Since Sunday night, when Yahoo! Sports writer Pete Thamel reported that the Florida Gators’ search for a new head coach had reached a stage such that “a thorough vetting has begun” in regards to former Oregon and NFL head coach Chip Kelly, the Florida fan base has been all but hyperventilating about the possibility.
Monday brought Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin seeming to respond to that report with a tweet quoting Mark Twain.
Early Monday afternoon, Florida alum and agent-turned-sports lawyer Darren Heitner, whose tweets about Florida “working hard” on a buyout for McElwain prior to the Gators’ game against Georgia kicked that weekend’s speculation about McElwain’s future into high gear, “confirmed” that Florida “is looking at” Kelly, sketched a timeline, and spilled some tea about Florida’s working relationship with uberagent Jimmy Sexton.