SEC Media Days: Muschamp deserves some time at Florida
Will Muschamp is under some pressure after going 3-5 in SEC in first season. (AP photo)
(It’s Day 2 at SEC Media Days. Here’s a quick look at Will Muschamp and Florida.)
HOOVER, Ala. — Shortly after taking over as coach at Florida, Will Muschamp summoned Janoris Jenkins to his office and informed the talented but troubled cornerback that he would be suspended for five games because of multiple failed drug tests.
Jenkins’ response was not one of remorse but rather entitlement. He told Muschamp: “Do you know who you’re talking to?” And so ended Jenkins’ career at Florida.
We use that story partly to defend Muschamp, who has come under some heat, and illustrate the problems he has dealt with at Florida since replacing Urban Meyer. A dozen players have left or been run off in the past year. It’s now clear the talent base at Florida wasn’t what you would expect – and Meyer probably knew this, which is why he “retired” in the first place: He saw the problems coming.
Any claims Meyer left for health or family reasons went out the window when he took the Ohio State job a year later.
This doesn’t mean we know for certain Muschamp is a great head coach. But after going only 7-6 (3-5 in the SEC) last season, it’s worth noting that he inherited a bit of a mess.
“No more pressure at all,” Muschamp said Wednesday at SEC Media Days when asked if he felt more pressure in Year 2. “The pressure is what you put on yourself, and I put an awful lot on myself whether it’s year one or year 10. Going into the first year, the issues I knew we had was a situation where we inherited a roster with two quarterbacks on scholarship, Tyler Murphy and John Brantley. Unfortunately, I think I said this a thousand times last year, if we can keep John Brantley healthy, we’ll be fine. … We lost a lot of confidence offensively. We struggled to move the ball consistently. That really permeates and affects your entire football team when that happens. Whether you’re a head coach or assistant coach, when you’re heading in with that, it is difficult and frustrating.”
But Muschamp, who was projected as the next Georgia coach when he was defensive coordinator at Texas, admitted he feels “more prepared” for the job this season.
“Mack Brown said something to me when I was at Texas, had the opportunity to be the next head coach at Texas,” Muschamp said. “I said, ‘What makes you think I’m ready for this job?’ He said, ‘You’re not.’ I’ve been a head coach at North Carolina for 10 years and Appalachian State for one year and Tulane for four years, and I wasn’t ready for this job at Texas. Every job is different. Every job has its own set of circumstances, its own positives, its own negatives. That always made a lot of sense when he said that. You have to work yourself into the job when you get there.”
By Jeff Schultz
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enquiring minds
July 18th, 2012
3:12 pm
What else did Scam have to do, besides stealing computers, etc. to get kicked off Florida. Had to be really bad, because just being a criminal doesn’t get you kicked off team at Florida.
Wilson Pickett
July 18th, 2012
3:12 pm
Tray Matthews shouldn’t be counted on at UGA….twitter info
“Just had a long talk with Rueben Foster and Coach Trooper, it was much needed
Shutup
July 18th, 2012
3:12 pm
Crowell is bye bye
McDawg
July 18th, 2012
3:15 pm
did Auburn pay Ruben Foster???
it don't matter
July 18th, 2012
3:15 pm
everyone knows Well is a broken record…..
I just laugh at his ignorance.
McDawg
July 18th, 2012
3:17 pm
Trooper is the money guy
enquiring minds
July 18th, 2012
3:18 pm
McDawg…of course, just like they did Scam Newton
enquiring minds
July 18th, 2012
3:20 pm
There’s a reason auburn cheetahs are the most ncaa probationary team in sec history
bill arp
July 18th, 2012
3:29 pm
boy am I glad Will isn’t our head coach..Heck, even Grantham for that matter.. leave all that hoopla to the coordinators. I want a head coach who stays calm during the storm, one that doesn’t go crazy like they do!
Well
July 18th, 2012
3:29 pm
“did Auburn pay Ruben Foster???”
Yes, now go report it to the NCAA.
“Trooper is the money guy”
Uh huh.
“just like they did Scam Newton”
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I love crybaby mutt fans.
Well
July 18th, 2012
3:30 pm
“There’s a reason auburn cheetahs are the most ncaa probationary team in sec history”
I love stupid dawg fans.
GT
July 18th, 2012
3:30 pm
Great coaches win. Look at TCU and tell me how a guy getting nothing but two star talent does what Patterson does. And don’t say the SEC all the real teams with the exception of maybe South Carolina play in the other division. The door is wide open for a fair team to shine, this guy can’t coach.
Well
July 18th, 2012
3:30 pm
“What else did Scam have to do, besides stealing computers, etc. to get kicked off Florida.”
Punch your mom in the face.
Well
July 18th, 2012
3:31 pm
” Look at TCU and tell me how a guy getting nothing but two star talent does what Patterson does.”
TCU sucked last year.
mcdaviddawg
July 18th, 2012
3:32 pm
The nice thing is Ohio State ignored these problems as they are “cleaning” up their program. Can’t wish anything good for the buckeyes.
G8R GRAD
July 18th, 2012
3:33 pm
The Gators will be fine this year;
Brissett and Driskel are both an improvement over Brantley and we’ve two sizeable offensive backs in Johnson and Hines (behind Gillislee).
Our Achilles heel, however, may be our defensive rush.
GO GATORS!
G8R GRAD
July 18th, 2012
3:37 pm
See:
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-17/sports/os-florida-learned-spring-football-0418-20120417_1_spring-game-muschamp-spring-football
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
3:37 pm
@Well… we are definitly not cry babies when it come to the barn. we own y’all
UF Rox
July 18th, 2012
3:39 pm
Muck Feyer!
Well
July 18th, 2012
3:44 pm
” we are definitly not cry babies when it come to the barn. we own y’all”
Too bad you guys can’t win a bowl game…or the SEC. Sorry that your only star player got kicked off the team.
you know it, i know it, we all know it
July 18th, 2012
3:51 pm
He’s got the “deer in headlights” look.
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
3:52 pm
Yea we have never won the SEC or a bowl game we are just terrible. Crowell a star spoken like a true barner. Yall will miss dyer far more than we miss isaiah. Have yall found a defense yet?
wondering
July 18th, 2012
3:56 pm
@Well, why are you such a classless d-bag? Born that way?
Bitter? Think constantly insulting others makes you a big man?
Take your meds and have your mommy tuck you in bed.
enquiring minds
July 18th, 2012
4:01 pm
Auburn – most probations in SEC….stupid? Why? It’s a fact
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July 18th, 2012
4:07 pm
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Stinger2
July 18th, 2012
4:08 pm
“Well” sounds sick based on his comments.
Well
July 18th, 2012
4:10 pm
“Yall will miss dyer far more than we miss isaiah. Have yall found a defense yet?”
Nah, we just have the fastest dude in the SEC on our team. Defense? Ask Van Gordor, dork. I seem to remember him doing quite well for UGAG years ago. 6 years in the NFL and he has the best of the best coming to Auburn
Just ask Ruben Foster.
““Well” sounds sick based on his comments.”
And you sound like you dropped out of high school.
Well
July 18th, 2012
4:10 pm
“Auburn – most probations in SEC….stupid? Why? It’s a fact”
UGA has a remedial english class with your name on it.
love the assignment pics
July 18th, 2012
4:13 pm
Jeff, you ought to have a contest for your readers to win all your wonderful media swag! From the super bowls to the sec
5150 UOAD
July 18th, 2012
4:16 pm
The Only reason to talk about a Dooley on this blog is because one is coaching at Tennessee. The Other Dooley is a JOKE, POOR MOUTH nobody would know about if he didn’t give Hershel’s sis a track scholarship and arranged for Herschel to get a Free SMOKEY & The BANDIT Trans AM to come to UGa.
enquiring minds
July 18th, 2012
4:17 pm
Come on Well….I’m so hurt….blogs aren’t for english snobs. BTW, you should not end a sentence with “it”. Oops.
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:20 pm
@Well… Fastest dude in the SEC? Now who might that be?
Charlie Pell Grant
July 18th, 2012
4:21 pm
Spurrier loves those Gayters so much he’ll whip them along with ‘Em Dawgs for the third staight time.
Mustchump will leave uf before Spurrier retires from The U.S.C.
GoooooOOOOOOO C O C K S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
zzzzzzzzz
July 18th, 2012
4:22 pm
5150, the other oral masturbator is here….rooms full of idiots now. I’m gone.
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:23 pm
Well… you get the biggest recruit auburn has ever had committed and you can’t even spell his name right
?
July 18th, 2012
4:25 pm
The All-American track sister? Yeah, track coach didn’t want her, did he?
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July 18th, 2012
4:29 pm
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bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:35 pm
I would hate to be a fan of a school that had to scream goooo COCKS all the time
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:35 pm
come on filter its funny
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:36 pm
What do Sandusky and USCjr have in common?
Well
July 18th, 2012
4:37 pm
“Fastest dude in the SEC? Now who might that be?”
This guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSm9bB3uIFU
Well
July 18th, 2012
4:37 pm
“What do Sandusky and USCjr have in common?”
They both made UGA’s butt hurt?
Well
July 18th, 2012
4:38 pm
“you get the biggest recruit auburn has ever had committed and you can’t even spell his name right”
Ever had? Huh, I guess Rueben is better than Bo, Cam, Thomas, Davis, Cadillac, Brown, Fairly, Rocker, Sullivan, Jackson etc?
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:39 pm
Cocks
Well
July 18th, 2012
4:40 pm
“blogs aren’t for english snobs. BTW, you should not end a sentence with “it”. Oops.”
Deal with IT. There, I ended a sentence with it, and it made sense.
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:40 pm
by recruiting rankings yes
Well
July 18th, 2012
4:41 pm
“The Other Dooley is a JOKE, POOR MOUTH nobody would know about if he didn’t give Hershel’s sis a track scholarship and arranged for Herschel to get a Free SMOKEY & The BANDIT Trans AM to come to UGa.”
Did Herschel ever make it in the NFL?
Answer: No.
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:41 pm
C-O-C-K-S
bham dawg
July 18th, 2012
4:42 pm
@Well… he was the first player to ever sign a million dollar contract and it was with the USFL. He was too banged up by the time he got to the NFL
Well
July 18th, 2012
4:42 pm
“by recruiting rankings yes”
Recruiting doesn’t really matter if your coaching sucks. SEE: UGA football. Reuben might be great but it won’t make ANY difference if he sucks in college. Remember that QB UGA picked up in the early 90s or late 80s? Eric Zier was his name.
What ever happened to him?