The other thing I forgot to mention - no matter how much they have to work during CF season, it is basically a September to January job - being the head coach of a CF program OTOH, is a year round job even in the "off" season.
----- Original Message ----- From: Shane Ford To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Urban and ESPN I've heard Kirk Herbstreit talk about this before, as I'm sure of you have. It depends on Urban's "gig". He may only have to travel on Friday and Saturday and be home the rest of the week. His work load will be done mostly from home. Herbstreit has called it the best job in the world multiple times. I think there's a reason you see people like Tony Dungy, John Gruden, etc turn to commentating on games instead of coaching is that they get their lifes back. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Randy Lyons <gatorspo...@epbfi.com> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 6:46:29 AM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Urban and ESPN I agree 100% with Darlene. I think it’s a good move for both Meyer AND his family. Even if he DOES travel more now, there will STILL be more home time with less responsibilities. A win-win for all involved. Randy From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Darlene Goodfellow Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:10 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Urban and ESPN Even so, it's basically a part-time job vs. a 60-80 hour work week as a HBC, and the ESPN gig will rely heavily on his expertise and knowledge, not exactly a pressure cooker like the fishbowl that is the UF coaching job. I think the stress level of coaching goes up exponentially over that of being a TV analyst and it was the stress that was killing his health. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Belloit To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:00 PM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Urban and ESPN In theory, I would agree with you. However, there will probably be more travel and Urban is a perfectionist and workaholic. I don’t think he will be satisfied just being eye-candy. He is not a natural comedian so he will have to outwork the others to be effective. I am sure he knows that and will try to outwork them. Jerry From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Darlene Goodfellow Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 8:03 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Urban and ESPN There is no comparison, IMO, between the hours and stress of TV commentating and running a major college football program. He's got a cushy ride now, he's earned it! ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Belloit To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 7:57 PM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Urban and ESPN Perhaps not the Wednesday games. I thought it was pretty cool when he did the national championship game. Upon further review…it seems like he may be filling up his schedule again. Is he replacing the stress of Florida Football with the stress of ESPN? I never really bought into that spend more time with the family. I believed that the major reason was health. Jerry From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Helen Huntley Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 7:37 PM To: gatortalk Subject: [gatortalk] Urban and ESPN So Urban is going to be working a college football game every week this season. 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