Just read an article that this is about to happen.
If so, it's about time and very well deserved.
If so, it's about time and very well deserved.
Steve Spurrier Field
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Danny, you are the first person I thought of when I read about this. I almost started a thread that Danny would be very happy.
Urb didn't play st UF, win a Heisman there or be the first to put them on the road to long term success.
Naming the court after Billy is probably more important. The guy won two NCs at a school that is not a basketball school. In half a century Billy's accomplishments will leave people in awe
Much respect to HBC.
Building programs is a greater accomplishment than winning the most national championships. Spurrier is a guy who builds programs.
Building programs is a greater accomplishment than winning the most national championships. Spurrier is a guy who builds programs.
Much harder to do too, which is why the people who focus on rings only are just simplistic as hell. There are only about 5-10 schools capable of winning a title any given year. Tons of mediocre or even bad coaches have won titles just by virtue of being at a certain school rich with resources. Coaches like Patterson or Briles or even a George O'Leary would coach laps around a lot of coaches, but because they're at bottom feeding schools they have no rings and so nobody considers them to be the best or in that top tier. Les Miles can't even manage a clock and has forgotten what down it was in close games MULTIPLE times yet people have him as a top tier coach because he stacks talent at a resource-rich school and rolls the ball out.
The best coaches are the ones that can coach and can recruit very well. Les Miles is an excellent recruiter, but is only an average coach. His ability to call fakes at the right time is remarkable. As is his ability to game plan for a weakness in the other team. But his game day management is suspect.
There are lots and lots of other examples of this.
And there are lot of examples of coaches that go the other way. Coaches that are excellent at coaching, excellent at player development and excellent at game day management. But they might not be the best of recruiters.
Miles, Zook, Butch, Mack Brown, Richt that is an endless list.
The other end seems a bit thinner. Mark D'Antonio and .......
Good list of the former. As to the later, some coaches at smaller programs have done well with lesser talent. One does not know about those coaches ability to recruit until they score a bigger job. Tom Herman, for example. One cannot say he had more talent on the field than FSU for the bowl last year, but he blew FSU out and had a pretty good overall season.
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h/t GTP
Mike Bianchi, still showing the love for Corch:
Now that the Florida Gators have named their football field after Steve Spurrier, what are they going to name after Urban Meyer – the UF player interrogation room down at the Alachua County Jail?
Mike Bianchi, still showing the love for Corch:
Now that the Florida Gators have named their football field after Steve Spurrier, what are they going to name after Urban Meyer – the UF player interrogation room down at the Alachua County Jail?
I'm pretty sure UF can name the court after Billy Donovan. ExacTech will be the name of the Arena but I believe UF can call the court Billy Donovan court.
Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Billy Donovan Court at ExacTech Arena
I can not imagine .. its like Bobby Bowden having won the heisman .. cant imagine one guy being that good a coach and player for same school ... well deserved. Steve was always one smart and crazy son of a ... gun
I agree. We already know the field is located in Florida.
Maybe some rich benefactor named J.P. Florida donated $100 million for the naming rights.
I thought he was excellent with Tampa Bay Bandits back in the day!!! I love that guy because he is creative...
ExacTech is putting up the funds so they will get the name of the arena but the courts could be named after Billy.
SOS was a coach there only.....but is not his alma mater where he played and won a Heisman...nor bring a NC. I seriously don't believe Florida did it to beat USCe. I think Foley spearheaded this now that Spurrier retired and before Foley retired as well to set things right.
