Dear Scott Stricklin and all associated with the search for Florida’s fifth football coach since 2011: No more messing around. Go get Lane Kiffin.
Or at least try.
And if you fail, go get Eli Drinkwitz.
Or at least try. And keep trying until you hire someone who is a proven winner at the power-conference level.
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Put yourself in the minds of your rivals, such as the team you will play in two weeks. Think, if you were Georgia, who would you not want Florida to hire? And then do everything you can to hire that person.
You’ve tried the other routes. When Urban Meyer left, you went with the hotshot assistant who knew the SEC. But Will Muschamp just wasn’t made out to be a head coach.
Then you tried the former SEC assistant who had
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