will muschamp will be floridas next coach

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#202
it really startles me the # of people who ave determined that the hire is a good hire or a bad hire.

no one knows, that's the fun.
 
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99gator said:
it really startles me the # of people who ave determined that the hire is a good hire or a bad hire.

no one knows, that's the fun.
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the true fun is seeing how truly hypocritical most of these fans are that are calling it a horrible hire because they were slobknobbing Muschamp until he turned us down.
 
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#205
I know some wanted Muschamp but did we actually offer it to him? He says he didn't interview here.
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I think this hire is a little bit of a risk. Muschamp is a strong recruiter, but no one knows how good a head coach he'll be.

The thing i'm wondering is what style of offense they'll run. Pro Style or Spread?
 
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triadvolfan said:
I could have sworn someone reported his contract numbers ($3M per year or so).
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I believe you are correct, can't remember the reporter but sounds right.

Muschamp will do ok at Florida, it may take a couple of years to have the guys buy into his system, but he will win.... don't think Urban numbers, but he will win.

For those who think next year now becomes an automatic win for us, may I remind you that Florida is loaded with talent, and we are still rebuilding and have a very young team. We CAN WIN against them, but new coach does not ensure it
 
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I think it is funny how some people think they are real smart by saying everyone wanted Mushy when it is not true. The ole Im not hypocritical high horse. I think some need to pull Florida down from the high horse.
 
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I think this really plays to our favor. Florida will more than likely change to follow Muschamp's offensive gameplan. Really doubt that he runs the spread option like CUM. I think that this could have been much worse. Mullen would have been a nightmare, IMO.
 
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utfan089 said:
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Awesome! Here's another good one floating around...

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Cartervol said:
I think this hire is a little bit of a risk. Muschamp is a strong recruiter, but no one knows how good a head coach he'll be.

The thing i'm wondering is what style of offense they'll run. Pro Style or Spread?
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It's a huge risk but it could pay off really well for the Gators.

I don't think there are many coaches that could do what Urban did there (or Spurrier for that matter).

It just depends how much time the Gators give him.
 
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timbowyn said:
I wonder what Florida offered Muschamp that we didn't that made him decide to go to the swamp?
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primary reason he wasn't interested in UT was effort required in recruiting to get talent to compete. that is definitely not an issue in Gainesville.

Muschamp also lived in Gainesville for 10 years while growing up so he is going home, so to speak
 
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LA Vol said:
Can't believe Mullen wouldn't leave Missy St. Is it possible the Gators didn't ask?
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I don't see Mullen leaving Miss St for a long time. He loves it there and they love him. He's building a strong program there as well for many years.
 
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"Apparently Muschamp will be bringing Major Applewhite from the Texas staff to be Florida's next offensive coordinator. Applewhite was offensive coordinator at Alabama in 2007 before joining Brown's staff at Texas. Applewhite played quarterback at Texas during his collegiate playing days."

Florida's next coach: Will Muschamp

This has the makings of another Ron Zook Era for the Gators, potential good news for Vol fans. Regardless of what spin the Gator report puts on Applewhite he was run off by NS at Bama after one season. One has to question if he is ready to handle all of the pressure of Florida Football, and the standard of scoring 40+ points per game.

This hire of Muschamp may turnout to be a blessing for Vol fans.

Go Vols

Gunner
 
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volfanbill said:
the true fun is seeing how truly hypocritical most of these fans are that are calling it a horrible hire because they were slobknobbing Muschamp until he turned us down.
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I was honestly glad he didn't come here, I never understood what all the hype over Muschamp was about. I was thinking I bet Texas is sorry they made him Coach in Waiting, and then Florida hired him. I really don't get his hire, I'm just glad we didn't get him.
 
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Volsaholic said:
I was honestly glad he didn't come here, I never understood what all the hype over Muschamp was about. I was thinking I bet Texas is sorry they made him Coach in Waiting, and then Florida hired him. I really don't get his hire, I'm just glad we didn't get him.
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I agree. On one hand, I was glad he didn't come because I thought we could get a proven winner. On the other hand, his rejection shows just how far our program had fallen.
 
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A page turned this season in the state of Florida. Florida State made fools of the Gators finally. Miami is hunting for a "Big Fish" still as we speak. Miami may still come up with a home run hire still yet. Florida needed a "Uber Big Fish" to replace a man that won 2 NC's and picked a DC tucking his tail to flee a train wreck in Texas where he had to be promised the HC in waiting gig.

It is kind of ironic that Florida and Texas's programs were like looking in a mirror last season. All the talent in the world and average production with all those top 5 recruiting classes per programs. It is really hard to see this an upgrade hire given the man he has to replace.

And yes....it would have been a great hire for Tennessee since we were in shambles....but for Florida........Meyer took them 2 steps forward.....and it honestly seems U.F. just hired themselves 4 steps back.
 
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Stig said:
I agree. On one hand, I was glad he didn't come because I thought we could get a proven winner. On the other hand, his rejection shows just how far our program had fallen.
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The timing of Kiffin leaving was horrible and Hamilton wasn't offering the kind of contract people were willing to jump on, coaching at Tennessee is not an easy job especially in the shape Kiffin left the program. Under the circumstances I probably was have kept the low stress DC job at Texas too.
 
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If Vanderbilt is able to hire Gus Malzahn, many will deem that Vanderbilt will has made a better hire than Florida.
 
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99gator said:
it really startles me the # of people who ave determined that the hire is a good hire or a bad hire.

no one knows, that's the fun.
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The fact that a gator fan is even saying who knows about their coach speaks volumes about how good it is. FL had literally the best situation for hiring a new HC and you guys announce a "who knows" choice during the heisman. Credit is due to FL having such a dominant run that people could even see this as negative but you did and this is negative. Especially when you look at the assistants he is bringing in so far. I've heard applewhite and the guy he replaced at TX, if true WTF?
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Tux said:
If Vanderbilt is able to hire Gus Malzahn, many will deem that Vanderbilt will has made a better hire than Florida.
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I laughed and posted the same thing when this crossed my mind.
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Foley is gambling with this hire. There is nothing to suggest that Muschamp is a slam dunk sure thing hire at Florida. He has never dealt with the pressures of being a head coach and will soon face the expectations of Florida fans, who have been known to be ignorantly ruthless. Foley could have taken a safer route and grabbed up a proven coach.

Muschamp will be a good recruiter, but frankly, that is not that important in Florida. That's why I'm surprised that they grabbed a guy based on the hype.
 
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We'll have to see how this works out for FLA, but in comparisons with the Dooley hire, IMO it's a much bigger risk.

Muschamp has been under the wing of some successful programs, and was in line for Brown's job whenever that time came...but has NO HC experience. Dooley was under Saban for several years, including time at an SEC school for a NC, and the pros. Then was placed in a HC position at a program with little history of success...and did an OK job there, while serving as AD. Both had great mentoring (I personnally am not overly impressed with Brown, but he has won at TX, so will give him that one), but when Dooley was announced as our coach...the overall response by the media and even on this board was negative to mediocre. That was all circumstance and the feeling we had to scramble and/or settle for whoever was available.

Considering the state of the programs when the turnover happened...I'm not sure that FLA made the right move. TN was in desperation mode when we were looking, FLA isn't. I think we landed a gem. I understand the need to get a coach named to save recruits, but I'm not sure that jumping this quickly will serve them well. Muschamp has no experience being "the man", and it will be interesting to see how he handles the whole package at a school that has become spoiled to success. He may be great, but he may struggle trying to work the whole vs just the half. Diamond in the rough, or fools gold?

Time will tell, but this one has the potential to be a Zook repeat. (fingers crossed)

In comparison, Dooley's resume (prior to our hiring him) looks much better than Muschamps.
 
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So, now that Texas's lost it's "head coach in waiting" and it appears that their favorite son, Major Applewhite will be in tow with him, who will Texas name as it's next "head coach in waiting"?

I can see the arrogant Horned cows announcing that current Auburn head coach, Gene Chizik as their "head coach in waiting"!
 
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