I seriously want Charlie Strong to be the HC.

I’d like to recommend Phil Fulmer. I hear he’s still looking for a job.

yep, got all the bases covered there Orson …… coff Mangino coff

Lane Kiffin

Wouldn’t you love to see a “most interesting man in the world” commercial with Schnelly rather than that dude they’re using now?

Does this count as the third celebrity death with Chris Henry/Brittany Murphy?

I think Cthulhu would make a fine coach. His (if you can really assign a pronoun to Cthulhu) defense would be taught unspeakable horrors to intimidate the opposition.

However, he tends to consume alumni donors and bring about the end of the world. The donor consumption of course being more important.

Keep your damn, dirty gator hands off of Muschamp, plz.
Stoops makes the most sense, but it would probably be the five finger death punch to the Big 12. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

How fair is it for you to rail on ND for having a dream list of Stoops, Meyer, Saban, Cowher, and Dungy when replacing Weis and yet, when the time comes to replace Urban Meyer, the first two options on your list are Stoops and Shanahan.

Bobby Petrino is your upper bound for what UF will be able to land.

I personally don’t think anyone could be angry at Charlie Strong if he took the Florida job. He had no clue that the school he came up through was going to abruptly lose the best coach in college football, one of the few that had actually earned something that vaguely resembles tenure, and leave the program with no real replacement on hand (cough Steve Addazio cough).

If Florida steals Paul Johnson from my dear Georgia Tech, I will track down the men responsible and exact revenge in the name of all the GT fans who still, to this day, hate Josh Nesbitt out of a reflex response to the quarterback position.

Seems like either the Utah or TCU guys would be a lock, unless they suddenly come over all Edsall/Schiamoish and decide they couldn’t stand to leave their current fair estates. All other candidates suck in comparison; Tuberville’s a South Carolina move. Potentially big upside with Mullen, but is he gonna screw MSU like that? Petrinoesque, his leaving would be.

@3 I hope Mangino hides away for about 4 years and slips out of everyone’s minds only to return 250lbs lighter wearing leather chaps for a huge ohhhhhhhhh effect.

Now to be serious. I know nothing of the inner workings of Gator Nation, but I’de be shocked if Spurrier wasn’t a top candidate based on: his past success, his experiment at USC close to be proven a failure and he’s the only (realistic) name that can for lack of a better phrase “fill Meyer’s shoes”.

The Trojans have this fine OC, Jeremy Bates, with pro experience who’d make an outstanding replacement for Meyer. SC alumni would even kick in his moving expenses.

Orson,

Greg Schiano?

The Horns are reeeeeaaaaaalllly freaked out that the Gators will come calling on Muschamp. Please do it. Just cause it would be fun to watch those spoiled arrogant asses get all pissy. And Muschamp can coach so it’s win win.

Golden Hand – I would argue that Mullen to Florida is not so much Petrinoesque as it is SECesque – coaches have been jumping from lesser schools (Vandy, KY, Miss, Miss St) to other SEC schools with more potential with regularity. Biggest criteria is ability to win… which he has not proven, but Mullen certainly seems pointed in the right direction

since FL is at the top of big time in CFB, they are not going to fall back on an unproven “favorite son”(i.e.Strong)… they will be looking for a proven winner (Stoops, Whittingham, etc) at the top echelon with the ability to exert themselves to maintain Florida’s status.

I could see them convincing Spurrier to come back for a 2-3 yr deal, while mentoring a new HFC ala Muschamp. The only problem with this theory is the “HFC in waiting” process seems unproven… give it 2-4 yrs and perhaps a Joker or Jimbo may set a new paradigm in motion in CFB

Yes, Jeremy Bates would be a sensational choice, and yes, I, too, would help with the moving expenses.
The real not-so-long shot would be Mike Stoops at Arizona. Has really built that program up, has the genes, and just needs a bigger stage and budget.

Jerry Glanville….he wears cowboy hats and big belt buckles,,,,,,

@12 It’s fine to use a lesser SEC school as a stepping stone, but you owe them at least 3-4 years. Two is the bare minimum if your ultimate dream job comes up, I guess, so he’s out of Petrino country.

The course of action should be obvious – NICK SABAN. You already know he’s a soulless ghoul who would happily piss all over alabama for the right amount of silver.

I would consider Mullen leaving MSU after only one year and going back to Florida “Petrinoesque” also. And it seems to be a little more than MSU deserves at this point. A real kick in the balls.

After years of Charlie Strong’s biggest supporters ranting and railing against schools not giving Strong a fair shot, it would be impossible for them to turn around and defend him leaving Louisville at the alter.

Patterson refused to even talk to ND and signed a big contract extension. Leaving TCU after that would also be a kick straight to the nether regions.

Charlie Wies is available. Just trying to help.

I’m disappointed that Jimmy Sexton hasn’t gotten Houston Nutt’s name tied to the Florida job yet. He must still be hung over from Christmas.

How fair is it for you to rail on ND for having a dream list of Stoops, Meyer, Saban, Cowher, and Dungy when replacing Weis and yet, when the time comes to replace Urban Meyer, the first two options on your list are Stoops and Shanahan.

Because both have coached at Florida before, and we’re saying it’s unrealistic on both counts?

Why is the guy who can’t win a BCS game #1? Mullen could be a choice but needs more seasoning. Strong equals coach Name-Redacted. No NFL re-treads either. It’s Whittingham or bust as I see it.

Oh, come on, Orson, if you’re going to quote the Domer stupidity, you might as well do the whole thing…

“Bobby Petrino is your upper bound for what UF will be able to land.”

Yes, because UF is certainly no glittering Notre Dame, what with the latter’s glorious tradition of not having won a bowl game since Ace of Base was topping the charts.

Good to see you’re coping with this well, Orson.

I will buy and frequently don the blue/orange Prizefighter robes of “GO GATOR” incident fame if Schnelly assumes the throne.

What UF really needs is some “Hawk Love”. Obviously.

Add:
Bo Pelini
Will Muschamp

Sated.

Schnelly as HC, Mullen as OC, and Muschamp as DC.

Or just Whittingham, if that all falls through.

LMAO at this list! I hope Whittingham is quickly taken off the list…we need him here in SLC!

You mean Tebow’s too young to handle the job now? Or would these candidates just be holding Tebow’s place until he’s done with the NFL (which should be in about two years?)

With Mangino, Weis, Bowden, and Meyer now gone, who would’ve thought it was Meyer who left for health reasons.

My suggestion to UF: yarrrr!

mike shula is only 70 miles away in Jacksonville… he’s such a classy guy, such a good guy-he should be a gator

let’s face it, the timing of all this is so unusual, so i would give a pass to either strong or mullen if they reneged on their current situations; this is FLORIDA after all. patterson would be an excellent choice.

one other name: barry alvarez; a little aged but the dude can coach; had a glass ceiling at wisco that does not exist at uf; definitely the CEO type foley is looking for, too. just in case meyer is just needing a break, alvarez can hold down the fort for a few years; just saying

http://www.clickorlando.com/sports/22066753/detail.html

Good news and bad news? Wishful thinking?

http://www.alligator.org/sports/football/article_80850686-f317-11de-bb79-001cc4c03286.html

next options is…..

URBAN MEYER

Mort is reporting via his Twitter that Meyer has changed his mind and is no longer resigning but instead taking a leave of absence. Adazzio will be interim coach.

I hear Ty Willingham’s available.

Guess this is irrelevant now that he isn’t resigning eh?

Now he’s not resigning? What the hell is going on down there??

Why not Charlie Weis?

He’s got schemes and stuff.

seeing Steve Adazzio will be interim coach crawl across the bottom of the screen is soooo disturbing…ugh.

my vote goes to a combination of YARRRRR and TA-NOOOO-TA!

Srsly.

-David

Press conference at 1630. Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease.

Iowa in bcs game = Florida bound coach and instantly atop the fulmer cup

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4774134

Confirmed ambivalence. Urban Meyer isn’t a mercenary in the Nick Saban vein. You can tell he genuinely loves coaching and loves the game, and quitting the game for your health would be like having to decide to amputate your arm to save the rest of your body. Sure, the choice is “clear”, but is it really?

I’ve been in the situation of leaving something I loved for the purpose of putting my life back in order, and just the two months I took off were excruciating, and this was something I did maybe ten hours a week. I cannot imagine how horrible it would be to try to do what Urban Meyer is doing.

Urban’s not reading this, but take 2010 off, leave the program in the hands of an able advisor who will accept your inevitable return, get your life in order and your priorities straight, and then come back and bring the pain.

Addazzio as the interim HC?? By god, what did Brantley do to deserve this? Eat the entrails of living babies?

SEC publicity stunt to boost flagging ticket sales.

Tebow’s been having this song on repeat…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grtbH0lw2-I

At least when Addazzio only pulls off 7 wins next season there will be no one else to blame, and he will go back to coaching the offensive line like he is supposed to.

Addazio as interim? Someone please find Orson and tell him to put the gun down.

MAO!

First Billy Donovan, then Urban. Just can’t leave Gainesville I guess.

If Addazio is really the interim- someone needs to tell Tebow he’s holding Black Masses or something (c’mon you know deep down Tebow’s basically a crusader transported to the wrong era- highly religious, not particularily bright, a fiery leader, strong as an ox- if you can’t see him leading a charge on Jerusalem and wielding a broadsword I don’t know what to tell you). Seriously, giving the program over to the guy who turned the greatest player of my generation into a pocket passer who occasionally smashes into the line- he couldn’t do more to annoy me (watch next year he tries to turn Brantley into Tommy Frazier and calls exclusively short passes on the rollout— after all that’s what a guy with a massive arm is best at right- screens and rollout passes?

So he’s pulling a Coach K- missing a hard year both on the court (due to players leaving) and off (his health) and then coming back— I can deal with that— especially since it would basically cement the guy as a Gator for life (the school that allows this would have to accrue major points). Seriously, though can’t we win back Billy G by letting him interim for a year and just outright firing Steve “I ruined Tim Tebow’s senior year— yes I really do suck that bad” Addazio?

Can I trade my knee-to-the-junk privileges in the unlikely situation that Tubberville in exchange for the more likely scenario of Mullen going back?

No love for Chip Kelly? I heard he’s incorporating string theory into his offense next year.
Eligible receivers will exist in multiple dimensions at once. It’s pretty good against the zone.

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Whittingham? Don’t you mean Willingham? He’d do great in Florida – lot’s of golf.

Uh…have you BEEN to Oklahoma?