re: Would florida coach mac still be around?? Had the 9 players not been suspended

I posted on one of these threads way earlier in the season that I totally understood the frustrations Florida fans had with Mac. I actually think it was a similar feel to the last few years of Richt. The coach won enough that it was easy to look in from the outside and think fans should be happy and that it would be ridiculous to make a change, but people who follow closely could tell that the team was underachieving and things were heading down not up.

How you structure and run a program, including recruiting, discipline, and managing relationships with boosters is as much a part of being the head coach at a major SEC school as wins on the field is. Most sensible Florida fans I know recognized that Mac wasn't managing Florida in a way that would predicate consistent success.

The funny thing about the Richt situation is that he is doing a lot of things now at Miami (hiring established coordinators, pushing the admin for facilities upgrades, recruiting larger lineman, etc) that he simply didn't do at Georgia, especially towards the end. As that attention to detail went away, the program started to decline. We took a chance and made a move. Seems to be working out so far, but nothing is a sure thing.