Meyer stepping down

#251
#251
bam15 said:
Yeah.

He couldn't win without Josh Harris, Alex Smith, or Chris Leak either.
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Lets stick to the SEC. (other than the bolded one.) As has been discussed in this thread, Tebow had a little something to do with that year also.
 
#252
#252
lawgator1 said:
From the sounds of it, Meyer is retiring from work. Period. He must have gobs of dough, doesn't need it. Going to relax and watch his kids grow up. Hey, you can't begrudge him that.

As for a replacement, I have got to hope he would not take this step without having given UF a chance to lay some groundwork. Gruden? Leach? Mullen?
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Honestly I think it's admirable to be able to step down and spend time with the family. I remember Tiki Barber getting Hell for stepping down while he was still healthy. All he said was, "Look at the old retired running backs who have trouble walking now, I don't want to be like that."
 
#253
#253
winchestervol63 said:
Man, I'm usually on the side of if you don't know for sure, you don't know. For instance, I surely don't know we could've beaten Florida if they hadn't had him.

But if you contend that any other QB in the SEC last year would have picked up that first down when Tebow broke 2-3 tackles in the backfield after he was surrounded, you must've been down at the fortune teller's when the game was being played, and missed it. Think it only required eyes and a TV to be pretty confident of that Tebow was critical for that one in particular.

The other guy wasn't particularly far out on a limb by saying Tebow was good (and maybe the best) on 3rd or 4th and 3, imo.
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Because they'd call the same play without Tebow? I'm going to go out on a fat limb and say play calling changes based on what you're working with. You're not going to run many options with Peyton Manning but you will with Tee Martin. You call that play for Tebow because you know what he is capable of. If you don't have Tebow, you probably don't. You have no idea what the play call would have been without Tebow so don't assume they'd run the same play in that situation.
 
#254
#254
UF will get a top tier, high-caliber coach. Every coach in the nation would want this job. Coming off #1 recruiting class in the nation, prior stability, no NCAA investigation, etc. UF will be fine....unfortunately.
 
#255
#255
Mullen to Florida. Meyer sits around for a couple years, gets the itch again, and then takes the Domer job when Kelly gets fired.
 
#256
#256
milohimself said:
IIRC he has said there are a couple of college jobs he would consider taking -- apparently UT was not one of them.
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Do you by chance have any knowledge of which schools he would consider? Just curious if he had a statement or something.
 
#257
#257
Attractive job. Maybe the best in college football.

Mullen would take it in an instant...but I wonder if they have a bigger splash in mind.
 
#258
#258
VolsDeep said:
Doubtful. We would have had Ainge, not Crompton, back playing against them. If you remember that game, Crompton was awful and our defense was on the field wayyyyyyy too long to try and stop McFadden and Jones. With Ainge in it would have a completely different ballgame - evidenced by the 2007 game.
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Well, Arky lost some defensive players between 06 and 07 as well.
 
#259
#259
droski said:
i'm sure they'll pay the buyout.
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Considering Florida doesn't have the personnel to run Kelly's offense, it's going to take him a couple years to recruit the guys he needs, what you're suggesting is that Florida would shell out north of $10mil over two years for no results. Not likely.
 
#261
#261
GahLee said:
I hope you guys hire Leach...I could see that pirate lover recruiting elite athletes....

Gruden? Everyone brings up Gruden and it is just absurd, if Gruden wanted to be a head coach in the NFL, he could be right now. He is an NFL coach. Period.

Not sure how much groundwork UF needs to lay to get Mullen, you offer and he accepts, simple as that. Mississippi State is a dump and Florida is an elite program.
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I was being quite sarcastic about the list as none seems truly plausible. I guess Mullen is.

Surprised no one has mentioned Saban, yet.
 
#267
#267
milohimself said:
Considering Florida doesn't have the personnel to run Kelly's offense, it's going to take him a couple years to recruit the guys he needs, what you're suggesting is that Florida would shell out north of $10mil over two years for no results. Not likely.
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florida absolutely has the personnel to run kelly's offense. hell there might not be another team in college football (oregon included) with better personnel for that offense.
 
#271
#271
vol4eva said:
He won a NC without Tebow genius
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No he didn't, Tebow wasn't the starter but they would have lost to us in 06 were it not for Tebow, in fact that could be said about a couple of games when Tebow was brought in for some key 3rd downs.
 
#272
#272
Oregon fans on here are talking like us Tennessee fans were last year when the USC job opened up... Kelly would run to Florida for close to Meyer money.
 
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