Sigh. And Coach Will HAD to know, the moment that 'Cock "broke the plain" in overtime (that's why he ignored that "top prospect"--too much on-the-line before, no reason after). Yeah, finally. But the whole thing is a kind of "modern tragedy", one that goes ON: Muschamp will pick himself up, be a "good Coach" someday, have to see if he can rally LEARN to be a "great" one (not exactly a "quick study", from what we witnessed--that stubbornness, etc. may be his limiting factor) I'm NOT ready to either calmly make excuses for him, nor to concede our fated return to "Number # in Florida Football. "This", all the apparent "realities" E- lists above, didn't just arrive yesterday. It took time and a series of weaknesses, failures and second-rate performances by a number of folks, from top to bottom, to get us here. Finding the "right" people", most of all someone REALLY "right" to next lead us changes the picture immediately. However, it will take time to "fix" even so. HOW MUCH "time" is the main thing now.
As for all the rest, well, "We'll see". Whole deal gives me a headache AND a hangover: The game, the season, the repercussions and complex consequences, questions as to our future and the whole ball of entangled cause and effect confusion ahead...I am tired and down. (
@miltongator, Me too: Has more or less "come on", the growing realization and disappointment at how badly we blew it ALL...among worst "bad losses " I have witnessed, in a season that tore me up inside) The game feels more and more a summation of everything wrong, how bad things are, and how much time and work is ahead under the BEST of circumstances--all the questions and revelations raised above only serve to complicate the picture. Not even close to "the best of circumstances". We may well be in deep sh*t, worse than I feared.
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@Escambia94, As for the point(s) I was trying to raise re Foley, I was already DONE with trying, had laid it out, along with all the supporting points I felt HAD to be faced, already. It seems events will insure not just that they are recognized, but necessarily addressed. Strikes me once more that on this subject at least we are talking at cross-purposes, not connecting, and I am relieved to be able to just let it go. Got enough other, more immediate and more pressing issues crowding in, and can count on this one now an implicit part of solving all of those. One more cursed example of "Careful what you ask for". How 'bout we drop it 'til it is directly relevant to actual events?)
Am going to wait a day or two before getting into the whole "who among the available" question and resultant lists.
Some we can rule out before even wasting time, energy and emotion on considering/discussing/arguing, just based on logic and available (but in some cases at least, not widely known) information (I've mentioned the whole "No way a Shanahan coaches at UF now or anytime soon" thing, for eg.--a whole "history" to that, and I doubt it is forgotten or ignored yet). We can't "play it safe", on the one hand, can't afford to, but given the timing, in general it seems the only alternative is the "bigger the gamble the larger the reward" kind of "reach"--and I don't trust Foley's intuition in that regard. That's what brought us Coach Will. So this IS gonna be "interesting"--as in dangerous, possibly contentious.
Like I said, "we'll see". Today, I am in a state of muted, reflective and philosophical regret. 'Course, I'm also hung over.
