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Posted on 11/13/13 at 5:55 am
Posted on 11/13/13 at 5:55 am
This was on ESPNU.com about a week ago cant find it now...but only FIVE players on the whole team have started all nine games this year.
Let that sink it. Its one of the reasons Boom WILL be back next year imo.
Let that sink it. Its one of the reasons Boom WILL be back next year imo.
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Posted on 11/13/13 at 7:01 am to reel_gator8
He will be back for that reason only but he is on a very tight leash.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 10:59 am to GatorNation11
I have been wondering all year why we have no depth.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 12:32 pm to reel_gator8
I kind of think next season is a gut check for not just Muschamp at Florida but Muschamp as a head coach.
He's young for a coach, enthusiastic, and full of fire. I can remember being that way in my own career. You have that clear, hell bent for leather view of how you would do it if you could, then you get the chance. It's a humbling experience to learn that all your plans and enthusiasm aren't enough.
I don't know how much Champ has had to do with the offense, and I really do believe that between a few people not developing as quickly as hoped and just the trainwreck of injuries, some part of this has to be losing all of these players. No one reasonable can say that this year is only coaching, but some of it is coaching for sure as well.
If he has had a stranglehold on the offense, then hopefully he will reevaluate and learn to start courting pragmatism along with his enthusiasm. If he hasn't learned that and doesn't next year, I don't think he'll ever be flexible enough to regularly field a top tier team anywhere he goes. I still think the guy has a huge upside if he can get the offense on the right track. If he cracks that riddle and learns that you can let the defense dominate games a lot of days but that you also have to have an offense capable of winning the game too for those games when the defense isn't up to things (see Alabams/aTm this year), then the guy has a huge upside. And hell, for all I know he already looks at it that way and just hasn't been able to execute. But if he gets it together and starts being regularly in the hunt for the SEC and the MNC, I think we'll have a coach that won't be looking to leave Gainesville for the NFL or anywhere else for quite a long time. I think Foley, Machen, and the rest of the board probably get that as well, and that is why you will see Muschamp get one more swing at things next year.
He's young for a coach, enthusiastic, and full of fire. I can remember being that way in my own career. You have that clear, hell bent for leather view of how you would do it if you could, then you get the chance. It's a humbling experience to learn that all your plans and enthusiasm aren't enough.
I don't know how much Champ has had to do with the offense, and I really do believe that between a few people not developing as quickly as hoped and just the trainwreck of injuries, some part of this has to be losing all of these players. No one reasonable can say that this year is only coaching, but some of it is coaching for sure as well.
If he has had a stranglehold on the offense, then hopefully he will reevaluate and learn to start courting pragmatism along with his enthusiasm. If he hasn't learned that and doesn't next year, I don't think he'll ever be flexible enough to regularly field a top tier team anywhere he goes. I still think the guy has a huge upside if he can get the offense on the right track. If he cracks that riddle and learns that you can let the defense dominate games a lot of days but that you also have to have an offense capable of winning the game too for those games when the defense isn't up to things (see Alabams/aTm this year), then the guy has a huge upside. And hell, for all I know he already looks at it that way and just hasn't been able to execute. But if he gets it together and starts being regularly in the hunt for the SEC and the MNC, I think we'll have a coach that won't be looking to leave Gainesville for the NFL or anywhere else for quite a long time. I think Foley, Machen, and the rest of the board probably get that as well, and that is why you will see Muschamp get one more swing at things next year.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 3:10 pm to LuciusSulla
Lets not forget that in 2012 with a very conservative offense for the most part...and finishing way down in offensive stats nationally, we managed to compile a 11-1 season.
Honestly, I believe there are doo doo Gator "fans" who would rather be 8-4 in an air raid offense than 11-1 in a conservative offense.
Fans have become spoiled and 2009 is perfect example of an undefeated team 12-0 and fans gnashing teeth because we didn't score 40 points or more.
Have never seen so many fans in the past few years sit on their hands and not cheer...even though we would be winning the game and just picked off a pass or completed a long throw. This was going on even during the 09 season and its hard to fathom.
Honestly, I believe there are doo doo Gator "fans" who would rather be 8-4 in an air raid offense than 11-1 in a conservative offense.
Fans have become spoiled and 2009 is perfect example of an undefeated team 12-0 and fans gnashing teeth because we didn't score 40 points or more.
Have never seen so many fans in the past few years sit on their hands and not cheer...even though we would be winning the game and just picked off a pass or completed a long throw. This was going on even during the 09 season and its hard to fathom.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 3:38 pm to reel_gator8
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Lets not forget that in 2012 with a very conservative offense for the most part...and finishing way down in offensive stats nationally, we managed to compile a 11-1 season.
And that's very rare. The ball bounced our way more often than not in 2012.
We could've very easily went 8-4 or 9-3.
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Honestly, I believe there are doo doo Gator "fans" who would rather be 8-4 in an air raid offense than 11-1 in a conservative offense.
No there are not.
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Fans have become spoiled and 2009 is perfect example of an undefeated team 12-0 and fans gnashing teeth because we didn't score 40 points or more.
Sigh...
If they would've played the 2008 schedule, that team loses 2-3 games easily.
That team was held back by the offensive playcalling and complacency, regardless of what the record says.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 7:32 pm to boXerrumble
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Fans have become spoiled and 2009 is perfect example of an undefeated team 12-0 and fans gnashing teeth because we didn't score 40 points or more.
Sigh...
If they would've played the 2008 schedule, that team loses 2-3 games easily.
That team was held back by the offensive playcalling and complacency, regardless of what the record says.
Sir....you just provided visual proof of my assertion...thank you.
12-0 and unhappy. Glad you were not a Gator fan during 1962-63....you wouldn't have been very happy at all...in 1963 we went 6-3-1 and I enjoyed every game experience. All three losses were shutouts BTW, 0-9 to Ga Tech, 14-0 to LSU and 19-0 to AU, a tie with Miss State to go with it. Fans didn't grumble much back then...they were happy to support the team and hope we would make a bowl (of which there were a lot fewer).
If "fans" would have booed the team in 1963 it would have been ugly real quick when a group of students drugged your butt behind the stands. Hell, they may have not even waited to drag you behind the stands...probably just kicked your arse right there in your seat.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 9:18 pm to reel_gator8
You think I was an unhappy fan of that team? I enjoyed watching that team play.
But I will hold true to the belief that it could've been so much better.
The 2009 SECCG to this day was the worst coached game of the Urban Meyer era at UF.
And for the record, I've never booed or cursed the Gators at ANY Gator game.
But I will hold true to the belief that it could've been so much better.
The 2009 SECCG to this day was the worst coached game of the Urban Meyer era at UF.
And for the record, I've never booed or cursed the Gators at ANY Gator game.
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