I watch my football on Saturday.
Go Gators!!!!
Ken B. (NYC Gator)
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From: "Gatornet Admin" <gator...@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:09:47
To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Finebaum: Is Urban Meyer on way out at Florida?
I agree 100%! I was a die-hard Dolphins fan growing up, but the two strikes
soured me. I tried to forgive them after the first one, but it just wasn't the
same, and then the second one just killed me.
Randy
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From: ke...@baldwinnc.com
To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:29 AM
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Finebaum: Is Urban Meyer on way out at Florida?
<<I grew up loving NFL football and now I almost can't even stand it. >>
Same here. Once they got the attitude of "I can't afford to play this game
for only 1/2 million $ per year" - I tuned out.
I would rather go watch a high school football game or a small college game.
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Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Finebaum: Is Urban Meyer on way out at
Florida?
From: "Shane Ford" <goufgat...@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, July 11, 2009 10:03 pm
To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com>
Another angle to think about going pro is what Pitino said after leaving
the Celtics. He said some thing to the effect of trying to motivate players
that make 10 times your salary and really have NO desire to better themselves
is no "easy" task, or some thing to that effect. Coach Meyer has a
psychologically background and soem thing tells me after reading a story back
in 2004 or 2005 about Utah's RB that served prison time and how Coach and
Shelley mentored him and helped him to redirect his life's focus makes me think
he's a college coach trough and through. I've always thought his "fascination"
with Coach Bellicheck is more on a professional level. No matter your feelings
about the Patriots, you have to give it up to them for what they have done
their in the modern NFL. This salary cap structure and FA was supposed to kill
any and all dynastys and bring about true competitiveness for all teams. Some
how, Kraft and Bellichick have figured a way around that and made a system that
makes them competitive year in and year out. I think that level of sustainable
success in a system that is not supposed to allow that is what intrigues Coach
Meyer. In some ways, the SEC has been shaping up to look more and more like
the NFL system. Hasn't it? I sure hope he doesn't go pro either. I grew up
loving NFL football and now I almost can't even stand it. Any way.......
Shane Ford
GO GATORS!!!!
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From: ken...@earthlink.net
To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 1:31 PM
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Finebaum: Is Urban Meyer on way out at Florida?
I think this is correct about Meyer staying with us . . . unless he is
lured away by the NFL.
Now I think any sane, rational coach would always choose college over the
professional game. However, Meyer's relationship with Bill Bellichick concerns
me at times. Especially if we win another NC, Meyer may figure he has done
everything he can at the college level, and decide to see if he can motivate
millionaire professionals the way his friend Bill can. Or if he concludes he
has built a machine at Florida, and isn't as interested in maintaining it as he
was in building it, he may look for the broader notoriety of the (boring) NFL.
I hope this doesn't happen, but I see it as a possibility.
Go Gators!!!!
Ken B. (NYC Gator)
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From: "Shane Ford"
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:49:15 -0500
To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Finebaum: Is Urban Meyer on way out at Florida?
The 2 biggest reasons he won't go to Notre Dame is 1). National
recruiting and 2). Much tougher academic entrance standards. He has already
stated that he doesn't want to be on the road 365 trying to recruit and ND does
not have a local talent pool to pull from. We were fortunate enough to win the
service of Coach Meyer in 2005 and he's going to be a Gator until he walks away
from the game. I think he was in a differnet place in his life when he made
those comments about ND being his dream job any way. I said a lot of stupid
things whne I was younger, and I'm glad no one still holds me to them.
Shane Ford
GO GATORS!!!!!
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From: Kenneth Beitler
To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 1:24 AM
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Finebaum: Is Urban Meyer on way out at Florida?
I don't know that Paul Finebaum panders. He was very aggressive in his
criticism of Alabama back in the Mike Dubose days, and he has written some
pieces on Tennessee over the years that make me wonder if he is welcome back on
campus.
Go Gators!!!!
Ken B. (NYC Gator)
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From: oli...@bobparks.com
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:54:45 +0000
To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Finebaum: Is Urban Meyer on way out at Florida?
Oliver wrote:
Now that you mention it, that’s probably where Finebaum’s comments came
from. He’s the one who interviewed Spurrier wasn’t he? Of course, Spurrier is
an expert on Urban Myer.
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I believe that is correct, that the Spurrier comments came via
Finebaum. Based on his columns over the years, I get the sense they are close,
or at least as close as a coach and a columnist can possibly be.
Since I’m speculating (i.e., pulling this out of my butt), I may as
well go all the way: if Spurrier is the source of this, I wonder if it his way
of taking a shot at Meyer because Meyer took a shot at Shane Matthews.
Finebaum’s piece criticizes Meyer for that episode.
We can see from some of the recent articles that the “Meyer leaving”
rumor is already having an influence on 2010 recruiting. I would love to see
Meyer come out and forcefully address it in the media, and end this once and
for all.
Go Gators!!!!
Ken B. (NYC Gator)
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