Re: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

[Helen Huntley]

Thanks for your first- hand report!

Sent from my iPad

> On May 14, 2014, at 9:13 PM, "Tracy Gill"  wrote:
> 
> As requested by Oliver…
>  
> My family and I were at the Gator Gathering event Bianchi covered in Orlando. 
>  Coach Muschamp was optimistic but realistic, and he seemed full of energy.  
> I was impressed that he seemed to speak off the cuff about the entire roster 
> with emphasis on the players from the local area.  It looked like he was just 
> working from perhaps a one page outline of the team roster and talked about 
> most players on the 2-3 deep depth chart.  He said they’d be 100% committed 
> to up-tempo offense and that they were working through how to adapt that when 
> it came time to kill clock at the end of a game.   He said the defense needs 
> to be ready to defend more plays too with the fast tempo.  He spoke a bit 
> about strength and conditioning and how they’ve tweaked a few things to try 
> to prevent injuries but tried not to overreact because there were some 
> previous conditions that drove some of the problems, esp. with torn labrums.  
> He cheerfully dodged an audience question about the team’s take on crab legs 
> in their training diet by smiling and saying, “Next question….Seriously, next 
> question.”
>  
> He was asked about orange jerseys and said he liked them remembering his 
> experience attending UF games in the 80s.  But he understood that some people 
> didn’t like being reminded of the 80s and probation.  There were four players 
> from the 80s sitting together and spoke up about how they didn’t appreciate 
> hearing that about their time.  Daryl Perry and Tony Jones were two of the 
> four names.  Daryl is recovering from serious illness but is getting around 
> much better.  Bianchi had a nice article about Emmitt Smith helping Daryl 
> Perry a few years ago if you’re interested.  Coach Muschamp seemed to smooth 
> that over, told them they were invited to be around anytime they wanted, and 
> then spent some time talking to that group of players when he finished 
> speaking. 
>  
> He was very engaging during the autograph session and talked with me, my 
> wife, and my two boys.  In that respect, he was the anti-Meyer compared to my 
> experience with him when UMIII came to Orlando in 2009 - he didn’t speak and 
> barely made eye contact with my son and me.  In short, Coach Boom is a 
> likable, hard-working guy who I hope can get things turned back in the right 
> direction this year.  He makes you want to pull for him to succeed. 
>  
> Go Gators!
>  
> Tray
>  
> From: gatorn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatorn...@googlegroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of John Bowers
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:00 AM
> To: Gator News
> Subject: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel
>  
> Gators coach Will Muschamp: 'Fans are upset and I don't blame 'em!
> Muschamp embraces criticism of UF football program that went 4-8 last season, 
> vows to improve
>  
> Mike Bianchi
> SPORTS COMMENTARY
> 9:51 p.m. EDT, May 13, 2014
> 
>  
> 
> You know it, I know it, but most of all Will Muschamp himself knows it.
> 
> He knows if he doesn't win a certain number of games this season, there won't 
> be a next season for him as the football coach of the Florida Gators.
> 
> And the thing I like about Muschamp is that he is bluntly honest about it. He 
> not only knows he has to win this season; he understands it
> 
> "Everybody is kicking us in the ass, and it's fair," Muschamp told me before 
> taking the stage at the Central Florida Gator Club Tuesday night at the Plaza 
> Live in downtown Orlando. "We have a loyal fan base and they're upset, and I 
> don't blame 'em. I'm upset, too. To me it's fair — very fair — that we're 
> being questioned on what we're doing and how we're doing it. We all realize 
> that 4-8 is unacceptable."
> 
> The question is what win total this season is acceptable if Muschamp expects 
> to keep his job? After interviewing a number of fans at the Gator gathering 
> Tuesday night, the magic number seems to be 8. "I'll even take 7 if you give 
> me some offense," said Rob Yacabucci, an engineer at Lockheed Martin.
> 
> Ah, yes, the offense — which, quite frankly, has been offensive since 
> Muschamp took over three years ago. Then again, when you're 4-8, it's not 
> just the offense that gets questioned; it's every facet of the program. 
> During his address Tuesday night, Muschamp was grilled on everything from the 
> color of Florida's jerseys to not using the tight end enough to the Gators 
> committing too many penalties
> 
> It's even reached a point where fans and media, because of the incredible 
> epidemic of injuries last season, have been wondering whether Muschamp's 
> strength and conditioning staff is doing a poor job. As if coaches are 
> responsible for the broken bones suffered by players such as quarterback Jeff 
> Driskel last season. "I guess we need to have them drink more milk," Muschamp 
> jokes.
> 
> "At the end of the day, the 

Re: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

[Tracy Gill]

I know we have sticklers for accuracy here.  Sticklers for something at least.  

Sent from my iPad

> On May 14, 2014, at 9:27 PM, Jay Cicone  wrote:
> 
> Thank for clearing that up. I noticed.
>  
> From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Tracy Gill
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:25 PM
> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel
>  
> I’m so tired – can’t even spell my name right. J  That’s what 5 and 10 year 
> old boys do to your brain.
>  
> Tracy
>  
> From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Tracy Gill
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:14 PM
> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel
>  
> As requested by Oliver…
>  
> My family and I were at the Gator Gathering event Bianchi covered in Orlando. 
>  Coach Muschamp was optimistic but realistic, and he seemed full of energy.  
> I was impressed that he seemed to speak off the cuff about the entire roster 
> with emphasis on the players from the local area.  It looked like he was just 
> working from perhaps a one page outline of the team roster and talked about 
> most players on the 2-3 deep depth chart.  He said they’d be 100% committed 
> to up-tempo offense and that they were working through how to adapt that when 
> it came time to kill clock at the end of a game.   He said the defense needs 
> to be ready to defend more plays too with the fast tempo.  He spoke a bit 
> about strength and conditioning and how they’ve tweaked a few things to try 
> to prevent injuries but tried not to overreact because there were some 
> previous conditions that drove some of the problems, esp. with torn labrums.  
> He cheerfully dodged an audience question about the team’s take on crab legs 
> in their training diet by smiling and saying, “Next question….Seriously, next 
> question.”
>  
> He was asked about orange jerseys and said he liked them remembering his 
> experience attending UF games in the 80s.  But he understood that some people 
> didn’t like being reminded of the 80s and probation.  There were four players 
> from the 80s sitting together and spoke up about how they didn’t appreciate 
> hearing that about their time.  Daryl Perry and Tony Jones were two of the 
> four names.  Daryl is recovering from serious illness but is getting around 
> much better.  Bianchi had a nice article about Emmitt Smith helping Daryl 
> Perry a few years ago if you’re interested.  Coach Muschamp seemed to smooth 
> that over, told them they were invited to be around anytime they wanted, and 
> then spent some time talking to that group of players when he finished 
> speaking. 
>  
> He was very engaging during the autograph session and talked with me, my 
> wife, and my two boys.  In that respect, he was the anti-Meyer compared to my 
> experience with him when UMIII came to Orlando in 2009 -  he didn’t speak and 
> barely made eye contact with my son and me.  In short, Coach Boom is a 
> likable, hard-working guy who I hope can get things turned back in the right 
> direction this year.  He makes you want to pull for him to succeed. 
>  
> Go Gators!
>  
> Tray
>  
> From: gatorn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatorn...@googlegroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of John Bowers
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:00 AM
> To: Gator News
> Subject: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel
>  
> Gators coach Will Muschamp: 'Fans are upset and I don't blame 'em!
> Muschamp embraces criticism of UF football program that went 4-8 last season, 
> vows to improve
>  
> Mike Bianchi
> SPORTS COMMENTARY
> 9:51 p.m. EDT, May 13, 2014
> 
>  
> 
> You know it, I know it, but most of all Will Muschamp himself knows it.
> 
> He knows if he doesn't win a certain number of games this season, there won't 
> be a next season for him as the football coach of the Florida Gators.
> 
> And the thing I like about Muschamp is that he is bluntly honest about it. He 
> not only knows he has to win this season; he understands it
> 
> "Everybody is kicking us in the ass, and it's fair," Muschamp told me before 
> taking the stage at the Central Florida Gator Club Tuesday night at the Plaza 
> Live in downtown Orlando. "We have a loyal fan base and they're upset, and I 
> don't blame 'em. I'm upset, too. To me it's fair — very fair — that we're 
> being questioned on what we're doing and how we're doing it. We all realize 
> that 4-8 is unacceptable."
> 
> The question is what win total this season is acceptable if Muschamp expects 
> to keep his job? After interviewing a number of fans at the Gator gathering 
> Tuesday night, the magic number seems to be 8. "I'll even take 7 if you give 
> me some offense," said Rob Yacabucci, an engineer at Lockheed Martin.
> 
> Ah, yes, the offense — which, quite frankly, has been offensive since 
> Muschamp took over three years ago. Then again, when you're 4-8, it's no

RE: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

[Jay Cicone]

Thank for clearing that up. I noticed.

From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Tracy Gill
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:25 PM
To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

I'm so tired - can't even spell my name right. :)  That's what 5 and 10 year 
old boys do to your brain.

Tracy

From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com 
[mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tracy Gill
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:14 PM
To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

As requested by Oliver...

My family and I were at the Gator Gathering event Bianchi covered in Orlando.  
Coach Muschamp was optimistic but realistic, and he seemed full of energy.  I 
was impressed that he seemed to speak off the cuff about the entire roster with 
emphasis on the players from the local area.  It looked like he was just 
working from perhaps a one page outline of the team roster and talked about 
most players on the 2-3 deep depth chart.  He said they'd be 100% committed to 
up-tempo offense and that they were working through how to adapt that when it 
came time to kill clock at the end of a game.   He said the defense needs to be 
ready to defend more plays too with the fast tempo.  He spoke a bit about 
strength and conditioning and how they've tweaked a few things to try to 
prevent injuries but tried not to overreact because there were some previous 
conditions that drove some of the problems, esp. with torn labrums.  He 
cheerfully dodged an audience question about the team's take on crab legs in 
their training diet by smiling and saying, "Next questionSeriously, next 
question."

He was asked about orange jerseys and said he liked them remembering his 
experience attending UF games in the 80s.  But he understood that some people 
didn't like being reminded of the 80s and probation.  There were four players 
from the 80s sitting together and spoke up about how they didn't appreciate 
hearing that about their time.  Daryl Perry and Tony Jones were two of the four 
names.  Daryl is recovering from serious illness but is getting around much 
better.  Bianchi had a nice article about Emmitt Smith helping Daryl Perry a 
few years ago if you're interested.  Coach Muschamp seemed to smooth that over, 
told them they were invited to be around anytime they wanted, and then spent 
some time talking to that group of players when he finished speaking.

He was very engaging during the autograph session and talked with me, my wife, 
and my two boys.  In that respect, he was the anti-Meyer compared to my 
experience with him when UMIII came to Orlando in 2009 - he didn't speak and 
barely made eye contact with my son and me.  In short, Coach Boom is a likable, 
hard-working guy who I hope can get things turned back in the right direction 
this year.  He makes you want to pull for him to succeed.

Go Gators!

Tray

From: gatorn...@googlegroups.com 
[mailto:gatorn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Bowers
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:00 AM
To: Gator News
Subject: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

Gators coach Will Muschamp: 'Fans are upset and I don't blame 'em!
Muschamp embraces criticism of UF football program that went 4-8 last season, 
vows to improve

Mike Bianchi
SPORTS COMMENTARY

9:51 p.m. EDT, May 13, 2014



You know it, I know it, but most of all Will Muschamp himself knows it.

He knows if he doesn't win a certain number of games this season, there won't 
be a next season for him as the football coach of the Florida 
Gators.

And the thing I like about Muschamp is that he is bluntly honest about it. He 
not only knows he has to win this season; he understands it

"Everybody is kicking us in the ass, and it's fair," Muschamp told me before 
taking the stage at the Central Florida Gator Club Tuesday night at the Plaza 
Live in downtown Orlando. "We have a loyal fan base and they're upset, and I 
don't blame 'em. I'm upset, too. To me it's fair - very fair - that we're being 
questioned on what we're doing and how we're doing it. We all realize that 4-8 
is unacceptable."

The question is what win total this season is acceptable if Muschamp expects to 
keep his job? After interviewing a number of fans at the Gator gathering 
Tuesday night, the magic number seems to be 8. "I'll even take 7 if you give me 
some offense," said Rob Yacabucci, an engineer at Lockheed Martin.

Ah, yes, the offense - which, quite frankly, has been offensive since Muschamp 
took over three years ago. Then again, when you're 4-8, it's not just the 
offense that gets questioned; it's every facet of the program. During his 
address Tuesday night, Muschamp was grilled on everything from the color of 

RE: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

[Tracy Gill]

I'm so tired - can't even spell my name right. J  That's what 5 and 10 year
old boys do to your brain.

 

Tracy

 

From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Tracy Gill
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:14 PM
To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

 

As requested by Oliver.

 

My family and I were at the Gator Gathering event Bianchi covered in
Orlando.  Coach Muschamp was optimistic but realistic, and he seemed full of
energy.  I was impressed that he seemed to speak off the cuff about the
entire roster with emphasis on the players from the local area.  It looked
like he was just working from perhaps a one page outline of the team roster
and talked about most players on the 2-3 deep depth chart.  He said they'd
be 100% committed to up-tempo offense and that they were working through how
to adapt that when it came time to kill clock at the end of a game.   He
said the defense needs to be ready to defend more plays too with the fast
tempo.  He spoke a bit about strength and conditioning and how they've
tweaked a few things to try to prevent injuries but tried not to overreact
because there were some previous conditions that drove some of the problems,
esp. with torn labrums.  He cheerfully dodged an audience question about the
team's take on crab legs in their training diet by smiling and saying, "Next
question..Seriously, next question."

 

He was asked about orange jerseys and said he liked them remembering his
experience attending UF games in the 80s.  But he understood that some
people didn't like being reminded of the 80s and probation.  There were four
players from the 80s sitting together and spoke up about how they didn't
appreciate hearing that about their time.  Daryl Perry and Tony Jones were
two of the four names.  Daryl is recovering from serious illness but is
getting around much better.  Bianchi had a nice article about Emmitt Smith
helping Daryl Perry a few years ago if you're interested.  Coach Muschamp
seemed to smooth that over, told them they were invited to be around anytime
they wanted, and then spent some time talking to that group of players when
he finished speaking.  

 

He was very engaging during the autograph session and talked with me, my
wife, and my two boys.  In that respect, he was the anti-Meyer compared to
my experience with him when UMIII came to Orlando in 2009 - he didn't speak
and barely made eye contact with my son and me.  In short, Coach Boom is a
likable, hard-working guy who I hope can get things turned back in the right
direction this year.  He makes you want to pull for him to succeed.  

 

Go Gators!

 

Tray

 

From: gatorn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatorn...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of John Bowers
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:00 AM
To: Gator News
Subject: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

 

Gators coach Will Muschamp: 'Fans are upset and I don't blame 'em!

Muschamp embraces criticism of UF football program that went 4-8 last
season, vows to improve

 

Mike Bianchi

SPORTS COMMENTARY

9:51 p.m. EDT, May 13, 2014

 

You know it, I know it, but most of all Will Muschamp himself knows it.

He knows if he doesn't win a certain number of games this season, there
won't be a next season for him as the football coach of the
 Florida Gators.

And the thing I like about Muschamp is that he is bluntly honest about it.
He not only knows he has to win this season; he understands it

"Everybody is kicking us in the ass, and it's fair," Muschamp told me before
taking the stage at the Central Florida Gator Club Tuesday night at the
Plaza Live in downtown Orlando. "We have a loyal fan base and they're upset,
and I don't blame 'em. I'm upset, too. To me it's fair - very fair - that
we're being questioned on what we're doing and how we're doing it. We all
realize that 4-8 is unacceptable."

The question is what win total this season is acceptable if Muschamp expects
to keep his job? After interviewing a number of fans at the Gator gathering
Tuesday night, the magic number seems to be 8. "I'll even take 7 if you give
me some offense," said Rob Yacabucci, an engineer at Lockheed Martin.

Ah, yes, the offense - which, quite frankly, has been offensive since
Muschamp took over three years ago. Then again, when you're 4-8, it's not
just the offense that gets questioned; it's every facet of the program.
During his address Tuesday night, Muschamp was grilled on everything from
the color of Florida's jerseys to not using the tight end enough to the
Gators committing too many penalties

It's even reached a point where fans and media, because of the incredible
epidemic of injuries last season, have been wondering whether Muschamp's
strength and conditioning staff is doing a poor job. As if coaches are
responsible for the broken bones suffered by players such as quarterback

[gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

[Tracy Gill]

As requested by Oliver.

 

My family and I were at the Gator Gathering event Bianchi covered in
Orlando.  Coach Muschamp was optimistic but realistic, and he seemed full of
energy.  I was impressed that he seemed to speak off the cuff about the
entire roster with emphasis on the players from the local area.  It looked
like he was just working from perhaps a one page outline of the team roster
and talked about most players on the 2-3 deep depth chart.  He said they'd
be 100% committed to up-tempo offense and that they were working through how
to adapt that when it came time to kill clock at the end of a game.   He
said the defense needs to be ready to defend more plays too with the fast
tempo.  He spoke a bit about strength and conditioning and how they've
tweaked a few things to try to prevent injuries but tried not to overreact
because there were some previous conditions that drove some of the problems,
esp. with torn labrums.  He cheerfully dodged an audience question about the
team's take on crab legs in their training diet by smiling and saying, "Next
question..Seriously, next question."

 

He was asked about orange jerseys and said he liked them remembering his
experience attending UF games in the 80s.  But he understood that some
people didn't like being reminded of the 80s and probation.  There were four
players from the 80s sitting together and spoke up about how they didn't
appreciate hearing that about their time.  Daryl Perry and Tony Jones were
two of the four names.  Daryl is recovering from serious illness but is
getting around much better.  Bianchi had a nice article about Emmitt Smith
helping Daryl Perry a few years ago if you're interested.  Coach Muschamp
seemed to smooth that over, told them they were invited to be around anytime
they wanted, and then spent some time talking to that group of players when
he finished speaking.  

 

He was very engaging during the autograph session and talked with me, my
wife, and my two boys.  In that respect, he was the anti-Meyer compared to
my experience with him when UMIII came to Orlando in 2009 - he didn't speak
and barely made eye contact with my son and me.  In short, Coach Boom is a
likable, hard-working guy who I hope can get things turned back in the right
direction this year.  He makes you want to pull for him to succeed.  

 

Go Gators!

 

Tray

 

From: gatorn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatorn...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of John Bowers
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:00 AM
To: Gator News
Subject: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi in the Sentinel

 

Gators coach Will Muschamp: 'Fans are upset and I don't blame 'em!

Muschamp embraces criticism of UF football program that went 4-8 last
season, vows to improve

 

Mike Bianchi

SPORTS COMMENTARY

9:51 p.m. EDT, May 13, 2014

 

You know it, I know it, but most of all Will Muschamp himself knows it.

He knows if he doesn't win a certain number of games this season, there
won't be a next season for him as the football coach of the
 Florida Gators.

And the thing I like about Muschamp is that he is bluntly honest about it.
He not only knows he has to win this season; he understands it

"Everybody is kicking us in the ass, and it's fair," Muschamp told me before
taking the stage at the Central Florida Gator Club Tuesday night at the
Plaza Live in downtown Orlando. "We have a loyal fan base and they're upset,
and I don't blame 'em. I'm upset, too. To me it's fair - very fair - that
we're being questioned on what we're doing and how we're doing it. We all
realize that 4-8 is unacceptable."

The question is what win total this season is acceptable if Muschamp expects
to keep his job? After interviewing a number of fans at the Gator gathering
Tuesday night, the magic number seems to be 8. "I'll even take 7 if you give
me some offense," said Rob Yacabucci, an engineer at Lockheed Martin.

Ah, yes, the offense - which, quite frankly, has been offensive since
Muschamp took over three years ago. Then again, when you're 4-8, it's not
just the offense that gets questioned; it's every facet of the program.
During his address Tuesday night, Muschamp was grilled on everything from
the color of Florida's jerseys to not using the tight end enough to the
Gators committing too many penalties

It's even reached a point where fans and media, because of the incredible
epidemic of injuries last season, have been wondering whether Muschamp's
strength and conditioning staff is doing a poor job. As if coaches are
responsible for the broken bones suffered by players such as quarterback
 Jeff Driskel last season. "I guess we need to have them drink more
milk," Muschamp jokes.

"At the end of the day, the only way to change the perception is to win,"
Muschamp said. "That's all we can do. It's like I told our team: 'We're 4-8.
We need to shut up a