- Jun 19, 2014
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I urge everyone to take 5 mins and send Ben Sasse an email. Let him know how we feel. I'm sure that there will be plenty here that trash this idea and post but I contend as someone who has been in leadership positions that a volley of feedback about anything you have the ability to affect causes you to pause, take notice and consider action. I sent this just now:
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Sir,
I'm sure you watched the spectacle tonight we were all forced to endure but I'm also sure you have a lot on your mind other than football so I'll be straight to the point.
Our football program is a disaster and has become a national laughing stock. We have been a complete embarrassment since our championship years with Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer. The problems we have now are systemic and go further than just the team and coaching staff. The program management from top to bottom is failing badly and it starts with the AD and who many of us believe is his advisor, the AD emeritus. Both of these individuals have made awful hire after awful hire, often times getting worse with each successor.
We are now two losing seasons in with a coach and staff who have shown no ability to develop or run the type of football program that was advertised. This year was worse than last. Discipline, accountability, fundamentals, process driven results was what was sold. We've seen none of that. The team is awful in every aspect of the game and seem to get worse as time goes on. Billy Napier has not just a losing conf record or season record for the second straight year, but he has an overall losing record and shows nothing week to week indicating he can turn things around. But maybe worse and most shocking is his seeming contentment of the teams performance week to week and flat out refusal to acknowledge how awful this team is under his leadership. Quite frankly Sir, this is the worst Florida football team and coaching staff I have ever witnessed in my lifetime. I'm 45 years old and an alum.
There needs to be drastic changes and they need to start from the top with the AD and the AD emeritus who have run our once proud program into the ground with horrific coaching hires, insane buyouts, and even more insane extensions for coaches yet to prove their worth. The AD and HC need to be removed and someone new who understands football is the golden goose that funds all other programs and is absolutely determined to win and complete for championships should be the only type AD hired to find our next coach.
In the short term I strongly urge you to start the process by removing the boat anchors currently dragging our program into the abyss. The players do not deserve this, nor do the fans and alumni. Something must be done. I know you have watched this team and feel this way. It's simply impossible not to. In the words of our "illustrious" AD emeritus, "what should be done eventually, must be done immediately."
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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[email protected]
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Sir,
I'm sure you watched the spectacle tonight we were all forced to endure but I'm also sure you have a lot on your mind other than football so I'll be straight to the point.
Our football program is a disaster and has become a national laughing stock. We have been a complete embarrassment since our championship years with Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer. The problems we have now are systemic and go further than just the team and coaching staff. The program management from top to bottom is failing badly and it starts with the AD and who many of us believe is his advisor, the AD emeritus. Both of these individuals have made awful hire after awful hire, often times getting worse with each successor.
We are now two losing seasons in with a coach and staff who have shown no ability to develop or run the type of football program that was advertised. This year was worse than last. Discipline, accountability, fundamentals, process driven results was what was sold. We've seen none of that. The team is awful in every aspect of the game and seem to get worse as time goes on. Billy Napier has not just a losing conf record or season record for the second straight year, but he has an overall losing record and shows nothing week to week indicating he can turn things around. But maybe worse and most shocking is his seeming contentment of the teams performance week to week and flat out refusal to acknowledge how awful this team is under his leadership. Quite frankly Sir, this is the worst Florida football team and coaching staff I have ever witnessed in my lifetime. I'm 45 years old and an alum.
There needs to be drastic changes and they need to start from the top with the AD and the AD emeritus who have run our once proud program into the ground with horrific coaching hires, insane buyouts, and even more insane extensions for coaches yet to prove their worth. The AD and HC need to be removed and someone new who understands football is the golden goose that funds all other programs and is absolutely determined to win and complete for championships should be the only type AD hired to find our next coach.
In the short term I strongly urge you to start the process by removing the boat anchors currently dragging our program into the abyss. The players do not deserve this, nor do the fans and alumni. Something must be done. I know you have watched this team and feel this way. It's simply impossible not to. In the words of our "illustrious" AD emeritus, "what should be done eventually, must be done immediately."
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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[email protected]