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To: Hank All-American

I gave you specific quotes that hinted toward that. Pretending it didn't is foolish.

I challenged you to list 10 things that Zook did right or wrong and how you would change them. I did that with RC Slocum in 1995. You do it now.

The difference between 8 and 9 wins isn't worth firing an entire staff. That's stupid. Unless you can prove that Zook couldn't do what Spurrier did, you don't know for a fact that UF is going anywhere with a new coach.


48 posted on 10/30/2004 8:17:16 PM PDT by 1L
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To: 1L

Who the hell are you to tell me I have to point out ten specific things that Ron Zook did wrong? When the team repeatedly loses games in the last two minutes, that's due to coaching. The Gators are 4-4, which is indefensible for a school of that size and prestige, with that tradition and with the kind of recruiting they are capable of. They never did that under Spurrier. What specific things Zook objectively did wrong is irrelevant. Results are what matters. I can objectively point out to you why a bumblebee can't fly, but obviously I'd be wrong. You may be able to objectively argue that Zook did nothing in particular as a coach that was incorrect, and you'd be just as obviously wrong. You want ten things? How about ten losses in two seasons? There are ten things right there. It wasn't like Zook took over some struggling program he had to rebuild, for crying out loud. Right now we're a .500 ball club.

And saying UF should be "vying for number one" and "in the national championship hunt" is not "hinting" that I expect a national championship every year. You're either being deliberately obtuse or are a little light in the clear-thinking department. Spurrier was at Florida for 12 years, and we won one National Championship, lost another National Championship bowl game, and had a shot at it going into our bowl maybe a couple of other times. How could me wanting to go back to those winning ways in any way suggest that I expect us to win the national championship every year? That's ridiculous. I just don't want to be no one's preseason pick for number one and then be mathematically eliminated from the national championship picture by week five. What I want is to go back to being a preseason top five pick and at least have a shot at it every year. Having a shot doesn't mean winning it, it means having a team that contends for it. If at some point during the season we get knocked out of it by one loss too many, I can live with that, and look forward to the next year and maybe an SEC title as consolation. What I can't live with is that loss coming in September, to no one's real surprise, with more to follow and little reason to think next year will be different.

If you are a 1L somewhere as your screen name suggests, you'd better refine your analytical approach if you want a snowball's chance in hell of making law review. Setting up a straw-man argument as an issue on a final doesn't go over to well.


50 posted on 10/30/2004 11:21:46 PM PDT by Hank All-American (Free Men, Free Minds, Free Markets baby!)
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