Transcript from Foley's meeting with the UF players
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After firing coach Ron Zook, Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley addressed the team to announce the decision. The following transcript has been provided.
Foley: First I wanna thank everyone for showing up on short notice. I know some of you are missing class and some of you are supposed to be on county work detail, so I appreciate the effort.
Brandon Siler: Can we take a knee, or are we supposed to stand for this?
Foley: It really doesn't matter.
DeShaun Wynn: We ain't supposed to take a knee. Can we sit?
Foley: Why don't you just lay down like you did Saturday?
Billy Latsko: Seriously?
Foley: Look, this really isn't the point...
Wynn: But Coach Zook said...
Foley: Funny you should mention "coach" Zook. There comes a time when you have to evaluate a situation and make some decisions. You have to take stock and ask whether the current direction is what's best. Are we improving or regressing? Where will we be in five years? Is this the...
Jarvis Herring: Are we going back to the frat house?
Foley: No.
Steve Rissler: Good.
Todd McCullough: Can we go outside?
Foley: No. You're not hearing me....
McCullough: Can we have ice cream?
Foley: Shut up. Look, what I'm trying to say is that things have not worked out with the Zooker. We've decided to let him go.
Chris Leak: From what?
Foley: His job.
Leak: He's got a job?
Foley: Not anymore.
Eric Wilbur: So, he's not the coach anymore?
Foley: Well, let's face it. He really wasn't much of a coach before now.
McCullough: Can we have brownies?
Marcus Thomas: But wasn't he working 'em silly?
Foley: Well, silly is a good word for his work, but that's really not what we were going for.
Leak: Can we still call him when he's in the shower?
Foley: I suppose so, but that's disturbing.
McCullough: Can we have "happy brownies"?
Foley: No.
Ciatric Fason: Who's gonna be the coach.
Foley: Zooker will be the coach 'til the end of the season.
Fason: What for?
Foley: Well, that's complicated.
Fason: Does "complicated" mean boosters wanted his head or yours and you had to do it now even though you had no contingency plan?
Foley: Okay, well I guess it's not really that complicated.
McCullough: Can I have a juice box?
Channing Crowder: What if we go to jail?
Foley: How would that be any different than any other week?
Crowder: Will someone still get us out of trouble?
Foley: This is Gainesville, son. You'll never spend more than an hour down at the pokey.
Earl Everett: And we can still play? No suspensions?
Foley: Only for summers and directional schools.
McCullough: Can I have a hamburger.
Foley: Todd, here's a joint. Go stand outside.
Justin Midgett: Who's gonna be the coach after this year.
Foley: We don't know yet (wink).
Midgett: Spurrier, right?
Foley: (wink)
Midgett: Does he still like to promote bench-warming, clipboard-toting, gum-chewing, no-name-having back-ups?
Foley: Yes, but not you.
Joe Cohen: Can I move back to running back?
Foley: I don't know.
Cohen: But Coach Zook told me I could play running back.
Foley: First of all, please stop calling him "coach". Second, didn't he also tell you that you would start?
Cohen: Yes.
Foley: And do you?
Cohen: No.
Foley: And didn't he tell you he'd be here through your college career?
Cohen: Yes.
Foley: And will he?
Cohen: No.
Foley: So do you still believe everything you're told?
Cohen: I guess not.
Foley: Good boy.
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@ Swamp Gas
After firing coach Ron Zook, Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley addressed the team to announce the decision. The following transcript has been provided.
Foley: First I wanna thank everyone for showing up on short notice. I know some of you are missing class and some of you are supposed to be on county work detail, so I appreciate the effort.
Brandon Siler: Can we take a knee, or are we supposed to stand for this?
Foley: It really doesn't matter.
DeShaun Wynn: We ain't supposed to take a knee. Can we sit?
Foley: Why don't you just lay down like you did Saturday?
Billy Latsko: Seriously?
Foley: Look, this really isn't the point...
Wynn: But Coach Zook said...
Foley: Funny you should mention "coach" Zook. There comes a time when you have to evaluate a situation and make some decisions. You have to take stock and ask whether the current direction is what's best. Are we improving or regressing? Where will we be in five years? Is this the...
Jarvis Herring: Are we going back to the frat house?
Foley: No.
Steve Rissler: Good.
Todd McCullough: Can we go outside?
Foley: No. You're not hearing me....
McCullough: Can we have ice cream?
Foley: Shut up. Look, what I'm trying to say is that things have not worked out with the Zooker. We've decided to let him go.
Chris Leak: From what?
Foley: His job.
Leak: He's got a job?
Foley: Not anymore.
Eric Wilbur: So, he's not the coach anymore?
Foley: Well, let's face it. He really wasn't much of a coach before now.
McCullough: Can we have brownies?
Marcus Thomas: But wasn't he working 'em silly?
Foley: Well, silly is a good word for his work, but that's really not what we were going for.
Leak: Can we still call him when he's in the shower?
Foley: I suppose so, but that's disturbing.
McCullough: Can we have "happy brownies"?
Foley: No.
Ciatric Fason: Who's gonna be the coach.
Foley: Zooker will be the coach 'til the end of the season.
Fason: What for?
Foley: Well, that's complicated.
Fason: Does "complicated" mean boosters wanted his head or yours and you had to do it now even though you had no contingency plan?
Foley: Okay, well I guess it's not really that complicated.
McCullough: Can I have a juice box?
Channing Crowder: What if we go to jail?
Foley: How would that be any different than any other week?
Crowder: Will someone still get us out of trouble?
Foley: This is Gainesville, son. You'll never spend more than an hour down at the pokey.
Earl Everett: And we can still play? No suspensions?
Foley: Only for summers and directional schools.
McCullough: Can I have a hamburger.
Foley: Todd, here's a joint. Go stand outside.
Justin Midgett: Who's gonna be the coach after this year.
Foley: We don't know yet (wink).
Midgett: Spurrier, right?
Foley: (wink)
Midgett: Does he still like to promote bench-warming, clipboard-toting, gum-chewing, no-name-having back-ups?
Foley: Yes, but not you.
Joe Cohen: Can I move back to running back?
Foley: I don't know.
Cohen: But Coach Zook told me I could play running back.
Foley: First of all, please stop calling him "coach". Second, didn't he also tell you that you would start?
Cohen: Yes.
Foley: And do you?
Cohen: No.
Foley: And didn't he tell you he'd be here through your college career?
Cohen: Yes.
Foley: And will he?
Cohen: No.
Foley: So do you still believe everything you're told?
Cohen: I guess not.
Foley: Good boy.
Edited by: WalkingCane at: 10/27/04 8:28:39 pm
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