Forgot about them, I was really trying to think about all the big time colleges that will be looking for coaches, could drive salaries way up.
UF has to fire Muschamp now right?
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since 1946Game over - Gators lose 6th in a row.
First ever lose to a FCS opponent.
Ugly season....
Can u imagine if we had given coach Saban his walking papers after that game?
Our loss to ULM and Muschamp's recent collapse have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Saban was in his first year having taken over a group of players who were not accustomed to his style of coaching or his level of discipline. Anyone who knows anything about football would expect some kind of painful adjustment period to include some ULM like results. Muschamp is in his 3rd year following a 10-win season. After 9 games, it's very difficult to make any determination about a coach one way or the other. After two and 1/2 seasons, losing to a division 2 school that didn't have to complete a pass says something about the coaching...and it ain't good.
Good point. Also, FCS opponent does not equal ULM. This is not the same caliber GA So team that we played in 2011. That team was 9-1 and going to the playoffs (eventually got beat be N. Dak. St in the semis.). Either way, no SEC team should lose to a FCS school no matter how many injuries you've had or how bad your season is going.
I was on the side of giving Muschamp a pass for an improbably bad injury-plagued season but a coach can only lose so much before it becomes debatable that a healthy team even has a championship ceiling under said coach. Their 2012 season was pretty fluky insofar that they were as equally close to being in the national championship game as an 8-4 bowl game. This year the bounces all went against them and they're not even bowl eligible.
I struggle to think any Florida coach who loses to Miami, Georgia, and Florida State in the same season as leading their team to their first FCS loss is safe without a prior resume of success. Mark Richt earned a clanker season pass in 2010 by previously providing a decade of championship caliber teams. Gary Pinkel, too, earned one more year to show he could match wits in the SEC by building that program up over the last decade. Muschamp has been a successful coordinator but his equity as a head coach is roughly equivalent to Mike Shula's in 2006. Yeah, Shula had a 10-2 2005 season but he hadn't earned the pass for severe regression where Alabama wasn't competitive against anyone in the division much less conference.
I struggle to think any Florida coach who loses to Miami, Georgia, and Florida State in the same season as leading their team to their first FCS loss is safe without a prior resume of success. Mark Richt earned a clanker season pass in 2010 by previously providing a decade of championship caliber teams. Gary Pinkel, too, earned one more year to show he could match wits in the SEC by building that program up over the last decade. Muschamp has been a successful coordinator but his equity as a head coach is roughly equivalent to Mike Shula's in 2006. Yeah, Shula had a 10-2 2005 season but he hadn't earned the pass for severe regression where Alabama wasn't competitive against anyone in the division much less conference.
Not surprised. The wheels came off a long time ago. So many injuries suffered this year.
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It's true Florida has had a lot of injuries, but, their offense has stunk it up since Muschamp has been there, even when they were completely healthy, they've been amazingly bad on offense as of matter of fact, so the injury excuse doesn't excuse him for that at all..And he's simply never coached up all that talent he's brought in as HC there..And that's why I hope they give Muschamp a lifetime contract at Florida..
This is the equivalent of re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. This would be what, his third OC in 3 years? Even Zook's team had more fight in them than the modern day version of UF.
With all due respect there is a huge difference between Coach Saban and Will Muschamp and I am taking into consideration that are talking about 2007. I never doubted CNS would get things turned around at Alabama. Also, I think Muschamp walked into a much better situation than CNS.
I think Saban had a better situation than Muschamp did, but it's year 3, there's no excuse now.
Not so much. Meyer's last few recruiting classes hadn't panned out, so Muschamp did not have a lot to work with.
Of course, he compounded the issue by hiring Pease.
Shula didn't do much on the recruiting front himself, but at least Bama never had any serial killers on the roster.
lets not forget Saban hired Major Applewhite, so no ones perfect. I was so excited about that hire. Saban made big leaps in year 2 due to improvements on the staff, something Muschamp hasn't done.
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