MICKEY ANDREWS CONSIDERING RETIREMENT?

by Orson on Nov 28, 2007 1:08 PM EST

Good stories need good villains, like Dr. No, Keyzer Soze, or Andy Garcia in When a Man Loves a Woman. (Let the woman drink, dammit!) For Florida fans and ACC foes, the sunflower-seed chomping clipboard frog-god and defensive mafioso who sent garnet-and-gold hitmen to kill quarterbacks at a startling clip through FSU's glory years of the '90s played this role to the hilt: Mickey Andrews, who still calls the defense for the 'Noles and who may be retiring following this year, per FSU Sports Commentary.

Despite his substantial villain cred, we're not sad to hear Andrews might be retiring. We're can't be sentimental, especially about a defensive coordinator whose defenses persistently added dirty play, late hits, and deliberate attempts to injure to their repertoire of solid schemes and eye-popping talent. Ten years ago, we'd have been the first to happily throw his box of office mementos and personal belongings to the curb: quarterbacks simply died against Noles defenses.

But we'd like to go ahead and come right out and say that he's grown on us as a Gator fan. No, really. We'll take him there as long as he wants to stay, just because he's such an old-school, classic sort of figure. Really! No ulterior motives here. He's superb.

KeepMickeyAndrews.com! Dibs!

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Have you changed servers yet? Its harder than hell for me to get on these days.

by tzubear on Nov 28, 2007 1:15 PM EST reply actions

Its sad to think defense is the strength of the Noles. If Mickey wants to come to Oregon State to be DC, I’d welcome him.

by tzubear on Nov 28, 2007 1:18 PM EST reply actions

Perhaps you should make sure Bowden’s got Kevin Cosgrove’s address. I mean, he’s been a DC at two major schools, so he’s got all the qualifications you’d want him to have, Orson.

by Albino Tornado on Nov 28, 2007 1:22 PM EST reply actions

Drunk Meg Ryan was the best Meg Ryan.

by John on Nov 28, 2007 1:29 PM EST reply actions

AMATO!!!!! Goodnight, Bobby. It was fun.

by Brinson on Nov 28, 2007 1:31 PM EST reply actions

Mickey, GIGGETY GIGGETY needs you in Oxfart.

by yoyofutbawl on Nov 28, 2007 1:52 PM EST reply actions

Cameron isn’t “reporting” that Andrews is retiring, just that there is a rumor that he is retiring. Besides, the juicy rumors aren’t on that side of the ball, anyway.

by Kevin @ Fanblogs on Nov 28, 2007 2:07 PM EST reply actions

Don’t forget that ole Mickey was an assistant at UF under Charley Pell.

by tz on Nov 28, 2007 3:01 PM EST reply actions

Mickey will be sure to pass along his copy of “The Art of Faking Injuries in the 4th Qtr. in Order to Save Timeouts” on to his successor, no doubt.

by NativeSon on Nov 28, 2007 3:31 PM EST reply actions

NativeSon, you beat me to it. Word. Word. Word to you, sir.

How no one in the national media has ever called FSU on that is beyond me. They literally do it every time they are trailing late in a close game.

I remember an FSU fan at a former workplace of mine asking, innocently, back in the late 90s why everyone else around the country seemed to hate the ’Noles. Was it jealousy of their success?

I pointed out that it probably had more to do with the program playing fast and loose with the rules, their off-field arrests and doing douchebaggy things on it. The faking of injuries to stop the clock was my #1 example, since it’s something 99.9 percent of players with a sense of personal dignity would never do, no matter how big the game.

by Papa Lou BSU on Nov 28, 2007 4:12 PM EST reply actions

How long has he been an assistant?

Seriously, he’s been a coordiator for that long without ever being so much as offered a head coaching job?

by R.D. Baker - Retired Blogger on Nov 28, 2007 5:01 PM EST reply actions

To bad he did not retire in 1993. NE would have another MNC. I hope you leave Mickey.

As a Florida fan might now say hey Mickey youre so fine you blow my mind hey Mickey hey Mickey!

by Andrew on Nov 28, 2007 5:29 PM EST reply actions

Didn’t a big-name LSU player pull exactly that same fake injury stunt this year? (I’m thinking it was against UF – he actually admitted it to the press afterwards.) Desperate desire to win big > sense of personal dignity.

by peachy on Nov 28, 2007 7:29 PM EST reply actions

I think Andrews was an assistant under Pell at Clemson, not UF. He is and was a dirty rat; maybe Julian Pitman can take over the DC responsibilities on work-release.

by Gone Gator on Nov 28, 2007 8:33 PM EST reply actions

Nope, Mickey had 2 years in Gainesville as DB coach under Pell. Lots of personal fouls happened then. Go figure.

by Ltrain on Nov 28, 2007 9:08 PM EST reply actions

Andrew — So Mickey Andrews is responsible for the refs missing William Floyd’s goal line fumble? Huzzah!

by Albino Tornado on Nov 29, 2007 4:36 AM EST reply actions

~~- you are right 82-83; in addition to the personal fouls, Gators D ran afoul of the NCAA. That 1983 staff is ridiculous -~~ Shannahan, Heimldinger, Kines, Andrews.

by GoneGator on Nov 29, 2007 4:56 PM EST reply actions

I believe Mickey has been contacted about several HC openings in the past, but has always opted to stay at FSU near his family. Good riddance to a dirty coach with dirty style. And, no, not the good kind of dirty.

by bucng8r on Nov 29, 2007 5:15 PM EST reply actions

Julian Pittman made some mistakes in college but his is an outstanding young man. He has good parents, and if you have ever talked to him you can see where he gets it from. Might I add he has only been in trouble in college thats it !111
God Bless

by Chris Atkinson on Dec 10, 2007 2:10 AM EST reply actions