Ron Zook takes job with AAF to supplement janitorial work

[Swamp Donkey]

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Second half meltdown by the Zookie defense and secondary.

Who could have foreseen this?

 

[SeabeeGator]

Ell

Ohh

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Second half meltdown by the Zookie defense and secondary.

Who could have foreseen this?

You’re only 5’9”?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Im 6''1". It is a bad size really, often too tall for regular shirts, not really tall enough for tall stuff. I wear talls mostly but sometimes they look sloppy.

Any other measurements you desire?

 

[78]

You’re only 5’9”?

In his disco platforms.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

In his disco platforms.

I cant even imagine. Seems like youd snap an ankle quickly.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Im 6''1". It is a bad size really, often too tall for regular shirts, not really tall enough for tall stuff. Any other measurements you desire?

I feel your pain. 6’2”. And I don’t need to know how low everything sags.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I feel your pain. 6’2”. And I don’t need to know how low everything sags.

Usually it hangs to the right.

I consider it a political statement.

I really do feel like they make most shirts for 5'10" guys then the talls are for like 6'4-5" guys.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Usually it hangs to the right.

I consider it a political statement.

I really do feel like they make most shirts for 5'10" guys then the talls are for like 6'4-5" guys.

I’m perpetually trapped between L and XL. Ideally, they’d make shirts like they make military blouses - blouse size with variable sleeve lengths. I wear a large, extra long. It’s perfect.

 

[78]

I cant even imagine. Seems like youd snap an ankle quickly.

No, my worry varicose veins.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

No, my worry varicose veins.

Smoker?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I’m perpetually trapped between L and XL. Ideally, they’d make shirts like they make military blouses - blouse size with variable sleeve lengths. I wear a large, extra long. It’s perfect.

It is different in every damn line of clothing for me. I swear even from the same brand their isnt much continuity anymore.

 

[78]

Smoker?

Was joking, but, yes, until I was 35.

 

[gatormandan]

I am 6'1.5 and I have ordered several large tall shirts. Some fit good and some hang off of me. I got some from Cabelas that fit pretty good.

 

[jdh5484]

Usually it hangs to the right.

I consider it a political statement.

I really do feel like they make most shirts for 5'10" guys then the talls are for like 6'4-5" guys.

I'm 6'. I agree on the shirts. I have short legs but long torso and thick neck. Dress shirts are tough to find.

 

[Dunder]

Funny how time changes things. You guys slobbering all over him make me physically ill. He embarrassed the school.

I choose to look at the Zook years this way... If we had hired a competent, but not all-time great coach (Saban, Meyer, Spurrier level), then Meyer would have been hired by Notre Dame instead of by us. And the 2006 & 2008 championships would have went to either Notre Dame or maybe to Ohio State and/or Oklahoma. So the Zook years were a necessary evil to what amounted to the greatest sports years of my life. So for that reason I have no ill will towards Ronald Zook.

 

[stephenPE]

It is different in every damn line of clothing for me. I swear even from the same brand their isnt much continuity anymore.

First a finance section and now I can see a fashion section in our future..........

 

[AugustaGator]

He did recruit well, but they were by and large underachievers. Meyer developed those guys into champions. I also think Zook gave it his all, just in over his head.

I never understood people who got upset when Zook was fired. That was almost as bad as those who mourned Galen Hall getting fired.

I think people were upset with the fireronzook.com or whatever it was because it pushed the program in the wrong direction. It forced a guy who was not a strong ceo leader type person into the arms of the players. This made the relationship worse.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I think people were upset with the fireronzook.com or whatever it was because it pushed the program in the wrong direction..

This is the liquor talking. Or excusathon from Fooley.

Ron Zook did not suck because of fireronzook.com, fireRonZook.com existed because Ron sucked. Any sensible person hated him while he was here the first time.
He likely cost us several championships.

And he was always a player's coach.

 

[Theologator]

I think people were upset with the fireronzook.com or whatever it was because it pushed the program in the wrong direction. It forced a guy who was not a strong ceo leader type person into the arms of the players. This made the relationship worse.

The “noise in the system” and general pressure to win now contributed to a number of mistakes by Zook. A major one was reaching for a number of JuCo guys who weren’t SEC caliber to plug gaps on both lines, which also got a depleted roster out of balance.

But a strong, grounded and focused leader would ignore outside distractions, commit to a plan and might even absorb a down year for the sake of future excellence. And he would sell that to players, recruits, parents, boosters, fans, etc. Zook was in over his head. He couldn’t even see it, much less do it.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

All years w Zook were down years. I like how people said if he managed to beat a team w a winning record that "he won one that he shouldnt have."

He was shyt. Total shyt. And he was shyt as a coordinator. His only skill was cuddling w Fooley.