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Two Year Anniversary of the firing of our beloved Butters
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Youre dead to me.
Butters was a sneaky one though. He managed to hire an entire staff of grossly incompetent coaches, which makes it difficult to fire a guy.
- Jun 11, 2014
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Remember when he said it would hurt us more than we would ever know? It did. He came on board and contributed to the most dysfunctional coaching staff in UF history
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And to think I DROVE from Lakeland to Dallas for that opening game....listening to sports radio and how 9 or 19 of our players were credit card scammers. I think I'd rather just forget that whole chapter of Gator football which is all Germy Fooley's fault.
- Jun 10, 2014
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I’m fairly certain our big trick play would have involved lining up with 10 men on the LOS, facing backwards, shoes tied together, and blindfolded.
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Everyone knew Zook was gonna fail. the first guy after a legend and all.
Meyer came in and the world was right, until he flamed out. We now know this is the Urban M.O.
Nobody liked Chump from the beginning because he was a Dawg. Plus he was also following a legend. After we got to know him we all knew his brand of football was far different than what Gators fans wanted to see. All defense, no offense. Buh-bye.
Gator nation had hope when Foley pulled his head out of his ass and started talking to Offensive guys. McElwain had a decent first year, crushing Old Miss was sweet and that comeback against Tennessee was amazing. The Swamp was rocking for that one and that win had my fan group thinking he was the guy. Just a couple weeks later it all started to fall apart when Will Grier was suspended for PED's. There were some moments here and there, later that year when the Gators beat Georgia. By the first game (Michigan) of his 3rd year it was apparent there was something wrong with the Gators coaching staff. I don't know one fan who was on board with him at that point. Foley finally fired him. Foley absolutely trashed his own legacy by giving McElwain a huge buyout.
Even though we ended up with Randy Shannon as an interim, Gators should always celebrate October 29 as McElwain Emancipation Day. It was expensive, but as we see from the Willie debacle at FSUx, it was well worth it.
Before I found this place, I had a friend who was a Bull Gator and heard some juicy stuff from him from time to time, but sadly his health started to fail in 2017 and we lost him last year. I needed a place to vent and because I wanted to keep up to date on the team's happenings. Because of McElwain, I found Gatorchatter and have enjoyed my time here.
I'll raise a glass tonight and thank the powers that be that we got rid of that POS a year too late, with a soft spot in my heart for Will Grier. RIP to my Bull Gator friend Bob. I'm sure he is smiling down on the Gators but I also know he would have enjoyed seeing the boys play this year.
Meyer came in and the world was right, until he flamed out. We now know this is the Urban M.O.
Nobody liked Chump from the beginning because he was a Dawg. Plus he was also following a legend. After we got to know him we all knew his brand of football was far different than what Gators fans wanted to see. All defense, no offense. Buh-bye.
Gator nation had hope when Foley pulled his head out of his ass and started talking to Offensive guys. McElwain had a decent first year, crushing Old Miss was sweet and that comeback against Tennessee was amazing. The Swamp was rocking for that one and that win had my fan group thinking he was the guy. Just a couple weeks later it all started to fall apart when Will Grier was suspended for PED's. There were some moments here and there, later that year when the Gators beat Georgia. By the first game (Michigan) of his 3rd year it was apparent there was something wrong with the Gators coaching staff. I don't know one fan who was on board with him at that point. Foley finally fired him. Foley absolutely trashed his own legacy by giving McElwain a huge buyout.
Even though we ended up with Randy Shannon as an interim, Gators should always celebrate October 29 as McElwain Emancipation Day. It was expensive, but as we see from the Willie debacle at FSUx, it was well worth it.
Before I found this place, I had a friend who was a Bull Gator and heard some juicy stuff from him from time to time, but sadly his health started to fail in 2017 and we lost him last year. I needed a place to vent and because I wanted to keep up to date on the team's happenings. Because of McElwain, I found Gatorchatter and have enjoyed my time here.
I'll raise a glass tonight and thank the powers that be that we got rid of that POS a year too late, with a soft spot in my heart for Will Grier. RIP to my Bull Gator friend Bob. I'm sure he is smiling down on the Gators but I also know he would have enjoyed seeing the boys play this year.
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Anyone the very last call of the Mac/Nuss regime?
We were getting blown out by FSU, and score a TD in the final seconds of the game.
Instead of lining up and going for 2, we attempted the most pathetic fake fg ever.
It was classic inept Mac era ball.
And that, mercifully, was that.
We were getting blown out by FSU, and score a TD in the final seconds of the game.
Instead of lining up and going for 2, we attempted the most pathetic fake fg ever.
It was classic inept Mac era ball.
And that, mercifully, was that.
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Was so happy about the news he got fired I could care less about getting boat raced that game.
- Jun 9, 2014
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Such stupid shyt. How is Oklahoma doing? OSU? scUM went thru three or four good coaches.
If you hire a garbage coach after a champion, yes, he will be garbage.
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I remember getting blown out by Georgia and Mac laughing as he was walking off the field. Good times.
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I don't think Zook was as garbage as Chump or Butters. He could recruit and had a decent offense and defense. He just couldn't call a good game half the time so instead of being elite the Gators were average Meyer fixed that quickly.
The guys post Meyer were horrific hires and to this day I can't decide who was worse. Chump for not once trying to fix the offense or Butters for the hot yoga training program and running off the best talent he had.
OSU did it right they replaced a legend with a legend when they brought Meyer in. Now they replaced a legend with the hot OC, seems to be working out ok.
Hiring the right head football coach is the single hardest thing an AD will do.
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Zook was never even competent as a coordinator. His defenses and offenses were known for falling apart innthe second half, the key criteria of a terrible coach.
Other than being a friend of Jeremy Foley, and nothing else on his resume that suggested head coach and he would never have been hired by anyone else. Both of the other two were going to get hired somewhere.
