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MichiGator Doubletree Resident (72.31.22.92) on 11/10/2013 - 7:48 p.m. says: ( 163 views , 10 likes )

"RE: The Best Fans In America..."

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The Best Fans In America...

I remember Muschamp referring to Gator fans that way after wins over Tennessee and Arkansas at home. I did not hear him say that in yesterday's press conference after those same fans booed their own team and left in droves. At one time I think Florida fans were like the Cubs and Red Sox fans who hung with their team through thick and think and were the most loyal to be found. Those days are long gone because we have tasted success and we are now like every fan base in the country. WE are no better and no worse than any other fan base...so much for "In all kinds of weather."==============================

You are correct that many in our fan base do not comport themselves in a manner which makes us all happy.  Perhaps they did at one time, or perhaps only a bit better than today.  But please do not make the mistake of viewing the situation through a lens which fails to recognize the fact that the University of Florida, the UAA, and the football program no longer operates as if it is 1960, either.  At one time, fans were allowed on the field after games.  At one time, if a decades-long season ticket holder requested a couple of tickets to a bowl game, they were not told, "Sorry, you don't have enough booster points.  The tickets are going to the new Bull Gators".  At one time, coaches and athletic directors didn't cash paychecks with 6 zeros on the end.  At one time, fans were not treated primarily as if they were an ATM from which the UAA could extract ever larger amounts. 

The point being that I may not like somebody booing or leaving games early, but they do so in response to what they see as piss-poor coaching which is failing miserably to correct penalties, cannot instill discipline, and increasingly is unable to even be competitive in football games.  If it was simply about the old college try and doing one's best for the Orange & Blue, Mssrs. Foley and Muschamp probably wouldn't be in Gainesville.  They are paid damned well to do a job, in addition to being leaders and representatives of our school.  I don't condone boorish behavior, but neither do I condone continued ineptitude to the tune of millions of dollars.  This is not your daddy's football program.  Heck, it isn't close to what I grew up on or what it was when I attended UF.  Blame the fans if you desire, but if you're honest, you at least put the whole situation in some context.

 

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