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Much has been written about AD FOOly and his choice of Mac as the HBC for the Gators.
But hey, what if he had decided to go in a different direction than Jimmy. Here are some other
guys that he could have called that had the head coaching experience FOOLy coveted:
Terry "Tater Tot" Bowden: Now the head coach for the Zips, Terry lead Auburn to a great
season before falling from grace with the man behind the scenes, Bobby Lauder. Sacked
in favor of Tommy Tubberville, Terry had a stint before the cameras as a sports announcer, although
much of the time it appeared not to know what camera to look into. He went back into coaching in
Alabama before venturing up north to the cold climate of Ohio. Just imagine having a Bowden patrolling
the sidelines of The Swamp, craning his neck looking up at the players who tower above him.
Now that would have been good!
Charlie "Great Weight" Weis: Hired as Willie's first OC, Sir Charles enjoyed (albeit undeserved),
a reputation as some sort of a quarterback guru. Brought in to resurrect Brantley's sagging career, Johnnie struggled mightily under Tubby's coaching. Sitting along side of Charlie on the bench, Brantley always seemed to be in a fog. When the University of Kansas job opened up, Charlie bailed. Lasting just a few short years at Kansas, he managed to pull off the near impossible and, after being shown the door by a frustrated administration, left the Jay Hawks in even worse shape than he found them.
Had FOOLy made the call, you can bet that Weis's main concern would have been the size of the buyout he could force UF to pay him after they too tired of him. Ah, but we missed the sight of Charlie destroying all those ice chests he would have sat on!
Now that would have been even better!
But hey, what if he had decided to go in a different direction than Jimmy. Here are some other
guys that he could have called that had the head coaching experience FOOLy coveted:
Terry "Tater Tot" Bowden: Now the head coach for the Zips, Terry lead Auburn to a great
season before falling from grace with the man behind the scenes, Bobby Lauder. Sacked
in favor of Tommy Tubberville, Terry had a stint before the cameras as a sports announcer, although
much of the time it appeared not to know what camera to look into. He went back into coaching in
Alabama before venturing up north to the cold climate of Ohio. Just imagine having a Bowden patrolling
the sidelines of The Swamp, craning his neck looking up at the players who tower above him.
Now that would have been good!
Charlie "Great Weight" Weis: Hired as Willie's first OC, Sir Charles enjoyed (albeit undeserved),
a reputation as some sort of a quarterback guru. Brought in to resurrect Brantley's sagging career, Johnnie struggled mightily under Tubby's coaching. Sitting along side of Charlie on the bench, Brantley always seemed to be in a fog. When the University of Kansas job opened up, Charlie bailed. Lasting just a few short years at Kansas, he managed to pull off the near impossible and, after being shown the door by a frustrated administration, left the Jay Hawks in even worse shape than he found them.
Had FOOLy made the call, you can bet that Weis's main concern would have been the size of the buyout he could force UF to pay him after they too tired of him. Ah, but we missed the sight of Charlie destroying all those ice chests he would have sat on!
Now that would have been even better!
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