[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Around college football: How good is the Florida job?

Nonsense! 

I can buy the discussion of our facilities, because it is an objective thing you can look at. It appears that we are falling behind some of our rival schools in some areas, and it's objectively true that we do not have an indoor practice field. That probably should make us a bit less attractive.

However, I am tired of hearing that our fans have unrealistic expectations. Do these mystery insiders really expect us to believe that fans of Alabama, Texas, USCwest, and Ohio State do NOT have expectations that their teams will be competing for championships? Ever? Would any of those fans really be happy, even if 11-2, with a keystone cops offense that was ranked 105th in the country? Were we supposed to really be happy that we 'almost' played for a national championship (which was about as 'almost' as how we almost played for the SEC championship this year)? The facts are that we 1) didn't play for a national championship that year (and didn't deserve to), 2) we didn't play for the SEC championship that year, and 3) we lost our bowl game in an embarrassing fashion. Would those other teams' fans really have been happy with that team, that offense, and that season?

So here's some shocking news to prospective head coaches. Don't come here if you think it is unreasonable for fans to expect that you will be in the mix for the SEC East every year, that you will win it every couple or three years, and that you will win the SEC sometimes, which would also likely put us in the playoff. Especially don't come here if you think it's unreasonable for the fans to want a team that looks competent and well-coached on offense, defense and special teams, whether they win or lose any particular game.

Anyone who says that Alabama, Texas, USCwest, and Ohio State fans do not have comparable expectations is full of it! 

Rob

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On Nov 21, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Woody <gatorrrrrr@gmail.com> wrote:

Expectations are another issue. Though clearly some things didn't work for Muschamp, the fan base extended him very little goodwill for the 2012 season when he went 11-2 and nearly played for a national title. And that's at a program with a moderate track record of success prior to Steve Spurrier's arrival in 1990.

"Spurrier was asked what went wrong at the end of a 10-2 season and he lost his (expletive) and left," one person said. "Now it's become a place where competing and winning isn't enough, you have to be playing for championships, so there's a lot of pressure."