may want to say he gives good speeches, but are speeches really good if no one can understand him?
I remember walking the dog after the game, listening to the post game on Gainesville radio. And the commentator taking calls of whom would replace him. This is less than 30 minutes after the game ended. It was no longer about if he was getting replaced it was when. Because when the Gainesville media has the permission to talk like that, you know they already knew.
Bro, no Steve Russell was in no f***ing way encouraging people to call in after that Tennessee game to talk about replacements. I've told the story before, that after the LSU game I shot a Tweet to his weekday show (it was my last year of law school and had nothing better to do at lunch except piss Russell off at least once a week) asking "how many 100+ ranked offenses are acceptable at UF?" Dude read it and cut a whole segment promo not answering the question, but ranting about how dare I want a coach fired. Note, there isn't a single word about coaches or fired. He had a whole segment about people wanting Mac fired (weeks after Tennessee) and how just asking my question is being a spoiled Gators fan.
Hell, Carbozo earned that name before Vandy that year (two weeks after UT) when he yelled, literally yelled, on the radio to the caller Mike and offered him a whole hour of radio if the UF offense didn't look good against Vandy. Because Vandy is UF's measuring stick.
Then they (Bozo, Crucial and Dooley) bragged about us barely beating Vandy (remember Davis ran for a TD at the end instead of going down so the score is not as close as the game).
After A&M, they still went to war, all four of them with callers. Then week of UGA Butters made the "death threats" comment and the whole day was about all the Gidiots. It empowered Russell, Crucial, CarBozo, and Dooley to a whole new level of fan bashing. ALL season they went hard on it was the player's fault and the coaches were the best UF could have.
Point is, I don't know what you think they remember, but since that was a unique semester for me I spent more time listening to Gainesville radio than any point in my life and more than any person shouuld. I wish you were right, but I cannot let anyone misremember the complete douchebaggery of the Gainesville media in 2017.
For anyone who grew up in the 90s, this will be always be a week of concern. It’s on par with Jax and fsu.
See, growing up in the 90's, yes. But with winning 15 of 16 I have less concerns than I did. Where growing up I didn't care about Jax since we owned UGA, it has taken Tennessee's place.