No surprise here. Quitters never win. A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain
________________________________ From: Jay Cicone <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, November 23, 2011 4:34:17 PM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Wkng reports meyer to bucknuts I’ve already got my boots on. It’s deep too. From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Oliver Barry Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 4:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Wkng reports meyer to bucknuts The guano would help. Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 ________________________________ From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Cicone Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Wkng reports meyer to bucknuts Maybe we could all meet at the bat house? From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Oliver Barry Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Wkng reports meyer to bucknuts You, Leon, Randy, Albert… the list goes on. Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 ________________________________ From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Cicone Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Wkng reports meyer to bucknuts I never realized you had a crush on me until now. I’m flattered. Does Leon know you had a thing for him a few years ago? From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mail.bobparks.com Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Wkng reports meyer to bucknuts Yes Jay, I forgive you too. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone On Nov 23, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Jay Cicone <[email protected]> wrote: Ban him now. I trust Oliver has already forgiven all those guys he pined for. > >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of >mail.bobparks.com >Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:10 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Wkng reports meyer to bucknuts > >Yes, I think Meyer definitely had a medical reason for quitting at UF. Nor do >I >blame him for taking the OSU job, if he's really taking it. >I'm with you and Rob, and wonder how effective as a coach will he be now that >he's managing from the background. >He sure did a great job at Florida! That's how I will remember him. >The question, Steve, is whether all those girls have forgiven you? > >Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI >Real Estate Broker >Bob Parks, LLC >1517 Hunt Club Blvd >Gallatin TN 37066 >615-972-4239 >615-826-4040 >Sent from my iPhone > >On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Steve McKibben <[email protected]> wrote: >I feel more the way Rob does. >> >>But I've also (finally!) reached the stage of my life where I've forgiven all >>of >>the girls/women that I have known over the years that dumped me/ignored >>me/didn't know that I existed... >> >>Steve >> >> ________________________________ >>From:Scott Lucas <[email protected]> >>Or just maybe the whole timing and reasons he gave for leaving? Lets be >>honest... if Tressel knew about the issues at OSU, others did too. Its not >>too >>hard of a stretch to think some big time boosters at OSU knew it too and >>probably planted a bug in Meyer's ear. We are talking 3-4 year old knowledge >>of >>the ongoing improprieties-- that goes back before even Meyer's last year at >>UF. >> Armed with the knowledge that Tressel's days were numbered, could Meyer have >>looked for a way to get out? Would he look worse getting out before a 6-5 >>season he must have known was coming and health reasons, and being able to >>take >>a year off, and then taking the OSU job or would he look worse leaving >>Florida >>for OSU outright? How much more upset and angry would Gator Nation be? >>Could >>he have been protecting his image and reputation as a winner and avoiding >>what >>he knew would be an off year? >> >>There is a LOT more to this behind the scenes than we will ever know, and it >>surely is NOT just about his health issues. Was there some truth to what he >>told all of us when he left? Sure there was... but there was a lot of lying >>by >>omission and a lot of other reason we will never know nor would he admit. >> >>Scott >> >> ________________________________ >>From:Rob Alexander <[email protected]> >>It's funny how we accept complicated and conflicting feelings from people we >>know, but then reduce people we don't know to one-dimensional charicatures. I >>guess none of us has ever changed our minds, or said 'I'll never do that >>again', >>but then done so. If we did, were we lying, or just expressing our honest >>feelings at the time? Did it become a lie later even if we meant it when we >>said >>it? (My wife says yes! :-) ) >> >>I don't find it at all hard to believe that Meyer meant what he said when he >>resigned even if he takes the OSU job. The man had a serious health scare. He >>came back and tried being more balanced, but it didn't turn out well. He may >>well have concluded that he really couldn't be a successful coach and live a >>balanced life. (After watching last season, I know I concluded that about >>him.) >> >>So what was the lie? That he had health problems? That's well documented. >>That >>the balancing act didn't seem to be working? It didn't. That he wanted to >>spend >>more time with his family? Well, he did exactly that. He went to dozens of >>his >>daughters' games and coached his son's team, so I don't think that was a lie. >>Did he ever say he would never coach again? No. >> >>There are no lies here. There's just a guy who misses his chosen profession, >>who >>spent a year watching from the outside while wishing he was on the inside, >>and >>who may have been offered the top coaching job at his childhood favorite >>team. >>Is it really that hard to understand that he might give it another try? >>Personally, I'd rather have him at OSU than at Florida. I wish him the best >>-- >>he gave us two MNCs, after all -- but I think he's broken and will never be >>able >>to sustain, over the long run, the intensity that made him great. He'll have >>a >>good couple of years there, and then the stress will get to him again and >>they'll go through what we did. Or maybe not... I'll be pleased if it works >>out >>for him, but I've moved on and am more interested in how our coaches are >>going >>to do next year. (Ever the optimist!) >> >>Rob >> >>-- >>GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >>1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >>2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >>2008 National Football Champions | >>Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >>Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >-- >GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >2008 National Football Champions | >Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us-- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
