Urban Meyer Stepping Down

Health reasons? Bullshit, there’s something else there.

Now it makes sense how emotional he has been this season.

Unless, of course, it’s dire.

“Holy shit.”

My thoughts exactly.

TMZsports.com has already struck!

Stoops to Florida. Again.

Jordan Hicks to Texas.

HJ – I’ll bet you’re batting .500 with that post.

Stoops.

Awesome.

Yup, definitely liking our chances on Hicks now. As for Stoops, I wonder if the shine hasn’t come off enough over the past couple of years to prevent Florida from going after him.

That’s a freaking huge job opening. Much bigger than the ND job. Great weather, city and recruiting ground. The money won’t be an obstacle either. Very very interesting.

Foley will definitely try to talk to Stoops . . . and Muschamp.

I can’t see the Gators taking someone from outside of the programs with zero HC experience

The Gator program is in fantastic shape and they will want to bring in someone to drive the bus

Stoops has to be their number one target and by a significant distance. Reminds me of Roy Williams leaving KU for NC. Patterson appears to be getting some early run as well, and Tebow will clearly get at least an interview.

Gainesville is neither a city nor great

weather is great if you are from Houston

Some of you claiming BS and “cover-up” need to cool your britches. He has a history of health problems.

Dehydration is common with chemotherapy. If I had to bet, that would be my guess. Mostly because it is so sudden with 6 days until a bowl game.

Feel awful for his family, but I respect a guy for putting that before a glamour job.

Boys and girls, Florida already had their shot at Stoops 5-6 years ago, and they put on a full court press to no avail. Notre Dame made sense because they were in rebuilding mode, but they had the resources and the tradition to appeal to an elite coach with an ego to feed. Florida already has a monster in place, and a hungry one at that. They won’t even go to the damned Sugar Bowl.

As for Meyer, this has got to be either a progressive neurological disease or cancer. Urban lost a bunch of weight this year, and he needed immediate medical attention after the SEC title game.

Mockingbird, I said it was bullshit unless his health was dire. Sorry dude.

I have never bought any of the “Stoops to _______” internet hysteria in the past, but in this one particular case I’d have to think they Florida calls him and that he at least listens. There are only a few guys who are even potentially plug ‘n’ play at Florida, and Stoops is one of them … plus, as Gator coach he can ask Tebow to heal his -chin.

If I’m Jeremy Foley, I want a defensive minded coordinator with knowledge of the SEC if I can’t get a proven head coach. Boys and girls, that’s Will Muschamp. Don’t kid yourselves into thinking that the UT head coaching job in 4-7 years is as good or better than the Florida head coaching job right now.

The Gator program is in fantastic shape and they will want to bring in someone to drive the bus

Like Ron Zook? They’ll need more than a bus driver.

Nate – I think your assumption about “4-7 years” is defective. We may have a new AD sooner than anticipated.

And don’t kid yourself thinking that oklahoma is a better job than Florida.

Urban is probably the coach of the decade

Three outstanding turnarounds in one decade

Charlie Strong is the most pissed off guy in college football right now.

“Gainesville is neither a city nor great

weather is great if you are from Houston"

shit, I am from Houston. got me on that one.

Gainesville is a nice campus and college area that’s pretty isolated from the swamp trash that surrounds it. It’s much better than Norman assuming swamp trash > okies

Stoops would be unwise to take it, even if inclined. Following Meyer and Tebow, the next guy has very little chance and will be fired in four years. See Bruce, Earle….Moeller, Gary….Davie, Bob….Zook, Ron…..Perkins, Ray…….etc……..

Maybe Mike Shanahan will take the job.

“Stoops would be unwise to take it, even if inclined. Following Meyer and Tebow, the next guy has very little chance and will be fired in four years. See Bruce, Earle….Moeller, Gary….Davie, Bob….Zook, Ron…..Perkins, Ray…….etc……..”

this is where Stoops’ ego comes in

Stoops probably wouldn’t want to follow Urban because he really can’t improve on Urban’s accomplishments

The Zook debacle weighs heavily on Foley and has been quoted saying he wants HC experience in his big programs. Too many unknowns in coordinators

I guess coaching Teebus will make you realize there is no greater thrill

“Stoops probably wouldn’t want to follow Urban because he really can’t improve on Urban’s accomplishments

The Zook debacle weighs heavily on Foley and has been quoted saying he wants HC experience in his big programs. Too many unknowns in coordinators"

Butch Davis?
Greg Schiano?
Both guys with deep Florida ties….

Chris Petersen? (not likely)
Gary Patterson?

Wow.

Just the talk about Stoops is bound to affect OU’s recruiting.

Wow. I get back from running a few errands and working out and get hit with this news.

Craziness. I hope it’s nothing serious and wish him the best. Hopefully he just needs a year or two off. Jobs like Florida, Texas, OU, ND, USC, etc., have got to be ridiculously stressful. I can only imagine the effects it has on the health of those head coaches.

Butch Davis = probably not (hiring the guy who just lost the Meineke Car Care Bowl isn’t going to go down all that well).

Schiano = maybe, but … moderate success at Rutgers may not be quite enough given the threshold that Florida now occupies.

Peterson = more likely than Schiano.

Patterson? Same level as Peterson.

Whittingham, Harbaugh?

Stack all these names next to Stoops and you gotta give the nod to the chinless wonder.

Ha! The first name ESPN mentioned is Bob Stoops.

Mullen does make a lot of sense for them. I wonder how he stacks up as a recruiter

There was an article on him in SI about a month ago. It detailed some sort of problem with his brain wherein when he gets too amped up, he has horrible headaches and is violently ill. As I recall, it can’t be fixed by surgery, but can be controllled basically by not being in extremely stressful situations and some level of meds. He has lived with it for a long time and, now that he has been to the pinnacle in his profession, probably believes, rightly, that he should bow out and live a decent life with his wife and two daughters.

I wish him a long and healthy life.

They are going to have their pick of virtually any head coach. Stoops would not even be in my top 5.

Newy – who would be your top 5? I’ll take a guess as follows (not in order):

Chris Peterson
Will Muschamp
Kyle Whittingham
Charlie Strong (talk about a Billy Donovan-esque change-of-heart possibility)
Gary Patterson.

??

Peterson to Florida would be quite disconcerting. He’d be a force to be reckoned with at Florida.

Strong ahead of Stoops? Give me a fucking break.

Peterson to Florida would be quite disconcerting. He’d be a force to be reckoned with at Florida.

So was Meyer. No matter who they get, it won’t be any better than what they just lost.

Consideing Meyer will still remain with the team in some capacity Mullen or Strong are the top choices. ESPN is reporting Strong has not signed a formal contract.with Louisville.

Jim Harbaugh would be my next choice. Honestly Florida will not have to make a list with more than 3 names.

"Meyer has been to the hospital at least twice since suffering chest pains after the SEC title game, a Florida source told ESPN. He has been diagnosed with a heart valve muscle defect, the source said.

“The problem is not life threatening, a Florida source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. The same source said Meyer will remain in Gainesville in a non-coaching role to be defined later.”

I’m guessing we will know exactly what his problem is before too long.

River card. Muschamp’s behavior will tell you everything you need to know, if Mack doesn’t sooner.

Someone quoted an SI article that indicated an arachnoid tumor (brain) was diagnosed in 1998. Surgery was not and is not indicated.

Following Meyer will be a dangerous act. How can the performance over the past 4 years be surpassed? It would be difficult to match it. On the other hand, Muschamp is a part of the success Mack is experiencing at Texas. When he takes over, the pressure will be there, but he will have past performance to his credit, as well.

JMHO.

Hook ’em!

I’ll bet the list shapes up like this:

Dan Mullen
Bob Stoops
Gary Patterson
Chris Peterson
Butch Davis
Will Muschamp

I’ll bet Stoops will be one of Foley’s first calls. OU fans will hem and haw about how Stoops already turned the job down, won’t want to follow up Urban, etc., but I’ll call BS on that logic. The reality is, the Florida and OU jobs are very different today than they were then. The talent levels and near-term outlooks for the two programs have essentially flip-flopped. If you believe (like I do) that Stoops actually did look at the ND job, then it makes sense that he’d look even harder at Florida.

With regard to Muschamp, I think this may be one of the very few jobs that is too big for him at this exact moment. Florida can handpick their next guy and it’s hard to believe they’d pick a guy without HC experience from outside the program.

If Stoops doesn’t bolt, I think Patterson’s the guy they should go with. If not him, then Mullen for the continuity.

Any faggot worried about following Meyer won’t apply.

Common sense says we should be worried because a call to Will has to take place if it has not already.

A young guys who loves to coach, from GA, studied under Saban at the college and NFL level and has won a MNC. Now under Brown has made our defense look like must of us only dreamed of.

IMO Will is in the top 3 for this job and I would not be shocked if he were #1 on the list…even w/out the HC experience..I think the the young and best DC in football will not be scared to follow Meyer…plus Will has skins on the wall.

If Will stays then we know he will be here for the next 15 years.

“IMO Will is in the top 3 for this job and I would not be shocked if he were #1 on the list”

I would be shocked if he is even on the list. With the sudden nature of the change and the way things are going at Florida stability should be priority #1 for Foley. Meyer will still coach in the program in some limited capacity and bringing in a coordinator who has equivalent success as Strong would not make a whole lot of sense.

Even if they went the wholesale change route they could pluck any number of proven championship caliber head coaches.

If you played at Georgia and could make millions coaching anywhere, why would you go coach at Florida, once your hated rival, for a few more million? Not everyone has the morals of Favre.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1163435/1/index.htm

Subject article referred to above by confusedanddazed. Lengthy, but informative.

Jeff Tedford > Peterson

Evil offensive genius, HC experience with big conference credentials, high level recruiting ability that broadens nationally with transcontinental move.

Meyer left a western state for FL. Tedford to FL wouldn’t be a stretch.

Looks like it’s going to be Charlie Strong.

If it’s Charlie Strong, this was all clearly a desperate ploy to land Jordan Hicks.

Nordberg….are there reports to that effect?

Look at nervous NDS.

“Jeff Tedford” and “offensive genius” haven’t been used in conjunction since about 2004/2005.

Since he b’f’d Carl Reese in the Holidome.

No, I’m not nervous. The ND thing would’ve made more sense for Stoops than Florida. Whomever succeeds Meyer has a very tough act with nothing but downside, especially if Meyer is hanging around the campus. This screams “family hire” of someone who can be mentored by Meyer for whatever time he is still there. Look, someday Bob Stoops will leave Oklahoma. In my opinion it will happen in the next 5-6 years. But I believe it will be for an early retirement, not another college job. Remember, his dad died on a football field. He isn’t going to let that kind of thing happen to him.

I’m buying on Strong getting the job. It will keep recruiting from possibly imploding, will put someone in-house and considered very succesful at the top, and will keep the position from being in limbo for possibly 2-3 weeks.

If Strong isn’t name the coach soon, I expect recruits to start dropping…I believe it has to be Strong, regardless of his head coaching experience.

It’s going to be real interesting if it’s Strong.

I get the sense from a couple of board perusals that not all Florida fans are especially eager for Strong to take over the head spot.

Florida’s in great shape in a lot of ways, but they’re also in a delicate spot in some others.

One thing I’ve read in these reports is that Meyer’s ailment isn’t presently life-threatening, and that he expects he’ll stick around the athletic department/football program in some capacity. I think that would be a flashing yellow light for any “big-time” coach (e.g., Stoops). Maybe not so much for someone like Strong.

Foley is very good and will not make the HC call based on one year of recruits, plus whoever they hire will have a good reputation so they should be able to keep more recruits than they lose. I do think they will move quick on this hire as I doubt the resignation caught Foley off guard since Urban and him have a good relationship.

Oh, also: If Strong drops the Louisville job, that maybe opens things up again for Sumlin.

And maybe Strong uses that opportunity to lure away Jim Jeffcoat.

Et voila: We potentially/probably end up losing both Hicks and Jackson Jeffcoat at the last minute.

If Meyer does indeed stay on in some capacity, I doubt we’d see the kind of house cleanng that usually accompanies coaching staff changes. That’s why my guess is Mullen. If they dont get Mullen, all bets would be off.

Unique situation all around.

It won’t be Strong, per Joe Schad and others on twitter.

http://twitter.com/SchadJoe

I guess what I don’t understand is why Horn fan always gets so giddy and hopeful anytime they get to have wet dreams about Stoops to _______ a la HelmetBoy, Jackanape, and others. If a coach whose teams skullfucked my beloved alma mater 65-13 and 63-14 in prior years was now the inferior to my team and coaches, I’d want that asshole coaching where I could watch us beat his ass every single year.

Moving on, NDS is spot on. Stoops has stated repeatedly that he’s staying at OU because he’s promised his kids and his wife that they would get to stay put while the kids were still in school. Notre Dame worried me because it seemed exactly like the type of job for Stoops at this point in his career. Then, it turned out it was all manufactured smoke and no fire. If Urban Meyer really is staying on with the program, then either Charlie Strong is on his way back to Gainesville, or Florida is going after someone else’s coordinator. Because any top head coach’s ego is way too big for the previous guy to have any kind of role in the program after new management arrives. Especially one like Stoops.

Trips, I’m honestly not sure because, as I stated in another comment in a discussion with srr, OU is uniquely reliant on the football program to help generate PR, donations, and applications for the academic side of the university. This gives a head coach at OU a unique position of strength that he wouldn’t enjoy at any other program. Obviously, we’ll pay top dollar, and obviously we can recruit at an elite level even with UT having a strong grip in Texas. We’re top 10 in every major recruiting ranking even during a shart of a year. I’m not ignorant to Florida’s inherent advantage in terms of location and proximity to talent (both vaginal and athletic). I just don’t think it’s the hands-down difference that your huge set of burnt orange blinders and deep, unrelenting hate of OU leads you to believe. UT is probably the best job out there. I get that. But Florida RIGHT NOW is a much better deal than UT whenever Mack Brown is ready to let go. Ask Jimbo Fisher and FSU how that worked out.

Re:

"Jeff Tedford" and "offensive genius" haven’t been used in conjunction since about 2004/2005.

If memory serves, ’04 is more recent than anything so flattering has been said about boob stoops.

Everyone seems to have sources nowadays. Almost all of these sources wind up being wrong.

Mack does not want to coach much longer so comparing to FSU is off but it makes sense that if Florida comes calling Will considers going.

Stoops to ND never made sense, after FL and ou Stoops would not appreciate recruiting with standards. Stoops is at a place where he is king, he says what goes and everyone at the school backs him..no reason to go to ND or have to compete vs the SEC at FL.

Nate…..

Stoops leaving does not benefit us. The only reason people here get a rise about it is because of the frenzy it would send your fan base into. There was a time when I thought Stoops was a better coach…that time is no more. Hope the guy sticks around forever. He can’t recruit as well as us, can’t coach as well as us, and is just the kind of douchebag I want at my rival. It’s easy to hate Stoops because he’s a total jackass.

One more thing about being a winning coach at ou. Not many other jobs does your school dominate media and PR like at ou..Big Red, the S&C problems, free gas, free lexus, crazy DT trying to kill friend…on and on would be investigated and made national news at other places.

“I guess what I don’t understand is why Horn fan always gets so giddy and hopeful anytime they get to have wet dreams about Stoops to _______ a la HelmetBoy, Jackanape, and others”

Because it would cause pain to Sooner fans.

Surely you’re aware of the dynamic, only in the reverse.

Tepid denial of interest in the UF job just now on ESPN by Mullen.

Greg Davis to Florida!!!

I don’t understand why Tebus don’t lay hands on Corch Meyer and heal him. Go Gatuh.

I think Stoops leaving is all kinds of benefit to us. He is a terrific coach and a great recruiter. He will have OU back in the top 5 in short order. I’ll take my chances with him gone, thank you very much.

I don’t know anything about the intracacies of Meyer staying on and how that affects their HC hire, but I very much believe that Texas would up the ante should they approach Muschamp. If that means that Dodds retires, Mack takes the AD role and Muschamp ascends, so be it. Mack appears to have had about enough. I’ve seen comments about Mack not wanting the AD job, and that may be true, but I sure don’t see any smoke signals on the horizon as to who might be another candidate once Dodds steps down, which will be soon — very soon. Do you think we would have named Muschamp “HC In Waiting” if he was expected to wait 5 years? I don’t.

The downfall was almost simultaneous. Tedford gets his balls handed to him by Mike Leach and the renegade Raiders, Texas and Mack beat a top 5 ranked traditional powerhouse in Michigan, and Stoops takes a trip down Know Your Role Ave. courtesy of Carroll and USC.

Fight On!

Re: If memory serves, ‘04 is more recent than anything so flattering has been said about boob stoops.

Twas a good week,

Fight On!

jj, I think Dodds sticks around to see us through this Mizzou/Big 10 stuff (including the next phase of our television/Internet distribution deal). The guy has worked too long and hard to get Texas in the position it’s in to see someone else handle that daunting chore. And honestly, I don’t think I’d want Mack in charge during such a time. Dodds is fully capable of wielding a concealed dagger if needs be. I don’t see Mack having the same capacity.

And in any event, I don’t know if Mack really wants that AD job. Has he ever expressed any overt desire for the spot? My completely uninformed and non-insidery opinion is that we’d go after someone that’s got broad-spectrum sports experience at a big state school and lots of experience in dealing with the NCAA. Whether that is a hire of some other current AD or an incredibly qualified assistant AD I don’t know. And he – or she for that matter – would have to be completely on-board with Muschamp as the next HC. That’s about the only tangible reason I could see Mack get the role.

I could definitely see Mack in some advisor/outreach coordinator spot for the football program. He would be incredible at that.

“If you played at Georgia and could make millions coaching anywhere, why would you go coach at Florida, once your hated rival, for a few more million? Not everyone has the morals of Favre.”

DKR would beg to differ.

UGA-Auburn is a heated rivalry (though almost no one outside of the SEC seems to know it), and Muschamp didn’t have any problem working at AU. Whittingham is a BYU grad. Ken Norton works for USC.

It’s business. If UF comes for Muschamp, he’s not going to turn it down because of his UGA ties.

Van Malone coaches at A&M.

Coaching is a job. You look for the job, and you don’t filter it through you school.

If Muschamp goes, who does Texas look at foor D coordinator?

Our first call for the DC job should be to Bob Stoops. If he turns it down then we go get the Kirby Smart.

Ok, well I would not get a job at OU or A&M for even twice the pay. Don’t know about you.

CDJ, I agree that AD may not be the job for Mack. Frankly, the “Mack would be a perfect AD” crowd seems a bit like the “Major to OC” crowd — lots of sentiment and little knowledge of either job and what makes a good candidate. And you’re absolutely correct in saying that someone of Dodds’ experience needs to guide Texas through the upcoming conference expansion turmoil. That said, the Big 10 has set a short timetable, so I don’t see that as necessarily being something that would stop Texas from elevating Muschamp in short order. Another pay bump to $1.5M or so would probably keep him around — UF is a lateral move and not really worth the stress on a family for a one-year delay, especially given how gaga the Texas fanbase is over the guy. He’d be starting from scratch with the Gators.

So people here really think Boom is a candidate for the UF job? Seriously?

How many inches of bourbon do you think are in Spurrier’s glass right now?

There are potential candidates with head coaching experience, so probably not.

Stoops leaving would be good for us because our series with blowu goes in cycles.

Anything that puts off the next cycle of blowu dominance is a good thing for a Texas program that cannot win the conference more than three times in 15 years.

We’re conpletely fooled Bill.

Stewart Mandel twitter this morning, suggesting Foley won’t go after Boom or maybe not even Dan Mullen:

1. @AJGibbs Foley will want someone with more head coaching experience.

about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck in reply to AJGibbs

Why isn’t anyone talking about Saban?

I can’t see how it would be anyone BUT Mullen. They won’t go after Muschamp. They want someone who will keep continuity, who knows the area and recruits, and who has head coaching experience. No one else hits all the marks IMO.

How about Petrino?

Florida’s offensive coordinator, Steve Addazio, will be the Gators’ interim head coach.

It appears Meyer has pulled a Favre on us all….

One day later, he just couldn’t stay away.

Tebow must be working on a miracle heal.

Florida coach Urban Meyer, who announced Saturday night that he would step down after coaching the Gators against Cincinnati in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day, is now having second thoughts about retirement, a source close to the situation told ESPN.com on Sunday.

Under a plan being discussed, Florida offensive coordinator Steve Adazzio would coach the Gators in the Sugar Bowl. Meyer, who cited health concerns as the reason for his retirement, would take a leave of absence and return to the team before the 2010 season.

However, a source close to the program told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that Meyer would take a leave of absence for the entirety of the 2010 season. Adazzio would take over as interim coach for the season.

So this really is just a stunt to boost the awful bowl ticket sales?

Tebow is a miracle worker. Tim will also coach the Sugar Bowl

Meyer vacillating is the best thing that can happen to everyone else. Uncertainty will not help recruiting.

We should all buy a Sugar Bowl ticket to show our support of Meyer. Yeah, that’s it.

Ghost, that was my exact thought as well. Doesn’t much affect my jayhawks as we don’t cross paths on the recruiting trail with Florida too often…but with DC leaving and unproven OC taking over as HC, their brand is going to take a massive hit until there’s a defined plan in place. Even then, players with half a mind will have to question the legitimacy of the plan.

Corch Meyer is a drama queen, like Tebus and their congresswoman. I like this development.

First Donovan, now Meyer. Bunch drama queens over in Gainesville.

Not knowing the direction of your program fom one day to the next is always good for recuiting. When is signing day again?

Between this and Kelly leaving Cincy the Sugar Bowl committee has to love their selections.

Urban Meyer is a genius. His team will play lights out in the bowl game and I betcha dollars to donuts that Florida recruiting doesn’t take a hit.

All the local reporters are saying there is no way he misses a game next fall. At his press conference he just said his gut tells him he’ll be on the sideline as head coach for the first game next year. So basically he’s going to take a leave of absence just in time for……the off season.

How gay.

So … he’s going on vacation.

Great. Thanks for the bullshit drama, Florida. Nice opportunity to squeeze in some more face time for Tebow in that presser too.

I can’t believe those fuckers actually got me to feeling a little sorry for them for a moment.

Urban’s a homo.

“Boys…. (sniff sniff) I’m afraid that I might (sniff sniff)… miss spring practice! I mean, I won’t be missing it, really. In fact (sniff sniff) I’ll probably be there watching the practices anyway. But, still (sniff sniff)…. "

Not!

Urban Favre has dropped a whole new layer of drama queen atop the Disturbingly Homoerotic Tebow Worship.

ghost nailed it. The best situation for teams recruiting against FL is to have Meyer’s future uncertain. There is now blood in the water and the other sharks will not hesitate.

On the other hand, you have to respect the power of the Tebow – apparently, he was able to bring Urban back from the retired.

Though he didn’t wait the customary three days…

What a douche. I bet this isn’t over. There’s got to be at least one more development in this. Bet something is announced before their bowl game. Then possibly one more after it. Regardless of my dislike of Texas, Mack is a good guy and I’m glad he doesn’t pull this drama queen crap.

Urban Favre has proved definitively that neither his health, family, or team comes first.

If his health came first, he wouldn’t have a job that makes his brain-spiders burn and his ticker tick erratically.

If his family came first, he wouldn’t have a job that causes his little boy to cry about “getting my father back.”

If his team came first, he wouldn’t have pulled this bullshit a week before their bowl game, creating both an enormous short-term distraction and long-term uncertainty for at least a year’s worth of recruits.

In short, I disagree with Mack: College football does NOT need this self-absorbed, embarrassing flake.

a job that makes his brain-spiders burn and his ticker tick erratically.

hilarious

Ripley, Urban wasn’t immersed in the depths of Hell (depending on your opinion of Gainesville, Florida). Thus, the Tebow didn’t need three days.

I Can’t help but just feel pissed off by this whole thing, I actually thought there was something wrong with the guy, and I felt bad for always thinking he was a cocky bastard.. After this circus I think I dislike him and the entire florida program even more than I had before.. Either your In or your out, why would you put your team through this right before the bowl game, that’s selfish and irresponsible

I dunno about y’all, but I just changed my Sugar Bowl pick from Florida to Cincinnati.

I wasted valuable bar time Saturday worrying about this fuck. Time I can never have back. We even had some of the married members of The Bleu Creu out. Fucking charades.

I wish we’d have drawn Florida instead of Bama.

The Bleu Creu. Sounds like HenryJames’ gourmet cheese fanclub.

Urban Meyer’s word is rock solid….unless he changes his mind.

Just ask Jevan Snead.

Due to the time constraints of running a major football program and serving as president pro tempore of the SEC drama club, I will no longer be able to devote the energy necessary to participate in BC discussions. I have given my heart and soul to public drama for the last 24 hours of my life. I have spent most of my waking hours giving or planning pressers. Effective immediately I will not be posting here again. As my wife will tell you, there is no chance I will change my mind.

I was just reading the General’s latest barkings about basketball. I know it’s not the sport I want to be reading about, but basketball is the next biggest sport after football. And the post had great energy. Some of the best all year. And while I had contemplated my previous decision exhaustively, sleeping on it has changed my mind. I’m back. You’re welcome.

Make light of this if you want, but I don’t think the fucker has been the same since Dale punched him in the head and knocked him out of the treehouse..