re: If the Gators lose to Kentucky, does McElwain lose his job?

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Coach Mac is not getting fired for going 8-4 , he could win the east going 8-4 with losses to Michigan , FSU , Kentucky and another SEC team.

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Yeah, but that is not what you are paying him for.

No idea what Orgeron is going to do as a head coach, maybe you beat them again. If Orgeron can do an average job I think LSU wins.

But they have a more talented team, as will Georgia.

And if you do make it to Atlanta, I personally think you have a very poor chance of beating whoever represents the West.

That's not what you pay a Florida coach to do, especially in year 3. Urban had already notched his first championship, Saban was 12-2 his 2nd year at Alabama, and won it his third year there (and you have zero chance of doing that this year).

Then there is Urban at Ohio State.

Look the players are there around you in Florida. Regardless of whether you win as many championships as Saban has in a similar period of time, Florida expects (with good reason) to be in the national discussion EVERY year. Just like under Spurrier, and under Meyer.

That's what you pay a Florida coach for. You pay them to do it in a hurry. And there is no sign of that happening.

Now someone might trot out Beamer and Virginia Tech. Again, you aren't paying or looking for someone to build a consistent winner. You already have that.

You want someone who does what Saban and Meyer are doing, what Spurrer did (even if he only won one paltry championship in 12 years or so).

And if that's not what you have, you are going to keep looking. Whether you or your fanbase realizes it yet or not.

My take anyway. I wouldn't touch your job with a ten foot pole if I was a coach. I would want to have fun and have a team I was proud of.

Not to feel sick to my stomach that I didn't win it all this past year.

And at your school, frankly there is no other option.

Unless you want to be the perennial underachiever Georgia has been with similar advantages.