Weiner Leaves Tampa Plant Joins USF As WR Coach

[gatorhar]

Georgia craps their pants.

[NVGator]

Maybe a link?

[Dugaboy]

Who is Weiny?

[Coach9]

Now maybe we can get some kids out of Plant now that di<k is gone.

[Ringer]

Now maybe we can get some kids out of Plant now that di<k is gone.

I endorse this post!

Weiner had a axe to grind against UF... He never had anything good to say about the Gators.

[Gator_Machine]

Now maybe we can get some kids out of Plant now that di<k is gone.

I endorse this post!

Weiner had a axe to grind against UF... He never had anything good to say about the Gators.

Florida lost a couple of good players in Aaron Murray & others.
But will this coach be a thorn in UF's side if he has success at USF?
Weiner may be good at player development (judging from his High School results), you just never know!

On the other hand, this move by USF is like Florida hiring Kerwin Bell from the HS level! So..

[Gatorjim]

He should help USF in recruiting, after all he recruited all of those players to play at Plant.

[Ringer]

He should help USF in recruiting, after all he recruited all of those players to play at Plant.

+1

[Double Gator Dad]

He should help USF in recruiting, after all he recruited all of those players to play at Plant.

This is the key point everyone needs to understand. The coaching staff at Plant has not been so successful due to their ability to develop players. They secure a lot of the best talent in the bay area every year by using Plant's academic status to skirt the state's transfer rules.

Plant is an IB school with superior academics and this results in many students transferring each year to capitalize on the academic opportunity. There is a waiting list each year full of deserving students but magically, the atheletes seem to move to the top of list each year.

We all know that all these high school players are capable of and focused on superior academics versus playing for a high profile program. yeah right.

Traditionally, Plant has been a feeder school for UF but again magically, we cannot get a single player from that school during Weiner's tenure. Looks like UGA better get another check ready for the new coach at Plant.

[willgetin]

Weiner, weiner, chicken deiner...

[Gatorjim]

He should help USF in recruiting, after all he recruited all of those players to play at Plant.

This is the key point everyone needs to understand. The coaching staff at Plant has not been so successful due to their ability to develop players. They secure a lot of the best talent in the bay area every year by using Plant's academic status to skirt the state's transfer rules.

Plant is an IB school with superior academics and this results in many students transferring each year to capitalize on the academic opportunity. There is a waiting list each year full of deserving students but magically, the atheletes seem to move to the top of list each year.

We all know that all these high school players are capable of and focused on superior academics versus playing for a high profile program. yeah right.

Traditionally, Plant has been a feeder school for UF but again magically, we cannot get a single player from that school during Weiner's tenure. Looks like UGA better get another check ready for the new coach at Plant.

I'd like to add two points to this. First, my wife has been teaching in Hillsborough County for over 25 years and is perhaps the English teacher with the most tenure in the county (and a UF grad). She has told me many times that Plant gets high marks for academics because they successfully exclude those students from taking tests (like FCAT) that would bring their average scores down. They do draw students from a high income area, so their scores should be pretty good no matter what. But they choose to skew them and have been good at it. The lower achieving students eventually take the tests, but too late to include the scores in the evaluation of the school.

Second, I have a friend who was a football coach from a rival high school. He pulled out Plant's roster one night and went over where every kid lives, and none were in the Plant district. Earl Garcia at Hillsborough wrote the book on recruiting, but got caught and has kept his nose clean for a long time. Wiener has just perfected it.

[Mr2Bits]

Second, I have a friend who was a football coach from a rival high school. He pulled out Plant's roster one night and went over where every kid lives, and none were in the Plant district. Earl Garcia at Hillsborough wrote the book on recruiting, but got caught and has kept his nose clean for a long time. Wiener has just perfected it.

Wasn't there a news report on how the majority of their top players lived at empty lot with mailboxes on them?

[Double Gator Dad]

He should help USF in recruiting, after all he recruited all of those players to play at Plant.

This is the key point everyone needs to understand. The coaching staff at Plant has not been so successful due to their ability to develop players. They secure a lot of the best talent in the bay area every year by using Plant's academic status to skirt the state's transfer rules.

Plant is an IB school with superior academics and this results in many students transferring each year to capitalize on the academic opportunity. There is a waiting list each year full of deserving students but magically, the atheletes seem to move to the top of list each year.

We all know that all these high school players are capable of and focused on superior academics versus playing for a high profile program. yeah right.

Traditionally, Plant has been a feeder school for UF but again magically, we cannot get a single player from that school during Weiner's tenure. Looks like UGA better get another check ready for the new coach at Plant.

I'd like to add two points to this. First, my wife has been teaching in Hillsborough County for over 25 years and is perhaps the English teacher with the most tenure in the county (and a UF grad). She has told me many times that Plant gets high marks for academics because they successfully exclude those students from taking tests (like FCAT) that would bring their average scores down. They do draw students from a high income area, so their scores should be pretty good no matter what. But they choose to skew them and have been good at it. The lower achieving students eventually take the tests, but too late to include the scores in the evaluation of the school.

Second, I have a friend who was a football coach from a rival high school. He pulled out Plant's roster one night and went over where every kid lives, and none were in the Plant district. Earl Garcia at Hillsborough wrote the book on recruiting, but got caught and has kept his nose clean for a long time. Wiener has just perfected it.

Gatorjim,
Both of mine went to Bloomingdale and they were amazed at the fact that when Bloomingdale had a good athlete (every once in a while if you know Bloomingdale) the kid would amazingly get into Plant while students with the academics would wait a couple of years.

[scooby321]

As a Plant Alum I am glad he is gone. Plant Alums by far are gator Alums or fans.

[Double Gator Dad]

As a Plant Alum I am glad he is gone. Plant Alums by far are gator Alums or fans.

Do you have any insight?

That is, was the guy being "supported" by UGA or just a Gator hater?

[law98gator]

Remind me who we missed out on from Plant? Robert Marve? Lil Murray, Mr. Int?

Orson Charles is the only guy I would have wanted. Am I forgetting someone?

[BMF]

Remind me who we missed out on from Plant? Robert Marve? Lil Murray, Mr. Int?

Orson Charles is the only guy I would have wanted. Am I forgetting someone?

Agree. Murray wouldn't have fit into Meyers system....but then again, neither did Brantley and Meyer recruited him.

Timmy Tebow didn't live in Nease's district either, btw. They used his aunts address in St. John's County.

[Deuce Coupe]

The Dick changed his mind and went back to Plant. He's a drama queen who just needed some attention.

He says it's all for the boys...... yea, right....

[ncargat1]

Who really cares? Looks like we just went 11-2 without any contributions from Tamp Plant. I think our program will survive.