In the wake of utterly damning comments by Urban Meyer about the state of the Florida locker room when he took over, Ron Zook did what he does best.
He played dumb coy.
The former Florida and current Illinois head coach responded to the verbal blasts made earlier today by the current UF head coach, and did exactly what he did during his time in Gainesville.
Took a whole helluva lot of talent and turned it into a whole helluva lot of “WTF?”
In comments made to Florida Today, Zook blamed the ancient, pre-renovated locker room -- “I wasn’t the one who built” the space -- for the spate of shorn freshman eyebrows under his watch.
“I don’t promote hazing and I don’t believe in it,” Zook said as he shielded the hair above his eyes from aggressors. (We’re making the shielding thing up. We think.)
Zook went on to defend and trumpet his record of playing freshman -- as opposed to, you know, the accusation of his upperclassmen hazing them -- before playing dumb coy yet again.
“I’ve been gone a long time. I doubt if anybody there even remembers who I am.”
Well played sir. Well played.
Your integrity is questioned, and you go with the “Who? Me? Huh?” defense?
Again, well played.