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SOS preached loyalty, told us all to be loyal to UF and each other. He was sometimes accused of keeping coaches on staff too long out of sense of loyalty. You treated him well, and he was loyal to you. You crossed him, and you were enemies for life.
Yes, maybe today SOS has kind thoughts towards UF, wants us to win if he can't, etc. But I think several of us, myself including, take issue with all the loyalty he preached and yet did not practice when he had the chance. He would have been more loyal if he
- retired from coaching
- coached HS
- coached at a non-SEC school
- coached at a Missippi/Ark-class SEC-west school
Did he have to do any of the above? No. Does he have the right to be pissed at Foley/Maachen? Sure if you like. But the most loyal person would not be coaching at South Carolina today - period - indisputable.
If you are OK with SOS being less loyal than he could be, fine. Several of us had higher expectations, most of them put in place by SOS himself, and therefore take issue. For me, I do not expect perfect loyalty, heck SOS had little to gain by coming back to UF for a second time, but I still draw the line higher than coaching at a SEC-east school.
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