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College football: Florida and coach Jim McElwain part ways
AP ^ | October 29, 2017 | Staff

Posted on 10/29/2017 4:07:40 PM PDT by C19fan

Florida and coach Jim McElwain have agreed to part ways a day after a third consecutive loss and nearly a week after he said his players and their families had received death threats. Athletic director Scott Stricklin made the announcement Sunday and named defensive coordinator Randy Shannon the team's interim coach for the final four games.

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KEYWORDS: college; eternalchildhood; football; kidgame; ncaa; peterpans
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To: C19fan

A lot of SEC fans outside of Gainesville will be disappointed to hear this.


41 posted on 10/29/2017 8:53:11 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
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To: dfwgator

I wonder if Chip Kelly will get back into college coaching?


42 posted on 10/30/2017 6:30:10 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: PJammers

Yes McElwain had quarterbacks, he just tried to force them to run an offense they weren’t suited to run. We’ve seen it before. Quarterback stinks at UF only to transfer and look good elsewhere.


43 posted on 10/30/2017 7:09:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PJammers

One quarterback gets busted for using substances and it just so happened to be the one on Mac’s watch. That’s lack of systemic control. Guarantee it never would have happened with Saban.


44 posted on 10/30/2017 7:11:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

I agree with both statements, but a former coach, who shall not be named, made a habit of covering up his player’s misdeeds. One turned out to be a murdering psychopath.

Mac made it clear, he would not put up with bad behaviour. As you know, not protecting players goes against a long tradition in these parts.

Mac wanted an offence first team, which isn’t SEC style football. Alabama wins because they recruit top talent and grind the opponent into the ground, on both sides of the ball. Offense first teams get destroyed in the SEC.


45 posted on 10/30/2017 12:44:40 PM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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