Not sure which "Department" this one belongs in:
"He Never WAS a Gator" (Urban Meyer, Honorary Lifetime Chairman), or "This Is How You Try To Keep Up In the SEC" (...and I guess they'll try'n'play some defense now). Might SEEM like an interesting counterpoint to what he tried to achieve, year after year while he was here at Florida, but I'm not so sure it'll work out quite as pat as they (and a lotta other folks--see Alligator Army's latest re this move, Oklahoma's problems and the "College Football Arms Race") think, though: Remember just how "well" similar moves on offense (ie. pulling in guys from all over the map who had good results as supposed "O-Masterminds" elsewhere to run things on that side of the ball) did NOT go for Muschamp when he was with US, ironically enough. Starting from scratch in a place with neither the foundation nor personnel, with a coach and staff who clearly have had no grasp of and placed little value on a whole major portion of the game before now, somehow doesn't seem to bode well for any kind of sudden turnaround on that side of the ball. Can't change that, or who he's got to work with--OR who he's GONNA get either for that matter. He's getting a nice chunk-of-change, though--thankyou very much Auburn and kudos to Will for taking $2.5 mil-a-yr off our hands, at $1.8 million about $700,000 a year less than he woulda got from us for just sittin' on his ass. (See, E--? You were worried about all that leaking cash, but it's workin' out OK after all--I think...)
"He Never WAS a Gator" (Urban Meyer, Honorary Lifetime Chairman), or "This Is How You Try To Keep Up In the SEC" (...and I guess they'll try'n'play some defense now). Might SEEM like an interesting counterpoint to what he tried to achieve, year after year while he was here at Florida, but I'm not so sure it'll work out quite as pat as they (and a lotta other folks--see Alligator Army's latest re this move, Oklahoma's problems and the "College Football Arms Race") think, though: Remember just how "well" similar moves on offense (ie. pulling in guys from all over the map who had good results as supposed "O-Masterminds" elsewhere to run things on that side of the ball) did NOT go for Muschamp when he was with US, ironically enough. Starting from scratch in a place with neither the foundation nor personnel, with a coach and staff who clearly have had no grasp of and placed little value on a whole major portion of the game before now, somehow doesn't seem to bode well for any kind of sudden turnaround on that side of the ball. Can't change that, or who he's got to work with--OR who he's GONNA get either for that matter. He's getting a nice chunk-of-change, though--thankyou very much Auburn and kudos to Will for taking $2.5 mil-a-yr off our hands, at $1.8 million about $700,000 a year less than he woulda got from us for just sittin' on his ass. (See, E--? You were worried about all that leaking cash, but it's workin' out OK after all--I think...)
