Let's play a game

Positive

My negative is that TJ claims to be a fan.....

Positive

we get to see franks next year

Negative

we'll still get trounced by bama if we can make it to atlanta again

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we get to see franks next year

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Not so fast, there's a chance Luke Del Rio wins the job back because Franks ain't that good.

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Luke Del Rio will be our quarterback.

All jokes aside:

Positive: While the offense is inept, there is still plausible blame game shifting -- there have been huge advances at all skill positions on the offense and QB seems to have stayed the same since...well.

I don't even know. It's been so long that we haven't had a natural QB outside of Driskel (who was destroyed by Muschamp) and Grier that we don't really know what the offense would look like if that piece of the puzzle was inserted.

Negative:

I don't like that McElwain seems, at times, to do the complete opposite of what should be done. Most of us know to run the ball at Arkansas, and we throw like 40 times. Even if, sometimes, it works out (LSU game on our own two and he chucks one downfield for a touchdown), but if it didn't we would be having a different conversation right now.

He still gets a year, maybe even two, but by then if we're still getting blownout it's time for him to go.

Considering that was already happening before he came, and it was happening to teams with less raw talent, it's excusable at the very least.

That was probably the biggest blow to his credibility. That was a very winnable game, but he totally blew it by playcalling. That one was all coaches, even though there were receivers that were open.

Positive

Mac is reactive to correcting problems instead of proactive.

Mixed.

Positive - We have a coach that seems to be at least attempting to push the right buttons organizationally to get UF to a better place, and UF has been winning 9-10 games consistently each year, and I don't care you you are, that is good. 9-10 wins consistently is exactly what we all became used to with Spurrier, and UF seems to be back to that.

Negative - the recruiting, on paper, is the weakest I have ever seen it since I started paying attention about 12 years ago now. That is not a good sign. The defensive depth is the weakest I can remember it, and the rush defense was the worst it has been in 13 years this past year. The running game on offense is also the weakest I have seen in many years. I haven't checked the stats, but it was historically bad. Head scratching losses to UT and Arkansas also leave me wondering about the game day coaching from this staff, especially in the 2nd half of games.

Random thought - I am super pissed that this board banned a gator fan. Come on people. Nut up. If you don't agree with someone just ignore him and don't engage. This banning shite is stupid and we should leave that to the super sensitives over at GC.

In Summary:
This coaching staff has to improve their recruiting, they are missing far too often on their first and second targets, and they need to find a way to beat the 3 UF main rivals, UT, UGA, and FSU. They are 3-3 so far, and that needs to continue to improve past .500. Outside of that, they are doing what they were hired to do, winning the east, which IMO is something a UF coach should be expected to do regularly, and winning at home, which they have been OK at so far (only 1 loss so far). Year 3 is going to tell us a lot about this staff as the players are now about 80% mac recruits.

Playing LDR with his arm barely attached was ridiculous. I actually think this team would have been better all year had they prepped Appleby to be the guy.

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On Del Rio, and I might get lynched for saying this...

If the staff can get him past his mental BS, he can still turn out to be a good QB for us.

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Nah man, you're totally right.

He actually isn't a bad quarterback. He has the precision to make some damn good throws, but my fear is that McElwain is not prepared to use him the way he should be. He is NOT a deep passer by any stretch, it's just not in his arsenal and he was constantly pressured, pre-snap, to just bomb it out when he didn't have the arm strength.

But he made some crucial, CLUTCH 3rd down plays where he just seemed to wire it along.

He can be good, but he was also a work-in-process. If they work with him exclusively, or a lot, I think he'll be just fine until we can coach up the rest of the guys.

That is such horse shite. If everyone is cheating, and UF is the only one not cheating, then the UF staff is playing with one arm tied behind their back, and I doubt they would do that to themselves.

That is just some UF fans trying to use the moral high ground to justify below average recruiting, on paper, IMO.

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I am super pissed that this board banned a gator fan.

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this actually happened? i saw the thread get whacked but that's it. if DMB, really did that, he needs to go evaluate his duties as an admin for this board. that's ridiculous.

i guess i better get on board with this boards mission to accept Mac for what he is...