Petrino was a scumbag before Meyer left UF. It didn't stop Foley from going after him, in spite of how Petrino left the Falcons high and dry in 2007.
I don't care about Petrino stepping out on his wife...that's between him and his wife. And if you've had your ear to the ground in Gainesville for the past 20+ years, you'd know Foley is the last guy who should be judging coaching candidates based on infidelity.
I'm still waiting for all of our 4* and 5* receivers to pan out. Debose has been an absolute bust, Robinson is a reported headcase (albeit an extremely talented headcase), and Pittman hasn't shown anything resembling 4* talent.
Nonsense; Petrino may have always been a scumbag, but it wasn't as public before the wreck; he became persona non grata in DI coaching after that... that's why he didn't have a job for the 2012 season, and when a school
DID decide to take the risk it was Western Kentucky.
The same reason UAr sent him packing is the same reason Foley doesn't have him on any list anymore... nor do most other elite programs. UL is a fringe program that took him back; and they're also the landing spot of about 3/4 of all the top athletes that get dismissed from elite southern programs for bad behavior or academics... kind of like WVU. They
HAVE to take those kinds of risks to be competitive; we don't.
And regardless of what Foley's personal life is like, he still has to make those judgment calls on potential candidates; he's not hiring somebody to be his personal gardner, he's hiring guys to be the public face of the UF football program... that will disqualify certain types of coaches, and Petrino became one of them.
I'm also looking forward to seeing some top athletes finally show their potential; but the fact they haven't isn't Muschamp's fault, other than to say he made some typical rookie HC mistakes with OC hires. Every successful HC I've ever listened to has said the hardest (and most important) facet of coaching is building a staff that is both cohesive and consistent (together a long time).
As for specific players, Debose, by all accounts, was finally ready to explode last year, but of course was one of the 16 players suffering a season-ending injury.
And if Robinson is such a head-case then I'm optimistic, because so were guys like Percy, Bubba, and Dallas... the price you have to pay sometimes to court greatness. Seems like keeping them eligible and at the top of their game is a delicate balancing act for much of their careers.
Everybody's entitled to their own perception; I've just seen enough to feel like CWM definitely has the goods and is building something that will be what Gator fans respect and expect... he simply didn't spend the requisite 3 or 4 years at a lesser program to work out all those kinks and learn all those green HC lessons; he actually broke his cherry at the top, UF.
College football history is littered with impatient programs who let a guy get away after a few years, only to go on and watch in pain as he won NC's for the next program down the road. AD's get paid to not be that guy; and Foley has proven to be right a whole helluva lot more often than wrong.
lol: I think i'll go watch some replays of the game, that was freaking hilarious!
