FL Gators have a new Football Coach

[Sam Odom]

McElwain

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/reports--florida-hires-colorado-state-s-jim-mcelwain-154351085.html

[jtoler]

Radio guys here are questioning if he's worthy of the post. UF is desperate right now, they should have waited some before finding a hire, its way too soon.

[Sam Odom]

Florida aint CSU - Will he hire a complete new staff of his choosing ?

[daneblazer]

Schools fire coaches and try to shoot for the moon and it rarely ever works. Seems like a good guy and a good coach...hopefully it doesn't work out for them

[recon1]

He did turn around a very bad CSU team and has good training from being Alabama OC.

[navyblue81]

Florida aint CSU - Will he hire a complete new staff of his choosing ?

Florida wasn't Utah or Duke, either, but Meyer and Spurrier turned out fine. Florida has a good track record of picking coaches who have turned around programs. I think McElwain is an excellent hire.

[thetrinity]

I liked this hire a lot.

[The Kraken]

Yuck. Gonna end up like Hoke at Michigan