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After Jim McElwain fiasco, Gators should appreciate Will Muschamp's impact

Sometimes, the best move you can make is no move at all.

If former University of Florida athletics director Jeremy Foley was completely honest, these are probably the words he would use to describe the firing of Will Muschamp and the hiring of Jim McElwain four years ago.

This was the first thought that crossed my mind as a smiling, happy, successful Muschamp gave me a fist-bump as he confidently strolled into College Football Hall of Fame Thursday and took the stage at SEC Media Days. In hindsight, if Foley could have weathered the intense fan and media criticism and stuck by Muschamp, the Gators would be in a much better place today.