In hindsight that might seem like a bad move, but at the time things looked pretty bad. The guy bulks up, tests positive for a banned substance, and some were even asking if wins would be vacated. His suspension clearly put Florida in a bad spot. I'm not really sure how else they were supposed to handle it, should Urban have kept Cam around after the laptop incident?
This is just journo-nonsense from Matt Hayes. Is it fireable if Gus turns down Pat Dye? Come on.
Did you miss the Tubberville era of Auburn football? To answer your question Yes it is if you are a nobody. Tubberville clashed with that 1983 and 1970’s people in the loop. He ultimately was let go because he wasn’t an Auburn man. To a degree many Bama coaches had those Bear boys snooping around.
Yep, I was beating around that bush. I think he made a mistake taking the Florida job. The guy seems like a West Coast sorta guy. I think he can coach up a quality football squad but his personality just isn't one for the microscope of Paul Finebaum Show country. He probably could've had Colorado State functioning like a new Boise State right now if he had stayed an additional three seasons. Heck, he could've taken a job at a PAC-12 school and enjoyed a similar degree of anonymity w/r/t building a program. It takes a special person to be able to deal with amount of interest your work draws locally, regionally, and even nationally. McElwain just didn't seem pleased with how his fanbase and media by proxy was disappointed with what he considered good seasons given his lack of a quarterback. Guys like Saban and Meyer let that stuff slide off like water on a duck's back.
In case anyone missed this and is wondering about the behind the scenes stuff...
If what the Grier's say is true, Mac completely mishandled the situation and is at fault more than we realized. People used Grier's dismissal as a defense for Mac, but it looks more like it was Mac's fault than anything.
But Mac didn't know Spurrier would be on campus when he was hired since Spurrier was still coaching.
When you see pressers with ADs taking pot shots at one another, you are in trouble. I mentioned this to a friend last year when the FL/LSU ADs were acting like children. Both programs were in deep doo, and neither seemed to recognize the lack of leadership.
They can have all of that too. Just glad that we can sit back and watch football and some of the football world burn. After catching it from Florida fans this season, I can't say I feel sorry for them.
To be fair, that was former Florida AD Jeremy Foley on his way out, so he gave absolutely zero crap. He knew he wasn't going to be punished for saying anything.
^^^ Agree. This kid had his head screwed on wrong. A change of scenery was what he needed. Poor Mac just didn't have a good back-up plan. I don't know if Mac is to blame for all the nutjobs on that team or if it's all leftovers from the previous coaches. Thought Muschamp had "cleaned things up" after Urban. Maybe not so much.
Or maybe he wants Bob Stoops to take the job. Wasn't he Spurrier's DC for a few years?
The first time I saw him breakdown was in Co St. During some kind of award presentation, a government official, either a mayor or the governor I think, called the team "Colorado" instead of "Colorado State."
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