Ox, you are a pro at what you do. Don't know your background, but it must be in sports analysis, and if you have never been on radio, it's only due to your not being heard by the right folks. You voice the consensus of Gator Nation, especially those of us who have been die-hard Gators for several decades and who truly have now seen it all.
IMO Muschamp's tenure is due solely to Foley's ego. A deal had to have been struck after last year's disastrous season with Muschamp that the program would change. Change, let us recall, is all we heard about in the off season...change in the right direction for the offense with the hiring of Roper. Change in how Driskel would perform because the offensive scheme for his skill set would be instituted in place of the pro set. Muschamp, we all felt, had learned his lesson and was saying all the right things, and wow..even opening preseason practices to the public. Yet, here we sit in mid-October of the hoped for Renaissance and not one thing has changed. It's same ol, same ol. Muschamp still shoves his offensive philosophy down his OC's throat, still acts like an adolescent in public by provoking spectators, Driskel still has no feel for playing QB, there is no leadership on the team, and the team continues to show moments of brilliance followed by hours of pure relapse. The truth of the matter is Muschamp is who he is and the program he has controlled for 4 years is what it is.
It will take the big moneyed Gator boosters to get involved heavily for Foley to fire Muschamp during this season. I think it should happen, but I seriously doubt it will.