Zook gone
Now that Florida has ended its embarrassing experiment with Ron Zook, I've got two questions:
1. Does this end my hopes of a Steve Spurrier press conference in Austin this February?
2. Any chance Florida will approach the astute Greg Davis about its coaching vacancy?
6 Comments:
What's the big deal about Spurrier? Is he the be-all-to-end-all coaches? He may be the "best available", but is he really worth all the trouble? Is he really better than Mack Brown?
I know he won the national title in 1996 (Nebraska's transition year from Frazier to Frost and the year Mackovic beat NU). Try these numbers his last few years there:
Since the 1996 national title, Florida won the conference once (2000) and only made it to championship game one other time (1999 loss to Alabama).
Only reason he was good early on was because he outrecuited a probation-hurting Miami that couldn't win a weak Big East. Once Miami arose from the dead, Florida started going down. Spurrier got out when he couldn't get back to the top.
The last we saw Spurrier was with those Redskins teams anyway. Was he still good then? I guess if you go to a weak Big 12, it's ok if the only team you really have to worry about is OU. Let him go back to Florida and get his tail kicked again.
Scott
Since last year, I've been preaching Urban Meyer to anyone who would listen, but it looks like that window might soon be closing. Not only would he bring the attitude Texas needs, but his offensive scheme is innovative and effective - two things I have yet to see from Greg Davis and Mack Brown in their seven years.
As for Spurrier, recruiting would be a lot easier than it was at Florida (more regional players, fewer competing schools) and he would have success. But I would rather have a young upstart coach who has proven he can turnaround worthless programs (Bowling Green and Utah).
Scott, for the record, I like Spurrier because he's everything Mack Brown isn't. Risky, cavalier, arrogent, brilliant, game-day coach, useful, fun-to-watch, ... Get the point?
In other words, you want a guy who'll call a Roll Left on 4th and 1, late in the game against the defending national champion right?
Texas fans constantly want a championship no matter who the coach is. At least I think that's what they want. Spurrier fizzled out late in his days at Florida. The coaches around the conference were getting too good -- Richt, Saban, Nutt, Francionne and combine that with the fact he didn't dominate Tennessee anymore.
I agree with Urban Meyer being a good candidate.
Does UT really need a big name? That just raises the expectations to win, and win now, even higher.
People I would rather have than Mack Brown:
1. Urban Meyer
2. Steve Spurrier
3. Bob Stoops
4. Sasquatch
5. Yasser Arafat (if he's healthy)
6. Darrell Royal
7. Tom Landry's hat
8. Me
9. Todd Dodge
10. John Ashcroft
Every time I look at this site I think you've put up a post entitled "Gook Zone." You're such a racist.
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