I found this to be horrible news and could not believe that Curtis Leak would even say such a thing.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview06/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=2564235
Didn't Florida coach Urban Meyer learn his lesson about overbearing parents? Last season, freshman quarterback Josh Portis was more of a distraction than an asset for the Gators. His mother, Patricia Portis, regularly attended the team's practices and publicly complained about her son's lack of playing time. In December, Portis transferred to Maryland, where he and his mother will become Terrapins coach Ralph Friedgen's headache beginning in 2007.
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Urban Meyer wants to avoid another QB issue.
Last month, Curtis Leak, the father of Gators quarterback Chris Leak, told a columnist that he believed a portion of the Gators fan base doesn't like his son because they didn't want an African-American quarterback breaking all of Danny Wuerffel's school passing records. Never mind that Chris Leak has fallen considerably short of the enormous expectations that preceded him to Florida. Most importantly, he has failed to lead the Gators to an SEC championship, after Wueffel led them to four conference titles and the 1996 national championship.
Now, another parent is reportedly a frequent visitor to the No. 7 Gators' practices. Bob Tebow, the father of highly touted freshman quarterback Tim Tebow, is around his son and Meyer so much that Florida's student newspaper, The Alligator, suggested in an editorial last week that "you'd think he was a member of the UF coaching staff." Bob Tebow is a pastor and maintains an international mission and orphanage in the Philippines. "The Gators kick off the 2006 season in eight days and no one seems to be in the ear of Meyer or Tebow more than Bob, and that can't be a good thing," columnist Antonio Gonzalez wrote in The Alligator. "This is so plain and simple, I'll just say it: Bob Tebow needs to go home."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview06/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=2564235
Didn't Florida coach Urban Meyer learn his lesson about overbearing parents? Last season, freshman quarterback Josh Portis was more of a distraction than an asset for the Gators. His mother, Patricia Portis, regularly attended the team's practices and publicly complained about her son's lack of playing time. In December, Portis transferred to Maryland, where he and his mother will become Terrapins coach Ralph Friedgen's headache beginning in 2007.
Scott A. Miller/US Presswire
Urban Meyer wants to avoid another QB issue.
Last month, Curtis Leak, the father of Gators quarterback Chris Leak, told a columnist that he believed a portion of the Gators fan base doesn't like his son because they didn't want an African-American quarterback breaking all of Danny Wuerffel's school passing records. Never mind that Chris Leak has fallen considerably short of the enormous expectations that preceded him to Florida. Most importantly, he has failed to lead the Gators to an SEC championship, after Wueffel led them to four conference titles and the 1996 national championship.
Now, another parent is reportedly a frequent visitor to the No. 7 Gators' practices. Bob Tebow, the father of highly touted freshman quarterback Tim Tebow, is around his son and Meyer so much that Florida's student newspaper, The Alligator, suggested in an editorial last week that "you'd think he was a member of the UF coaching staff." Bob Tebow is a pastor and maintains an international mission and orphanage in the Philippines. "The Gators kick off the 2006 season in eight days and no one seems to be in the ear of Meyer or Tebow more than Bob, and that can't be a good thing," columnist Antonio Gonzalez wrote in The Alligator. "This is so plain and simple, I'll just say it: Bob Tebow needs to go home."
