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Re: Gator fans have started a petition against signing DRINK!!!

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Flyboy65 wrote: 08 Nov 2025 19:11 pm Anybody still think Florida would interested in Drink?

ESPN just flashed a stat Mizzou now has 6 straight loss in AP ranked matchups.

Personally I hope Florida or ANYBODY comes after Drink and his $9 million per year salary, top #10 paid coach in the country, but has never deliver top #10 results.

The apologist will blame this loss on Mizzou having to start a #3 QB true freshman, but you have to ask yourself why wasn't the #2 QB available?
Every single time Drinkwitz has a chance to step up, he steps in it. And some of his decisions have lasting repercussions. Like having Craig kick off when most teams have specialists who do that. Like having Horn, a pocket passer mainly, run his only play of the season as a wildcat runner up the middle. Two seasons by 2 key players ended in game one because of stupidity by the coaching staff. And the buck stops with the head coach.

I've been a supporter of his, but sooner or later, a head coach has to produce signature wins in the SEC. Time is running out on him at Missouri. Plateauing is for losers.
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icon wrote: 09 Nov 2025 00:27 am
Flyboy65 wrote: 08 Nov 2025 19:11 pm Anybody still think Florida would interested in Drink?

ESPN just flashed a stat Mizzou now has 6 straight loss in AP ranked matchups.

Personally I hope Florida or ANYBODY comes after Drink and his $9 million per year salary, top #10 paid coach in the country, but has never deliver top #10 results.

The apologist will blame this loss on Mizzou having to start a #3 QB true freshman, but you have to ask yourself why wasn't the #2 QB available?
Every single time Drinkwitz has a chance to step up, he steps in it. And some of his decisions have lasting repercussions. Like having Craig kick off when most teams have specialists who do that. Like having Horn, a pocket passer mainly, run his only play of the season as a wildcat runner up the middle. Two seasons by 2 key players ended in game one because of stupidity by the coaching staff. And the buck stops with the head coach.

I've been a supporter of his, but sooner or later, a head coach has to produce signature wins in the SEC. Time is running out on him at Missouri. Plateauing is for losers.
The Horn play/injury was by design. It settled any brewing QB controversy. Pretty genius move.
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Flyboy65 wrote: 29 Oct 2025 18:28 pm Florida beats a top #10 Texas team and a couple weeks later fires the coach, if Drink beats a top #10 Texas team in Columbia, it would be pandemonium in the streets, the fans would storm the field and tear down the goal post, and the admin would rush to give him another raise and extension.

In Florida beating top #10 Texas gets you a couple weeks, then you get fired.

Drink would never survive at Florida, Penn State, LSU, etc.

Drink is making $9 million per year, tied for top #10 highest paid coach in the country, but Mizzou doesn't expect top #10 results, those other schools do.

Drink is a big fish in a small pond, just keep beating the unranked teams, go to a cupcake bowl, and you make top #10 money.

Those other school would fire him.
You nailed it!
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Agreed — we’re top 10 in money, not top 10 in results. Drink’s done an ok job, and if we could keep him around $6 million with no stadium upgrades and stop cutting capacity to 60,000, that’d be ideal. With all the coaching openings, has he been given an extension yet?
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After yesterday's game, no need to worry about Drink leaving.
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can we start a petition to fire Drink?
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Konstantinov wrote: 09 Nov 2025 16:44 pm can we start a petition to fire Drink?
Well he's got a 29 million dollar buyout.

This isn't LSU or Texas A&M.

He'll be here at least another year.
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Mile High wrote: 09 Nov 2025 09:44 am Agreed — we’re top 10 in money, not top 10 in results. Drink’s done an ok job, and if we could keep him around $6 million with no stadium upgrades and stop cutting capacity to 60,000, that’d be ideal. With all the coaching openings, has he been given an extension yet?
9 million a year through 2029.
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Blaming the coaches for Horn is hilarious. The guy plays two sports in the SEC and has missed time every year. But yea it was the run call that cost him. Surely he would’ve held up for a full seasons worth of SEC wear and tear had he just not run that one play. I’m sure a scramble never would’ve come up this year with the offense humming as it is.

The backup QB cliche is all that is people. Horn has shown absolutely nothing while losing QB battles to Brady Cook and Beau Pribula.
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Konstantinov wrote: 09 Nov 2025 16:44 pm can we start a petition to fire Drink?
You can.

How silly do you want to appear to others when asking for those signatures?
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jcgmoi wrote: 30 Oct 2025 15:46 pm I just watched a video with CBS' Tom Fornelli talking about filling open coaching slots. He expects Kiffin will stay at Ole Miss. No mention of Drinkwitz. His other guesses/wishes are:

LSU--Tulane's HC Jon Sumrall
Florida--Georgia's DC Glenn Schumann
Penn State--Nebraska's HC Matt Ruhle
Virginia Tech--South Carolina's Shane Beamer
Arkansas--South Florida's HC Alex Golesh
OK State--North Texas' HC Eric Morris
UCLA--Washington's HC Jedd Fisch
Stanford--TV and former HC Dallas Cowboys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO2p7SuzaAE
Nebraska just gave Ruhle a contract extension, clearly designed to keep Penn State from poaching him.
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Barksdale's People wrote: 09 Nov 2025 19:33 pm Blaming the coaches for Horn is hilarious. The guy plays two sports in the SEC and has missed time every year. But yea it was the run call that cost him. Surely he would’ve held up for a full seasons worth of SEC wear and tear had he just not run that one play. I’m sure a scramble never would’ve come up this year with the offense humming as it is.

The backup QB cliche is all that is people. Horn has shown absolutely nothing while losing QB battles to Brady Cook and Beau Pribula.
Barksdale and his People are correct. Injuries happen, you can't blame the coaches.
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11WSChamps wrote: 09 Nov 2025 17:22 pm
Konstantinov wrote: 09 Nov 2025 16:44 pm can we start a petition to fire Drink?
Well he's got a 29 million dollar buyout.

This isn't LSU or Texas A&M.

He'll be here at least another year.
As he should.

We’ll see how this season finishes but there’s absolutely no way he gets fired and I think no way he leaves.

Next season, we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
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Florida sound entitled. Just like Penn State

Times are changing. This NIL and transfer portal is reshaping college sports.

Remember Nebraska being a powerhouse from the 70s thru the 90s?

That is just one exammple.
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mdkieffer wrote: 16 Nov 2025 10:22 am Florida sound entitled. Just like Penn State

Times are changing. This NIL and transfer portal is reshaping college sports.

Remember Nebraska being a powerhouse from the 70s thru the 90s?

That is just one exammple.
Not changing things on the field as far as I can see.

Ohio State, Alabama, and a lot of the so called bluebloods are still on top as before.

Indiana with Cignetti hit a home run with right coach and he brought a lot of players with him.

The rich are just going to get richer.

There will be outliers like last season for a few given playoff spots but they won't survive a first round playoff game.
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