There is some buzz going around, mostly by webheads who don't appreciate the difficulty of conducting a search in the public eye. Lots of comparisons of this hire to Ron Zook. But those are inapt, because Zooker was an assistant coach already, and they took the Zook only after being turned down by most other good coaches. And that was a last minute, desperation move, as borne out by the results. I'm sure part of the frustration stems from listening to the network talking heads and bloggers spewing forth all the big names they thought we could get--foolish, foolish. Who wants Bobby Petrino, anyway?
Still, this seems odd and has an unusual sense of "Why him, why so quick, and why not talk to others who are head coaches and who might want to come--like Stoops?" but I think the jury needs to get empaneled first before pronouncing a verdict. Who was this Urban Meyer character 6 years ago? Did anybody know anything about him? At least Muschamp has been well indoctrinated in the SEC, and used to live in G'ville, for Urban's sake. And, lest we have to compare with our SEC West brethren, look how the Gene Chizak thing turned out at Auburn.... (True, he hasn't had to do much coaching this year--just give the ball to Cam--but at least he hasn't blown games for them.)
What we need as much as anything is some new offensive juice. It's great that Will is a defensive kinda guy, he'll look out for that side, but without offense in this league, you're dead. (Note comment above re Auburn.) I hope we get a really good one (and I'm a bit biased against Major Applewhite, as I never thought he was as good as his hype--I'm holding out for Kerwin Bell!)
GO GATORS!!
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