Heitner: Florida to hire a new head football coach "soon"

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-28-17, 12:17 PM

Hopefully he's fired on Monday and Randy Shannon made interim HC. Foley made another horrible hire of a guy that had little head coaching experience.

**RudyRuetigger** · 10-28-17, 12:18 PM

should we pound uga or what

**jtoler** · 10-28-17, 12:18 PM

Thats crazy to me, he's done more with less there.

**RudyRuetigger** · 10-28-17, 12:20 PM

gonna be weird if they win today

**daneblazer** · 10-28-17, 12:24 PM

The fake death threats were the last straw. If uga drops the hammer it’ll make it easy on them. I like McElwain as a person but he’s in over his head

**lom bylyri** · 10-28-17, 12:25 PM

He is gone. The last straw was him lying ( or not ) about some of the members of the team receiving death threats. And the University selling him out after he refused to tell them anything about that. Well, duh. Little Jimmy either made the whole shit up to sensationalize the situation or ...I don't understand why, if there were threats , he's not disclosing the details to the AD. Weird. Gators are a mess.

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-28-17, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by jtoler

Thats crazy to me, he's done more with less there.

He's been fukking awful. That offense is as bad as Muschamp's. He ran off his best QB Will Grier, hasn't been able to recruit worth a damn in the best state for football. He's an aloof, arrogant ass that blames players instead of admitting his own mistakes. I can't wait for this butter teeth shark fukker to get shit canned.

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-28-17, 12:30 PM

Originally posted by daneblazer

The fake death threats were the last straw. If uga drops the hammer it’ll make it easy on them. I like McElwain as a person but he’s in over his head

I don't know anyone that likes him. He's a dick. His wife is okay, even after she deliberately posted a family picture recently with them all at the dinner table with Oklahoma (I think it was OU, certainly there wasn't any UF) paraphernalia. Who the fuk does that? His ass is gone.

Spurrier asked him recently if he could help out with the QB's and butterteeth said no. Fukk that guy.

**daneblazer** · 10-28-17, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by Mac4Lyfe

I don't know anyone that likes him. He's a dick. His wife is okay, even after she deliberately posted a family picture recently with them all at the dinner table with Oklahoma (I think it was OU, certainly there wasn't any UF) paraphernalia. Who the fuk does that? His ass is gone.

Spurrier asked him recently if he could help out with the QB's and butterteeth said no. Fukk that guy.

You know him better than me. He seems ok in his interviews which is all I see. If you say he’s a butter tooth douche I’ll believe it.

**navyblue81** · 10-28-17, 12:38 PM

With Bob Stoops, Chip Kelly and Scott Frost out there, the Gators are licking their chops to fire McElwain. I think Frost is on top of their list but I wouldn’t be surprised if they make a play for Stoops given his Florida background.

**firedawg** · 10-28-17, 12:40 PM

Kelly is front runner

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-28-17, 12:41 PM

Originally posted by daneblazer

You know him better than me. He seems ok in his interviews which is all I see. If you say he’s a butter tooth douche I’ll believe it.

He wants out, so it's a done deal. They will work out a buyout. Rumors are that a deal may already be in place for Chip Kelly. Not so sure about that. I think Charlie Strong or Lane Kiffin would be great picks as they know the state of Florida. Most fans want Frost at UCF but do you go with another inexperienced HC?

McElwain is a narcissist. He blames everyone but himself. He thinks he deserves credit for forcing UF to upgrade facilities. He thinks the media is out to get him. He's never got along with the UAA or Strickland the new AD. The QB club and the Bull Gators do not like him either. He's ready to go elsewhere.

**jtoler** · 10-28-17, 12:42 PM

Originally posted by Mac4Lyfe

He's been fukking awful. That offense is as bad as Muschamp's. He ran off his best QB Will Grier, hasn't been able to recruit worth a damn in the best state for football. He's an aloof, arrogant ass that blames players instead of admitting his own mistakes. I can't wait for this butter teeth shark fukker to get shit canned.

I guess ur right I dont follow the program, had no idea about death threats thing I just know he's 22-11 and 16-7 in SEC since he's been there and with a crappy offense, this year the defense and running game isnt good, dont know how theyre even 3-3. Florida not used to not having high powered offense, Im sure its killing the fans.

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-28-17, 12:45 PM

Strickland released the following this morning... He's gone like Donkey Kong.

"No one representing the University of Florida or its athletic department has had any conversations with Coach McElwain or his representatives regarding a buyout of his contract," Stricklin said. "Our focus is on the great Florida-Georgia rivalry today in Jacksonville."

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-28-17, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by jtoler

I guess ur right I dont follow the program, had no idea about death threats thing I just know he's 22-11 and 16-7 in SEC since he's been there and with a crappy offense, this year the defense and running game isnt good, dont know how theyre even 3-3. Florida not used to not having high powered offense, Im sure its killing the fans.

He's 22-11 because the SEC East has been the worst it's every been in the history of the divisions. Anytime he played a team with a pulse, he'd get boat raced. McElwain won games with a horseshoe up his ass. He'd win in the most luckiest fashion you can imagine. That luck has run out.

**lom bylyri** · 10-28-17, 12:54 PM

Kiss of death. Just like with El Donaldo. Whenever he says : I have a tremendous respect for Joe Blow, he's doing a beautiful job and blah, blah ... boom, the very next day Joe Blow tenders a tremendous, beautiful resignation ...

"No one representing the University of Florida or its athletic department has had any conversations with Coach McElwain or his representatives regarding a buyout of his contract," Stricklin said. "Our focus is on the great Florida-Georgia rivalry today in Jacksonville."[/QUOTE]

**daneblazer** · 10-28-17, 06:03 PM

Will get fired tomorrow for making up death threats

**teaserpleaser** · 10-28-17, 06:10 PM

Originally posted by daneblazer

Will get fired tomorrow for making up death threats

did he really make that up...going to google.

I don't think he's a bad coach he's just at Florida that's a big boy job it's not Colorado st.

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-28-17, 06:44 PM

This is shark Fukker after the game. Smug mutherfukker. Hopefully Shannon is taking over the program by Monday.

**teaserpleaser** · 10-28-17, 07:19 PM

He's trying to get fired obviously who the hell points out what a failure they've been on their job lolz

"Nothing in this world surprises me," McElwain said. "I know what I was brought here to do: to fix the offense, and we haven't done that. We haven't won enough and we haven't won championships."

**Memento** · 10-28-17, 08:17 PM

Dan Mullen makes sense.

**TheMoneyShot** · 10-28-17, 10:41 PM

Not understanding the hate towards McElwain? There must be an awful amount of things going on behind the scenes in that Florida Gator locker room???? The only thing I don't like about the guy... I hate his interviews. Too easy going and smiling sarcastically at times.

But... like I said... other things must be going down behind the scenes???? Unreal.

**slapshot81** · 10-28-17, 10:47 PM

if he gets fired for cause loses his huge buyout making up death threats could do it

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-29-17, 11:23 AM

McElwain is GONE. Fired today. The team will soon make an announcement on buyout and replacement.

Great day to be a Gator.

**daneblazer** · 10-29-17, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by Mac4Lyfe

McElwain is GONE. Fired today. The team will soon make an announcement on buyout and replacement.

Great day to be a Gator.

That official?

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-29-17, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by daneblazer

That official?

Hasn't hit the newswires but he's been fired by Stricklin...

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-29-17, 12:36 PM

Players are being notified...

**daneblazer** · 10-29-17, 12:37 PM

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**Sam Odom** · 10-29-17, 12:40 PM

Buy Out or No ?

**navyblue81** · 10-29-17, 12:52 PM

Million dollar question now is who is the next head coach? They'd be crazy not to have Chip Kelly and Scott Frost as their 1 and 2 of top candidates. I'm sure Tennessee has the same list right now.

**daneblazer** · 10-29-17, 01:00 PM

**Mac4Lyfe** · 10-29-17, 01:12 PM

I'm hearing a lot of chatter about Mike Norvell from Memphis. I think that would be a bad choice. Frost would be much better as he can recruit Florida but I don't see how UF can go with another coach that doesn't have much HC experience. The last 3 coaches without experience has been a disaster. UF needs a home run here, not the next hot thing of the day. Dan Mullen, Chip Kelly or Charlie Strong would be sure things. Stir things up with maybe Leach, Petrino or Kiffin. I don't see Stoops coming out of retirement.

**daneblazer** · 10-29-17, 01:20 PM

Stoops isn’t coming. UF could do a lot worse than Dan Mullen. He probably has the highest floor of any of the realistic candidates.

**daneblazer** · 10-29-17, 01:23 PM

Won’t happen but how funny would it be if spurrier coached the rest of the season?